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Shocking Times's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #17 | 3.955 | 3.955 |
| Overall | #18 | 3.545 | 3.545 |
| Art | #23 | 3.818 | 3.818 |
| Audio | #24 | 3.364 | 3.364 |
| Gameplay | #26 | 3.273 | 3.273 |
| Polish | #26 | 3.318 | 3.318 |
Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Arcade
Yes
An Arcade Game
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Very cute! I loved the little newspapers on the game page explaining the lore and gameplay as well as the little electric balls.
The music was lovely but the Game Over sound effect didn't fit the atmosphere at all however.
The Last Stand mechanic was neat!
... I MAY have shot at Lord Archibald Pemberton-Voltz...
Thank you so much for playing! As far as I know, this is the record high score at the moment, so great work!
(*Lord Archibald Pemberton-Voltz is calmly removing his cufflinks and preparing for his favourite summer dish: revenge*)
I loved the Gentleman and overall aesthetic. Great work on the itch page it added a lot of flavour. The game has potential but I think the difficulty curve is too steep. You quickly end up frantically running for your life and it ends before you can get into the flow. Good thematically with the battery and shock etc!
Thank you for playing and for your input! Agree that we can balance better the difficulty curve!
Great job on the game, I found it really quite difficult as it’s not my usual sort of game. But I didn’t let that stop me playing. Great job.
Thank you for playing! Solid score tbh, I did less than that lol
I enjoyed the simplicity of the game, even though I absolutely sucked at it lol. I think the game is a nice game jam entry, and could easily be expanded. Overall, nice job.
Thank you for playing! We definitely tried to keep the scope low to make sure we could finish in time. It would be cool to polish and expand on the base mechanic!
Really fun and simple gameplay mechanics—I especially liked the last stand mechanic! I did have a bit of trouble playing due to UI scaling issues on my high DPI display where the play area looked to be about 1/3 of the overall viewport. Did y'all enabling window scaling in your project before exporting it?
Oh god I forgot about it😅
Thank you for playing! And for finding the issue with scaling, lol!
nice enemy patterns were really easy to get entranced by this game!
That was a great gameplay! Thank you very much for playing!
I enjoyed the game, I just found it quite difficult and fast-paced.
Thank you for playing! Did you find it too difficult?
I really enjoyed the sound effects, the art style and the integration of the theme. Very clever to have everything designed around a newspaper too. Still working on breaking my high score of 423, but I've enjoyed each time I've come back to play! Well done!
Thank you very much for playing! At the moment my best is 520, but I'm sure you will beat it in no time 😆
Prettiest page I have seen until now, great job to whoever did it!
My only comment is about not having the game be fullscreen, so my mouse keeps going off the sides.
(I could be dumb and not know how to do it lol)
Thank you! You are absolutely right about the fullscreen. It's something we would like to fix after the jam is over!
I could be wrong, but couldnt you change just the settings in the itch page itself? But I could be wrong!
Unfortunately we have had some scaling issues so it's disabled :(
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The art and sounds are awesome! The game is simple but really fun because of how polished it feels. I think it could use one more mechanic, like a power, or maybe let the last stand bring you back to life if you survive a few seconds so you can keep fighting. Great game and great job by the team!
It would be great to have fullscreen in the page. Playing with the mouse can be a bit tricky, and going outside the screen can cause strange bugs.
Tried my best
Thank you for the feedback! The come back to life after a certain time in last stand is honestly a great idea! And congratulation on your score, that is super solid!
Great art style, I am a big of fan of Lord Pemberton-Voltz and all of the polish you've put on the page and in the menus. The gameplay was fun, though I think it would've elevated it if there were a couple of power ups or ways to get a bit of health back. Great work!
Thank you for playing and for your suggestion! I agree more variety would improve the game, but we tried to keep the scope simple for the sake of the jam. Precious feedback for future upgrades though!
Lord Archibald Pemberton-Voltz sends his regards, and ask if you mind sharing your dignified highscore.
I think around 1300? I've forgotten now :D
Impressive!
Love the art style!!
Thank you very much! Also for the feedback! Mind sharing your highscore? 😆
At that time the highest I had gotten was around 300 I think lol. I tried again and managed to do 650! What’s the highest you’ve managed to do? X)
wow 650 is very solid. My best during playtesting was 520! I need to practice more lol
good entry! clearly communicated, well built no bugs, great audio and art. the game over voice was a good choice
Thank you for playing! What was your highscore?