[SUMMARY] 📊
Journey of a Black Hole is an agar.io inspired game and a nice entry to the Brackeys Game Jam.
I did not reach the win state, because I have more reviews to write and I got stuck when my star was big enough to be eaten by red rogue stars.
[GAME DESIGN] 🎲
- The Good: Good premise, it works and it's intuitive to learn. The light speed mechanic is good.
- The Bad: There are some rogue red stars that kill you instantly even on the easiest difficuly setting.
- My Advice: Balance and playtest early! Everytime you can, build and send the game to family and friends (or the game jam discord) and gather their feedback. Build often!
[FUN] 🤣
- The Good: Satisfying to see your star grow!
- The Bad: A bit boring at the start.
- My Advice: Same as above!
[INNOVATION] 💡
- The Good: A star that moves and the years count on the bottom left are very original ideas!
- The Bad: A bit derivative. Too similar to agar.io.
- My Advice: Try and make your game yours! Twist the mechanics a bit.
[THEME]📖
- The Good: A black hole! What else can I say?
- The Bad: -
- My Advice: Maybe don't go with the obvious. An original approach to the theme can help you on Game Design as well as on the Innovation category.
[GRAPHICS]🎨
- The Good: Consistent and well done. Nice menus!
- The Bad: Could use some more polish!
- My Advice: You can modify Post Processing on runtime to achieve cool effects!
[AUDIO]🔊
- The Good: Good audio work.
- The Bad: Lacks a bit more of polish overall.
- My Advice: Play with random pitch to make sounds sound different on each play. https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AudioSource-pitch.html
[FINAL RATING] 🥇
Overall, a good entry to the jam. Good theme use and nice graphics. The Innovation and Fun could get some love.
6.6 / 10
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