Gameplay is fun, audio is nice, good job!

Overall enjoyed the game and printer boss was funny. UI was slick and I like the fonts.

While music was good too but sound balance was off. I could not hear the  sound effects over the music and shooting.

I think level design did not match the  current game play mechanics.  What do I mean? AI would not react if the distance is big until they got shoot and the open areas were a lot. On the contrary AI from upper levels rush down when I walk under of them.  When  robots died their gears would fall down to lower levels. Because I could not hear robots walking sound they could also come behind me sneakily. I could just find a part on the level where robots could not walk and pick them slowly.  

A  long corridor type  level  with corners would hide the current weaknesses of the game.  Also you could implement a laser wall coming from behind to force the player move forward in time. Like resident evil  movie you are in a corridor  but the laser is coming from behind and very very slow.

Gun mechanics were great but I would change 2 things.
When shooting and/or missing I would use the the gears we collected slightly  so if player does not want to use a weapon they could not just stop and empty the clip.
I would make upgrade part faster.

More enemy types clearly would be better but I guess time was not enough. I would at least expected that big enemy would explode and kill the small ones near them.

I enjoyed the game and even expecting more levels to fully upgrade my weapons.

Dang, this game just feels so good to play. Bangin' music, good sound effects, satisfying gameplay loop, simple but easy to read and appealing visuals.  Excellent job - tons of polish for a monthlong jam.

I see what you're going for with the weapon switching.  It's potentially a cool mechanic to remove the player's weapon swapping agency. But I think it needs some tweaking. I only got to use the pulse gun and the shotgun for most levels, and I barely saw the sniper rifle. I also didn't have to vary my strategy at all based on the weapon. I think it'd be improved if 1. the weapon order was random 2. you have to swap weapons every time you run out of ammo, even if you upgrade them 3. there's a bigger difference between weapon types.  Maybe the laser gun is weaker but sets enemies on fire, or the sniper rifle penetrates multiple enemies.  And, it's cliche and inaccurate, but the shotgun only deals damage up close and makes you get dangerously close to enemies.

Nice game, the weapon mechanics took a some time to be understood, and the final boss did nothing but it was a neat experience

Awesome game. It was so much fun using the different kinds of guns. The music was great too. Nice job!

Great game!!! The gameplay feels so good! You nailed it :)

I just thought that the waves were somewhat "easysh" to handle because they were mostly in line and I could kill one by one just shooting and walking backward.  Maybe, adding a wave variation that could try to surround you or something could be a thing.
Good job!

Hey, I remember playing your Udder Chaos game last year!

This game was great! I played it to the end. I loved the cohesive vibe of the whole game. The music, enemies, graphics, it all fits so well! I really liked how the weapons get cycled automatically. It forces you to try them all and play a little differently each time.

The boss reveal was amazing. Unexpected and hilarious. I did wish the boss was more of a challenge. Although, in my head, I think it is fitting that the boss doesn’t do anything, just like the seemingly always breaking version that I have at home. :)

Great work on this game, it was a lot of fun!

The game was solid and polished. I liked the gun upgrades, everything meshed together, and unlike many gamejam games, there were no glitches or bugs I could find! I think my only real complaint is that, right now, there isn't a ton of depth to the game. Most of the strategy is point and shoot while slowly walking backwards, and the different weapons don't really make you need to alter that strategy. Still a great game and I made sure to give you a great score!

This is like Ratchet and Clank with Synthwave.

Gameplay: Pleasant movement, weapons, animations, everything felt clean. You have to look around a lot because enemies can sneak up on you. Cons: Enemies move towards you in a straight line and there's no variety in their attacks. The weapons feel nice to use and responsive, but I would prefer being able to experiment with different weapons and switch back and forth at will rather than having... the computer... dictate it for me. One of the tanky enemies managed to properly corner me so I couldn't move, but its attacks weren't connecting and I just shot it to pieces.

The final boss was a hilarious surprise. It was really tough though. I barely managed to defeat it.

Graphics: Textures are clean and animations are superb. Having all these enemies waddle towards me like ducklings is funny.

