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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #17 | 3.200 | 3.200 |
| Gameplay | #23 | 2.600 | 2.600 |
| Overall | #31 | 2.450 | 2.450 |
| Sound | #38 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
| Aesthetics | #41 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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I actually really liked this one! Here's some feedback, hopefully you can find it helpful!
- The most fun i had was when I hurled a spear across screen and hit someone, but since enemies generally came in rows of 3, i usually just found myself running underneath the row, and shooting straight up. To encourage players to play the "more fun way" I'd recommend splitting enemy spawns across the screen instead of having them in rows, and having more enemies that each take less hits to kill. This would encourage players to run around more, and hurl spears constantly, which is fun!
- I think the first wave was really long, I was super surprised when the first upgrade menu showed up! I'd personally shorten the length of the waves especially the first one, more upgrades is more fun, and the faster it starts getting challenging the better!
- For game feel I'd recommend screenshake for when enemies die, and for them to leave splatters of blood on the ground where they died. I liked the on hit blood splatters, just a bit more effects and this could be incredibly satisfying.
- I REALLY liked the fact you had a volume slider on the front page, I have to start implementing those.
Thank you so much for feedback, the lack of sound effects is something I should've fix as well for better game feel.
I like the game overall
Very fun. I really liked the gameplay component. However, in my opinion, the first waves are very easy and long. The music surprised me, it fits very unusually with the ancient Greek setting.
Thank you for sharing your opinion, It was my very first Jam so idk how could I get better balance with so little time to try numbers, I guess is a common problem during short Jams and another guy gave feedback about balance as well so it's definitely a "to fix" thing for future Jams, thank you so much.
Pretty fun!
Cool game! It's nice that there are some upgrades to get in between waves, but I feel that the + Damage one is the best. If you get that, you don't really need the +Spears one, since you'll use less spears.
Yup, probably changing values it can get way more balanced but I was doing other things this weekend (T1 has won worlds again kekw) so couldn't really give it proper testing and some of the assets are still placeholders...
This game is simple and fun to play! I did 462 before dying! The music is cool, where did you get it from?
I used Suno (https://suno.com), prompts like "Greek 8-bit battle videogame soundtrack" or "Spartan 8-bit old videogame theme" got me some really good outputs, Isn't my first time using it for small projects and I love how consistent the results are.
Great choice in music - game was fun, my high score was 525 when they overwhelmed me!