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A jam submission

H.E.L.DView game page

Live or die
Submitted by Relen — 4 hours, 10 minutes before the deadline
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H.E.L.D's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
End-of-life plan#903.6573.786
Graphics#953.3123.429
Overall#1333.1333.243
Fun#1412.8983.000
Theme relevance#1423.3123.429
Sounds#2012.4842.571

Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

End life plan
The game is a self-contained Web/HTML5 build running directly in the browser. It will remain playable for free indefinitely on itch.io without requiring any external servers.

Transparency note
I am currently learning game development, so I wrote most of the code myself and used AI (Gemini) as a learning assistant and for troubleshooting specific code issues.

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Comments

Submitted

The menu screen looks great.

The atmosphere is really good. It's not a horror game, but it still made me feel a little uneasy.

I'm not sure if it's intentional, but since the shots don't come from the center of the character, I had to aim slightly above enemies at long range. It made the game a bit more challenging, especially when dealing with the mites, since they have smaller hitboxes.

I also would have liked to see a "You scored X points" screen after dying.

Simple, but good. :)

Developer

Thanks a lot for such a detailed review! I'm glad you liked the atmosphere and menu. The shooting alignment was actually an oversight, but I'll fix it in the next update, along with adding a Game Over score screen. Appreciate the feedback! :)

Submitted

It was a really interesting idea. I think it would be even better if you spent some time improving the visual effects after the jam. Overall, well done! 👏

Developer

Thanks for the feedback. I will definitely work on the visual effects after the jam.

Submitted

Fun! The hitbox is a little unforgiving haha

Developer

Thanks for playing. Yeah, it makes the game a bit harder haha

Submitted

simple gameplay, but quite challenging

Developer

Thanks for playing. Glad it was a good challenge.

Submitted

I like the basic gameplay, but I agree that hit feedback and more noises would be nice

Developer

Thanks for the feedback. Yeah, audio and hit feedback are definitely on my list for a post-jam update.

Submitted

I love the mite animation. Could use more audio and have it louder. but it was really cool! 

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing! Glad you liked the animation, and thanks for the audio feedback!

Submitted

Pretty fun, especially the fact that zombies are easier to kill than mites

Developer

Haha, thanks for playing! Yeah, those mites are real bad guys/scoundrels! Glad you had fun!

Submitted

The graphics are cute but missed some collision feedback on hits . 

Developer

Thanks for the feedback and for testing it! Yeah, ran out of time before the deadline, but I'll definitely add hit feedback in the post-jam update!