Audio: The synthwave music is gorgeous. The sound played on picking up gears is even more satisfying than the one Ratchet and Clank uses somehow.

Overall a delight to play.

Screenshots:

What's around the corner?


HELLO MY NAME IS BOB IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU HOW ARE YOU DOING

Why is the soundtrack so dang good?

Hehehe. NEW WORLD RECORD BABY. 2:40. I saved 16 seconds in a day. 

Hey! I really enjoyed playing your game. Gameplay felt really  good, visuals are cool and sound fx perfectly matches with the actions and provide a really satisfying feeling (Im a big fan of picking up gears in your game, and i mean it). I also loved musical tracks. So very cool and matching very nicely with the theme. Only problem I came up envolving sound feedback, was when enemies reached me from different positions, since they sometimes start to climb down the level to reach you in the floor. Id love if there would be a way of having either more visibility(a map showing detected enemies as dots), more sound feedback on enemies when walking towards you, or maybe a way of quick scaping when youre between an unespected wall and a group of enemies, such as a dash. Thats just some ideas but I dont really know how'd they work out. Beyond that, congrats! you game is amazing!

This was a great entry! It was a really smooth game play and the ambience was put together well. I didn't quite understand the progression of the weapons. I liked the laser spitter, but I had to run out of ammo to use that and then upgrade it?

Yours is on the top heap o' games,for sure!

Hello Lanyard, I finally had the chance to try out your game and I enjoyed it A LOT. I probably played it for more than an hour. I will be waiting for new updates:)

I really liked the level designs(As you will see later in this comment) and the weapon types. Animations seems real smooth and the movement feels amazing. Soundtrack is really solid as well. I have a few ideas for you:

-Melee weapons would make the gameplay more diverse.
-You can add a different game mode which is more like an endless tower defense type. It feels good watching enemies coming downstairs maybe adding some usable turrets and enemy waves would make a good game mode! 
-Boss fights would make the game much better.


Also after playing your game for a little while I decided to do a speedrun. My current record is 2:56 but I think I would have been a 2:52 if I didn't went for the 3rd enemy I went for. I found a good strategy for the final level: Which is to upgrade the shotgun to level 2 and waste all the ammo of the carbine in the stairs. Your level design is amazing. It leaves room for a lot of different playstyles! Also most of my runs died in the level 2. Those robots can surround you and kill you in seconds lol.

 I will definetly try to go sub 2:50 :) I hope this speedrun maybe helps you somehow:) Here's my speedrun: 

A bit of action is appreciated among all the games in the Jam. Certainly super entertaining, great job! A really fun game ^^

Nic job! I like the musics, and the final boss is really... Special haha

Nice

Awesome game! Great variety of guns, interesting vertical levels, big explosions and banger music. 🤘 The ending is hilarious!

The only thing I would suggest is more enemy diversity, some fast-moving and projectile-shooting enemies to dodge. Then, I could play this game for hours!

Great job! Good luck with your future projects.

Great game! As a fellow developer of a ball robot swarm shooter game, I think you've done our super specific genre justice haha. I liked all the little bits you added to improve game feel, like subtle camera swaying based on movement, damage text and screen shake. When I got to the final boss (the most evil of all devices) it didn't attack me at all, I'm not sure if that is the intended behaviour or not.

Feedback:
 - As a FPS game enjoyer, I would have liked to be able to adjust the mouse sensitivity and increase FOV. 
- The music was amazing, but a little too loud relative to the other sound effects.
- There were a few times the enemies snuck up behind me, I think making them make noise when moving would definitely help players know that they're approaching. 

My subjective suggestions:
- I think you can go way harder on giving feedback to the player when shooting enemies, such as making them flash, creating a small stagger animation that briefly interrupts their normal animations and making them start smoking when their health is low
- Adjusting enemy pathing so they don't just find the shortest path to the player and start moving towards it from anywhere on the level. It would also be nice if they had secondary modes of movement to add some more variety to dealing with them (maybe rolling)

You have made a solid game, and you definitely have a strong foundation to iterate on and keep developing. good job :)