JaJa's Bizarre Transformer is a 2D bullet hell shooter. The major difference is, player's bullets will bounce when they hit walls. So shoot with caution!
Switch different forms to fight against different types of enemies. Always use your Supreme Shield with Ultimate Mouth Cannon Form(TM) to clear battlefield and save your a!
We'd like to thank for everyone's support to our game JaJa's Bizzare Transformer. Your kind comments encouraged us to continue development and we've built a post-jam version, including several major updates. If you've already played our game, it's a good chance to give it another try to see some new stuff! If you have not played, then what are you waiting for? Just try it :)
Major updates in post-jam version including:
A Brand New "Flee" Option! New Game Modes!
Arcade Mode: 10 Lives, Infinite Continues. Hardcore Mode: 5 Lives, NO Continue, Score X 10. Roguelike Mode: 1 Live, NO Continue, Score X 50 + Survival Time Bonus.
Score Board! Full Controller Support!
Balance Fix Including:
Aim angle from 45 to 60 degrees(the major issue many people mentioned). Final boss nerf, HP decreased by 10%, fire rate decreased by 33%. 3rd boss buff, HP increased by 20%. Bug fix: Players can continue to play even they are already dead. ... And lots of minor bug fixed!
Final game contains:
3 game modes 20 waves of enemy 3 player forms 4 different bosses 5 types of minions Also: Supreme Shield with Ultimate Mouth Cannon(TM)
Tutorial:
Keyboard Control:
Movement: WSAD Aim: Mouse Shoot: Left Mouse Button Pause:ESC Switch Form: Q Supreme Shield With Ultimate Mouth Cannon: E
Joystick Control:
Movement: Left Stick or Cross Button Aim: Right Stick Shoot: RT Pause:START Switch Form: LT Supreme Shield With Ultimate Mouth Cannon: Button X
Red Bullet Can Hurt You.
Your Bullets Will Bounce When They Hit Something They Can't Penetrate.
So, DO NOT Keep Shooting.
Q: Switch Form
Some Enemy Only Take Damage From Bullets Shoot From Specific Form, Try Different Forms In Game!
E: Supreme Shield With Ultimate Mouth Cannon.
Supreme Shield Can Consume Bullets, The More You Consume, The Longer Ultimate Mouth Cannon Can Last.
Soundtrack didn't seem to fit gameplay. Dying/hitting sfx overlapped a lot and got loud. Gameplay got unbeatably hard by the end. Sometimes controls would stop working and couldn't switch shapes. Fun gameplay overall, good feel. Art potentially offensive in it's nature, watch that.
I feel like I'm missing some reference, but despite that this was an excellent game. It took me a while to figure out that my bullets were bouncing, but after that I really had to focus on accuracy, which was a strange change from normal bullet hell. I also liked that you could shoot a bunch of deliberate misses, use the shield/megalaser, and reabsorb them for massive damage. Overall a great game, and I loved the character and enemy design.
Awesome game, the graphics in particular are an epic win :)
Plus you just made me discover this strange Rainbow Dragon Eyes thing, of which the track you picked is indeed CC-licensed, nice find!
If I had to nitpick something, the allowed angles for shooting feel a bit arbitrary, and caused me some frustration when aiming. Opening it to [-90;90] could have helped?
Damn, this is funny. Had a great Time plying. The only negative thing i can find is, that it's over too soon XD And shoot direction is hard to see with all the colors and stuff.
@Wan I've tried to set aim angle to 90 degrees but it will make bullet bounce directly towards you in a small area, and it will be very hard for players to dodge, so a limitation is needed.
Thanks for mention the audio, I will remove it from voting.
Great game. Graphics, music, gameplay, everything. I loved it till the end. The only thing I can suggest is maybe relax the shooting angle limits a bit? It is too restrictive and it felt like the controls were weird until I realized about the restriction.
I have to admit that I have no idea what the reference other players have mentioned is, but I certainly enjoyed this a lot! Great art style, awesome gameplay, fantastic overall mood and feel. My favourite entry so far!
that was fun and also very funny when the tight pants men slide trough the screen,and the music also fits the bullet hell, i love bullet hell. was fun and easy to play and get into,i liked the end animation too.
