Nice and complete game loop with a very topical “rage against the machine” theme and stuck to the game jam theme very nicely.
Readability of entities other than the main character is a little hard (but expected within the timeframe). I also felt like I needed a sprint button, but I guess that’d affect the balance quite harshly too.
I like the “speech” beeps but I think they can be tweaked a bit.
The text seemed quite well developed and added a lot of character.
Thanks, the speed of the character depends whether you have speed booster pickup, controls was intentionally built for just arrow directions + one extra button. It was difficult to find balance between level size, character speed and meaningful upgrade.
Do you mean that main character was readable, but the placeholder clear-colored entities were not?
Yes, the main character was quite clear to me, but the placeholder clear-coloured entities confused me a bit at first.
Makes sense regarding the controls. I actually like the simpler control scheme so maybe no sprint button is best :) I think it was around level 4 or 5 that I was feeling I had a lot to backtrack to turn off servers on both sides, so there was some drop in tension there for me.
Definitely a concept I can see myself playing more!
