10 Seconds Ambush by ironcutter

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made by ironcutter for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

Survive a bullet-hell ambush done in 10 seconds rounds and reunite with Your Horse!

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Contains free assets from Vector Forest Scenery and Flat Platformer Template packs.
Music was recorded and produced during the duration of the jam.

Ratings

Overall 279th 3.818⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Fun 313th 3.682⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 852th 3⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Theme 558th 3.682⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Audio 217th 3.766⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Humor 80th 4.015⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Mood 287th 3.758⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Given 49🗳️ 41🗨️

Feedback

resacaGames
04. Oct 2022 · 14:19 UTC
Loved it! Very simple but sooo fun. The balancing between rounds works great, it even has an intro!
Well done!!!
chaikadev
04. Oct 2022 · 17:12 UTC
Simple concept but very well executed! Nice job.
Numb
04. Oct 2022 · 17:42 UTC
Fun simple concept executed with good ammount of humor. Liked the fruit variety
robin_schmitz
04. Oct 2022 · 19:02 UTC
Man, those carrots are fast!

Such a beautiful looking game. Very well done in creating crisp controls as well, impressive entry! :) Maybe I didn't get far anough, but I personally would like it, if every once in a while a "heart"-projectile would be flying around between the other obstacles, to get a chance of regenerating some lost health.

Hopefully, someone can reunite him with his horse! :horse: Keep jamming :)
🎤 ironcutter
04. Oct 2022 · 19:43 UTC
@robin-schmitz that's pretty good advice, I have the feeling that it gets too hardcore towards the end.
Couldn't go past round 9 myself (it's just 10 rounds long).
I hope some perseverant dude will see the ending scene :sweat_smile:
Erlioniel
04. Oct 2022 · 20:41 UTC
Hey dude!
It's a catchy one, got lost in it for a few minutes! Great art btw, did you opted out the category?
🎤 ironcutter
04. Oct 2022 · 21:03 UTC
@erlioniel thank you! I opted out 'cause trees and knight/horse graphics were pre-made assets.
jadedResearcher
05. Oct 2022 · 21:09 UTC
Loved the bass heavy music, and the fact that all projectiles vanished after ten seconds made the genre oddly strategic. I enjoyed it. Lil hard for me.
Jared N
05. Oct 2022 · 21:09 UTC
Really fun dodging all the different kinds of fruits. I especially liked how the different fruits had different patterns / speeds. I appreciated the funny dialogue as well. Great work!
Rebecca J
05. Oct 2022 · 21:19 UTC
Loved this little game! Simple but fun, good controls with a great sense of humour! A little thing, but I really loved that the watermelon projectile split into multiple pieces. I was very happy to be reunited with my horse! Great job!
CooLguNxDD
06. Oct 2022 · 18:28 UTC
round 8 here! Nice job!
Jonrei
06. Oct 2022 · 18:29 UTC
Damn watermelons!
Correia de Brito
06. Oct 2022 · 21:08 UTC
The horse will be my favourite character from this jam for sure. Great!
wildmusketeer
07. Oct 2022 · 02:47 UTC
Hahaha I really love the concept + humor in this! Just a simple bullet hell game execute very well. Love the chill music + fruits being thrown at you. And I thought the watermelon daggers were bad, then I realized the carrot daggers were personal! But I did it! ![survived.PNG](///raw/301/4/z/52a0e.png)
And here I did the crazy impossible, but the horse was still MVP :sweat_smile: Anyways, really great minigame entry! Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Jekyllina
08. Oct 2022 · 10:02 UTC
i like it, but i suck so i died. good work
tigerfinch
09. Oct 2022 · 12:14 UTC
A very polished jam game with a fun simple core mechanic. The way you fall over when you die made me laugh out loud. Well done!
Alex de la Cour
09. Oct 2022 · 12:33 UTC
Straightforward to start with but well paced - it definitely gets difficult and bonkers out of hand as the levels progress! Very well implemented movement and a good dose of humour.
Samuli
09. Oct 2022 · 12:34 UTC
Really good entry! Not really a bullet hell, but like the horse, I don't think you should care what genre pedantics like me think. I beat it without taking a single hit on the 2nd try. As most projectiles are shot toward the player it is easy to kite them to shoot into favorable directions.
Skleembof
09. Oct 2022 · 12:53 UTC
That was fun! I got to the end in 3 attempts and my horse defeated the fruit bandits.
The pacing felt really good, the short rounds made it easy to decide to keep replaying until I beat it. Round 9 was really hard but I think round 10 ends early because it felt much shorter than the others, although I didn't keep track of the time (might be a glitch).
PavelDlouhy
16. Oct 2022 · 14:58 UTC
I enjoyed playing your game. I liked warning signs before bullets. There are well chosen GFX assets and suitable audio! Also, color palette seems to be nicely put together. It is very polished entry! I really have nothing to add here. Wait! I have an idea now! It would be (maybe) interesting to spawn some item to slow down the time (when picked up) or something like that... Good job. :smiley:
🎤 ironcutter
16. Oct 2022 · 16:02 UTC
@paveldlouhy thank you! Slowing down time seems a really nice idea. Didn't really have the time to think about powerups during the jam
PostFrog
17. Oct 2022 · 23:55 UTC
Can't believe the horse did me dirty like that
Yword
19. Oct 2022 · 17:49 UTC
Yeah, I survived! Very challenging and addictive, with funny plot, nice music and SFX too! Nice work!
![Screenshot 2022-10-20 014631.png](///raw/b9/z/53468.png)
johnnysix
19. Oct 2022 · 21:13 UTC
Very cool, I struggled once the super-fast fruit started flying haha. Love the art style , the music and the sound fx.

![21.jpg](///raw/028/2/z/5347d.jpg)
N_N
20. Oct 2022 · 09:57 UTC
Fun and beautiful game. Everything looks simple but complete. I enjoyed playing your game. Great result!
carlos cadori
23. Nov 2022 · 14:53 UTC
Hey, I'm glad my art helped you in your project (trees), I loved your game, it is simple and very fun.
Though I could only reach the 8th level since I'm quite bad in bullet hell games haha.
🎤 ironcutter
07. Feb 2023 · 19:23 UTC
Haha, I'm glad you liked it @carlos-cadori! Doing graphics is my personal enemy when I make games alone, and great free assets like yours really help save the day. Thanks again!