Berry | The Last Straw by yuigoto
A really short and crappy game by Fabio Y. Goto. :3
Berry is a strawberry, the last one actually :P, in the middle of a zombie grape apocalypse. He knows he's goin' down, but not without a fight!
To fight the horde of zombie grapes his only weapons are his own seeds, but he has to spin really fast to throw'em on to cause enough damage. The downside of this is that he doesn't have control on the direction of his projectiles!
But there's more! The seeds are parts of his own body so, whenever he throws one he starts to lose juice!
Luckily, he can regrow the seeds he threw and recover his own health, BUT he can't do both at the same time! Berry can only recover his health with his pack full of seeds!
Run, shoot, wait, recover, shoot again, run even more then DIE! :3
Too bad for you, Berry...
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Controls:
- Click with Left Mouse Button and drag to move the character;
- Press and hold spacebar to shoot;
P.s.: I didn't put the controls before, so sorry for the lack of info. >_<...
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FIX (for the web version):
I know I'm late, I let real world stuff take most of the time I planned on improving or fixing this entry, but I did a small "fix" on the Web version of the game for spawn limit, mob attack power and bleeding.
This fix, though, might have increased the difficulty of the game, since health falls down pretty quickly now. Makes you manage your shots a bit more. :P
Thanks for everyone who played (or just visited this page)! :)
Berry is a strawberry, the last one actually :P, in the middle of a zombie grape apocalypse. He knows he's goin' down, but not without a fight!
To fight the horde of zombie grapes his only weapons are his own seeds, but he has to spin really fast to throw'em on to cause enough damage. The downside of this is that he doesn't have control on the direction of his projectiles!
But there's more! The seeds are parts of his own body so, whenever he throws one he starts to lose juice!
Luckily, he can regrow the seeds he threw and recover his own health, BUT he can't do both at the same time! Berry can only recover his health with his pack full of seeds!
Run, shoot, wait, recover, shoot again, run even more then DIE! :3
Too bad for you, Berry...
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Controls:
- Click with Left Mouse Button and drag to move the character;
- Press and hold spacebar to shoot;
P.s.: I didn't put the controls before, so sorry for the lack of info. >_<...
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FIX (for the web version):
I know I'm late, I let real world stuff take most of the time I planned on improving or fixing this entry, but I did a small "fix" on the Web version of the game for spawn limit, mob attack power and bleeding.
This fix, though, might have increased the difficulty of the game, since health falls down pretty quickly now. Makes you manage your shots a bit more. :P
Thanks for everyone who played (or just visited this page)! :)
Ratings
| Coolness | 100% | 1 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.11 | 601 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.33 | 252 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.09 | 497 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.57 | 373 |
| Humor(Jam) | 3.43 | 231 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 2.96 | 607 |
| Mood(Jam) | 2.94 | 603 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.70 | 272 |
The visuals are very pleasing and Health-Regen depending on your ammo is a great idea. Simple mechanics but you still have too find the right balance between attack and dodge.
The Web-Version slows down on my machine when there are a lot of enemies, but it could just be me.
I think this is the most unconventional weapon I have seen so far ;)
I know the game has (lots of) flaws and I plan to improve'em soon, but here are some answers (I think):
About the lags, I know it has some lags and I plan to correct it as soon as I can. That's because I didn't plan the spawning methods so I used just some criteria based on time survived. Also, probably my bad use of OpenFl's TileSheet may have something with the performance. :P
About collisions, another thing I did want to implement, but rushed too much and couldn't. I do plan on improving upon this idea, either post-jam version or an improved version.
About shooting, mobs and health, I did plan on making enemies doing more damage and it was like that at first. I plan on balancing this also. :)
Will improve upon this idea to make it a full game, with more modes, maps, characters and stuff, already started plannin' it! I hope it'll be fun to play it. :)
And, again, Thank YOU! :)
Things that need improvement: 1) Enemy spawning algorithm causes lag and is not very interesting. 2) Make the controls clear; when starting didn't know how to shoot and just ran around like an idiot. 3) Grapes are too fast!
Good entry,, good luck!
A small text in the game indicating the controls would be nice. I really like the graphics and your approach to the theme was great!
When I first played, I didn't know which command is used to attack and my character stayed very healthy even if many berries around him. o0
Other than these two things, very cute game! :3
I'm sorry I couldn't code a post-jam version or fix it until now (unfortunately I had a lot of work these last days and didn't have proper time :/ ), I did a small fix for spawn limit, mob attacks and bleeding for the web version (that might have increased difficulty and play time a tiny bit >_<), since it was the most unstable. :3
I plan to keep working on this idea, together with another game I'm currently making. I hope I can use all the tips and things I've learnt on this jam to make it into a nice and fun game for everyone. :)
Thanks for all the comments, thanks for those who didn't comment, thanks for those who just visited this page and thanks LD! :)
After I've made a little tactic it becomes quiet easy, but was fun! I just ran clockwise at the border of the playground and the grapes gather together in the middle and when my health was at 200 I activated the seeds and head to the middle of the bunch of grapes! When all were finished I continued my border run!
Thank you for your game! It's great!
Very good job!
Aqui na minha cidade o morango é 4 caixas por 10 dilmas... uHAEuhAEHU
It took a lot of time 'til I figured I can shoot with SPACE, because I looked at the webpage for info, and it is not stated there. Then I read the instructions here and found the wisdom.
After all, I gave 5 in all category, because I honestly think it deserves it.