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Bullet Hell Jam 2023

Hosted by Harman Kamboj, theChief, Game Dev Bois · #bullethelljam
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A jam submission

Spin ShipView game page

deflect space bullets with a rotating spaceship
Submitted by snarkbutt — 13 hours, 11 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Visual#1732.2822.500
Theme#1931.9072.000
Overall#1991.8262.000
Fun#2101.6431.800
Audio#2291.0041.100

Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Did you use any third-party assets or skeleton code?
I made everything during the jam

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FainspiritSubmitted3 years ago

Interesting premise and a fun idea.

I never had a situation where deflecting bullets actually hit the enemies and I didn't feel like I had much control over the location of the deflecting rings (even though there is a speedup option).

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RGBee
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snarkbuttDeveloper2 years ago (1 edit)

thanks. I ran out of time to implement the bullets homing in on the guy who shot them. The game is actually unwinnable in its current state. My bad.

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QuinnCGSubmitted3 years ago

The deflecting shield is a cool idea. I'm not sure, but I feel  maybe holding space to slow down the rotation might feel better; but maybe its too OP or something. Being a satellite or something in space feels cool too. Neat game.

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Naked Man With a Gun
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snarkbuttDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you. Consider checking the game again in a couple months. I'm planning to update it after I update my galaga clone.

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QuinnCGSubmitted2 years ago

Cool

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porkrindSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

The shield and melee approach was pretty fun, though I found that I often died because I ran into the enemy I just killed. I might just need to be a little more careful. Great job!

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Last Stand of the Starship Broadsend
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snarkbuttDeveloper3 years ago

It's kind of kamikaze-ish the way the game works since I only play tested it for like a day. I might make the shields protect you from the explosions more. Thanks.

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Not-Only But-AlsoSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Interesting concept. I thought that trying to align the shields with the bullets would feel finicky, but it actually felt pretty nice! I wish deflected bullets could blow up enemies, seems like it would be fun to try to spin the shields in such a way as to bounce and aim back at enemies. Overall, it's a fun little game!

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Bring a Knife!
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snarkbuttDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thanks for the suggestion. That is something that would be cool to add into the game

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radiationhazard5Submitted3 years ago(+1)

I noticed the score stopped going up at one point, not sure if that is intentional or a bug

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Your Backyard
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snarkbuttDeveloper3 years ago

Dunno. Might be a bug.

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