My first LDJam AND first completed game! Overall I had a blast.
//GAME// Left and right arrows to move. Up to hide in a closet and down to exit closet. Shift to ooze an astronaut. Meter in the upper left will turn green when you're close enough to ooze. If they turn and face you while you're in their room, you're vaporized!
//DEV NOTES// The game feels as finished as it can be. Next time I'd definitely take Monday off of work and continue to work on it. I ended up rushing sfx and just using a song I wrote a few years back. Would've like to spend more time on those two aspects.
The game has a few slight issues. Sometimes you can get shot right before you go in a closet and nothing will happen until you exit the closet. Also the astronauts can spot you even if you're off screen. Would've liked to fix that with more time.
The basic gameplay is solid, but also repetitive. This is mainly caused by there only being one game mechanic (oozing) and the level consisting only of rectangular rooms with one or two spacemen each.
With a few more mechanics like jumping, dashing or changing shape (you don't need to hide in a closet if you can turn into an innocuous fern!) and more varied level design with multiple passages around the place and exploration (try Metroidvanias and Gunpoint for reference) these faults could be rectified.
I like the graphics and music (too bad audio isn't one of the rating categories). Overall a good job for a first go.
The music is really nice, and honestly I think this has quite a potentital. The stealthy monster gameplay sounds fun, however in it's current form it's extremely repetitive, in the end the challenge and the solution stays the same, and the game only really requires patience to be completed.
Haha good work on the theme. Also love the sound it makes when you hide in the cupboard. Took me a while to work out you died if the space men face you so very frustrated at first. Great idea love the retro mood.
The game is really cool ! The only miss is to make a more understandable door system. I think it's not clear that astronaut dont shot you when u are behind a "wall part". But overall, it's good !
Great job for your first game! At first, I was quite confused, but once you get the game - its pretty good! I included it in part 4 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/NqmWO8MUX6c
Great artwork and fun gameplay. I enjoyed gooing the astronauts. I'd love to hear some sounds under it, but it was fine that way too. Nice to see an other C2 game here.
Very nice visuals. It would have been better with a bit more variety, and as you mentioned, there are a few things that feel unfinished. Congrats on your first games and LD! Hope you participate again.
Good first entry. Enjoyed the music and animations/art. Some triggers weren't robust (running animation when at idle) and some of the astronauts were off screen for a long time... and I'm impatient :). Nice one!
With a few more mechanics like jumping, dashing or changing shape (you don't need to hide in a closet if you can turn into an innocuous fern!) and more varied level design with multiple passages around the place and exploration (try Metroidvanias and Gunpoint for reference) these faults could be rectified.
I like the graphics and music (too bad audio isn't one of the rating categories). Overall a good job for a first go.