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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #2 | 4.273 | 4.273 |
| Art | #11 | 4.136 | 4.136 |
| Polish | #11 | 4.091 | 4.091 |
| Overall | #12 | 3.855 | 3.855 |
| Audio | #29 | 3.273 | 3.273 |
| Theme | #31 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Fun concept! Really reminds me of Last Command (just minus its snake gimmick)
That BGM track got real old fast though
Bullet hell, nice! I wish there's a feature to make the player move slower. The last level was surprisingly hard, but I beat them all. Bullet patterns were appropriately scripted, they look beautiful.
a well executed bullet hell! loved that dither effect and the art in general
Pretty fun game! The final boss was a bit of a difficulty spike, but it wasn't too terribly hard. Not much else to say, good job!
I love me a good bullet hell! The art and music were lovely! The third boss with the "helix" attack felt pretty challenging since the curves changed and there wasn't really a "safe spot." The final boss was very fun to fight!
Aaaagh, there’s some audio issue that keeps hurting my ears… Something makes the audio crackle and I only have headphones, so it’s baaad.
Other than that, it feels good to play and it looks cool. I don’t know if switching the color was allowed for this jam, but it’s very neat. (im hoping it wasn’t allower, because I wanted to do it and didn’t lol bwahaha)
It’s a good game. Maybe I’ll turn off the music and play it more.
Thank you for playing! I'm guessing the audio issue is in the web build?
And yes, changing colors is allowed, this was confirmed in the Discord server.
Great game! A solid bullet hell with a well-paced difficulty curve and a really fun core mechanic. Congratulations on the game!
The art is SOOOOOOOOOOO well made!! i really like all the special effects made with pixels!! I loved the boss attavk patterns, they were so well designed and i think that is challenging at the right point. The only thing that i dont think that it fits well with the game overall is the music, its too repetitive and maybe a little bit out of place
The art is SOOOOOOOOOOO well made!! i really like all the special effects made with pixels!! I loved the boss attavk patterns, they were so well designed and i think that is challenging at the right point. The only thing that i dont think that it fits well with the game overall is the music, its too repetitive and maybe a little bit out of place
Wow so fun! This is one of my absolute favorites, I love it!
Thank you! I tried playing your game, but I must admit it was beyond my comprehension :D
I suck at bullet hells, but this one was sooo much fun. The music was a little too chill for what was going on. But the gameplay was spot on. Well done.
Only point is the music.
I feel the game is very high stakes, but the track is very calm.
Also having one track for each boss.
Game is rocking though! Loved the gameplay, loved the bosses movements, loved the color change to know when you are charged.
Thanks a lot! If I had more time, I would've worked longer on the music.
Awesome game ! The bosses were really well designed and I liked to fight them.
Your art looks really good.
The music can become repetitive after a few minutes of playing, but the SFX were very good
I understand why there isn't 5 skulls difficulty because nobody would beat it (I got the vortex to 2HP, but it's so hard).
Awesome Work !
I thought the artwork was wonderful; giving the player the option to choose the difficulty level is something I really liked and think is pretty cool. The music is good, but it gets a bit repetitive after a while. In the first two minutes, I collected enough lightning bolts, the color changed, and I didn’t know what to do. I tried everything until I figured it out. I felt like it needed a mini-tutorial or introduction; even though it’s simple, I was lost at first. Great game and good work. I hope to see you on the podium. The game is a lot of fun, and I really liked the color-switching mechanic. I tried really hard to do that in mine too, but it didn’t turn out right, so we took it out.
Thanks! There is a tutorial but looks like you didn't play it :)
I love a good bullet hell.
A few things I think would make the gameplay feel better are to reduce the player speed slightly, normalise diagonal movement so that you're not traveling at 1.414x max speed, and increase the hitbox on the lightning bolts. With the current player speed I found myself constantly doing circles around the lightning bolts trying to collect them because it wouldn't quite line up. Would also love gamepad support!
I loved the scripted boss AI in later levels too, they felt a lot smarter than just "shoot at player".
Music is a bit repetitive and doesn't fit the gameplay IMO.
Good game!
Thanks for the feedback! The movement is actually normalized.