I wasn't expecting a metroidvania, or at least something that feels like one! I was constantly surprised by each new ability you were able to add in such a short time. The level design was well thought out and clever how you added shortcuts on the way back. The only criticism I have is that it's very hard to see enemies and projectiles in full-screen, they become very tiny and hard to track with how fast the action is. Since the title screen also has a grey border to the right/bottom in full-screen I'm assuming that maybe your window scale mode is just set incorrectly and that you intended for the whole game to scale in full-screen rather than expand. If that's the case, switching the mode would probably address both issues. Still, incredible work!
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StarShot's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #23 | 3.783 | 3.783 |
| Accessibility | #30 | 3.435 | 3.435 |
| Fun | #42 | 3.609 | 3.609 |
| Overall | #51 | 3.435 | 3.435 |
| Theme | #58 | 3.522 | 3.522 |
| Controls | #73 | 3.261 | 3.261 |
| Graphics | #88 | 3.348 | 3.348 |
| Originality | #96 | 3.087 | 3.087 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
4.6
Theme Interpretation
Certain actions build up bounty which triggers different events / enemy spawns in game.
Wildcards Used
Include a hidden ending or secret room
Implement shooting stars into your game
Discord Username(s)
rawson_
GWJ Participation Level
1
Team Size
5
Comments
I agree! By the time we’d finished the gameplay, though, we felt like zooming in would make it really hard to get through certain parts of the later levels (i.e. level 3 using the grappling hook).
That diamond on the right in the first level is possible, but it’s way easier if you come back for it with the grappling hook instead. :)
Thank you!! We had a lot of ideas for how we would incorporate the theme, and that was the one we landed on. Others included your bounty being your ‘score’ for the level and the goal being to get it as high as possible, but we felt that would be a little too straightforward…
All the comments on the soundtrack mean a lot to me and Cal :) Thank you for playing!
(Level 1 block jumping section is definitely on the harder side. Maybe come back to it with the grappling hook after you’ve finished the game and unlocked all your abilities?)
So you guys just made a whole ass metroidvania huh? Lol the amount of content you got into this is super impressive. I really had a lot of fun with this. I ended up stopping because I’m pretty sure I got myself soft locked here. I think I was missing an ability. I was able to jump to the first ledge by shooting downward to boost myself a bit (cool feature) but that wasn’t enough to get me out. I also am pretty sure I knew what I had to do to get the secret room in the first stage, but I didn’t have the strength to do it. This was great, might come back to play this some more after the rating period!
Thank you for playing! We had a lot of fun creating it. Also, all of levels 1 and 2 are possible with just the dash and shotgun, because of the aforementioned kickback quirk — shoot really early in your jump and you’ll go flying! The secret rooms are unlockable if you complete the game and go back to the beginning, where you’ll now have all your abilities unlocked from the start! (And a secret extra one…)
(As for the softlock, that’s right around where you unlock the grappling hook, I believe. Keep falling through the semisolid platforms to grab the treasure, then a new path will open up for you!)
Those platforms are ridiculously hard without the grappling hook, lol. Thank you for playing!
Any 2D platformer with mouse controls is bound to be a little difficult to handle. We tried to minimize it, but with more time, we probably could have made it more manageable. Thank you for the feedback!
(Thank you for your compliments on the music!!)
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