Okay, idk why but I just played again and got 157 XD. Wayyyy better score
Edit: Ohhh, okay. I played once more and realized why it was harder the first time. Sometimes the bubbles don't visually appear until they are pretty far down the screen, at which point you have very little time to react. Not sure why that is
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Thanks! Yeah you can't place blocks if they would make it impossible for the enemies to get to your base -- there has to be a path. There's currently a bug where the Bubble Traps count as walls too, so that makes the block placement a little confusing. I definitely just didn't have time to make a real tutorial or give the player on screen cues for block placement, but that's gonna be added soon.
I actually have a lot of other features that are close to being done already; I just had to disable them for the time being to keep the jam submission easier to understand. There will definitely be more updates soon!
Thanks for the feedback!
The physics are custom coded actually (I didn't use Unity), and I just ran out of time. I know exactly why the slopes aren't working properly -- if you press towards a slope while the cat is standing next to it, it thinks it's next to a wall so it stops. It's an easy fix, but one I just didn't have time to implement because I was working right up until the deadline haha. You're definitely right about the ball having weird hitbox issues though. For the most part I added hitboxes over Coot's boxing gloves, but I also accidentally only made the hitbox come out for one frame (frame 2) of each animation, which makes it really unforgiving -- another oversight that I just didn't have time to fix, but will improve once edits are allowed.
The biggest issue with this game is the camera. Subtle mouse movements adjust the camera drastically which makes it hard to control the character. If you reach a checkpoint and fall off of a high platform, you also have to kill yourself to respawn at the top which is kind of annoying. Maybe add code so that if you fall below the checkpoint location it automatically respawns you at the checkpoint.
Fun graphics and music though, and I think the concept could be really fun with a few improvements!
One of my favorite games from the jam. I loved the different powerups and items you could buy at the store. My only issue was that it was far too easy. The enemies didn't really seem like a threat, and I beat the final boss in about 2 seconds (didn't even get to see what he did). Other than that, I liked the graphics, music, and concept a lot.
This game was really fun! I personally thought that the first stage of the boss fight was wayyyyy harder than the second two though. I was able to just stay on the left side of the screen and shoot and take out the final two forms, whereas the first form required me to dodge a lot, and killed me a few times. So I would just recommend adjusting the difficulty a little so that it gets progressively harder (and I would make the first part a little easier)