There's a bit of an "Oh, come on" zone right next to the crab where I felt like it could have moved its arm back just a little bit to catch a mutated crab that I didn't want going through.
It's funny you mention that because the attack animation intentionally swings back first before swinging forward to help the players grab that crab that was almost past you. Perhaps, I wasn't too generous!
Hi, thanks! It's my first game ever and I obviously did not telegraph events clearly. I am hoping to add a non-intrusive hint system and make it more obvious when things are going badly for the player.
Thanks for the feedback! I did debate over whether I should improve the spawning logic for the crabs. I did make the special moves (dash / sand quake) specifically to address that -- if you miss a blue crab because it was on the other side of the screen, you might be more likely to pick dash which negates that. You are correct that the energy mechanics are too easy right now.
Ah, this is great feedback. Thank you so much! Especially since the mutation meter goes up when you don't eat a blue crab! I should think about how to best explain that in a nice non-intrusive way. You're not alone in saying this, so it is obvious a problem I should fix!
I am glad to see you remember the early screenshots of the game that I shared on the discord server. I did get off to a very late start in the jam, and you are absolutely right, it definitely did not show promise at the time :D I am glad you think I was able to turn it around.
The lack of anti-aliasing made it hard to read sheets when I inevitably tilted all the pages. I also swung a page wildly and then couldn't put it down! I think the springiness of the mouse controller needs to have strong damping.
This is a great concept! I really liked it. I think it could use some polish around the visual representation of the mechanic. I was very confused about how to navigate diagonals. While I get that you move through diagonals on the beat, it still feels strange to essentially teleport through what visually doesn't look like a gap. If you find a nice solution to that, I think it would greatly improve the visual readability of the game.
I am happy you liked it! A progression system involving time/score/stats is in the works, so that players can get an idea of how far into a run they are, and compare different runs with each other.
Thanks for the great feedback! I should definitely make that more clear in the post-jam update. The game is intended to be an arcade-style game with endless runs, where you see how long you can go before losing. I want to add a nice scoring/stats system so players can measure how well they did each run.
Woah, hold up! You can only lose the game, all end states are failure states (running out of energy / becoming a mutant). When you say you "won" the game, what did you mean?
It's a great idea, but the movement just "feels" off. The jump and A/D need to be tuned a lot more. I wish the collision boxes for spikes were slightly smaller. I died a lot just rubbing up on a wall segment with spikes on top, even though I shouldn't have intersected with the spikes.
