Lacking in polish, but that's understandable because of the short dev time. The art is definitely the standout aspect, but the writing is also entertaining.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Visuals | #131 | 3.981 | 3.981 |
| WOWIE! | #273 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
| Simplicity | #286 | 3.788 | 3.788 |
| Creativity | #338 | 3.385 | 3.385 |
| On Topic | #367 | 3.308 | 3.308 |
| Fun | #369 | 3.077 | 3.077 |
| Sound | #408 | 2.865 | 2.865 |
Ranked from 52 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Conoro Games (twitter @ConoroGames) (itch also just 'ConoroGames')
Comments
2 years ago(+1)
Hey thanks for the feedback! Tbh the sound is nowhere near where I'd like it to be, the sound that is there has been very quickly reused from some other projects because I ran out of time to make anything. There was some disappointing triage in the audio space :( I'll add some bits and pieces in for the post-jam. I'm glad you enjoyed the art and characters at least!
What I liked:
- The Art
- The Atmosphere created by the sound effects
- The simple but cool story
- The enemy designs; The looked like something i don't want to have near me xD
- the character controller
What I didn't like:
- The Text being white on light background -> Fix: Add a black panel with opacity and rounded corners behind the text boxes.
- Missing sound effects -> Fix: Add Walk and hit sound effects
- The walk animation -> Fix: Add variations for walking up and down
Thanks so much for the feedback and suggestions! The text is definitely a quick and easy fix, honestly I didn't think to test that part once the code for it was working... Sound effects I didn't really have time for unfortunately but I really appreciate the suggestions ^_^ the up/down animations were just culled for simplicity but I agree they'd pull the quality up. Thanks for playing :D
2 years ago(+1)
Thanks gamer! <3 I'm so glad my efforts on the visual feel seem to have paid off ^_^ yeah in actual fact I was lazy with the attacking and the whole of the attack frames are a hitbox - so you'll do damage as long as you're attacking (regardless of which part of you hits the enemy). I think visually that just isn't making the most sense since it subverts expectations a little.
But maybe it's also not so bad when standing still? And in that case simply adding a running attack animation might fix things? I'll have to play around with it and get some more feedback :)
I think you're right about the difficulty - it certainly seems to be getting views on both sides! Which would suggest it's either the ideal mid point - or very close to it...
You're most welcome - I'm stoked you had fun ^^
2 years ago(+1)
Thanks so much gamer! I'm glad to hit the right notes in an area you tend to enjoy ^_^ It's interesting that the combat seems to be such a talking point because I originally had something quite mechanically different planned but had to simplify it to this. Maybe I'll play around with introducing some other combat elements :)
So glad you had fun!
:O ahh thanks so much <3 people like you enjoying my game make it all worthwhile ^_^ Thanks for taking the time to check it out! I'll definitely be looking to add more sound effects in a post-jam release - I didn't have any time left to look at sound during the jam so the sounds that did make it in were very much thrown together!
Thank you for the beautiful feedback ^_^ great suggestion for the font outlines - I hadn't thought of that but it could be a far cleaner fix than putting in a whole box!
Yes that's right about the sword! It's because the two attack animations were designed as primarily down and up attacks rather than left and right, which is maybe a tad confusing with how people seem to be playing. That's cool though, I figure the combat was always going to need a little optimising with the minimal time I had to test and tweak it. I suspect adding a running attack with a new animation would more or less solve the issue :)
Thanks for playing! <3
2 years ago(+1)
<3 Thank you so much for all of your kind words and the great feedback! So sorry the boss glitched for you :( that must have been frustrating! Did it get stuck in the walls? I had that happen in my brief testing with the smaller enemies but I thought I'd managed to (mostly) fix it for the upload.
As for enemy variety that's definitely a thing I'd like to expand on. Even for this jam I had another enemy designed but didn't have time to properly implement the mechanics :L but that means it's going to be quick to add in after the jam!
Anyway I'm stoked you liked it, comments like this make the grind feel worthwhile ^_^
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