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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay / Fun | #1 | 3.952 | 3.952 |
| Audio / Music | #1 | 4.048 | 4.048 |
| Overall | #1 | 3.914 | 3.914 |
| How much do you like the game overall? | #2 | 3.810 | 3.810 |
| Is it spooky and/or does it follow the theme? | #4 | 4.048 | 4.048 |
| Graphics / Visuals | #8 | 3.714 | 3.714 |
Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Please list ANY pre-made or AI-generated assets that you used (it's the rules!)
Everything was made by myself in 48 hours without any AI
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BRO WHATEVERRRRR. this game is so polished it's unreal. the upgrade sfx fits sooo well with the music wowowow so satisfying and that upgrade UI is slickkkk...all the UI is slick actuallyyy.
the intro is great, game page great, narrative great, branding great, like...great great great WHATEVERRR BRO. HHAHAH. there are a lot of good games this submission, but wow this one is another level.
Amazing work! The game has a really fun feel, and the effects on the intro and the abilities, plus the music, make it feel really premium. At first, I thought I wouldn't like how slow casting spells was working, but I found that it really made me feel like the wizard/necromancer rather than some kind of magical warrior. I've gotten to wave 24, and I don't think I can lose at this point. The upgrade to disable the summon cooldown is really satisfying, but it might be a bit overpowered. You've put in so many cool abilities, but I didn't really need them once summoning got enough upgrades. None of that really changes how good it just feels to play though. Even though I don't think I can die at this point, I'm tempted to just keep playing anyway. Awesome stuff!
That intro was so insane! I loved it and the gameplay was fun! At the beginning I didn't understand how to attack with the click, but with the time I mastered! The music was amazing too!
Concept: pick 3 slop my beloved
Gameplay: the premise is really good and I really like the how the resurrect works, the gradually building set of abilities is also great. However the fun is kinda killed for me by how easy it is. I may have gotten lucky by getting vitality as my first ability, but I feel like enemies come way too scattered and way too slowly and my minions just don't die at all. For this reason I never really felt the impact of any upgrade or ability (other than vitality and reduced health decay). It's a shame because I really see how much potential is in the game, and I'm pretty sure tweaking a few numbers could fix it very easily. It's understandable though, the fact that the game has so much content with all the art and audio made by you as well is already a very impressive feat, I have no clue how you manage that (something to do with broken cars?).
Art: the spritework is simple but for first time with pixel art it's really good. I really like how detailed some animations are, those 160 frames do not disappoint. The visual effects and camera tweaks combined with well timed sound effects are also very good, as usual. The background though is a bit too simple I think, all that green gets a bit dull after a while.
Audio: banger music as always, I expected no less. Sound effects are all nice, give a lot to the game feel.
So yeah, amazing stuff as usual, much greatness with just some bit of balance issues. Nicely done!
Are you supposed to be able to move? It don't seem to work for me. unless im missing something obvious. I can resurrect the rabbit, then nothing else seems to work. tried clicking and moving with arrows and WASD.
Very cool game. for some reason i had to tap some keys on my laptop before my usb keyboard worked.
Seriously impressive! And even more so considering you went in solo!
From the start, the intro is really solid and hooked me right into the game. The game looks really nice, and the tutorial was very effective. Overall, the pacing is on point, so it's very manageable at the start, and gets progressively more intense as the game goes on.
The UI is amazing, full of absolute game juice. I really like the design of the upgrades menu!
The soundtrack is very energetic and makes the entire atmosphere very dramatic. By the way, the sound effects and the music work very well together. I was particularly impressed at how the music fades out and blends into the game over sound effect. I have no idea how you did that if it isn't programmatically.
Well done!
Really impressive stuff, again! The art is simple but effective, music is great, and the whole thing feels nice and polished (I particularly like the upgrade screen). Thanks for jamming with us again :D
Smooth gameplay and good music. The zooming was a nice effect. I would have liked to see a shorter spell casting / raise time and maybe an auto attack. Nice job.
Thanks for the feedback! The long animations were meant as a tradeoff but I also got annoyed by them more and more myself. Auto attack is a good idea
very nice game !! the music loop was maybe a bit short imo but it was very good
Crazy to say for a 4 minute long custom composition but thank you nonetheless <3
it was 4 minute long ??? i played for too long ^^
Yeah, the full song is 4:15 minutes long. The loop zone in that song is around 3, but it plays the chorus twice, so that's likely why it felt a little repetitive.
I’m always impressed by the amount of work you put in your games. Truly impressive !
woahhhhhhhhhh
Fun and addictive game !! It's super impressive for a solo dev !!
Love the animation of resurection even if it's a bit long and began to feel annoying after some time
And love the music aswell
Thank you for playing! I agree that the resurrection animation should have probably been a little shorter
good job! the intro scene was cheeky and the rabbits where cute.
Really liked the roguelike elements and getting random upgrades each new wave. A little difficult, but fun overall!
The Game Lookgs Great And The Gamplay Is Fun Enough But I Found The Pacing To Be Too SlowMaking Death Way To Punishing, The Music Is A Banger Aswell, also antoher thing is that its not really spooky per say but its not a huge issue
Thanks for the feedback! The unskipable intro is probably the cause for the punishing death. Was on the todo list to make it skipable. And yes, it’s probably more mystic than spooky but not every game needs to be super dark I think.
Very beautiful. Your game is my favorite on this jam