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A jam submission

Shotgun SquaredView game page

You're a shotgunning square :D
Submitted by LazyAstronaut3D — 14 hours, 30 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fair punishments#14.4294.429
The "Foddian" Feel - Fun feeling of rage#24.1434.143

Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does the theme relate to the game?
While the game at first glance doesn't seem to be ragebait-y, it is meant to annoy you with mechanics. The number of enemies, just enough amount of pickups, and slightly annoying to control movement work in tandem to deliver you a fairly annoying challenge where the only issue is the player lol.

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Comments

(+1)

I like the idea of the small ' move to shoot' trope in games, and it always felt really annoying to me. So, when I booted up the game and saw the first words were 'move to shoot' , I knew I would have a hard time with this game. And I did. 

I liked the polish and ammo placement, but the rage was more annoying than it needed to be. Still a standout game from the jam

Developer(+1)

Yeah, I know, the original plan was some more forgiving stuff like randomized ammo drops (1 to 3), ammo refills (so you can carry extra ammo packs).


Your criticisms are totally valid and I plan to put out an update sooner or later where I reduce the annoyance factor (maybe with trajectory lines and whatnot).

However, I am curious, do you have any other suggestions for reducing the rage factor?

Maybe tweaking the physics to make them a tad more controlled would help. I also think that your trajectory lines idea would make a big difference.

You’ve made a great game here, and I would definitely pay a few bucks for it. But with these changes, it would feel a lot less rage-inducing.

Also, quick question — do you have a social media channel? I saw that someone was following your progress, and I’d love to support you.

Developer

I have social media but I wasn't uploading a lot of posts.

Really just putting little update posts in a Discord server (not mine).


Feel free to follow me on Bluesky, I plan on putting out more updates :D

https://bsky.app/profile/lazyastronaut3d.bsky.social

Submitted(+1)

Is a a good and fair game.

Submitted

This one is A+, great game! Only thing I’d adjust is putting the camera a bit lower and a bit more zoomed out.

Also, I think the thumbnail looks more like it reads “Squared Shotgun” than the other way around

Developer

I was considering that but ended up deciding against it because it didn't make a lot of sense (since you're meant to go up).

My plan for an update is to add some proper camera response so it pans in the direction you aim :D