Extanation by Fake Unicorn
This stylish sidescroller that sends you into a acid-cyberpunk adventure!
Controls:
WASD - control character
Spacebar - Jump
Right mouse button (hold) - aims
Left mouse button - shoot
E - enemy control, aiming at
Controls:
WASD - control character
Spacebar - Jump
Right mouse button (hold) - aims
Left mouse button - shoot
E - enemy control, aiming at
Ratings
| Coolness | 100% | 1 |
| Overall(Jam) | 2.88 | 877 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.18 | 378 |
| Fun(Jam) | 2.45 | 1019 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 4.31 | 81 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.13 | 686 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 2.37 | 1007 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.14 | 511 |
| Theme(Jam) | 2.00 | 1108 |
Once I figured out controls, the game became interesting.
But a tutorial would be nice. At least, add the controls to game description. Lost of people seem to be confused about them.
Also, make camera float ahead of character, so players can see enemies before it's too late.
Good job overall. Again, graphics is amasing.
Btw, what the left building does?
P.S.
@confused_people HERE ARE THE CONTROLS
* WASD/Arrows - move.
* Space - jump.
* Right mouse button (hold) - raise your gun (aim with mouse).
While holding RMB you can:
* Left mouse button - shoot.
* E - mind-control an enemy (only when you aimed your gun at him).
Thanks to HolyBlackCat I was able to play for a bit, but I still die so easy that I don't think I understand how to play. I controlled a couple robots but don't understand how to use them. One that I mind controlled got close to me and then I seemed to lose control as it just kept shooting at me until the timer ran out and my shield dropped.
I think you could tweak the camera a bit to make it more user-friendly -- perhaps either keep it always centered on the character or even have it off center so that the player can more more in the direction they're facing. For a game where you can die easily, that would help a lot.
However, there's almost no theme connection, you are often dying without any visible reason, and controlling robots is useless.
— I didn't understand how to control the robots, I kept pressing E when I was told to and nothing would happen;
— The camera is hiding enemies, I was shot before I got to see who killed me;
— There are some bugs that killed the mood for me, for example, my gun suddenly stopped shooting and I don't know what caused that. Since it's a jam entry, that's ok, but you might want to give it a check;
Aside from these matters, I think you really should give this some further polishment, it has a lot of potential.
If you come back and overhaul a lot of the issues, this might be a great game. But as it is, I'm going to rate it low.
Except the graphics. Those were nice.