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A jam submission

The Looming DarkView game page

Submitted by GiNUser — 5 minutes, 46 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Controls#183.6323.769
Graphics#354.0034.154
Fun#403.4103.538
Overall#533.2933.418
Theme#583.4843.615
Audio#682.8913.000
Accessibility#832.5942.692
Originality#983.0393.154

Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Godot Version
4.7.1

Theme Interpretation
You run from an consuming void and ever-scaling enemies that guarantee your demise

GWJ Participation Level
6

Team Size
1

Generative AI Disclosure

I confirm that this jam entry does not contain any AI-generated content

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Comments

Submitted

I really like the game loop here, although I'm not sure what destroying items does, aside from freeing up inventory space. There's also a point where the music just stops playing, which isn't bad in of itself, but i do think it should turn back on at some point, as it can feel empty without it. Otherwise great execution and polish here.
(Haven't tested all the upgrades to see if they're all working or not btw.)

Submitted (1 edit)

Very cool game! I really liked the limited palette and gathering resources for your base. The bosses were pretty cool with their fancy movement abilities. I had one boss slime jump over a wall and it was epic lol.  Overall this was super fun to play!

I did have one issue, but maybe I just didn't figure it out? The tutorial said to click to destroy items, but neither left nor right click seemed to do anything on trees, rocks, walls, etc. I figured that these objects surrounding the chest would be destructable, especially in cases where a chest spawns inside of a group of trees.

Submitted

i loved the retro art style!

Submitted (3 edits)

Really nice art and sound effects!

Controls are simple and accessible, and worked really well.

Fun experience.

Good job, especially as a solo dev in the timeframe!

Tim

Submitted

I love the artstyle, nice fulfilling game loop! Well done!

Submitted

Enjoyable game loop and nice visual style, good job!

Submitted

Very concept i'd love to see more expansion upon this!
   

A minor issue now though is the music its not looped which is sad as its a very cool track which fits the game perfectly. Also in the tutorial it shows the left mouse button to destroy equipment but its actually right

Submitted

Hey GiNUser,

I liked  the artstyle of the game and it was the most fun i had so far.