I didn't understand at first that our bullets bounce back, creating one of the maddest manic shooter I've ever played xD The design and title are hilarous, and the music is catchy but doesn't really fit the game imo. Other than that, it's a very good entry! :D
Very nice< The graphisms are hilarious and the music loop keep us in the game. Thanks for the free unlimited continues, that's a good idea for the tests :p
Intense... Bizarre... Stayed for the end... great job, congrats!
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mrStrings20 Apr 2016, 04:11
Ok... what just happened? Really weird entry, in a great sense! I do however found some problems mechanically, as mentioned above: the movement felt a bit constrained, and more freedom would be really welcome.
Too bad it's not azerty friendly :( please use Unity's input system next time, it allows us to rebind controls (or better, use both A/Q and Z/W for inputs !). Awesome graphics / audio anyway :)
Great game, lots of action, amazing graphics, especially liked the way character fills the screen when you change form. Score would be nice to have, would increase replayability of the game thousand times) Also, it has no ESC menu, so you can't pause the game. When you die, you simply can continue gaming, which I feel isn't right, being myself lover of oldschool games. You may wanna limit continues.
@DuckTieTeam Thanks for your review! To be honest, I didn't allow players to continue at first place, then I realized it might make most people give up at wave 10-15, as a jam game or demo it will make people frustrate. And I agree with you that it won't have unlimited continues in a shipped arcade game :)
Great game! I really liked the music and the fun style of the game! The old CRT style visual was amazing as well! Good thing I had infinite lives, or it would have been nearly impossible for me! Awesome!
This was incredible. The music was great, the graphics were amazing, the gameplay was SUPER FUN. Also, I'm a JJBA fan, so the name is also fantastic and led me to expect great things before I even started playing - the game itself definitely did not disappoint.
Just amazing. Definitely one of my favorites so far, thank you for sharing.
Wow, fantastic entry! I adored the art style. I was a little disappointed I didn't have a full 180 degrees of aiming, so that threw off my gameplay a bit. All in all, great work!
I agree with everybody, this game is awesome. Just some minor comments here. I would have loved to have an aiming pointer graphics in game instead on relying on my system mouse cursor. At first I didn't register it as part of the game. I think this is mostly because I have the feeling that we are not free to aim at any part of the screen. So the mouse position and aiming seems disconnected most of the time and added lots of confusion to me. Same as the character not being able to move anywhere on the screen, but this one is not a big deal at all. Thanks a lot for having infinite continues ;)
MY GOSH this game is amazing. Reaally funny, loving that graphics and all the visual effects. There's a litle exploit, though, when you die if presses Q and transform yo can keep playing without a life-bar. Howewer, great job!!
It reminded me about my time in vietnam, holy shit those Chinks were everywhere shooting at everything. I still wake up at nights with this flashbacks and your game just made me confront with my biggest fear. Thank you gentlemen, and remember the goverment is trying to poison us with chem trails.
Craziest game I ever played. Amazing graphics, very funny game. The gameplay could be a bit more interesting, but the insanity of it all makes it worth it!
A lot to say about this game ! Without blowing it out of proportion, the lack of a decent way to pause or quit the game is frustrating. I find the game a bit hard to play ... but lets stop being negative :) The graphics are fucking awesome. (btw, I think I'm in love with Jaja :d) The gameplay totally sticks with the theme. There is content. Despite what I've read on some comments, the music fits. I may say, with a certain je ne sais quoi to add to this game, it would be worth selling it on Steam !
Hilarious game about crazy man that is shooting bullets from his big mouth and kills strange things on small arena. Bizarre art and nice old TV screen effect included.
Love the art! And screen shaders. Nice touch! My only main complaint is that the controls were "lifeless". No recoil. shake, drag, slide, nothing. It just felt very bland. But everything else, on point! Nice work :)
Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35. Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free) So we can include also your game in the video ;) p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description
Awesome! I love the bouncing bullets mechanic. Felt really good to play, although on controller I couldn't stop transforming and movement on keyboard was a bit laggy. Would have liked to see some more variation in the enemies, or some way to make the bouncing bullets work more in your favor. Still a ton of fun. Great work!
Loved the retro CRT effects plus this is a great take on a bullet hell game (Really liked the idea of your own bullets actually hurting if you're not careful although you can sort of use that to your advantage by spraying a bunch of bullets then switch immediately to Supreme Shield mode to absorb them back). Also, any reference to Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is a huge plus in my book :D
Such a well done, polished entry. Loved everything about it, the style, music and gameplay. Liked how if you kept shooting you'd increase your own difficulty.
And great reference.