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The game was cool, it is like "The Last of Us" 2D. 

After dying one time I just used the shotgun, I think the baseball bat is pretty useless in the inventory, you can simply shoot, run or roll away waiting the cooldown and then shoot again. The gun can be useful because of the different rate of fire. I would have added the stronger weapons efter every encounter with the monsters.

Also shooting with the spacebar is weird. I tried to jump once and I almost shot my daughter.

The art is nice, I love the background with the red sky.

The voice acting stood out, is probably the best one of the jam and if that is your family is even cooler.

The ending for me was a bit of a letdown. I usually never like the "and then he/she woke up" ending, especially if what was happening before was really cool.

But  I get that you had to comply with the theme of the jam, maybe it's just that al lot of the dev in this jam chose to end their games with the "it was all a big lie" finale so I'm tired of that.

Anyway, I liked your game, it's a nice entry!

"The Last of Us 2D" is a huge compliment, thank you. 

  • I wanted to do something new from collecting ammo so I decided to try out a "cooldown" type of system for the weapons. The idea is you would need to manage/use all of them like RPG type abilities rather than the traditional weapon systems. The bat was kinda the "last ditch" weapon and its role in the rotation is kinda muddled. I for sure have lots of balancing to make a system like that work.
  • Complete agree and something I will change in the future.
  • Thank you. I was actually calling the game red skies during development.
  • The voice work was really fun and seem to be the thing that makes this game standout. Couldn't be prouder of my wife and boy for delivering such great performances.
  • Honestly, I just didn't like the theme and went with a cliche trope to avoid making something deliberately obfuscated to the player. I do feel it still fits the theme but only thematically and not mechanically. 

I appreciate you taking the time to leave such a detailed comment and helping me make the game better in the future. Cheers! 

Love the profile pic btw 🤘