Double-sided princess

by al43868
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.02
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.85
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.77
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.16
坚持五分钟获胜
wasd 移动。r 暂停 每十秒更改形态,红色可攻击,q发射火球。蓝色不可攻击,q冲刺。主动技能只能用一次,变身后充能;
Hold on for five minutes to win

Wasd movement. R to suspend. Change form every 10 seconds, red can attack, and Q fires fireballs. Blue do not attack, Q sprint. Active skills can only be used once, recharge after changing.
The Pentagram array generates supplies at regular intervals
“Music from https://www.zapsplat.com“

Comments15

ZioBob
ZioBob2 Oct 2022, 18:00
it's blocking when I go on the pentagram, but nice game.
AL43868author2 Oct 2022, 18:35
It was caused by the loss of the script during the generation of the prefab. Thank you for your reply, which gave me time to repair it
Sparkinex3 Oct 2022, 02:09
After dying I cannot move with WASD.
Trabasura3 Oct 2022, 03:16
Pretty good entry. The graphics could use some polish, but in spite of that I had fun trying to survive for 5 minutes. I personally wish I had a little more agency over what the character did when in the red form, but otherwise the gameplay worked well!
AL43868author3 Oct 2022, 04:26
Sorry I can't fix this bug, if the player dies please refresh the page and restart
mdotedot3 Oct 2022, 16:22
beatiful effects. well made. nice atmosphere.
Hder3 Oct 2022, 18:08
When I get to the heart/pentagram the game freeze and I only have the music.
AL43868author4 Oct 2022, 09:16
My problem, this bug should be completely fixed by now @hder @ziobob
ZioBob
ZioBob4 Oct 2022, 12:01
@al43868 ok now it doesn't block, but nothin happen either, what is the point of the pentagram?
Tomssuli
Tomssuli13 Oct 2022, 22:37
Nice music and atmosphere. Cute art :). Gameplay was simple and game begun to lag when there were lots of enemies. Should I get some kind of power up on pentagrams or just health?

The red mode fireballs could have had area damage so you could cramp enemies together and blow them up. Now the spawn rate will be so great there is no way to control the crowd in the end.
Mossieur Patate20 Oct 2022, 13:47
(in a rush to test many, don’t mind the cursory style)

0. small remark: since I know the jōyō kanji, I recognize "五分" as "five minutes" in the beginning of the description; I was not expecting some languages here, but this is welcome for skill honing :) (I played a German-titled game a little earlier, and mine is French-titled!)
1. "Music from https://www.zapsplat.com"; -> oh, but is music not supposed to be original in Compo? Ah, or maybe you used *sampling* as per the rules, then
2. "red can attack, and Q fires fireballs. Blue do not attack, Q sprint." -> asymmetric "balance" is a good general idea :)
3. IMPORTANT: the navigator version does not work for me under Firefox (the progress bar stays empty); switching navigator: now, does work. The console error for Firefox was this (already happened with other games):
> WEBGL_debug_renderer_info is deprecated in Firefox and will be removed. Please use RENDERER. ld51.loader.js:1:11062
> Uncaught DOMException: The operation is insecure.""
4. Controls are layout-independent, great (I have an AZERTY keyboard). :) AND arrow keys are enabled. (And so, the action key for me is "A".)
5. nice to have a pause feature!
6. cute characters and graphics
7. apart from the music, there is a lack of sounds, which would have helped to better get the action
8. infinite or cyclic terrain? (a bit later: no, there is a border)
9. finding that the shooting direction is weird: aaaah, you actually aim with the MOUSE!! I think you should make this clear; advice: add it on the game page!
10. ~~I realize the pentagrams may generate supplies of ENEMIES! Maybe clarify this on the page, as "supplies" can make people (including me! XD And @tomssuli) believe they are beneficial! (I thought about it and went "Wait a minute, pentagrams are classic noxious satanist esoterism!", then realized we have no limited resources either)~~ (later: there IS health, so maybe that, in fact?? Yes)
11. agreed with Trabasura that some more control (such as clicking to shoot) would have been pleasant
12. oh no, died by going up from the bottom corner, because I could not see far enough to anticipate!
Mossieur Patate20 Oct 2022, 13:47
(continued: 2/2)

Takeaway: the two-form hero with different abilities is a nice idea; I just feel some more mechanics and possibly controls would help getting more variety. Some balancing could help (too many enemies at the end (with lag!), pentagram hearts too few and far between), and sounds would give more life. I found the graphics cute, especially the characters (and some nice lighting). The implicit dark context is always well conveyed and makes you want to save this little princess’s skin (although I could not!).

Thanks for the hectic running session. XD Did my virtual exercise for today (in addition to the real one; keep healthy, ~~nerds~~ folks)!

[Advice: just in case, since people do not always know, and I see you have both zero karma and an uneven voting ratio balance: since the "Smart" ordering is the default one and not everyone uses the "Classic" one, reviewing games will help you get more testers and feedback. :)]
aplite21 Oct 2022, 14:23
Nice entry. I wasn't able to get to the 5 minute target, but I still enjoyed the entry. I noticed after game over I could pause and unpause the game and continue playing. I'm guessing you are changing the time scale and not checking player health when resuming.
Stephen Kyranakis21 Oct 2022, 14:55
Nice! I liked switching between being able to kill enemies and being really good at running away from them. I'm not sure how to aim the attack.
Turquoise Moon
Turquoise Moon21 Oct 2022, 16:41
pretty cool!
I found one bug: After you die, if you pause and un-pause the game, you can keep playing and get negative health.

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