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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #37 | 3.515 | 3.515 |
| Music | #44 | 3.455 | 3.455 |
| Mechanics | #48 | 3.364 | 3.364 |
| Sound | #57 | 3.364 | 3.364 |
| Overall | #65 | 3.394 | 3.394 |
| Story | #93 | 2.606 | 2.606 |
| Aesthetics | #107 | 3.485 | 3.485 |
| Theme | #119 | 2.970 | 2.970 |
Ranked from 33 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How many people worked on this game in total?
1
Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
no
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This was a lot of fun, took me a moment to figure out how the game worked so you might want to look into making an interactive tutorial if you keep working on this. It's a lot of words to digest before playing the game. I've got nothing all that constructive to add outside of the graphics could use a little touch up, but it's consistant and that's not bad at all.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks!
fun game with charming visuals, took me some time to realize how the controls worked but over all quite well done!
yep! Theres a tutorial too, explains the controls
ah that's great then!
This visual style took me back in time! In a good way. The game is really cute, great work!
Thanks!
Great work! I really like the MS Paint art style you've got here!
Thanks haha I just drew it in the GameMaker Studio Editor! Glad you liked it
Pumpkinate me out to dinner and a movie! This one was fun!
- I liked that there were multiple bullet types
- I was a little skeptical about the art at first but it works! The spider dude look really good.
- It was a little weird control wise because your dash and shoot are both controlled by the mouse position. Idk what else to do those. It certainly make it more challenging then if they were separated.
Thanks! Glad you liked it
Really liked the old-arcade-game concept you’ve gone with — there’s something fun and nostalgic about being pulled into a retro cabinet while real horror creeps in. The art style and the idea work well together. A little polish on clarity (controls, tutorial/hinting) might help players dive in quicker, but overall you’ve built something engaging and memorable. Nice job! 👏
If you get a moment, I’d love for you to check out my jam game too:
🎮 Hush Boy, Hush — /jam/gamedevtv-halloween-jam-2025/rate/3971977
Thanks yeah I'll deffinatly check that out!
no worries!
Super challenging, great game! Greenman is awfully agile.
Thanks so much haha, we love green man
Great game! Really fun and engaging, with interesting variety of weapons and enemies. The controls are a bit difficult to get used to, but after a few tries, become easier. Sound effects and music also go well with the retro vibe :) Well done on the game!
Thanks! I also have a controls tab where you can change them if you didn't like them! Glad you had fun!
I like the use of theme!
Thanks!
I would gladly play it more but those loud sounds was destroying my ears. Cute artstyle though :)
I left positive score :)
Thanks lol, you can turn your volume down though haha. Glad you still liked it!
The pumpkin is very cute, but this game was kind of too hard for me and I didn't entirely understand it. I couldn't figure out how I was supposed to use the slam, or what the orange symbols on the screen indicate.
Not sure if this is a bug or a feature: After dying and restarting the game, it gives me the last-used weapons instead of resetting them to the default. So there were times I couldn't get past the first level because I would be stuck with a weapon that was completely unhelpful. In those cases, I had to reload the browser window to get back to the basic weapons.
Yeah if you die or reset I was originally gonna make it so you went back to original abilities when dying, but I decided to keep it as last used so It doesn't feel the same each time. Also, you shouldn't have to reset the browser because all weapons are possible to be used in every level! The tutorial tells you how to use the slam also, I don't know if you saw that feature on the homescreen! It is a very hard game, but I tried to make it as intuitive as possible, I hope you can revisit it and enjoy it more! Orange symbols are dashes btw, I figured people would notice after using it a bit
Some cool ideas and different weapons, and I like the wonky art style, remind me of the old Earthworm Jim games.
I found it quite difficult, and in particular it wasn't very forgiving even at the very start where you're just trying to get used to the controls on the mechanics, and you get instantly attacked by lots of enemies.
Still cool looking character, and a fun time.
Thanks for playing, glad you had fun!
Some cool ideas and different weapons, and I like the wonky art style, remind me of the old Earthworm Jim games.
I found it quite difficult, and in particular it wasn't very forgiving even at the very start where you're just trying to get used to the controls on the mechanics, and you get instantly attacked by lots of enemies.
Still cool looking character, and a fun time.
I loved the wonky writing. The game looked really cool and was funny.
Thank you!
I'm not quite good at this game, but the weapon mechanics and movement controls are very good. The loot system also adds a lot of replayability, I had a fun time playing this despite my skill issue :)
Thanks, yeah it is pretty challenging， glad you liked it!
This is great. Think I loved fullly custom made ui the most. Game is adorable and well designed. There's a difficulty and player's abilities progression, which is hella impressive. A variety of enemies and attacks. Great stuff.
The only issue I've had is low frame rates while playing web build. Other then that, yeah, pretty nice project you got there.
"Mine are goodthough" on a tutorial screen got me cracking up 😂😂
Thanks for the feedback! And yeah sorry about the web version, it's not optimised for HTML5, I just did it last minute so more people could play it. Glad you liked it!
Nice game with happy music and sounds, i am not so great at this kind of games but i had fun non the less. Maybe lower the sound a bit next time it hurt my ears when i started it
Ok lol thanks!
Regarding the sound levels -- I think it's just the computer beeps in the the opening animation. They seem a lot louder than the rest of the game.
OK thank you I'll turn those down!
VERY fun game! And hard too hahaha well done!
Thanks!
I really like this game's pixel art and sound effects also the mechanics are really fun but also kind of difficult
Thanks!
Really good game. i would totally play it if this was a full version. the theme is really good for halloween too. the only thing i think could be changed is the dash instead of being guided by the mouse maybe it should be guided with the left and right buttons. <3
Yeah I think for the full version I'll add a beginner setting that does that, because you can't get full mobility unless it goes to the mouse, because I want the dash to go up, so having it as an option would probably be good.