Sidestep

by talia
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.46
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.63
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.93
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Sidestep - this LD42 project is a bullethell dodging game. Enjoy the nice patterns and dodge as long as possible.



Tools: Unity/Gimp/Beepbox/Audacity

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Comments25

sdrrv
sdrrv13 Aug 2018, 10:10
The game is really cool! Kepp up!
Barrier
Barrier13 Aug 2018, 10:39
Nice bullethell game, it fits the theme!
Dark Roast Studios13 Aug 2018, 10:40
nice game, fits the theme well and gets quite hard as it goes along. Don't know if I imagined it but stuff seemed to sync with the music. If not then that would be awesome for a post-compo version :D
Leave13 Aug 2018, 10:43
Cool little game, I like the color scheme. You could probably add the instructions onto the main screen.
CorgiRam
CorgiRam13 Aug 2018, 10:44
I really like the art in this game! One small bug I got on the web version was, the first time I played the score in the top left didn't update, so it just said "Score: "
frontlinesaint
frontlinesaint13 Aug 2018, 10:45
very nice game enjoyed it think i broke the score lol
somuch13 Aug 2018, 10:46
Simple but effective. If you could use your mouse to control the player as an alternative control scheme, it would be even cooler. Also the score doesn't seem to update sometimes. Good Job anyway :)
DrDolan
DrDolan13 Aug 2018, 10:52
Fun game! The music was nice.
Talia
Taliaauthor13 Aug 2018, 10:55
@dark-roast-studios you imagined it. But that would be pretty nice, but I have no idea how to synchronize the balls with the music right now. 😄

@corgiram yes, I also noticed it. Sometimes it works, sometime it doesn't. Don't know where the problem lies.

@somuch oh I thought of it as well. But it was too difficult to do it in time.
dunin
dunin13 Aug 2018, 14:49
Nice looking game.

And thankfully less hard than bullethell (I mean, usually I die after 30s...) maybe because we just have to dodge?

my best: 1012
Erendelous13 Aug 2018, 15:07
As for me, "bullets" disappear too fast, but the game is pretty stylish and kinda fun)
Mathiouza
Mathiouza13 Aug 2018, 15:54
Nice game ^^ But, fist thing... I warn you, that is really important... I cannot see my score before I die ? x)))

Just kinding ^^ The game is really well made, the graphics work well and the music is cool too ^^ I just was surprised by the fact that the top of the screen is not the top of the playing area. But behind that, that is really cool ^^

Keep coding :)
Devio
Devio13 Aug 2018, 17:09
Really fun, Felt like it was a bit too slow at first, then it picked up and had a load of fun! Great job @talia keep it up!

Graphics were simple yet somewhat beautiful to look at!
StabAlarash13 Aug 2018, 18:27
Nice game, it was just a bit hard to get use to the kinda inertia you have on the control though, I would probably try to tweak it a bit so it feels more responsive. But overall pretty solid entry :)
Allan Kong
Allan Kong13 Aug 2018, 19:34
I wish there was more to do. Maybe add a shooter part
Talia
Taliaauthor14 Aug 2018, 09:37
Thank you all for your feedback I appreciate it.

@allan-kong I can really understand that it gets boring after a while because there is nothing else to do. But I deliberately decided against a shooter part. Maybe I will add enemies and more complex pattern in a post- jam version =)
NORRIMO
NORRIMO14 Aug 2018, 12:24
Really simple game and i like especially the simplistic visual style. My highest score was 795. And the movements of the enemies are not random I guess? Because I saw very often the same pattern in the movement. So exists an end? :o

And I've found an another genre in your game. Hide and Seek. Where am I? :D
Talia
Taliaauthor14 Aug 2018, 13:14
@norrimo thanks for playing! yes the "enemies" follow waypoints in an endless loop - so no real ending. And I can't see you in the picture but you are under the image of the players life I guess xD
Steffanie
Steffanie14 Aug 2018, 18:22
Fun game! I enjoyed playing and the color contrasts were quite nice! Good work and quick, intuitive play!
Historymaker118
Historymaker11814 Aug 2018, 18:33
This isn't a bad game, had a bit of fun with it. The music was repetitive, but quite catchy. The controls felt a little bit too floaty at times and I didn't always feel like I was in control of my triangle ship thingy which I really ought to be when the only thing I can do is move and the objective is to not be hit by things. Could do with some more polish, but well done for being complete in a weekend.
Korso14 Aug 2018, 18:58
Nice little game. Matches the theme quite well but it becomes boring after a while due to no new mechanics.

As an idea, you could implement a color change in the triangle with spacebar, so the ship so that it is not affected by circles of the same color.

Nice job nonetheless!
jjcp14 Aug 2018, 19:35
Nice game! A great take on the theme.
gamesplusjames
gamesplusjames15 Aug 2018, 23:22
I like the artstyle, it worked really well, and flying around felt nice. Good job!

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