Cardiac Coup by jamersjam

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made by jamersjam for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

You are a little heart wanting to overthrow the current Heart in a violent coup. can you conquer the throne for the sweet sweet blood, or will you crumble?Cardiac Coup.png

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A simple bullet hell for my first Ludum Dare. I'm not very experienced but please, give harsh feedback.

Game made in Godot

Art Made in Paint.Net

Sounds from JSFXR

Proper feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Ratings

Overall 1148th 2.813⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 978th 2.917⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1155th 2.438⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1167th 2.604⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1064th 2.563⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 25🗨️

Feedback

Core Foliant
04. Oct 2022 · 13:36 UTC
Hmm...) It is interested game with unusual design)
Hoxydav
04. Oct 2022 · 13:40 UTC
Well done !
dod108
04. Oct 2022 · 13:51 UTC
Simple and quite difficult but fun. I'm not sure if it's a good idea that the walls harm you.
Stratcat66
04. Oct 2022 · 17:51 UTC
Simple design, but quite hard. I think a really nice feature is that you have difficult patterns in the later phase of the game.
squashi
05. Oct 2022 · 11:58 UTC
nice little game! it was actually a thrill to play. imo one thing to fix would be the colors. everything is a bit too red, it's almost blinding lol.

also you can fix the embedded html issue on ldjam website by following this [guides](https://ludumdare.com/resources/guides/embedding/) Godot section. solution is editing the .js file and reuploading the build.
spacecadet
05. Oct 2022 · 15:24 UTC
Simple game that somehow makes you want to keep playing after failing.
goldenXD
05. Oct 2022 · 18:05 UTC
Simple, like it overall. Fun gameplay
Lautilaj
05. Oct 2022 · 18:18 UTC
Simple game, but nice. Its funny.
Come to play my game and rate it!
ChillerTyp
05. Oct 2022 · 18:19 UTC
:heart:
Wilko
05. Oct 2022 · 18:20 UTC
Like others have said, some kind of visual indicator that the walls hurt you would be very helpful
Alexis Brochec
05. Oct 2022 · 18:22 UTC
Simple but quite tricky game. Easy to play, hard to master.
Narudgi
05. Oct 2022 · 18:28 UTC
Nice first game! I kept playing after losing since you can get back in quickly this is great!
It could be improved if death screen isn't instant and instead it pauses/slow when you die for 1/2s before showing you the death screen. You can apply that to many other things to improve the pacing and the clarity of what happening at any time. When bullet wave change you can show a text/sfx/etc to announce the wave for 2/3s before it starts. I saying that because it can fixes certain user experience issues, but you might want to adjust or avoid these recommendation based on your intent with the game ; what you want us to experience with the game basically.

Hope you like my harsh feedback part you requested and continue doing games!
T1mon
06. Oct 2022 · 05:38 UTC
My heart was beaten:broken_heart:
Actually, cool design and idea, good job!
Yword
06. Oct 2022 · 08:35 UTC
Cool, interesting concept, very challenging and addictive too! And my best result is 10 rounds. I think maybe can add some outline to the bullet sprite to make it more obvious?
LDJam user 298496
06. Oct 2022 · 15:29 UTC
Really solid bullet hell game, great job!
amarokczukay
10. Oct 2022 · 13:59 UTC
ok so the overall game is nice to see and to play! i liked the graphics and their harsh colors. movements were a bit slow i think, because sometimes it was quite impossible to dodge bullets. i wasn't sure at first what the UI on the left meant, but i discovered it was the number of rounds remaining (but it didn't look clear to me at first). overall, nice work!