The game is easy to understand (big arrow!), the visuals are nice and simple, music fits in. I like that you can pass under the helicopter undetected. It’d be really nice if there was an end screen, maybe a better description on itch, and some other finish-ups.
Overall, nice, minimalistic game that doesn’t overstay it’s welcome.
I love how simple this game is. Nice visuals, simple animations, quick learning curve. Tanks! I like that the bullet direction depends on the tank movement, and how the bullet can pass over rock.
One thing I was missing was continuous fire instead of spamming LMB. And maybe an explanation for the health regeneration.
This is a mix of modern graphics and retro arcade game style play. And somehow, it works. Aside from a few issues (FPS drops, wonky glitches), everything feels right. Design, visuals, music. Quick to learn. Original idea. Solid game. Would love to see a polished version.
Your comment means so much to us. Thank you <3
If you’d have any feedback on what we could improve, please share, we’re all ears!
(bonus loading screen lore: the loading screen is actually the debug version. The release version was pure black, but it got overwritten by the old one due to a technical issue. You can still see it when loading the credits:)
Big thanks for the feedback! I agree and a JSON-less future is planned for Prophicient (and much more!). Until then, god is stuck with Windows95-ahh interface :)
Thank you for the excellent write-up. Here are my main ideas about the future of Prophicient:
main change: adding interactive tutorial scene with small step-by-step tasks
JSON is planned to be abandoned in favor of something better. Maybe taking inspiration from Minecraft WorldEdit’s syntax? As well as adding a proper list of functionality. Implementing standalone expression evaluator would also enable a web build.
hover tips for feedback were not added due to technical issues. This will be resolved. Also, there are further functional improvements planned for the UI, including resetting the level to see the constraints better.
game economy was introduced to better tie in the Ingredients. It is confusing and hard to design levels for. The current plan is to replace it with flat difficulty levels, with no money carried over between levels. Maybe something like Bad Piggies star system.
tune the miner AI a bit, and explain the miner’s actions better in game.
All of this is also held back by all the technical debt accumulated in the project. E.g. there is no level editor, spaghetti code, etc. I will try my best to make this into a complete game.
A lot of things about this game are just right. The pacing, the learning curve, the controls, the simple graphics, even the [redacted]. Reminds me a bit of Do You Copy?.
Yes, there are a few downsides, the lore is too short, the ships don’t visibly correlate with the messages, there are some glitches, etc. But on the other hand, tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
Game Designer Jesse Schell says, that there are two kinds of themes in games. Experience-based (commonly found), and truth-based. Truth-based themes can be much stronger than experience-based ones, and little is required to have the theme resonate in the minds and hearts of players.
And Bring Me To Light brings, well, a truth to light. The game is so much given so little. The controls are messy, the level is tiny, the only music is in the ending, and there are several bugs and inconsistencies. But the truth, hidden inside, shadows all of these.
Definitely! As a one-man project, it currently is more of a proof-of-concept, than a complete package. But it is reviews like these that give all the motivation to change that (update coming soon?). Thank you for playing!
Naprosto ukázkový, učebnicový příklad jamové hry. Jednoduchá myšlenka, dobré zpracování. Gameplay působí překvapivě čerstvě, i když by neuškodilo přidat něco s větší hloubkou, třeba i level kde dojde k opakovanému použití jednoho jablka.
Ve hře je k nalezení spousta hezkých nápadů. Snakyval můžu doporučit úplně každému. 10/10
This is likely the most underrated game of this game jam. I feel I can’t express my opinion fully with words, but I’ll try.
literally perfectly used ingredients
the motorcycle exploration mechanic pairs extremely well together with the resource-optimization mechanic in the town
nice use of both audio, and quiet
minimal but ingenious dialogue
Brave New Town has some kind of special atmosphere to it. It’s just so simple, but at the same time so much more. Despite there being no concrete goal, I was left wanting to play more, find another settler, find out what the Joker will say next, or maybe convince them to stay. (On a side note, I’d love to see some continuation or ending to the Joker storyline, or maybe some actually implemented character quests.)
