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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #986 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Enjoyment | #1362 | 3.581 | 3.581 |
| Audio | #3637 | 2.839 | 2.839 |
| Artwork | #3759 | 3.065 | 3.065 |
| Narrative | #3929 | 2.323 | 2.323 |
Ranked from 31 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?
spatial looping, Wraparound screen like in Asteroids.
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Very trippy, exactly what I like
Like if John Conway's Game of Life was created by a psychopath in the best way possible. Insanely creative concept well excecuted. Little obsessed!
Thank you for the lovely review. During development process I thought about the Game of Life.
Great concept! Very polished. I like how this feels math-y, when I zone myself out of the specific line. Very cool game and a fitting idea for this jam! Really good game.
Really great concept, and I love the vibe that is created with the look and audio. Great job!
I'll would say this has to be like top 5 bests games I've played so far. Very well done!
This was a really cool game. Great idea
Wow, this is a very good idea! Very clever.
This is so sick!! There's something so cathartic about the difficulty coming from your own actions, feels like there's a life lesson in there somewhere lol. The inclusion of different guns was great for adding variation, I was so surprised at how different the game feels for each one, it's a lovely piece of design. The presentation is minimalist but really really appealing. The music was banging and alongside the visuals it was like a music video or something.
Thank you for making this! Really great entry.
Thank you so much for the lovely review.
I'm glad you liked it :D
I absolutely love this. Not much of a bullet hell guy, but when I'm my own enemy? That's a strategy game. The gun that shoots an x/+ is my favourite because you only have to deal with the bullets that remain after you hit something successfully. Also love the game of life-esc-ness, whether it was intentional or not.
It looks so chaotic but when you focus on a single instance it becomes easier to concentrate. Its like a loopy bullet hell!
Really cool take on the theme, it's a unique mix of action and puzzle, and super hard :D
Great gameplay LOOP
Maybe it's the web version, maybe it's me, but I wasn't able to play the game.
Nothing happens during 20 seconds, then a huge amount of enemies spawn and kill me instantly. I don't even have time to see them appear on screen.
Do you think downloading the game would help ?
That’s strange, i think downloading the windows build would help, since HTML isn’t local, it could have been a server/ network problem?
Maybe ! I'll download it and keep you posted. Thanks a lot !
It is thousand times better with the Windows build. Thanks a lot for this very cool game !
Very fun game! Loved your unique spin on the theme.
I´m glad you liked it! It seems like we had kind of the same idea lol
I really liked the loop mechanic here, being careful with bullets was a fun challenge! The shaders were cool. I didn't really understand the health mechanic. The tutorial made it sound like you'd get more health (power?) as you kill enemies, but nothing I did appeared to heal me. I also didn't quite get why all the enemies had a "down arrow", etc. But overall I enjoyed my playthrough
Hello! Yeah, the health mechanic was probably a bit unclear 😅. More power (green cubes) spawn the more enemies die, and that in turn increases your health next wave. The down arrows / triangles were a way to show they were enemies with the ”Tricorp” trying to kill you and all that. I’m glad you enjoyed it!
I really liked the loop mechanic here, being careful with bullets was a fun challenge! The shaders were cool. I didn't really understand the health mechanic. The tutorial made it sound like you'd get more health (power?) as you kill enemies, but nothing I did appeared to heal me. I also didn't quite get why all the enemies had a "down arrow", etc. But overall I enjoyed my playthrough
The game feels super polished and smooth! Loved the visuals. Awesome job!
Thank you so much!
Very creative interpretation of the theme! You incorporate a risk/reward system exceptionally well. Excellent game!
Aw man I broke space and time! 10/10 would do it again.