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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun & Game Design | #65 | 3.424 | 3.424 |
| Originality & Innovation | #76 | 3.394 | 3.394 |
| Overall | #85 | 3.261 | 3.261 |
| Graphics | #95 | 3.424 | 3.424 |
| Audio | #113 | 2.879 | 2.879 |
| Theme | #159 | 3.182 | 3.182 |
Ranked from 33 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Game idea was great and I enjoyed playing it! Though the enemies I felt had too much health, after I bit I just skipped past most of them.
Man, I really liked the idea, your game is very good! You just need to fix a few bugs, like when the player dies, turns into an angel, and keeps walking and attacking without taking damage. At one point my character revived, but still wasn’t taking damage from those enemies hiding in the wardrobe.
Another thing is that if you want, you can just keep walking and dodging enemies without actually killing them. I think you should add some kind of reward, score system, or something similar to encourage the player to defeat enemies. Or maybe add area locks so you can only move forward after defeating a certain number of enemies, like a platform appearing afterward, or having to repair a passage by putting out a fire, something along those lines.
But honestly, it already turned out really good, and if you keep updating it, I think it’s going to become awesome.
Really fun game! 👌
A few notes I have:
At one point it felt like the second enemy's bullets just stopped hurting me
The boss hit me with a fireball and I started floating away 😂
The enemies had quite a bit of health
I loved the art style!
Movement felt smooth
Good entry! 😎
A great idea and well done art but a bit too hard since the enemies are a bit too tanky for my taste. Regardless nice job on the game!
DESIGN IS GOOD , GAME IS GOOD , CONCEPT IS GOOD ALSO , GOOD WORK BRO , OVERALL A VERY GOOD GAME , LOVED IT❣️ YOU CAN ALSO TRY MY GAME ❣️ HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY IT❣️
Very nice game design, it’s nice to see a platform shooter without bullets but something else. And the projectiles go in an arc making it more challenging. The pixel art is also very well done. Great job!
The concept of a platformer where the objective is to save people using water rather than engaging in combat with weapons is both refreshing and original, offering the entire game a distinctly amazing atmosphere. The design is well-executed, delivering an engaging experience that stands out from traditional action-oriented gameplay. The inclusion of a slow-motion effect when taking damage adds an extra layer visual and emotional impact, enhancing the overall immersion and making the gameplay feel even more dynamic and memorable.
Haha 😂 yup that never have happened in any of play test, surprise you made it that far, after all the other complaints of its difficulty
Cause it is really engaging for me, I’ll definitely try to beat it later!
The concept of a platformer where you're saving people with water instead of fighting with weapons is such a refreshing and original idea — it gives the whole game a really positive and heroic feel. The NES-like pixel art style fits perfectly and the slow-motion effect when taking damage is a really nice juice touch. The water arc physics where you have to aim ahead of the enemies adds a satisfying skill element. Great concept with a lot of potential to expand on after the jam! Feel free to check out my sky platformer too 😊
Great game, awesome visuals and art but there's a small issue, well, 2 actually. 1st bug, you can click the start button multiple times and it plays the music 2-3 times. A fairly normal and unimportant bug, but the next one is the issue. You probably made it so that the PC uses left click to fire while the mobile uses touch. Except, touch means a lot of things, things like using the joystick or jump button. That's why it kept on rapid firing on the bottom left on my screen until it ran out of juice. But mechanic wise it's a very fun game. I had already rated it actually but I couldn't comment about the bugs back then because some itch issues. But I found this to be a good opportunity. It's a very nice game, please do consider updating it after the jam to remove the bugs, I'll add it to my collection to play it afterwards :D
i like the little like time slowdown when you get hit and the level design
I enjoyed it, it’s well designed. Love the slow-motion touch when taking damage. Great work!
Nice game, it's solid and well built, had fun playing it good job!
THE CONCEPT OF THIS GAME WAS REALLY NICE.... SAVING PEOPLE INSTEAD OF KILLING...OVERALL LOVED THIS GAME, NICE PIXEL ART BUT SOME FIRES ARE PRETTY HARD TBH BUT THATS WHAT MAKES IT MORE FUN TO PLAY;)
I really liked the graphics and the music and sound effects! And the idea of a shooter, where you actually are shooting with water is brilliant!!! I do not like shooters because you have to use weapons, but here, you are actually saving house from the fire with water :DDD So there I felt like, yeiii, yupiii :))
And as a feedback, as other people already have pointed out in the comments, it was a bit too hard to actually "kill" the fire and I kept dying and getting back to the start. Maybe at the begging it could be a bit easier, lets say to put down the firing stars by just two or maybe even one shoot from the water. Because as you are running and trying to avoid the other fire around, it is harder to aim at them. I also a few times after I died, I could keep playing as a ghost, what was maybe a glitch.
But if I were you, I would definitely continue with this idea after JAM, it is original and as a platformer, if it had a bit more balanced difficulty and some more saving spots during the game, this has great potential!!! Wishing you just the best!
wow nice game hey viewers if u dont scared off to ghost then play my horror game i bet u will scared off after playing this game! play my horror game iblis
pretty nice pixel art!! some fires were pretty hard to kill tho lol, but fun game
nice gameplay
I like it, it feels almost like a nes game, it only need to respawn enemies when you move between screens.
The one thing it made me almost scream was when the enemy still shoot one more time after death.
Good work!
Nice!!! Complete package, fun music, graphics and gameplay