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A jam submission

Apta InstrumentaView game page

Turn based rogue like third person shooter
Submitted by Φρεάντλης — 2 days, 18 hours before the deadline
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Submitted(+1)

Promising and fun gameplay. It took me a while to figure out how to switch weapons. Killing Avery and SquareAnon was fun lol. I expected grenades and explosive barrels to deal damage too, but they only jammed the enemies. I also expected to be able to control all my units in a single turn, just like the enemy does, but couldn't manage to do that (by design?). The spread mechanic annoyed me at first, but I adapted by closing in on enemies like a cold-blooded assassin. It felt good to execute them at point-blank range. Still I couldn't progress beyond 3–5 levels, skill issue probably.

Developer

Explosion does deal damage but it's not well shown.
One unit action per turn is by design (there's an artifact that allows your unit to take 2 actions per turn) and I haven't seen anyone to beat a full run yet, so I'll have to adjust balancing.
Thank you for playing and sharing ideas!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Died on the first level.

BUT! I love Valkyrie Chronicles! And with them botching  III (and IV), the world needs more games like this. I would recommend adding in story/narrative elements next, something to get the player to want to retry if they die at the first stage like I did. You have sexy robots, give them some personality, make me want to see them succeed/win. 

Developer

thank you for playing the demo and giving good feedback!

Submitted(+1)
  • really cool transition from 2d to 3d
  • i had a hard time understanding what to do, i understand its a prototype and no tutorial
  • unclear what determines amount of shots hit? feels very random by just moving a few pixels it goes up and down, i would do a bit more less granular
  • kind of wish i could move a bit after shooting, so i could shoot and then take cover, or something similar
  • i dont understand why i sometimes shoot back when attacked and sometimes dont
  • cool spider drone movement
  • not clear that i got loot, would highlight that somehow
  • why can i crouch sometimes and sometimes dont?

Good job! Keep working on it theres something nice with the free movement and tactical shootin.

Developer

thank you for playing and detailed feedback!

you can crouch only around sandbags.

Submitted(+1)

I was having a good time until the game froze followed by a graphics card crash. Other than that, seems solid. 

Developer

Thank you for the report! I'll have to look into that.

Submitted(+1)

I'm a big fan of turn based tactics/strategy games and mechanics-wise this is cool stuff. Camera, moving, and shooting all felt pretty good. Keep up the good work

Developer(+1)

thank you so much!