This feels so much like the old game n watch! I think the bushes could have been just black like the deer and the intro icon too just to keep the illusion consistent. The funny poses are good too. My best score was 720 ish but it gets pretty hard after that haha. Thanks!

Love the old school aesthetic! Super clean design and concept

I'm COMPLETELY in love with this ! The aesthetics and gameplay of the game n watch are reproduced to perfection. One of my favorite game of this jam. thanks a lot for the nostalgia :)

This game is really well made :D

I really like the UI and and the way the buttons actually work, and i really just like everything.

I LOVE this. I remember these types of games! Really, really well done, the mood, the humor - I loved that Billy switched poses, it made it feel really dynamic even though they were still images, and the sound was great! All 5's from me, really awesome game!

This really reminds me of the old hand held pre-gameboy games, like mega man or the tiger electronics baseball. Creative switch of the human protecting the deer, and great interpretation of "keep it alive." Very clean too!

This was great. Funny idea. I liked the backstory. I kind of had to read it because otherwise it was a little absurd. Love the design of the handheld and the lcd. The music was great too!

As I started to play I was thinking "man this is pretty slow", but then when it started speeding up I got it. Nice job on that, it did create a lot of waiting right at the beginning though. I feel like it would be fine to have the bullets animate quickly to half way and then slow down just to get them game started faster, but shrug.

I played the first level and got 900isjh points. I checked out the other levels as well. It might have been nice to have you "beat" the levels and progress just to give a sense of accomplishment. I think that would make the novelty of the different level designs exciting to play through. I think you could have still maintained the score throughout and maybe cycled through. Or you could have added another element to the scoring system so it's not just how long can you survive. So you can have a sense of progression, fulfillment in "beating the game", and the score for bragging rights. Like pacman or something.

I'm really happy to have tried this game tonight. It work so well, making me fell nostalgic about this kind of liquid crystal toys I own when I was a child, you really recreate the same feeling. It super polished, what a great idea to do in a jam, make more of this !

Lol, I love this. Great premise and great attention to detail.

What a wonderful art style! You totally nailed the feel of those old-school pre-console games. I love the faded out images in the background. Also, one thing that I noticed: It's a super nice QoL feature that when you first start the stage, the bullets move really fast until they get close, at which point the game really starts. The sound is also absolutely perfect!

Great job!

This game is an amazing throwback to the olden day handheld games and nails every single aspect from gameplay to graphics and the audio!

You really nailed the 'Game & Watch' aesthetic. Well done.

Also, the difficulty ramps up just right.

Really cool game! The gameplay felt really satisfying and I like the small features such as the ability to turn off the game or the sound. Good work!

The gameplay/ramping difficulty level was so well handled (and that's always the trickiest part with these things), so really, well done on that front. It was entertaining, but challenging. Just hit the exact right sweet spot that can make games addictive. Also I loved the slightly retro interface for the UI, the aesthetic aspects all fit perfectly.

Great game, the graphics and sound really feel like playing on a old school handheld console!

I like that the buttons can be used too. Well done!

Now that's what I call dedication to an aesthetic!

Only flaw is that there's no option to romance the deer.

It's a really well done entry!Congratulations!