Amazing graphics. I love the laser effect. There's too much going on and some times I'm confused with stuff flying directly to me and bullets, maybe because the space is too small. I'll come back to rate it later :)
By far the most polished-looking game I've played so far, but there doesn't seem to be a point, as such. As in, there's no points system or level progression so after a while I just get bored. Still, by far the best game I've played so far today, and one of the best LD games I've played for a long time.
The instructions weren't so clear. Since shooting moved me I first thought I was supposed to shoot myself around. That actually kind of worked for a while. When realized I could move I went ahead and tested not clicking but holding mouse down and then it felt like I had the controls nailed down. So controls a bit more explaining.
The game itself had a lot of fun shooting, and very nice effects on that part. I never got a hang of any story or tactics other than kill everything and avoid getting stomped. So if there was more to it, maybe some explaining that too since it gets so hectic it's hard to learn what does what.
Feels *really* nice! Well done! It would have been nice to show current score and level of progress (e.g. "wave 1") in-game. The texture overlay that comes in somewhere between 30-60 seconds was the worst bit about it.
Really nice implementation, artstyle and soundscape; with the gameplay being so frantic, I found it rather hard to quickly tell the different special tiles from each other. The reflective one felt especially nasty!
With a bigger, more interactive stage I could see this working as a full game.
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jerombd30 Apr 2014, 11:10
Cool graphics and a nice set of laser effects! Nice to see your original graphic style in action^^ It's a frantic small arena shooter; and like every shooter, the background story is a bit superfluous... that's why I didn't read the intro :P (and the start-screen instructions are hardly readable by the way).
I like it, but it is absolute HELL on my tendonitis. Really needed a keybord key to fire with. :< Art is lovely, as always, and I like the random lazer colors.
While I had little idea what was going on due to the lack of instructions, I still loved it! Fantastic graphics, and a solid shooter too. One of my favorites in the competition.
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Cake&Code3 May 2014, 21:58
You did a great job working with the audio and graphics for this game. The gameplay was simple and fun, although I wasn't sure what the state of my health was and I sometimes wasn't 100% sure what I was doing except shooting everything in sight.
Gorgeous, and I loved the simple bg music. I wasn't really sure how to tell how much health I had left. Other than that, this is another great little shooter. I'd still love to see what a full shmup/bullet hell from you would look like, but I feel like that's a bit beyond the scope of an LD.
2) While this epic massacre i`m always clicking outside the game window and unfocusing in.