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A jam submission

Gus the GladiatorView game page

We ❤️Gus
Submitted by NovaDev — 1 day, 15 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Narrative#25822.8892.889
Audio#42652.8332.833
Enjoyment#47092.9072.907
Artwork#57482.7962.796
Creativity#69932.7412.741

Ranked from 54 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?
there is a countdown for every wave ig

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Submitted

Nice game! I really enjoyed using the bow, it really felt impactful and badass compared to the sword. The whole narrative is good as well, although the font color in the dialogue boxes made the dialogue a bit hard to read, and considering this was a ancient rome gladiator-themed game, I was expecting the art of the king and gus to at least reflect that a bit. Nevertheless the action felt good and i enjoyed it, good game!

Submitted

Cool game, but extremely hard, I couldn't ever get past the 3rd wave!

Submitted

I like how "squishy" everything felt. Nice game!

Submitted

i like the varieties of enemies you had! balancing fending off waves vs exploring the map was a fun challenge. i wish i was faster or had an easy way to become faster to explore the map even more, though (but that could also be an item / upgrade i just didn’t get to) 

Submitted

Pretty classic arena survival game! I like the narrative at the start and also the different items that we have. The interpretation is just a single timer which is fine but I would have loved a bit more twist on it (maybe items to prolong countdown of waves spawned, etc. I enjoyed the gameplay but the attacks does get repetitive after a while. The artwork is pretty good with classic pixel art. The audio is pretty simple but integrated well! Overall, this was a fun game with simple mechanics but may need to be developed further to make it much more awesome! Thank you for your submission! Great work!

Submitted

Really liked the bow it felt could , the sword tho it was a bit weird , Nice work keep it up !

That bow hit animation is OP, I felt invincible! :D

Submitted

Nice work! This reminds me a bit of vampire survivor games expect you have to protect yourself and a central point!

Submitted

I really like the impact of the bow, but I do wish the weapons were a bit more powerful in general as it can take a while to defeat even the smaller enemies. Nice work though!

Submitted

I like the pixel art and animation,
feeling of the bow was great, the sword felt a bit weird

my favorite was the different type of enemies and their appearances

Submitted

Simple but fun game. I liked the pixel art for all the characters and their walk animations. It was a little strange that the health bars and healing circles would flip when the characters changed directions. Occasionally enemies would get stuck behind a wall. I liked exploring to pickup new weapons and the mini map was really cool and useful. Good job!

Submitted

Pretty fun game, I really like the different enemies you've added, the different effects some of them had was pretty cool, and it was nice that I could fine different stuff around the map, it really gave a reason to explore.

Submitted

I like the enemy variety, but the attack felt a little unresponsive and sluggish. Also, you have this upgrade system, but the chances to buy them are so few and far between. I want to buy more upgrades!

Submitted (1 edit)

Cool game, I had fun. Got an iron bar, don't know where to use

Submitted

The amount of distinct enemies is appreciated. Pretty fun combat system. 

Submitted

Character needs to be a bit faster but still pretty fun I hope you can check out mine as well

Submitted

I really liked this game, the music is perfect for this game.

Submitted

The game is really cool! Although the combat system could be a bit improved on as it feels a bit unresponsive so to say. Sometimes the ice enemy attacks me and the effect stays on until I die. But other than that the concept is really good and I could easily see this becoming a full fledged game. Great job!

Submitted

I like the art style and the sound, the game is also pretty fun. There were a few bugs with movement (first time I could not move at all, and the other times the blue slowdown effect from the enemies would never wear off and I would be stuck with the slow movement speed for the rest of the run) but all in all I had a good time :)

Submitted

Cool game. Even if it doesn't use the countdown theme much, it has a lot of features to offer despite the short development time.

The sword attacks feel a bit unresponsive, as there seems to be a delay between the attack animation and the actual hitbox. Also, sometimes the slow effect from the blue enemy never wears off (I'm not sure if it happens when I kill it before the slow attack hits me). It also seems like enemies like to get stuck on the chests, especially the large ones.

Aside from that, the gameplay is fun. The skills are very OP. The Invincible skill is really strong with its short cooldown, and Void Form one-shots everything.

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