Haiku, and the Mother Virus by Mister Morris Games

HAIKU, the Robot, has been captured by the evil computer virus. The little fellow has been brainwashed into protecting that what he once sought to destroy. Haiku has gone into some sort of berserker mode and will do whatever it takes to keep mother virus alive...
Features to add in a future build: More enemies, more weapons, and more levels. Plus a better scoring system and music wouldn't go a miss :sweat_smile:
Ratings
| Overall | 160th | 3.848⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 197th | 3.721⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 708th | 3.061⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 328th | 3.868⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 7th | 4.544⭐ | 36🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 196th | 3.606⭐ | 35🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 442th | 2.926⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 175th | 3.688⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 4🗳️ | 6🗨️ |
I also think that waves of enemies would be better, or in any case some moments of respite. otherwise the player always ends up in front of mother virus, alternating between shooting left and right, without any real interesting gamepay left and no real challenge.
Heavily super crate box inspired.
Platform around on a small level with ever spawning guns and baddies.
The music is intense and I think it's responding to which gun I have? That's cool.
I love it.
I absolutely adore the graphics. The faded colour palette contributes to the overall feel, and the explosions and small animations make it super satisfying.
Camping next to the mother virus is definitely the strategy here, so I agree with the above comment that the experience could benefit from some balancing: waves with some "resting" times.
The music ends up being a bit repetitive, but I have to say that paired with the animated UI is very effective at conveying this urge sentiment.
Starting screen is kind of annoying, I had to sit thought it several times. And for some reason walking to the right doesn't work.
On a side note: I saw your art on Instagram. Are you sure the game is qualified for the compo?
Colors aside, the graphics and character designs are great!
Graphics aside, I love the gameplay. The simplistic but responsive controls make this an easy game to get into, and the action is frantic but still fun.
The level of polish and the control were great and it was super fun to play. Like really fun!
As stated above already, a skip/double speed option during the start scene while 100% not essential would be a nice "I just want to shoot at things, why wont you let me" addition.. also if you play the web version during the opening and hit the ESC key it I guess try to close the game and breaks.
Really enjoyed the music track, but the gun beeps sort of distracted me from it, personally I found them a little to frequent and/or loud.
Overall the game was really nice! A great entry - thanks!
See me slowly figuring out that the best strategy is actually just standing in the corner :laughing:
https://youtu.be/FQmq8Sj0hOI
Btw, I'm hoping to improve the game with all the feedback from above once the voting has ended :v:
> And for some reason walking to the right doesn’t work.
I figured it out - it's because I have Vimium extension installed.