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| 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.
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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.
Really fun to play! I loved it!
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 :)
Thanks for your feedback! I've started adding some QoL features and will update once the jam is over.
Very cool!
Really Good Game! Enjoyed it a lot! Great Job!
Wow, 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!
Haha yeah, I made those circles a bit too fast! I'll definitely be making some balance changes and adding button prompts once the jam is over.
Wow 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!
Really interesting concept and the gameplay was great!
The 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.
Agreed, I did consider making the enemies into various home appliances, but my artistic skills aren't great. Funnily enough, the way the shapes are animated makes them nearly impossible to screenshot XD
Really fun game!
rlygood
Cute game that has some surprisingly interesting upgrades! Loved it!
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!
Pretty great! It's a interesting concept, and feels very well polished and stylized. Bullets being recollectable is an interesting idea too. Well done
At 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 :)
Thanks! I find making music and sfx a great way to take a break from programming.
Very nice
Coolest game!!!
Expending energy to attack and buy upgrades is a very unique mechanic. It really made me think about which apps to buy as my battery got lower, I had to change from shooting all the time to running.
I love the app mechanic, the character movement feels great, and the reclaiming bullet mechanic is cool. Overall great game.
Thanks, this means a lot to me!
Awesome!
- 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 >:(
I hate triangles too, but I figured I needed a ranged enemy :P