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A jam submission

Backfire - Game Jam EditionView game page

Made for GMTK 2025 - A chaotic arcade survival game where every shot might come back to haunt you.
Submitted by rustycruiselabs (@rustycruiselabs) — 1 hour, 41 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#29033.5003.500
Enjoyment#29873.1333.133
Audio#30462.9672.967
Narrative#45712.2002.200
Artwork#58222.5332.533

Ranked from 30 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?
Every shot you fire loops back, turning your offense into future danger.

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Submitted

What a great use of the theme, simple and very effective!

Submitted

Nice game

Submitted

It’s really great to see such an interesting idea executed so beautifully. I really enjoyed it!

Submitted (1 edit)

really unique idea and very fun, chaotic game. I might just no be the target audience, as i don't play much bullethells, but the controls felt unintuitive and it made it harder to play. still had fun though!

Submitted(+1)

Peace has been restored once more! Honestly really enjoyed a lot about this, truly a bullet-hell at times! The tank felt really good to control, and I liked how you had to keep to the zone to keep charging, really made you stay in the midst of all the chaos. Lot of fun, would love to see it built upon, awesome work!

Developer(+1)

Wow, you made it through! Glad you had fun — I can’t wait to build on this too!

Submitted(+1)

This was a very interesting idea! Having your shots loop back at you kind of discourages you from spamming shots, and you're forced to concentrate on your accuracy. I must say, I found it quite the challenge!

Developer

Thanks! Happy you had fun and that it kept you on your toes — never boring, I hope!

Submitted(+1)

Hey, thanks for checking out our game! I thought your game was pretty creative and fun, and I saw some people already mention amazing additions you could add to your game as well as recommendations for controls, so I'll just say that I can't wait to see what else you add to your game! Overall, pretty solid entry and really fun! 

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the kind words! Really excited to keep working on this and make it even better.

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