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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #584 | 3.889 | 3.889 |
| Audio | #1398 | 3.389 | 3.389 |
| Narrative | #2485 | 2.667 | 2.667 |
| Artwork | #2803 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Creativity | #5198 | 2.944 | 2.944 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
You loop through time until you can beat the boss and reach the end. You're also the only one in the loop about the aliens!
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https://www.kenney.nl/assets/particle-pack
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/shotgun-shooting-things-105837/
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/single-pistol-gunshot-33-37187/
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/desert-eagle-90136/
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/dry-assault-rifle-automatic-47896/
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You smashed the graphics - totes fab. I enjoyed it and could get hooked
Nice job animating guns angles! Game is hard though... Only got to level 2 at good rng with sniper and x2 shots but then on next 10 attempts with other guns it was very hard!
The SMG is OP, try that if you're struggling ahah :)
I liked the flow of the game! Nice movement and shooting! Although I suggest reducing the speed of enemy bullets to have time to avoid them and it would be good to see somewhere all the selected effects, or changes in the player's stats (for example, the total speed number, which has become larger). And one more nuance, I didn't quite understand why there is a choice of weapon type at the start, if the most effective in my opinion is the SMG, maybe they need to be blocked and unlocked during the game from worst to best. But overall, the vibe of the game is cool, I love it!!!
Yeah the SMG is definitely OP, probably a function of it being the weapon I used the most.. but the sniper is also pretty strong.
Also yes the bullets come at you pretty quick when you go into certain rooms - IMO enemies need a small delay before activating when you walk into the room, something I've already added for a post-jam patch and it feels a lot better.
Unlocking weapons is an interesting idea, but ideally they'd all be fun to pick (and then you can choose upgrades and a build around their characteristics). I don't mind some being a bit stronger than the others, as you can pick a worse weapon to have more challenge, but it just feels bad atm.
Thanks for the feedback :)
This one is giving off big flash game energy. Quite fun to obliterate a room in 2 seconds with the SMG, which is absolutely bonkers. For the boss, you can just stay on an edge during the ground attack thingy phase and avoid getting hit. But the other attack does a lot of damage and the boss has way too much health to the point where regardless of how broken it feels, I can't pass the boss :p.
Besides that though, quite fun!
Really well done. Good job!
Really cool! Reminds me of the kind of Kongregate games I used to grind for hours. Quite well balanced, something that's easy to miss during a jam when time is so tight so it's really nice to see
I really like the character animation and music, completed the game, definitely a great experience, only found one wall tile being outside the wall. Anyways it is a solid 5 out of 5 experience!
I rated 5 out of 5 please rate mine!
It's fun! I like that remembering the map layout lets you take the optimal route. I admit I found the story a bit confusing. I'm trying to rescue the aliens, but the people I'm fighting also have alien DNA? Maybe if I could beat the game it would make sense.
Yeah the story was something we didn't have time to convey properly - it's supposed to be that a mysterious scary alien traps you in a time loop to rescue it's species from being experimented on in Area 51.. with a small plot twist at the end when you beat the boss.
Fun game, I really like the character animations
Big newground vibes. Some of the enemies are hard to see offscreen, maybe don't have them shoot until you see them? Game was simple, but upgrades felt really nice to get. Good job!
Nice one! I managed to get to a boss fight - but only got a small dent to it before BIG RIP!
This game is so funnnnnnn, this deserves more ratings. From the art style to the enjoyment, this is 10/10 game for me. But i am kinda mad that my sniper build that was one shotting everything and literally had so much health died to the boss that had 25% left on his/her/it? healthbar.
I haven't beaten this yet, but it's super fun and really well designed! (although I did get absolutely humbled after losing my 14(?) round burst Sniper trying to hit a 3rd double or nothing in a row)