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Entry for Pirate Software Game Jam 16 "You Are The Weapon"

Submitted by Minagy — 42 minutes, 50 seconds before the deadline

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Your game was a lot of fun to play. I wish the adjust aim was a bit more satisfying. But the idea behind the game, the implementation was fun to play. The music track was a total banger too. This disclaimer doesn't change how I feel about the game, but I did experience technical difficulties playing the game. I tried a few different browsers and I wasn't able to move. I asked other judges to open the game. They likewise weren't able to play immediately. I was only able to play the game after I unfocused the browser tab and come back. I know web exports can be strange. So, no harm, no foul. Just something to look for in the future.

Link to your Game Design Doc on Google Drive.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JYY264RSWJLiHyKpO4dJn_CyC4H3ycsOTharZgDu9C4/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 control a slime. You can attach blobs with weapons to your body and control them. Fight against enemy slimes and steal their weapons to become stronger!

Controls:
WASD - Move around
Mouse Left - Shoot
Mouse Right - Adjust aim
E - Toggle Menu

Please explain how your game fits the theme:
You attach weapons to your body to become the ultimate firepower.

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Comments

Gopher_days1 year ago

This is like one of those neato games you play instead of doing your work in school. 8/10 good game.

Rakudajin1 year ago(+1)

Interesting idea! Aiming is a bit too hard, though, and I'm not sure adjusting my aim helped me (or maybe I didn't quite get how it works).

Also, for some reason, the game didn't work in the browser for me - the game starts, but the slime doesn't move. The executable version worked.

Also nice visuals and sound!

bytronSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

It's quite creative how you have the guns attach to you. I couldn't help but get a weird janky setup.

One bug I ran into was that my WASD controls didn't work when I was in fullscreen.

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For The Kingdom!... ?

TheWorldsCutestGamerSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

A cute game! Loved stacking up all my weapons one side to just create an arm of destruction.

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FailCowSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I felt like a ballerina dancer twirling around the other blob, us just sending projectiles everyone at each other

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Twourath: The RPG

ProfDragonSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Nice concept! Love the chaos involved with strapping three guns to your little blob

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BURNER PHONE DX

SimplyCuriositySubmitted1 year ago(+1)

A simple and enjoyable game! Its straightforward and have good replayability value. I'm not sure why my browser doesn't work to load the game but the window's executable works!

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Soulbound Mechanika

Ds12qSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

It is a really interesting mechanic, to have the weapons attach in a specific way, kinda fun. Though i found myself not having enough time to adjust myself to get them to attach in the right orientation.

The crosshair is not 100% redundant, but it does not really explain where you are aiming, so it is a bit weird. I get that from a functional perspective, the crosshair makes sense, but you can really use it to aim your gun unless they are attached just right.

Though non of that takes away from it being a fun little (looter-)shooter, good job.

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COMMANDER GUN VS DOT-CORP

grantlerrSubmitted1 year ago

I found it quite difficult to aim just with rotation. Not sure how the mouse right - adjust aim comes in?

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Pogo Boy Saves The Day!

MinagyDeveloper1 year ago

Thank you for your feedback. The adjust aim action might be a bit unintuitive, as it was one of the last things implemented during the jam. Holding right mouse button allows you to move the mouse without the slime and weapons rotating, basically changing which position is "front facing".

scrumpwichSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I was following your uploads on discord and I'm glad I did. You made an awesome gameplay loop. The amount of weapon variety is great too. This game has enough to make me keep playing, I'm jealous. I only had one problem, I couldn't use keyboard while full screen( tried using chrome and firefox). Otherwise, keep up the great work.

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MinagyDeveloper1 year ago

Glad you enjoy the game and thanks for the feedback :)

Yea, the input not working after toggling full screen is an annoying bug we couldn't seem to fix. GameMaker compiling games for browser play still seems to have some quirks.

8itoSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

These graphics and jiggle physics worked so well for the general feeling of the game.

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MinagyDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks :) funny thing is that the jiggle physics were kind of a happy accident that turned out perfect, as each blob's position just happened to be updated one frame after the one it's attached to. Great example of "It's not a bug, it's a feature"

SnotbaneSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Yo this game is really cool. The enemies are rather difficult to hit but I love that the game is simple to pick up and get the hang of really quickly. Actually, this game is quite a bit similar to our game Little Iron in many ways but I think Attach Attack is the more innovative of the two. Specifically, I love how each individual weapon blob has its own health and can therefore be used as both defense and offense. Such a simple idea but so effective. Well done!!

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MinagyDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for your feedback :) I agree that the enemies are a bit difficult to hit at first, definitely has somewhat of a learning curve. During development I was thinking about ways to improve aiming a bit and I'll definitely work on that in the future. I'll check out Little Iron as well :)