Loop Heart by NeithR
Heal broken hearts by shooting heart into the broken hearts while moving in a loop.
Control: - Mouse: Click to shoot a heart. The direction depends on the mouse position.
Screenshots:

| Youtube | https://neithr.itch.io/loop-heart |
| Youtube | https://neithr.itch.io/loop-heart |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/loop-heart |
Ratings
| Overall | 196th | 3.986⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 118th | 4.027⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 250th | 3.851⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 101th | 4.27⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 279th | 4.149⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 598th | 3.405⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 181th | 4⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 51🗳️ | 27🗨️ |
The music got a little repetitive after a while, but hey, it's a game jam.
Solid entry!
Finished the game! The art was cute and simple music worked really well with the game. Shooting between the small gap was a bit frustrating, but it was fun challenge! great work.
Thank you very much for all the supports and feedbacks, everyone!
As for music, thank you very much too for the feedbacks!
I am planning to improve more of my music skill in the future, as I will need it very much if I am to participate in Compo in the future xD.
I liked that there wasn't too much pressure, but I think having a limit to the number of shots you could fire would give the game some difficulty that it currently lacks.
Very cute art with a nice color scheme. It's an interesting concept that I could see you expanding on later!
Great concept. Art is so cute and collors make it cooler :3
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/764236273
Nice level progression.
One thing I don't fully understand is the choice to use mouse controls. As there are only 4 directions to shoot in, the conversion from mouse position to shoot direction was sometimes unpredictable / surprising. It also made the game kind of heart (**edit** haha, what a typo) to play on a laptop touchpad. (Yes, I know. Sorry!)
Would appreciate something like arrow keys or WASD to just shoot in one of the 4 directions.
Nice game :smile:
Thank you very much again for playing and for all the supports and feedbacks, everyone!
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@jamison @weeping-rupee @battlerager
That's true, there are just 4 directions only to shoot xD.
I didn't think through much when making the control due the time xD.
I will add keyboard control in the future.
Thank you very much for the suggestion :thumbsup:.
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@jamison
Thanks for the bullet limit suggestion :thumbsup:.
Currently there are 9 bullets limit to shoot in a screen.
I will reduce the limit to around 3 and 5 bullets in the future.
Thanks again! :thumbsup:.
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@mrbamboo
True, will improve my music skill more in future so I can give more love to the music :thumbsup:.
Thank you very much again! :thumbsup:
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@lelulagames
True, will add them in the future.
Thank you very much for the suggestion. I will add also for both separated SFX and BGM controls in future :thumbsup:.
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@weeping-rupee
Thank you very much for making a stream for my game and even making it the first game to play in the stream :thumbsup:.
Also about some levels that made player wait long when far away from the hearts, I will think of something for it in the future.
Thank you very much for the suggestion :thumbsup:.
I do have something for that, like rating system which is based on the number of bullet shots. So, if player spams too much bullet, rating goes down xD.
Also thank you very much again for suggestion :thumbsup:
The levels I've played are well-designed, from a gameplay/puzzle perspective. The art is cute, and the concept is easy to understand.
Perhaps if the controls were based on keyboard buttons instead of mouse control, gameplay would be a bit more fluid.
Audio was a bit repetitive, but the style was fitting.
@danielcmcg
As for heart limit, yes, it is on the progress for future update :).
Thanks again for the feedback! :)
@totteriludum
Yes, definitely will implement WASD/arrow keys in future update ;).
Also for music, currently still improving my skill on that or I will have to borrow music asset temporary in the future xD.
Thanks again for the feedback! :)
@polymorph
Don't worry, I will add restriction in future like heart limit and also more gimmicks for more challenge in future :). Thanks again for the feedback! :)
@balance686
Yes, definitely will implement WASD/arrow keys and ammo limit in future update ;).
I am planning to add different limit for ammo per level.
Thanks again for for the feedback! :)
Thank you very much for playing :)