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A jam submission

Virus DodgeView game page

Submitted by TheShorty — 5 days, 15 hours before the deadline
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Hey! Just played it in the browser. For a first game jam, the fast-paced dodging is actually really fun! 🚀 I saw your comment about the viewport and scaling bug. Honestly, handling canvas resizing and screen boundaries in web games is always super tricky when you are just starting out—we've all been there! Don't let it stress you out for a jam submission, the core loop is what matters. Really solid effort. Keep making games! Much love from Ashipro Studios! 💻

Developer

Thanks for the comment, Ai Studios!

game is fun!

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I think you have such a solid start! I like that the viruses speed up as time goes, it feels like they start dropping closer to where your pointer sits (though that could just be the nature of more and more of them spawning faster and faster). You even have a lot of options to push the concept further, since these sort of games have a lot in common with bullet hell- and you can take a page out of those books for ideas on how to add more juice. Some examples that come to mind: when a certain amount of viruses come and go, you could give the player an option of a couple of randomly generated boons ("pointer move faster" or "activate a shield" which has a fat cooldown). You could also give the pointer a point of health, but induce a weakness and lean into the virus theming ("move slower" or "more viruses" or "viruses are now X bigger", and it could be interesting to give the player the same choice from randomly generated weaknesses to give them some agency in how the game changes). A virus is adaptable, so you have a lot to choose from if you wanted to keep working on this game! 

Congrats on submitting for your first game jam!

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are you serious (double click for fullscreen)

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you found the cheat code

Developer

Yeah, I don't know how to fix that bug because it lets you move around based on the viewport size and when it's rescaled it lets you go past the regular size.