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I love the art style. It’s super cute and the palette is harmonious, vibrant and yet not so hard on the eyes. Animations are simple yet fitting and cute. The game is well polished and executed.
The upgrade mechanic is a nice idea, but it could use more polish. E.g. it was getting slightly annoying to craft more and more of the complex ingredients. E.g. clicking 35 times to make 35 magma for a meteor upgrade was a bit tiring. The icons were readable, but tooltips with ingredients names would be helpful. Also some animations on what is happening would help with player onboarding how crafting works. E.g. have a little fire and earth meet at the magma icon and combine there.
Overall I really liked this one, hope to see more after the jam.
I really liked the setting and idea. It has huge potential. The two levels are very easy, but I can see this becoming a deduction/detective game like “Return of the Obra Dinn”.
No sound is a bit of a let down, but the graphics were good enough that I felt immersed.
There is some quirkiness with the object physics, especially when dropping them. I think allowing the player to always be able to drop the items with a rigid body sim would work better, but it served it’s purpose.
Overall well done, keep at it. I would love to see more!
This is adorable and stunning. A great example why steam should rethink the 2h refund policy. An experience is not about time, and this was incredible wordless story telling. The art is gorgeous, music is fitting… The only negative thing I can mention is that I felt slightly annoyed the awkward-meter did not reset when “leveling up”. Very well done, Bravo!
Thank you very much for the kind words and for playing. The AI was designed for more open spaces, enemy design overall is a weak point I guess.
So did the combination you found have stability issues, i.e. did you get frame drops or did it just feel unbalanced? I tested many similar combinations and they worked fine for me. I should probably test on weaker hardware as well.
Thank you very much for the kind words and for playing. The AI was designed for more open spaces, enemy design overall is a weak point I guess.
So did the combination you found have stability issues, i.e. did you get frame drops or did it just feel unbalanced? I tested many similar combinations and they worked fine for me. I should probably test on weaker hardware as well.
I love the visuals, it’s got that original Resident Evil vibe. Controls feel snappy and reactive. Well done!
The “gun” I lacked a bit of feedback of how strong the shot is. E.g. you could add some screen shake and sound effects for the strong shots to really sell the impact.
For some reason “fullscreen” does not stretch the visuals but has a huge black border. I believe this
Now all it needs is more content, keep at it!
Game is really fun. First one I had to force myself putting away to give other games a chance. Art is outstanding, music is simple but fits. Sound design could use a bit of work. And I feel the difficulty curve is a bit too steep and relies a bit too much on grinding previous fights to get good ingredients.
Well done!
I changed the key bindings just to see if the text message at the start updates. It does 10/10
On a serious note: Fun little game. What really confused me is the lack of feedback for movement. The background does not seem move relative to the player, so I ended up using dropped coins as a reference.
Really like the animations of the characters. The game loop reminds me of those retro simulation adventures like “beat cop”.
What I lacked a bit was feedback and juice. E.g. it took me a couple of deaths to realize what was killing me.
As for controls I generally think the less buttons you need to still achieve everything the better. When designing controls try to limit yourself e.g. arrow keys and a single button and only introduce a new one if you’re stuck design wise.
Keep at it! Add that story, would live to see it
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Great work! Very fun and addictive. It has that “just one more run” feel. I wish-listed it on Steam.
A minor bug that I found: in fullscreen on my 16:10 screen (1920x1200) the edges are cut off.
It would also be nice to have all actions like “turn-around” and “attack” accessible via buttons. The game runs great on my phone, but it is sadly still unplayable without those