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[Dashosaur]

I would have left a higher rating, but the random generation of falling rocks leads to situations where most of the time it's impossible to complete the level. Fixes could include predefined paths for said rocks or making the dino not as wide.

E: thanks for making sure to work on updating that, I would also recommend some sort of predetermined warning for em as well, like a shadow or a blatant !

SleepinPanda responds:

Collision box of rocks are probably way too large. I didn't think of it, but reducing it by half may help drastically! I'll give this a try and see what I can do more.
I didn't think about it but yeah I could use predefined paths and areas where falling rocks are less random and more predictable.
Thanks for leaving your feedback! It helps a lot!

[Cards with Personalities Classic]

This is actually a pretty fun game, as long as you try to learn it. Reading the guide in it is HEAVILY recommended. Would be nice if there was an optional tutorial fight...

Edit: Found a bug when attempting to fight Earl Dracula after beating the final boss, it disallows me to do any moves other than end turn. Would HEAVILY recommend fixing this bug...

Elastiskalinjen responds:

Thanks! Unfortunately I can't find a way to fix that bug, it was created after heavy refactoring to save tokens (the engine has a strict limit of how much code you can write).

[International PixelArt Gallery 2022]

Nice, hopefully, next year we will get a Cascadia section... (Mostly so I can participate since I don't want to be associated with the US)

JamesChapp responds:

you can participate. Send me an email to [e-mail]

you can create your own countrie if you want. =)

[Fire]

Pretty nice game, just wish saving was easier and that I could transfer my save between here and the itch version. Also, the rogue needs some serious nerfing, every quest is far too easy

Edit: 1 replay later, the rogue still remains too OP. I think it has to be smth to do with the fact that she can strike first, thus making high dmg builds pretty much mandatory.

ErikSwahn responds:

I will see what I can do about the saving, as for the rogue i will probably make other classes better :)

[Robo-butcher]

Would be neat if the environment was more varied and shooting through floors was not locked behind a power-up. Also, the jumping enemies need to have their arc fixed so that the player does not take damage on the 3rd level from a jumper trying to reach the 2nd level.

Pitigamedev responds:

Thank you for the suggestions. The jumping enemy bug will be fixed in the next update!

[SageRage]

Way too laggy to be enjoyable sadly

DaemonPlus responds:

I've had at least one other run into that. Seems to be an issue with how Chrome(or possibly other chromium based browsers) handle WebGL2 through ANGLE on Windows...
Waiting for Microsoft is make non-shit WebGL stuff... In the mean time, try another browser. I'm curious, what GPU do you have?

[Skill Issue]

Game does not feel very satisfying to play, not to mention the AI prefers to spawn camp, which is not exactly a good way to make people wish to play

EGurt responds:

AI is made in a way to react to player's spawn with natural human delay which is 200 ms, AI players are just there to simulate whatever real players would do.

There are no specific respawn points and respawn algorithm does try to not spawn player near other players.

Thank you for your opinion, it is interesting to hear what game makes players feel.

Can't tell what could make it more satisfying so far though... Perhaps world breaking into physical rigid bodies rather than disappear into particles on explosion...

[No Nutz November]

The game feels really sluggish and enemy variety isn't very aplenty. I also am not much of a fan of the movement controls being shifted to be esdf rather than wasd.

Here are some changes that really need to be addressed:

Change movement controls to WASD, add arrow key support
Add a reticule
Basic optional tutorial (can be a simple menu that tells the player what enemy does what)
Player needs to be faster
Gun needs to be more visible
Enemy spawns need to be disallowed near a player
Melee needs to have knockback
Disable music and sfx (made writing this review annoying hearing the loop
Enemy variety!
Easier to read health bar
kill and time stats visible in-game

changes that would be nice but not needed necessarily:
melee can send away projectiles
gamepad support
Make music loop better

THEDevM4N responds:

Thank u for the feedback, there are arrow key controls in the game just forgot to mention and also I will try to improve sending away the projectiles as it is very clunky in the current game build

[Last Christmas (Game Jam Version)]

Honestly, that is the craziest damn mini horror game I have ever played, I just wish there was a bit more and that getting all possible endings wasn't such a pain

Polytelygames responds:

Thank you for playing and the feedback, it was created in just 14 days, I'm working on an update to address all the problems and bugs, and for sure a bit more to do.

Edit - Just wanted to let you know that it is nominated at The Game Development World Championship. If you have a moment to help a new indie game dev out, please follow the link and click the vote button https://thegdwc.com/games/last-christmas