I totally understand, in game jams the time is really tight and it is not easy to manage the scope of a project effectively. I’m curious to see if you plan any improvement post jam!
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The idea is very cool, I was immediately intrigued! However, the controls are quite frustrating. I got stuck in the fireball room for a long time and then I got stuck again in the wind room. I think the main issue here is the interface, which could be more clear, and Donkus movement which are often difficult to predict.
Besides that, the game is pretty nice, good job!
An inverse Vampire Survivors, that’s really cool! And you also managed to put a power-up progression, that’s impressive for a game jam! A few suggestions: the non-clickable area seemed a bit bigger than the drawn area, it was a bit frustrating because you want to put the monsters as close as possible to the border but you couldn’t sometimes - even if it seemed like the place was fine; the mana for monster spawning was too forgiving, I could just spam click monsters, which made the game less strategic.
Besides that, I think it has potential as a bigger game too because there are interesting mechanics that arise from the combination of monsters - for instance, you could spawn fast bird monsters on the right and then, while the enemy is busy dealing with the birds, spawn an army of skeleton monsters to the left for the final blow. I’m looking forward to see if you are willing to expand it!
The idea is very smart! I like how you have to plan your moves so that you are out of the field of view of the players. However, it was hard for me to understand both the players and fog logic of movement (sometimes the fog expanded, sometime I had more turns, but I couldn’t understand why). Maybe, since there is no tutorial in game, you can at least add a few lines inside the Itch page description. Overall, solid idea, it has potential even outside the jam!
The visuals are very nice, I really like the idea of the big dice in the background! The music is also good! Gameplay-wise there could be some improvements, for instance I think it would be better to have the gun aim follow the mouse to give more control to the player, which is usually expected in these games.
The game is so charming, I loved it!
I personally think that the platforming part wasn't great, I think it is just frustrating to fall down and having to go all the way up again.
The idea is very nice, the bigfoot part was genius (even though I would have not repeated it, once was enough) and the style was just really beautiful, as was the music!
With a bit more polish and maybe some more intriguing puzzles using the camera would make for a very nice game I'd happily play!
Great job!
Nice game, the graphics are simple but good!
I think it would have been great to have some background music. The thunder sound, when a lot of effects were applied in short succession, should have been limited a bit (not executed at each single effect) to avoid too much noise. It would have been also easier to understand how much damage you did to enemies if you also had an indication of the total health (and not only the remaining one).
I think the game would be much better with a bit more animations - for instance, some trail effect when dashing and dying animations. The rope wasn't particularly intuitive to use, it would have been ok just to make you go up when you press the up arrow. Also I found a bit confusing that the dash was made in the direction of the mouse, I personally would have just set the direction to wherever the player was already going. Furthermore, it was a bit too floaty.
IF YOU HAVE PROBLEM RUNNING IT ON MAC
Download the zip, unzip it, open a terminal in that directory and launch these two commands:
chmod +x beat-domain_MAC.app/Contents/MacOS/beat-domain xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine beat-domain_MAC.app
Otherwise the system will complain about "not having permissions". The reason this happens is that it was built on Windows and the app has not the permission to execute.
I hope this helps somebody, I was so obsessed by this game I had to try it on the Mac I use at work to get the full experience (was too hard otherwise).
Having played it fully, I really appreciated it (even though in normal it is somewhat too easy on most parts of the song, since you can just stay in a corner and avoid all bullets, while it would have been better if the bullet pattern would force you to move constantly - and the hard mode is just impossible for me). The music is just terrific, I think that if you continue to improve on it this could become a really cool rhythm game!
Wow this game is so much weird! Impressive.
It somewhat mixes an idle game with real-time reaction and it is quite original. I was curious - and also a bit scared - of what the next modification would look like, so that kept me going!
I would have like a bit more variety (maybe more modifications or more kid patterns) but the experience is good nonetheless, mostly because of the original presentation!
As a curiosity, why the half-Japanese title name?
Nice game. You made a very good job with the tutorial.
The battle in itself, however, was not juicy enough in my opinion. The animations were good, however there wasn't almost any sound effect. For instance, it was hard to understand whether I hit the boss or not: I was expecting a hit sound and maybe some screenshake.
The music is great and the gameplay is really interesting, I like how when you get hit you gain a wider area!
I didn't like how the bullets were shot randomly (as far as I've seen), I think it would have been great to have some patterns that repeat (even if the sequence may be randomized to some extent, I'm thinking of Super Hexagon) so that learning the patterns rewards the player.
Anyways I was just impressed by the presentation, very nice game!
I really enjoyed the atmosphere, it was really eerie and the art was really good, simple but effective!
The gameplay was promising, but in the end it didn't delivered a lot - it would have been great to have more puzzles, and I couldn't understand the one with the eyes (I somewhat solved it by chance). The mechanic of having your younger brother following you could have been explored a bit more (also, that 'X' sound was quite unpleasant).
As another feedback, during the dialogues I would have liked that the character that was talking was highlighted in some way.
Anyways, good job, I liked it!
(I'm not sure I understood what the ending was supposed to mean though.)
(Also, just curious, why the choice of Japanese for title and title screen choices?)
The game is just lovely! The art is gorgeous and the gameplay is really interesting and fresh. I liked how you had to go to the different faces of the cube and thanks to the arrows it was easy to understand which path to take (good job!). I can see you polished a lot the game both from the artistical and technical perspective.
The only criticism I can give is that I would have liked it to be a little bit more fast paced (increasing over time), or maybe that the orders became more complex. After a while the game becomes a bit repetitive, especially when you memorize all the characters position, but I think that with a bit more variety this could be turned into a lovely full-fledged game!
I can relate quite a bit to this game, working from home!
Very fun idea, there is good and varied amount of emergencies that keep you on the edge as per the theme!
However it was a bit frustrating at times because the area of activation of the hotspot was a bit too narrow - for example I couldn't fill the ink in time for this reason - and I was confused when I did all my chores at the end of the first day and could keep using the computer over and over without feedback (maybe if you couldn't do anything else you could just skip and finish the day?).
Anyways, I enjoyed playing it, good job!
I simply love it! The art is gorgeous and the aesthetic is just so original and beautiful!
I really appreciate how you managed to weave storytelling and gameplay together, and the ending was very meaningful even though there were no words... This is no easy feat, so great job!
I think a small tutorial would have been great (even maybe just a few marks at the beginning). I didn't realize I could use the shield until I got to the boss. Then I played it again and it was so much easier being able to deflect arrows from skeletons. Also the music was good but maybe could have used a bit more variety.
Definitely a game I really enjoyed playing!
Absolutely love the art! Simple yet effective, it makes your game stand out.
The mechanic is intriguing, with a greater variety of enemy this game has potential!
It is a pity that there is no music or sound effects, I suggest for the next time you find some time to add them - they really help make the game alive! You can easily find free music online.