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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #2289 | 3.429 | 3.429 |
| Audio | #2734 | 3.143 | 3.143 |
| Creativity | #3758 | 3.429 | 3.429 |
| Artwork | #4272 | 3.143 | 3.143 |
| Narrative | #5769 | 2.214 | 2.214 |
Ranked from 14 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?
Guide a rocket at breakneck speeds through various levels filled with lasers, trees and also more lasers before your time runs out and the fuse hits 0!
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Stylized Spruce Forest by Andrey Gubin
Music created by PurpleDESV on the GMTK Discord server for this game!
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
John
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Great work!
fun to play!
Cool game. I adore the title screen it look phenomenal. I believe I am suffering from your framerate bug, because it was near impossible to pass the first level in time. I had to go through many loopholes to try and build up enough boost to even have a chance. Also, either the camera or the hitbox are a bit unintuitive, I often got hit by a laser I was sure I was going to miss.
All in all great subbmission, congrats on entering your first game jam. Hope you had fun.
+PS. Pls check out my game I would be very grateful.
Ah darn, that sucks that you were suffering from the movement issue :/
I'm planning on fixing that movement bug later down the line as I work more on this game. As for the laser issues, I think that one is because of the camera giving terrible depth perception lol. I wanted to improve it but never managed to implement a solution in time so avoiding obstacles is a tad janky lol. Happy to hear though that you overall ended up enjoying the game! Though hopefully you got to experience the rest of the levels lol. Thank you so much for the feedback also; I really appreciate it!
Also, I reviewed your game :)
Yes it was a fun experience, and the game looks pretty. I'm looking forward to updates once the jam id complete :)
Good stuff! The movement feels solid, the mouse controlling is very intuitive and the idea is really fun and creative. I feel like timer is very harsh, a bit more time for the first level would go a long way. Outside of that, I really enjoyed the environment, it feels surreal and strange in the best way possible. Plus, the close call popup is a great touch. Fantastic work on your first game! I hope you continue cookin' up new games in the future :)
Thanks for the feedback and the comment! <3
Yeah, I am definitely going to look into the first level more lol, as I've gotten a chunk of people saying that there is just nowhere near enough time to complete it. Also happy to hear you ended up enjoying the game!! Definitely planning on doing more game jams in the future :)
Banging music! Level design looks very Haste inspired!
Thanks!! Haste was definitely a huge inspiration when coming up with how I should make levels for this game lol. I really liked how they played so I tried to do something similar.
The main menu looks SUPER COOL!!! The gameplay is pretty interestin, along with the hyped-up music which really built the excitement! Always get hyped whenever I see the "Close Call" sign. Also maybe its just me but I feel like objects feels farther than they look on screen. For example, I think I've hit the blue booster, but I actually have to move forward a bit more to reach it.
Thanks for playing and the comment! <3
Yeah the camera angle I ended up using for this Jam needs some improvement lol. It gives terrible depth perception, I wanted to fix it though the tight deadline meant I never ended up getting to it. Though I’m happy to hear that you were enjoying the game!!
This game is really nice. I really like the audio and visual effects. Only thing is you might want to add on like 1 more second worth of time to finish the first course. I finally got to the second course but it was a bit of a struggle. Then I gave up after a couple of tries on stage 2. Not sure what that 1 thing is looked like a missile shaped pickup item but nothing happened when I flew through it. I also noticed a couple of times was able to fly through the ground. Oh and I really like the near miss effect and getting to watch the rocket spin out of control, is a nice effect and makes losing repeatedly more fun to watch lol.
Thanks, I’m happy you like the game! The missile pickup just restores a bit of your boost that way you can complete levels faster. Also if you fly close to the ground you will be able to get the levels done much faster! As for the course timer it probably does need a bit of adjustment lol.
Thanks a ton for playing and thanks for the comment!