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- Wow, congrats on your first game!! You did an awesome job! You should definitely be proud of your submission. It was an enjoyable experience to play. Loved the 8 bit sound effects. The art was really good as well. I loved that there is the start of a shop/upgrade system. Progression in games like this makes me want to keep on playing. I also liked that you could shoot the skeletons to collect bones but you also had to keep an eye on the time and make sure you had a big enough group to continue to the next level. Kept the 3 levels of gameplay interesting and definitely could have continued playing more. The only real issue I ran into is when you restart the game, it goes through the intro then says you finished the game again. Overall, this is a really great foundation. I would love to see you continue developing it. It's something I would definitely be able to return to. I hope you were able to learn something throughout the process and will join us for me jams in the future!
Link to your Game Design Doc on Google Drive.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1krWV1CiYE_JDyLcCmg9sfVSmPLJtWVs7oqSeiGzashU/edit?usp=sharing
Have you checked that your GDD is publicly accessible ?
Yes
Is your game set to public on itch.io so we can see it?
Yes
Summarise your game!
You are cursed by a witch who steals your soul to reanimate her skeleton army. You only have 20 seconds to survive before you explode. Destroy enough skeletons in the explosion and get anothre 20 seconds at life. Try to regain your soul!
Please explain how your game fits the theme:
The hero is the weapon because he will explode after 20 seconds, destroying anything in the blast radius. It felt like a frantic and fun take on the idea of having a hero who has to die to be successful.
Is there anything you'd like the judges to pay particular attention to?
I am new to game design and this is my first game, so I am thankful for your time.
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What a cute little game. I like the sound effects and your take on the theme. Good job!
Thanks for trying the game, appreciate your feedback
hey! the game seems super fun but I may have found an issue - I should be able to retrieve my soul by destroying the skulls with arrows, right? on the first level I destroy all (about 5 of them) that pop up and get bones, but I don't see a soul pop up. pls let me know in case I may have missed something! and congrats on your first game, keep the good work up :)
hey jessemaur! Thanks for trying the game, the souls will only show up when the hero explodes and destroys the skeleton. If you use the arrows to destroy the skeleton you will receive the bones. bones will be able to be spent in the shop after each round to buy upgrades, the souls need to be collected in order to advance levels.
thanks again for the feedback, let me know if you have/find any other issues
oh I see!! tried playing it again and found the game loop fun, it was nice to try positioning myself to get as many souls as possible in the blast (while also getting some bones). could imagine myself playing for a while if it had more levels. good job!
I do plan on going back and making some more levels in the future. Thanks again for the feedback!