I played 3 runs but couldn't beat the game. Furthest i could go was the gauntlet where there are 4-5 fish warriors and the projectile launching worm. First off, the idea of a mech controlling rat is brilliant and the mech cockpit looks fantastic. I love the different modes of the mech and the smooth transition between the modes. The graphics of the game looks great, it's probably the 3d game in the jam with best graphics. The graphics are cartoonish yet with high fidelity. Cardboard box enemies look good too with animations and all. The fact that all the 3d assets are homebrew makes it much more impressive. However game puts a huge load on the GPU. My system was making sounds like a jet engine during the time i played the game. Last time my rig make sounds like that was when i was playing Cyberpunk 2077 on Ultra settings. I don't know if it's lumen or nanite but eventhough the graphics look nice it's still stylyzed low poly graphics afterall, not something ultra realistic. It shouldn't put the system through that much stress.

The controls of the game feels very smooth and snappy. The cannon doesn't have a very strong feedback and it has a short range. You can't shoot an enemy four tiles away while enemies can easily shoot you. The cannonball loses speed and falls before hitting the target. Sometimes it slowly hits the target and still deals damage. It doesn't feel too great. Maybe it would be better if launching the cannon wasn't handled with physics. It's not communicated very well which enemies are weak to which elemental cannonball. I used fire cannonball against the fish warriors, they die like in 10 shots. The flame enemies die in one hit when i use water cannonball on them. It didn't feel consistent to me.

Very creative game with an excellent art direction. I think it's one of the higlights of this year's jam and stands out among the other great games of the jam

Fantastic entry. I really think this type of mecha control and mechanics work well with a grid based dungeon crawler. The mech itself is super super charming as is everything about the game. I loved the level of detail put into every little thing from animations to enemies and puzzles. Had quite a lot of fun with it. Didn't finish it in the first run, as I died eventually after being trapped in between two fish warriors. I am going to give it another go.

Oh, the level design is A+ as well, good job on the exploration and variety on the map.

10 / 10 would play again!

This game is absolutely perfect (minus some of the bugs). Please, please, please, make a full game… then DM me with the steam page so I can buy it.

Thank you so much for submitting this game!

You can watch my playthrough here: https://youtu.be/ZX8RYdHlUVs

Wow, that was a great one. I don´t really care for the almost 1GB download and that will hinder your gaame in this jam. BUT the game is really great. I had a blast to take the valuables from the bartender :) The mechanic with the mosue wheel, the reloading, movement, everything feels very nice. Leveling up, by cleanip up the mess is a great idea to. The homemade graphics are really nice, too. Very cool game!

This game has good mechanics in general. There is a bit to slow firing for it to be fun for long though. I would like to have some more action for the combat so it is resolved a bit faster. I rather give player a lot faster firing rate and add hp to the enemies. 

This is such a cool entry.

I'll admit, I assumed going in this was going to be another UE5 asset flip type deal, as it often the case UE games with enormous binaries - but it just isn't. This is a legit great entry, and I am somewhat saddened that there will be a potion of people that wont touch me because it's a ~1gb game.

With that out of the way. The mecha is awesome; I have to conclude that it was made for this as it's too specific to the jam? The grabber and elemental cannon are just so charming.

The combat is decently fun, I didn't love having to kite around enemies so much and sort of stutter step back and forth to avoid projectiles. The knifes were probably a little fast, and the glowing orb projectiles possibly a little slow. But all in all the combat was extremely engaging.

The little puzzles, breakable walls, and general dungeon layout was really strong, as you were able to give each each a strong identity while using a limited set of tiles.

All in all this is a really strong entry, and I had alot of fun, thanks!

Wow! This was just wow! I loved every aspect of this game. It's incredible you could make this in such a short amount of time. The only oddity I noticed is that I could see through the gaps between wall elements. But that's basically it. Maybe on the long run you might want to replace the enemies with some juicy 3d contraptions. 'Cause you're gonna continue to develop this... right?

PS. Nice choice of music. I also loved DeusLower's Fantasy Medieval Mystery Ambient, and used it in one of my games. Though it's not mandatory, giving credit for assets is always nice. Let's share some love!

Ok, this was super cool. I love my little rat-mobile. I eventually died on both runs because I got cornered but it made me want to play more. It took me a bit to correlate the pips with the upgrade cost but it clicked after a bit. Everything you need to know is available in the vehicle which is a fun way to have the UI and keep it all in the world. 

The only thing that I really had a problem with was the very beginning and trying to figure out where the claw was because I pulled on the lever on the wall and I assumed it would activate the door behind me so I didn't notice the claw drop down to my left so I was stuck for a while there. I also didn't see a menu come up when I died. Anyway, it looked great, felt great to play and was fun!

This was fantastic, totally up my alley. I love unconventional controls and diegetic flourishes that immerse you in the character, and this had all of that. The combat was tense and it was fun trying to manage all of my terminals during it. The visuals were great, I loved all the little drawn details and notes on the mech, like even gameplay tips inside the cannonball cover. Drinking the cheese tea was a cute addition too :)

In terms of critiques, I felt that the enemies' animations were hard to decipher and it was hard to tell when their attacks were going to land, which made the combat feel a bit mushy, especially before I upgraded to have longer attack range. I also think it would have been more consistent if the claw could activate the levers and button. But these are small critiques, I really enjoyed it.

Dragonborn bartender has been defeated!

I enjoyed the game a lot! Your implementation of dealing with the hero's mess is cool, the low perspective in the beginning put you in the character and the cannon among other things give a real unique vibe to the game, it's more than just superficial. The dungeon is pretty good with multiple dungeon mechanisms (I found one hidden button) and while skeptical in the beginning I eventually started to enjoy the combat system as the enemies started to shoot me off the grid, as then it feels more like actual dodging rather than just timing your back and fourth, which has been something I already noticed with some of the real time games from these Dungeon Crawler jams. I like that the difference in damage when using the right type of ammo is huge and then I enjoyed switching to the right one, the free upgrades are a welcome addition (although I was never sure why I could buy one but not another), the difficulty was pretty much perfect for me for a jam and the game ends in a satisfying boss fight (followed by a fun text).

Thanks for sharing!