I like the use of the theme, power going down and recharging. Buying apps was a cool way to use in place of just regular upgrades. I didn't mind using the phone to use the power-ups, it made it feel connected to the idea. Music was funky and I liked the shake effect when getting hit. This game is addictive but the gameplay idea has been done alot before, but it helped somewhat having the theme fit into it.
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Out of Watt?'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #662 | 3.897 | 3.897 |
| Audio | #817 | 3.641 | 3.641 |
| Creativity | #1045 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Narrative | #2736 | 2.846 | 2.846 |
| Artwork | #2978 | 3.436 | 3.436 |
Ranked from 39 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
The phone battery counts down as it drains.
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Textures, sound effects and music were made by me.
Comments
WOW! those circle enemies had me panicking real quick lol. awesome that you made all the music and sfx yourself too, great work! i didn't remember about the phone mechanic right away, but as soon as i did it got way easier. thought it'd be easy at first but those circles were the real challenge xd. really fun, cute and simple game. the only thing is it's kinda inconvenient opening the phone for the camera or compass - would be nice to have a shortcut key for the photo attack or a minimap for the compass, but those are minor details! i love the minimalism and simplicity, feels like this game could've been huge back in the online .io games era lol. the upgrade variety surprised me a lot too! i'm not the best player but my high score is 2:33 and i'm pretty proud of it :)
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96HWow, those circles are killing me every time! x) This is pretty fun. I really enjoy the dynamic of fetching back bullets to keep battery up. And discovering all the different apps and what they do is cool, each of them creates new ways of playing. Despite getting suddenly difficult once the circles start harassing you, the game is still balanced enough to feel fun! The art and audio is also really clean, except maybe for the phone UI that doesn’t convey explicitly what is clickable. Congrats for making this, it’s really great!
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CriTickal HeatWow what a cool game, the smartphone theme was so good with the app store for upgrades and the charge that goes down. It's really fun and unique!
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I count on my counterThe open your phone to buy upgrades and change settings mechanic is really nice. Also appreciate the quite varied enemy types despite them just being shapes. Quite a good challenge too.
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Bright The NightCute game that has some surprisingly interesting upgrades! Loved it!
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Count My Coins, Coin Counter!The upgrades were so connected to the narrative and useful in game, that's a hard thing to achieve on a game and more on a game jam. Congratulations, excellent work!
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T.I.C.K (Time is conserved, kid)Pretty great! It's a interesting concept, and feels very well polished and stylized. Bullets being recollectable is an interesting idea too. Well done
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You Are FireAt first I didn't think it will be interesting, but the upgrades just kept coming and it got good! I also want to note: it's really cool that you made all the audio yourself, that's a rare sight on the jam. I like the music you managed to make :)
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Family PhotoI love the app mechanic, the character movement feels great, and the reclaiming bullet mechanic is cool. Overall great game.
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B4 the StormAwesome!
- Great music and sfx
- Cute character with funny expressions
- Cool phone interface and actual use of the apps to do stuff (instead of them just being upgrades through the UI)
- The "catch your bullets" concept is fun, I feel like that has a lot of potential uses even by itself
- All my homies hate triangles >:(
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