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Drone Herder's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #58 | 4.109 | 4.109 |
| On Topic | #96 | 4.018 | 4.018 |
| Visuals | #147 | 3.909 | 3.909 |
| Fun | #159 | 3.582 | 3.582 |
| WOWIE! | #183 | 3.473 | 3.473 |
| Simplicity | #240 | 3.873 | 3.873 |
| Sound | #857 | 1.309 | 1.309 |
Ranked from 55 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Music Source
No music unfortunately
Credits
Just me - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCon757OipDPxXeDO7hbYy6Q
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Cool game, a little hard to control with lots of drones, maybe a robot dog companion upgrade? also, the slimes stopped coming after round 11
Well Done! This game has a very nice concept and good visuals.
Yes I also didn't understand how to control drones until I read on itch page that they flee away from you, Nice game and unique concept though :)
Thanks you! - Sorry it was unclear haha I will be sure to add some sort of tutorial at the beginning of the game:)
I love this concept! It's like low key tower defense but with the setup round integrated within the waves. If you wanted to expand on the idea, it would be super cool to have different types of drones you can unlock? The art is also great, the interactive wheat really takes it up a notch. Only real issue was that I didn't understand how to control the drones until I had got through all of the rounds and then read on the itch page that they flee from the player... Also do they hurt each other with collisions? My drones kept taking damage even without any monsters on screen... Nice job anyway!
Thank you a lot for your feedback! - I would love to add some more drones or upgrades, will look into that in the future. I should also make the drones more responsive to the players movements (and add some sort of tutorial). Atm drones just fail at random, i will maybe make it tied to collisions with other drones, that sounds like a good idea - thanks!
This is a very cool concept for the theme!! I really wish the drones were easier to "herd", but I'm not quite sure how that could be done. The animations feel really good, and it's super satisfying watching your swarm grow and just obliterate the slimes
Thanks so much, glad you had fun! I will try to change the behaviour of the drones to make them easier control in the future:)
Acually a fun game. The drones were a little uncooperative at first, but after a while I got so many of them that it didn't matter. Good job!
Glad you enjoyed it - I will try to change some parameters to make it easier to control them after the jam ends:)
The idea is really cool, but i struggled a lot to "herd my drones".. (probably my fault..)
Other than that it was great :) (Ofc a music would be nice, but the game is already very good for 12 hours of work i must say)
Thank you:) - I think you are right, I will try to tweak some parameters to make it easier to control once the jam ends
Its a nice game but it needs more content. And sounds
Thanks - you are right on both accounts, I simply ran out of time:)
I like the gameplay and art. My suggestion is maybe more upgrades or different drones. Anyways the game is fun. Great submission!
Thanks for the feedback - I would have loved to add more content, but ran out of time as it often goes:)
Nice game !
Thanks:D
A neat concept with the whole "herding drones" thing, although sometimes it was hard to tell if they were responding to your position or not. Do the slimes do damage over time to the drones? Because I had one drone just fall down and die nowhere near a slime, not sure if that was intended or a bug. xD Also I love the artstyle, it was very fun.
Thank you - you are right, I might need to tweak some parameters to give the player more control over the drones! The drones just fall down at random, it should maybe have been in contact with drones instead haha
Very nice game and fun game!
I just got stuck on round 11 where no slimes would spawn. (same as when Mann vs Machine softlocks)
Thank you - there is unfortunately a bug which means it is impossible to progress past wave 11, will be sure to fix after the jam!
Very good game, had a lot of fun! Unfortunate that the bug couldn't get fixed, I'd have liked playing more. Although it would have been nice to perhaps have more diverse enemies. It feels like the drones would have just filled the screen after a certain point?
Will be sure to fix it when the jam ends! As you say I will also need to balance the game some more so drones don't just fill up the screen
Nice little game! The concept is really good and fits the theme well! But it was really hard to control the drones, they move away from you too slow. Besides that, good game! Keep up the good work ^^
Thank your - and thanks for the feedback on the controls, I will try to tweak the parameters in an update to make it easier
Your game idea is really well implemented - amazing job for such a short timeframe.
As others were stating, music or at least some soundFX woud have been nice. Other than that, this was an enjoyable gameplay!
Thank you :)! sounds were next up on the todo-list
Funny we had quite similar ideas for our games.
However yours is much more complete. I really like your pixel art.
(Just a pity you do not propose to play with arrows, for non-english keyboards)
Thanks a bunch! - sorry about the controls, I had never thought of that problem - will be sure to think of that going forwards
Fun game. I liked the simplicity and idea of the game even the pixel art was nice. Would have been better with sound and music.
Thank you, you are also absolutely right - I just ran out of time
Interesting, if only there were more props
Thanks - will be sure to add more in an update
super fun idea! I love the sheep ai. Wish it lasted longer!
Thanks! - it should have been endless, but unfortunatly there is a bug in round 12 so it stops there for now
cool game, i could see this as a bigger release if u keep workin on it
thanks a lot thats very kind