A game inspired by the theme of the 2022 Game Off game jam, where you shoot 3 types of enemies in an endless, top-down shooter style, survival game where you use Cli-ché cards to upgrade your gear!

Made using the awesome Godot game engine!

The sourcecode is hosted on github for anyone to explore here: https://github.com/BlazingEdgeGames/-Tis-But-A-Scratch-game-

Thank you to Itch.io and Github for hosting this amazing game jam, can't wait to see the games made by other members of this community!


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Iskander (quasilyte)1 year ago

This game is quite enjoyable. I like the aesthetics.

I recorded myself playing the game: https://youtu.be/JJN2o28Gar0

Some random thoughts:

  • The music and graphics look synchronized. Some sounds effects like a grenade launch are also quite good. I was tempted to fire them to the beat.

  • The menu is so stylish. :D Well, the entire game art style is good. It’s simple, but not primitive.

  • The gameplay is good and smooth, but then it becomes more grindy without additional threats (read the next point).

  • I think the game lacks the difficulty progression. It’s harder in the beginning than after you get a couple of upgrades. I’m not sure there is any enemy progression at all. Bosses would be nice too.

  • Some upgrades are described in a peculiar way so it’s hard to understand what they’re supposed to do. :D

  • The enemies can go through the walls. Since the player can’t, it feels a little bit unfair.

  • It would be convenient to fire by a pressed down button; this would require a weapon to have some reload time though. Pressing the mouse key for every shot is quite exhausting.

  • Starting without a weapon feels weird. Is there a reason not to buy a starting weapon from the get go?

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BlazingEdgeGames1 year ago

Hello!! Thank you for this review!

  • Thank you!  music is a huge part of my life so I try incorporating it everywhere :P
  • I really care about the aesthetics and overall experience, so I'm really glad you like it!
  • Yeah (read the next point).
  • Enemies do spawn faster/more frequently as time progresses but it take a LOT of time, something I am willing to change later (perhaps rewrite the entire enemy spawner code), I will also implement bosses and extra hard enemies to make things more interesting and less repetitive.
  • Sorry 'bout that ahaha, I tried my best to make the upgrades clear, it was a bit tricky as I had to use the "Cli-ché" terms in order to fit for the game jam.
  • Yes that was intentional, there are more walls on the harder difficulties than the easy ones to add more to the challenging aspect of the game. But hey, at least enemy bullets can't go through walls :D
  • I will also implement an auto-shoot upgrade card to fix this issue.
  • The reason you don't start with a weapon is to get the player a bit familiar with the upgrades menu and how to use it, as I noticed in your video, you didn't realize at first how to use the (left side) upgrades and that you should also drag and drop the cards into the card slots above them.

Again thank you for this review, cheers!

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SametHope1 year ago

For some reason, game visuals are going nuts in the web version, main menu is fine tho. 

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BlazingEdgeGames1 year ago (2 edits)

Hmm that doesn't look too good, on my browser it seems to be working fine. I'll look into a potential solution, thank you for your feedback!

Can you provide more information if possible?

Like what browser are you using, could there be any extension you have installed that could be interfering with the game, do you usually have issues with other html games, etc?

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SametHope1 year ago

I had no similiar issues with any other HTML games before. I don't think I have any relevant extensions. All extensions of mine are stuff that blocks adds or skips adds lol.

Some information without order:
1. I have downloaded the game and had no issues on the Windows version.
2. Tutorial also has same issues.
3. Private mode (of the browser) does not effect behaviour, it is still the same.
4. I am using Chrome.

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BlazingEdgeGames1 year ago

Alright I did some testing on a different computer and tried multiple browsers and I wasn't able to replicate the issue.

That being said, the problem is most likely some corrupted game files that didn't download correctly when loading the game, restarting your web browser (or entire system) could fix this issue since it redownloads all the files required for the game once you load it.

If more people show the same issue I'll look further into the problem. 

Thank you for your feedback tho, it is much appreciated!

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