Great game!

I only beat the first level, but I guess I'm just bad at using a mouse and a keyboard at the same time. It was fun, and I liked the sound effects (the music felt a bit repetitive even though I could tell there was some variation). Saying the player is a collectible picked up by another player seems like a nice way to not take the theme too literally. And yeah, I didn't get to see there and back, but I'll just assume it is as you say.

I liked the scoring system, but maybe instead of showing the score for a certain amount of time and then switching to the next level or to the game over screen, you could have shown the score and put a button below that took me to the next level or to restart the current one if I didn't beat it. And maybe show the score faster, waiting for an animation is annoying (just like it would be annoying to not have time to see the score if you're bad at reading).

The game felt kind of slow. The enemies had a lot of health and movement and attacking was slow. I think there was too much of the bloom effect

I think this is a really awesome idea! In execution, I don't know if it really was communicated through gameplay. You have a wonderful scoring system set up and the glowing effect is really great. I think the biggest thing was aside from the opening cutscene, I didn't feel a relationship to the player or needing to impress them. It just kind of felt like play or get a game over, same as any other game.  I understand this would probably be a pain to implement, but having other AI moving around with you shooting things would add a huge sense of needing to do better than them or they'll be kicked out. I also didn't understand the person who needed to be saved or how to do that. Anyway, I think there's tons of potential here for something really special. I look forward to seeing where it goes in the future!

Nice idea!

I think I found a bug: sometimes I changed of window in chrome, the controls didn't work very well until you die, then it goes back to normal.

Clever idea!  I really like your concept on collectables and the idea of appeasing the player - lol!  It is getting a taste of our own medicine.  Wonderful story effort and nice simplistic style.

My suggestions:
-Less bloom lighting effect, since it gets a little hard to look at.
-Health bars on the enemies and also make sure they cannot go through the white obstacles either.  I had a few red guys whiz towards me through the white area when I thought I could use it as cover!

All in all awesome job and good luck in the jam!

Really cool idea, but the hardest thing to play on a laptop. It'd be nice if you could shoot and dash with something like 'z' or 'x'. I imagine this is simple with a mouse, but I died three times with killing a single guy. Or if you automatically aim in the direction you move in.

The bright white everywhere was kinda tough on the eyes. I can't tell if that was meant as a distraction to make the game harder. If so, mission accomplished.

All in all, solid idea. I haven't played a game that's switched it up like this.

Good concept and I found the scenarios challenging and entertaining. It would have been nice to see the concept and narrative (limitation) conveyed more, perhaps showing more of a roster of your player's characters that you are competing against, or showing the player collecting you. The scoring system was smooth and quick and worked well.

If you have time, I would really appreciate your time to try and rate my game.

Cool idea, but yeah I agree it felt a bit empty/slow. it wasn't very fun to kill the enemies, it was kinda monotonous.

Also you wouldn't know you are the collectable if you didn't tell us, its just if you don't do well you don't pass.

Really clever idea! You did a great job of using the theme while also creating a unique and fun game. I also love the end screen rating animation! Great work!

 It would mean a lot if you could check out my Jam submission if you get the chance. Thanks!

A very unique twist on the collectible focus of the jam but was a very basic interpretation of the there and back theme. I feel while the art used is pretty basic it does work well for the game at hand, I just kinda wish there was a little less glow. Music is good, sfx is good, movement and enemy behavior is rather well done as well. Overall rather fun to play, I enjoyed it.

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I got really thrilled by the game title. The game was to hard for me, i never achieved high scores. But i think you have a good concept in your hands.

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I really like the gameplay, I like the dash ability in the game. My only problem is the collision on the player, but everything else is pretty good and I know how it feels to get criticized on tiny things in your game and just want you to know the collision is only noticeable if you try to break it :). If you have the time I would appreciate it if you played my entry.

I like that the characters are being interviewed for a job, basically. That was cool. It was hard for me, but part of that was that my end, mousepad  wouldn't move while i was using the keys lol.

+ Really like the take on "collectable"
+ Quite fun to play, and the competition mechanic is really interesting
+ I actually like the super-simple aesthetic
+ Sounds and music

- I wish that there was a way to upgrade/change weapons
- The default attack feels really weak
- The game needs some juice

I like the creative take on collectable. I found it hard to defeat the enemies, but that's probably because I'm not a shooter-person :p

Interesting concept. Just need some polish. Didn't expect to see shooters in this game jam, I'm surprised. Keep it up!

I'd love to receive some feedback from you of my game Lights Out!