Mirroring the other comments here, like ortsac's. Thanks for adding invert Y :)
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Curse of Castle Killem (Game Jam Edition)'s itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Visuals | #1 | 3.556 | 3.556 |
Fun | #2 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
Audio | #3 | 2.778 | 2.778 |
Use of Theme | #3 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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There's a great foundation here, it really just needs a more definitive goal. Maybe even just some sound effects and a "Level 2" popup when you collect all the gems would do the trick. Pixel art looked awesome with the filter effect!
Simple enough concept, PacMan with guns. Okay, sign me up.
There's the base of a really fun game here. Unfortunately adding a gun without adjusting the mechanics really ruins the challenge of PacMan. Maybe have the skeletons be more of an immediate threat? After all, the ghosts in PacMan will kill you instantly. You should also consider tying the ability to use the gun into a "powerup" like the cherry in the original PacMan.
Game suffers from a lack of "ending" besides game over, and no real sense of achievement for picking up gems. It seems like the skeletons are gathering gems too, but I can't really discern a reason to STOP them, ya know? Just let them have their fun. I'll just chill in the corner not getting noticed. You do you, skelly-dudes.
The absolute most important critique I have is that you have to cHanGE tHAt FUCKinG SOuND.
BELEpp BLopP BleoiuP Blopapi BLAHHGP MAKE IT STOP, good lord! Even with pitch variation, that sound effect on gem pickup is grating enough to inspire minor headaches, no joke. I couldn't play more than 10 seconds without giving up on the main objective.
Complaints aside I was pretty impressed by your AI for the skeletons, as well as the clever spawning system which ramps up the difficulty. I think the doubling and respawning was a superb idea.
This was pretty good, it was fun to pick up the gems and shooting the skeletons was also fun. It was a pretty simple game so there wasn't much to complain about, maybe a bit more variety.
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