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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| How well did the game make use of diversifiers? | #5 | 4.014 | 4.364 |
| How well does the game fit the themes? | #12 | 3.847 | 4.182 |
| Overall | #12 | 3.470 | 3.773 |
| Audio | #13 | 3.512 | 3.818 |
| How much do you enjoy the game overall? | #24 | 3.178 | 3.455 |
| Visuals | #26 | 3.178 | 3.455 |
| Gameplay | #28 | 3.094 | 3.364 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How much time was taken?
Most of the builds yes, but the last one we might have gone overtime by about an hour.
Use of theme?
Chain Reaction : After destroying enemies they can crash into each other, making for some chaotic fun :D
Negative Feedback Loop: Each wave of enemies gets faster which increases the challenge of shooting them all down.
Novel Twist on Classic Game: We were actually inspired by two classic games from 1978, namely Space Invaders and Clowns.
Use of diversifiers?
Join the Trijam Discord and read the #rules channel!
Invite your friends to join the game jam! (or better yet, force them to... 😏)
Tweet out your game with #Trijam and @GunnarClovis for a retweet! Do the same for any videos you make!
Make a procedurally-generated game with functionally infinite levels (or an infinitely long level)!
Edit the Theme of your itch.io game page and give it a custom color palette, background, and banner using assets from your game! Make sure to include some content on the game page itself too, like instructions for controls, explanation of themes and diversifiers, how much time was taken, which engine was used, links to any external assets that were used, anyone who worked on the game, etc.!
Make a game where all sound effects are sounds you made with your mouth!
Sing a song and include it in the game! You can loop in some friends for a choir piece!
Make a game that uses randomness!
Make a game in a genre you've never made a game in before!
Make a game with a main menu! In a game jam! WOW!!
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Comments
It's so funny to see enemies bounce off each other. I really liked it. I didn't have the patience to read the intro though.
Thanks and glad to hear you enjoyed it! If you play it with sound there is a singing narration of the intro text, so feel free to check that out if it sparks your interest, also just as a heads up, pressing the spacebar will skip the intro.
This is a really cool game! good job!
Hi!
It's a really nice game! I loved the audio effects that you have added and the star wars intro.
Thanks :D We had a lot of fun coming up with the crazy story and intro. You game has quite a bit put into the story aspect too lol RICH END is my favorite so far :)
Ah nice!
There are many more endings as well, try to get them all if you can.
Great twist and some good vocals :D Wish that we could become invincible after killing the last enemy; I usually died at the end of the wave
Lol not a bad thought, we did have an idea for a special power up that would make you invincible, but sadly it did not make it in. Dodging is really half the battle though, so it can be a good idea to not destroy them all at once :)
Interesting take on Space Invaders. Having to avoid the falling ships added an interesting challenge. Shooting was a bit difficult and I found myself just mashing the spacebar, which hurt my hand. I'd prefer if holding down the shoot button would shoot at the same speed as mashing it. Another problem with mashing was that I'd skip the screen that had my score. A small delay or changing the binding on the score screen.
Thanks, we do enjoy the classic game, and the whole dodging falling ships thing really creates some intense situations :D We appreciate your suggestions, and will probably implement them if we update the game because they are both really solid! I just checked out your Pong RPG :) It took me a long time to get used to the controls, they are kinda complicated, but I will drop you a message later on after I get a closer look at it.
Oh wow, now that's an epic tale. The intro had me hooked!
And the gameplay is a cool idea, with the ships damaging other ships. I liked it.
Thanks! We had a lot of fun making up the crazy story and all, and then we had the idea of singing the into which was fun too :) Glad to hear you liked it, and nice job with your retro snake remake :) I like the puzzle twist that it gives the game.
Thanks :)
I like the humor but the intro should be quicker, shorter and skippable. The narration should be higher when compared to the music there.
The destroyed ships causing damage is clever. And it's funny that faster the enemies go the more damage they cause their ranks.
Thanks for the compliments, and glad to hear you had a fun time with it. The audio balancing is probably something we will look into if we end up updating it so thanks for pointing that out. As far as the intro goes, it should be skippable if you press the spacebar, we could probably point that out with a bit of text or something though :)
Yeah, pop up the "Press Space Bar to skip" if the player presses any key.
Great idea!