Hopeless Run by Cydouzo

Captain Jane and her assistant Barry got themselves involves in quite a mess, and now the whole Federation is looking out for them.
Guess they'll just have to keep running out until they reach the end of Space ...
Try to dodge every single ennemy in this bullet hell game!
Give me your high scores, and most importantly your feedback so I can progress ;)
Cydouzo: Gameplay
Swynfel: Art and cinamon rolls
Cordero: Music and sound effects
| Windows | https://gamejolt.com/games/hopelessrun/361868 |
| HTML5 (web) | https://gamejolt.com/games/hopelessrun/361868 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/hopeless-run-1 |
Ratings
| Overall | 792th | 3.205⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 552th | 3.276⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1003th | 2.75⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1070th | 2.776⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 830th | 3.066⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 374th | 3.278⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 269th | 3.241⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 37🗳️ | 30🗨️ |
But dying from one hit seems quite unfair for me, maybe you can add 2-3 lifes?
Also, it is unclear, does this game have nd or not, so not only timer but overall status bar would be also nice.
Dialogs are damn funy also! And it was pure joy to see how enemy ship is crushed by asteroid first time
Overall, I liked it. Neat concept, has levity and good controls. The space rocks are a bit comical, though :P
I would have likes to add extra lives, but I just didn't think about it on time.
@sidewalksleeper It was made too fast for a normal human so you need the bullet time ;)
@j-star DUUUUUDE 490 is like the lowest score among all the beta testers!
My final score was a 2049, because of a sneaky space rock spawning and killing me near the edge. Like someone else mentioned, maybe extra lives would've helped make that not feel so cheap.
Overall, I liked the game!
Your game on the other hand: it's good! A different take on the bullet hell genre, and I really appreciated the variety of challenges. Aesthetics where great too, and it was generally easy to follow the action (although the green planets in the background looked like they might be in the foreground). Controls were a bit weird at first, but they worked great once I got used to them. Excellent work!
- The **graphics**, I'll come back to them later
- The teleport effect looks really cool!
- The **gameplay** is solid
- Good humor!
### Could be improved
- The **gameplay**. Yeah it's solid but not too exiting.
Again, on the graphics:
The sprites are good quality, I think if you replace the black background and maybe add some glows the game would look really nice.
Quite the good entry, congratulations!
I really appreciated the dialogue skip ability and also the visual cue of each ship's lasers charging. I kind of liked having only one life, so if you do end up adding more it might be cool to gate it with a difficulty - as in, 3 lives: casual, 2 lives: moderate, 1 life: challenging. Overall very fun and a nice amount of polish. :blush:
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