| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Judge's Pick | #1 | n/a | n/a |
| Art | #1 | 4.692 | 4.692 |
| Overall | #4 | 4.269 | 4.269 |
| Polish | #4 | 4.269 | 4.269 |
| Theme | #6 | 4.308 | 4.308 |
| Audio | #6 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Gameplay | #6 | 4.077 | 4.077 |
Ranked from 26 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Arcade
Not an Arcade Game
Thank you so much for your feedback, we really appreciate it! We agree with a lot of the points you mentioned.
Sometimes collisions between SPARK and walking enemies can feel a bit inconsistent. This is mainly because the character moves so fast that collision detection isn’t always perfect, and occasionally it gets checked twice, which is why both you and the enemy might die at the same time (sorry about that, haha).
You’re also right about the ground turrets: the only way to destroy them is by dashing into them. Otherwise, neither you nor the turret takes any damage.
And thanks as well for pointing out the bullet time key. A few other players have mentioned that it can feel a bit awkward or unintuitive.
I guess after spending so many hours testing the game, we’ve kind of gotten used to it ourselves. If we move forward with a full version, improving these aspects will definitely be a priority.
Thanks again for taking the time to share your thoughts!
Seriously high-concentrated levels of juice!!!!
I love all of the FX work especially the lightning death effect, but the frozen enemies were also badass
Moment-to-moment the game felt amazing to play. The feedback is great and I love the mechanics.
But as a whole i noticed a pattern:
the game WANTS me to go fast -- the teleport is a bit out of control and makes you feel a bit chaotic and FUN to zip around.
what the game ACTUALLY has me doing is a lot of STOPPING and WAITING for timing cycles of the laser hurdles...
This felt a bit antithetical to the core mechanic and I got a bit annoyed by the kaizo deaths.
A small nitpick but i think has a big impact... every death felt like there was a slightly too-long pause before I got to retry. Check out this comparison to Celeste. I timed up the exact frame the death is triggered and you can see the "player uptime" is quite a bit higher so you never feel like you lose your groove as a player.
I also felt awkward using the rightclick as my slow-mo button (it was easy to misclick Left/Right click, like driving a car with two feet-- one on the gas and one on the brakes), so I think I would have preferred the slow-mo button being separate on teh Spacebar or something.
But man that was an awesome experience, and I loved soaking in the visuals and music. Amazing work all around on execution -- mechanics, sound, art, music, visual clarity... all 10/10
Would love to see level designs go through more iterations to be more streamlined and fun/flowing
Thanks so much for the feedback! Super detailed, really appreciate it.
I totally agree that the game pushes you to go fast through its mechanics. The chaotic feeling is actually kind of intentional. SPARK is a “lightning bolt,” and in its natural state it’s slow... that’s why the regular movement feels so chill. But when it switches into lightning mode, it behaves more like real lightning, unpredictable and a bit wild. That contrast is what we were going for with the movement.
Also completely agree about the death transition. it’s a bit too long and takes you out of the flow. Honestly, while we were developing and playtesting, that slipped past us.
We definitely wish we had more time to polish things. We started late, and the whole game was made in just five days (our fault haha). Still, I’m really glad you enjoyed it, that means a lot.
Thanks again for taking the time to write all this! We’ll definitely keep it in mind if we make a more polished version of the game.
Hey Thank you for your feedback! Maybe you could get more accuracity on the character using the Bullet Time. I don't know if the tutorial is really useful (the very first level ingame) but if you didn't know, using your right mouse button, you could make a "slowdown" time and it's very useful during some parts of the gameplay :D
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