I love how the visuals work. The hidden desert buildings fading in and out. The dialogue boxes. And the town changes visuals with each upgrade!
This game doesn’t need points, stars, useless puns, arbitrary goals, or even risk (there is no way to lose anything) to motivate the player. Playing this game is its own reward. You should try it too.
I don’t think I can submit a point rating for Demon of the Tube, but I’d love to see a whole prototype in the future!
The premise is really good, the ingredients used perfectly (except joker??), and it’s really cool that you made your own assets and UI from scratch. This could be, and still can be epic.
I love the main mechanic, its just a joy to play with. It’s so simple to get into and understand how to play, and the levels build up so nicely. I love it.
The dialogue/lore feels natural, and combined with all other elements (from laugh track, character sprites, to settings menu) carries over its signature humor. Something with Liminal! just feels right.
It’d be great to have some more development to the mechanics, maybe a minimap/zoom out, or something as the other comments suggested? Or even just a final level or something. Also, the use of ingredients is weak but doesn’t feel detrimental to the game.
Tahle hra, ačkoliv nová, pro mě byla trochu nostalgickým zážitkem.
Je spousta super, pěkných věcí na téhle hře.
replay funkce!
intuitivní, ač omezené ovládání
built in tutoriál + popis ovládání
super využití ingrediencí
závěrečná animace
diegetická hudba!!
Hra je perfektně optimalizovaná pro game jam – tématicky ucelené zábava pro pár minut nebo i pár hodin + super pitch. Zároveň ale hra má málo vlastního. Nedá se toho moc vytknout přímo – konzistence vizuálu, learning curve, atd. jsou všechny super. Ale fakt mi na hře chybělo něco, co už není jinde, a generická gamifikace(!) hry tomu moc nepomáhá.
Závěrem: hrozně si cením toho, jak, Skaters Paradise ukazuje, že hra nepotřebuje mít meníčka, achievementy, složitý tutoriál, ani konec (eternaleffortlike?). Stačí mít něco hezkého, co stojí za to zahrát.
Thank you for the excellent review! It brings me joy to know this project is something worth investing development into. If you find any other shortcomings, feel free to add them. We will definitely focus on making this game into something better.
Nemůžu si pomoct, hrozně se mi líbí myšlenka bestiáře. Všechno, co hráč potřebuje, je napsáno černé na bílém. A přesto to je fakt těžké vyřešit. Nejtěžší šifrou se ukazuje být prostě lidský jazyk.
Tato hra taky nabízí dnes již legendární Nepřeskočitelný tutoriál, který sloužil jako inspirace pro tento komicky dlouhý speedrun :)
Ačkoli ne perfektní, tahle hra pokračuje v tradici geniálně jednoduchých puzzle her. Nostalgický zážitek jako vytažený ze starých archivů Flash her. 10/10. Jsem zvědavý, jestli vyjde nějaký další update :)
Thank you so much for the comment. We are collecting bugs to be fixed and improvements to be made and plan on releasing a “small” patch in the future. If you’d have any other suggestions, it would be awesome if you could share them too :)
We are aware of a bug causing the indestructible block to emit a sound when mined. We will be patching this when the submissions become editable again, as well as improving the destroy animation, as you said.
Určitě díky hlavně za podněty k dalšímu zlepšení, moc si jich cením. Taky si cením toho, že náš tým vyzněl jako sehraný :D
Co se týče originality, tak nějakou určitě můžete najít, kousíček od každého člena týmu :) Za členy týmu: Martin - mecha žraloci, Lukáš - AI na obeplouvání hráče, Dima - vlastní HUD ikonky, Rudolf - respawn screen má pozadí z vlastních fotek a mění se s hloubkou.
Přiznávám, že poslední ingredience byla skoro nesplněna, původní záměr byl postupně zvětšovat žraloky, aby byli nakonec opravdu obří, ale kvůli problémům s AI jsme to nakonec úplně nevystihli.
Ještě jednou moc díky za zpětnou vazbu. Jsme rádi, že se hra líbila.
