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A jam submission

The Hungry WestView game page

A lone potato sets out on a journey, and must face the hungriest animals in all of the west...
Submitted by SirSpud — 13 hours, 38 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#1642.5002.500
Audio#1652.4382.438
Enjoyment#1832.3752.375
Creativity#1832.7502.750
Overall#1942.4752.475
Art#2112.3122.312

Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted

Nice game! I really liked the variety of bosses.

I think it would nice if bullets were more noticeable.

Good job overall!

Submitted

oh wow a fellow boss rush entry, i really loved your take on the theme and the way you implemented it, it felt really nice to play and the boss fights felt very immersive. I read everyone else's comments and i agree on a lot of the things they sajd so i won't repeat them but i really enjoyed, great job!


Feel free to check out JANTA-9 if you've got time ;)

Submitted

Very cool theme, I liked your game, congratulations! :)

Developer

Thanks :D

Submitted

Cool take on the theme! To have a boss be invincible until a certain point in time is a great idea. I agree with the other comments that the lasso mechanic should be used more often. I also felt that the hitbox was not very forgiving, making it smaller would be nice as there is a lot of projectiles flying about during boss fights, and I was getting hit by projectiles that didn't look like they were hitting my character model. Great job though!

Developer(+1)

Thanks! I felt like making projectile hitboxes smaller might make it a bit too easy, but then again smaller generally feels better to play with. Maybe I should shrink the player's hitbox a bit instead.

Submitted

Very creative ideas in this entry! I think you should've integrated the fence post grapple mechanic more often. It felt very cool and fun to move around with. General additional polish and better UI would make this alot more put together but still an awesome entry none the less!

Developer

Thank  you! The feedback you've given on the lasso is consistent with a lot of people, so now I'm really wishing I'd used it a bit more lol, and definitely wish it was a little more polished.

Submitted

Big fan of the recoil, now I am not sure I understood it correctly, but during the boss fight we are just suppoused to wait it out? During my first try I just kept shooting at it (out of habit i suppouse :D ) and I thought that having a bullet hell with big recoil could be very interesting, definetely something to think about. The lasso feels good, just wish there was more poles to use it. Other than that a great game, well done!!

Developer

Thanks for playing! Yeah, the only way to deal damage is the hearts in the speed phase - probably should have had a shield sound effect or smth when hitting the boss - the recoil is more meant to be a dodge mechanic than an obstacle, but a different game using it like that might be cool as well.

Submitted

I liked the boss fights, i do think they could be a little more different and harder but they were pretty nice, you didnt really get to use the lasso when you were fighting the boss though which i found a little dissapointing, but cool game

Developer

Glad you enjoyed! I never thought of using the lasso like that while making it, but I wish that I did now, it definitely could've been cool :/

Submitted

I think it would have been interesting to use the gun and lasso more to dodge attacks. Having to quickly lasso to certain points to evade would have been really cool. Still, the game is fun as it is, but it could be even better if the mechanics were used more.

Developer(+1)

Yeah I see what you mean, the dodging becomes a bit too arrow key only focused at parts.  I didn't really think about having the lasso as a way to dodge in that part, but maybe I should've, it could've been cool to use with a few attacks. Thanks for the feedback, hope you enjoyed.

Submitted

Very cool game! Very cute character design and the mechanics have a lot of potential! Well done

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted

This was a pretty funny game, love the recoil and the mobility of using the lasso on sticks, so fun!

Developer(+1)

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Submitted

I like the character design of the mc. The gameplay is fun, it reminds me of RANGO.

Developer(+1)

Thank you, I'll make sure to tell the artist. I haven't heard of RANGO before but maybe I'll have to check it out, glad you found it fun!

Submitted

This is heavenly peak twin, The potato is like peak character design

Developer

Ty :)