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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #2 | 4.409 | 4.409 |
| Theme | #2 | 4.545 | 4.545 |
| Overall | #3 | 4.119 | 4.119 |
| Graphics | #7 | 4.205 | 4.205 |
| Audio | #17 | 3.318 | 3.318 |
Ranked from 44 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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I LOVE this game. It is super addictive and charming. The lil guys are just soo cute
I loved the replayability with the different item combos, and the art style is very charming. I do wish that there were an option to turn off the damage numbers since my game starts to lag around level 20. It's a great game either way. 10/10
Thanks for the feedback! I'll probably add an option to disable damage numbers in the future, it does get pretty laggy. I'm happy you enjoyed!
REally liked all of the weapons and passive item designs. Chicken bomb was my favorite attack (cus of the sound design) and Shrapnel was my favorite passive.
Pixel art was really well done all around! the wizard fireball was my favorite one.
The two runs I played were both really fun!! -- died at level 8 in both of em
Thanks for all the great feedback! Shrapnel is definitely one of the best passives in the game, especially when combined with duplicate, but I kind of like how rewarding it is if you can reach that point. I was also a little worried the chicken sound effect would get annoying after a while, but I'm glad you liked it! The wizard character is definitely one of my favorite design as well. I'm glad you enjoyed!
The gameplay loop is quick but addictive, and the pixel art is really good for the theme. Nice work!
Thanks for the nice feedback! I'm glad you had fun!
Awesome little bullet heaven! great job overall, very good theming.
Thanks for the feedback, I'm happy you liked it!
This was really fun! I love vampire survivors and it was cool to see it recreated in pico-8 with a bomb theme fitting the jam :)
The level of polish felt quite high, the art was good, you had some fitting music that was pretty good as well (if a bit repetetive) and some nice sound effects.
I do think that one of my favorite aspects of vampire survivors was missing, which is when you have huge waves of enemies that all get melted. I figured it was an engine limitation though, as when I got deep into runs the game would start lagging a lot even with just 100 enemies on screen.
I also found it a bit too easy, but that might just be because I've grinded a lot of vampire survivors. On my second run I was basically unkillable and only died at level 50 or something when the game was lagging so badly I couldn't tell what was happening.
Overall a really impressive submission, doing this in pico-8 seems insane to me so I was blown away by that, as well as with the number of abilities and characters you had, really well done! :D
Thanks for the feedback! I'm not really the best at making music and the loop is definitely way too short, but I hope it didn't severely impact your experience. Part of the low frame rates and lagginess can be blamed on Pico-8's limitations, but I do really need to work on optimization as well. I also think I should adjust the difficulty curve so it steepens a bit after reaching 8 upgrades, the main reason I kept it relatively easy is to not overwhelm people who might be new to the genre, so if it gets harder later it doesn't greatly impact their experience, but still provides a challenge to people who might find it too easy. Thanks again for all this great feedback, and I'm happy you enjoyed!
Nice presentation! The overall experience reminded me a lot of Vampire Survivors, I enjoyed it.
Thanks for the feedback, I'm glad you liked it!
It's incredible. I feel like you pushed Pico-8 quite far with this game. The weakest point could be the music, but it's a minor hiccup in what is otherwise an excellent game!! Very good job!! :D
Thanks! Admittedly, I'm not very good at making music, but I'm glad it didn't ruin the experience. I'm happy you enjoyed!
Impressive nontheless :D I'm sure you'll get to make better songs (pico8 is quite tricky to make good music in, too hahaha)
It s really good work for sure! I had vampire survivor experience, but this game has lovely gameplay! I liked the design of pico8, really nice.
Wanna say some about mobile experience, that was smooth, but movement stick has not quite comfortable reaction. As I understood buttons "X" and "O" has same functionality, but first minutes I expected to see difference, may be you should gave them "close" and "accept" functions.
I enjoyed of your game, glad you added mobile controls, I think it's quite simple, but not every developer do this.
I would be glad if you test my game, too) That's my second gamejam, I had a lot of fun and hard time :D
Oh, forgot to add my record btw 😁
I'm glad you had a good experience! The mobile controls are built in to Pico-8, and they can be pretty janky sometimes, but they do make the game much more accessible. I'll definitely give your game a try too! Thanks for the feedback.
Edit: Level 26 is very impressive! Good job!