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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #251 | 3.339 | 3.339 |
| Audio | #314 | 3.290 | 3.290 |
| Visuals | #382 | 3.613 | 3.613 |
| Enjoyment | #392 | 3.290 | 3.290 |
| Overall | #404 | 3.272 | 3.272 |
| Theme | #537 | 3.177 | 3.177 |
| Innovation | #547 | 2.919 | 2.919 |
Ranked from 62 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
my game directly embodies the theme through its core mechanic the anomaly dimension:. Throughout the game, players are periodically forced into a distorted, black-and-white alternate reality where time literally flows backward. I built a custom rewind system that physically reverts the player, enemies, and cursed NPCs to their exact positions and states from 10 seconds ago. This dimension forces players to rethink their spatial awareness, they aren't just surviving the present day, but they must constantly plan their positioning for when the time inevitably collapses backward.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
BGM Creepy Devil Dance by moodmode from Pixabay
How many people worked on the game?1
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Really nice visuals and I think you chose a good music for the background too. Nice work!
Very fun, good music. Good graphics, a little difficult, but the gameplay is cool.
Nice game! It might be nice to be able to zoom out a bit, or maybe get a spawn animation before the new enemies start attacking. Other than that I really liked the controls and all the mechanics that took place. Overall, great job!
It took me quite some time to understand exactly what was expected of me, but then I had a lot of fun. And from the very start i really enjoyed the style, especially of the character(s)
Didn't understood all, but was fun ! Love the music accelleration, get me in a good mood :D
Impressive as a one person team, well done !
Feel free to test our game !
Funky game! Enjoyed it a lot. Would love to see some sort of navigation helper!
It's fun to play. Movement feels good. Simple, but not too easy.
Good work, man! I loved this game. Like, personal top 5 from this jam so far. I liked the rewind factor, and the fact that it was an easy enough game to quickly pick up on, perfect for the jam. I know it says you didn't make the music but I LOVED what you did with it when time would rewind. Really well done.
Really fun game! The rewind mechanic is cool and it's super neat that you made it yourself, but I also found it really annoying at times. I know it was supposed to make it more difficult but it really just felt annoying sometimes. Like the past ten seconds of gameplay was pointless and now I'm surrounded by enemies. I know it's supposed to make it so you don't just run away from the enemies, but considering how many enemies there are and how fast they shoot, running is often your only choice and the rewind mechanic can put you in an instant death trap. Still though it's very impressive and a very fun game. Great job!
Nice game concept, really engaging. I really liked the rewind mechanic. It was very hard at start but it was fast paced and nicely done!!
I like the originality of the rewind mechanic, but I find the days a bit long. It's a fun concept and a nice execution, specially implementing new game content as you progress like the rain on day 2. I would just recommend implementing a system to orinetate a bit better, such as a minimap, arrows, etc. Anyways, nice game!
This is a very enjoyable game :) and to be done by a solo developer in 1 week it's really impressive. It feels quite polished too. I would have liked to have some special sound effects for spell casting. I really loved the pixel art and animations. Plus +1 point for cuteness (children). The music was very funny too!
Super cool game! I'm impressed you built it out yourself! I thought the revert time was pretty awesome, but I also didn't really understand the purpose behind it honestly. I really enjoyed it, I just wasn't sure what the benefit or loss of that happening was. But otherwise I really enjoy this and it was challenging and addicting. I really liked the players/enemies and the little bounce the player had while moving. Great job!
The art of this game is amazing! good job guys!
Smooth gameplay and cute animations. I liked the music changing as well. I didn't really know how to leverage or plan for the rewind happening, maybe with some more abilities it would feel more impactful, but for now I just kept shooting as I had been prior to the rewind.
The character you play as looks cool and the rewind feature id very impressive! I especially like that the music changes when in the rewind state. I did think that the enemies were a bit hard/annoying to kill, either due to how slow the player shoots or how much health they have. Otherwise, it was a pretty great game!
Very good game, it runs really well. Maybe I’d make the enemies spawn off-screen so they don’t appear right next to me, it happened a few times that they spawned right beside me and hurt me. But other than that, the game is really cool.
Simple game but works very well in its own way. Beautiful artistic direction, smooth gameplay. Great work!
Appreciate it!
Fun game! The pixel art and animation looks realy good! The time revert was cool but I wish I would be able to trigger it or at least know when it's going to happen. But still a very nice and polisehd game :)
Thanks a lot!
Pretty neat, I will say it felt a little too tedious maybe to kill enemies, and it maybe could have used some sound effects, but nice!
Thanks a lot! I’ll look into improving that.