Irrational Volumes

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.72
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.76
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.63
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.04
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.61
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.28
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.93
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.48
An attempt at a shmup with accessibility settings.
More details and download on the itch page.

WASD or Arrow keys to move

Hold Shift to focus and slow down (left or right shift)

Z or , to fire

Comments18

mahalis
mahalis26 Apr 2021, 16:40
First time I’ve seen a bullet-hell game with accessibility settings, therefore the first bullet-hell game I’ve been able to play for any length of time without losing. :slight_smile: I’m a little unclear on what causes the game-over: a few times I’ve gotten to the end-game screen while I still had several lives left. Maybe a bug?
Bastienre4
Bastienre426 Apr 2021, 17:29
It's a very nice idea to add accessibility settings in a jam game!

However, toggle fire doesn't seem to work.
The game over closing the game is a bit brutal too.

Other than that, it's a nice little entry.
Well done.
metadept
metadept26 Apr 2021, 17:35
It's a pretty good bullet hell for a game jam, but also spending time adding accessibility settings is extremely cool. As another commenter said, there seemed to be a weird game over condition? I really enjoyed it though; great job!
John Gabriel
John Gabriel26 Apr 2021, 17:41
I'm not clear what this had to do with the theme? The game kept ending abruptly with "not yet, I haven't cleaned up", which I don't think was due to anything I did.
morphine
morphine26 Apr 2021, 17:49
We need more entries promoting accessibility settings - well done! This was unfinished and it seemed like certain things didn't work as expected, but I had fun anyways!
s1lv3r Dr4g0n Gamesauthor27 Apr 2021, 15:18
@metadept @mahalis The screen with the heart on it is the end of the level, I ran out of time heh. Ditto for running out of lives closing the program, couldn't come up with something more creative.
s1lv3r Dr4g0n Gamesauthor27 Apr 2021, 15:22
@bastienre4 Yep, I didn't notice before I had to kick this out the door. Was a one number change too, my bad.
s1lv3r Dr4g0n Gamesauthor27 Apr 2021, 15:30
@john-gabriel It was going to be about a house that was (pick your pop culture reference here) bigger on the inside and you explored into the basement etc. There was going to be a mechanic about being closer to the top of the play field (ie deeper) rather than the bottom. I overscoped and also had to relearn everything after a hiatus.
MaratG2
MaratG230 Apr 2021, 15:59
Ahaha, I was stunned when I saw touhou-like UI (I do love touhou). That was very good entry, as others mentioned, settings are cool, and the game just works, it's vital. Thank you for the game!
Kripakov1 May 2021, 15:24
Good entry! Yes, the settings in the game are quite interesting, you can experiment with different game modes yourself. True, the shooting did not work for me initially, and it turned out to be turned on only after I ran my hand over the keyboard by pressing all the keys =) Some small description would not hurt. And so very cool, thanks for playing!
SoarenDev
SoarenDev1 May 2021, 15:39
Quite happy to see someone there taking time to add accessibility settings to customize the experience, especially for a bullet hell, wanted to point this out :o

You reached a complete game loop, so Bravo for this nice entry o/
RafaBriet1 May 2021, 22:39
Nice game. Awesome idea to add accessibility settings.
fueelin4 May 2021, 07:37
I didn't really understand if I won or lost at the end, but I enjoyed playing it! The bullet patterns were challenging but fair, and they made some nice-looking patterns.

Agree with everyone else that the accessibility options are a really nice touch!

Really nice job!
Shimonster
Shimonster5 May 2021, 16:53
I'm not sure why I exited the game after I lost but other than that, it was a cool game. I liked the art.
frnknstn
frnknstn6 May 2021, 14:07
Great bones here for a full bullet hell experience!
James Macgill7 May 2021, 03:22
Confused a bit by the heart... I see from the notes that it was the level end. I have to say, respect for getting the menu / accessibility controls in first and running out of time on the levels rather than the other way round!
txanevk
txanevk7 May 2021, 17:57
@s1lv3r-dr4g0n-games I think this is your twentieth rating too! Good job, it has a polished gameplay. I love bullet hell games, this has potential.
Daveroony11 May 2021, 03:50
Good job with this! Would have loved to see where you could go with more time.

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