Keep Yourself Alive

Halvard Mjelde
6 years ago
72nd

Description

Move around the world as an paintbrush and change your colors to kill your enemies. But be careful to not get hit by their bullets.

Controls:

Aim with the mouse.

Switch color: Mouse wheel.

WASD Movement.

ctrl + F : Toggle fullscreen

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Summary

Keep Yourself Alive is a well-received bullet hell game praised for its unique NPC attack patterns, responsive controls, and engaging gameplay flow. Players appreciated the variety in enemy attacks and the inclusion of an "ultimate" attack, though some noted a desire for more enemy movement and variety. The lack of sound and music was mentioned as a downside, making the game feel somewhat empty. Overall, it is considered a strong entry for the 48-hour game jam with room for further polish and content expansion.

Gameplay Variety Controls Challenge Sound/Music Concept/Theme Enemy Movement Generated by AI based on the feedback Keep Yourself Alive received.

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Jupiter Hadley

6yrs ago

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Nice bullet patterns! I included it in my GM48: Colors are Important compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/km3gD5GdGBA
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WinuX

6yrs ago

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Neat concept, some more variety would have been cool. The controls where good and responsive. Without out music and sound it felt kinda empty, but I know the struggle of creating sound and music xD. But overall, cool game.

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Essence
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  Halvard Mjelde Developer of Keep Yourself Alive
  
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  Haha, yeah music is hard. Thanks for the feedback :)
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Swisspick

6yrs ago

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Funny concept. I liked that every color had a different attack and that there was a "ultimate" attack. It became kinda boring after playing for a few minutes.

But for the GM48 it's a good entry :) Keep up the good work!

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Essence
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  Halvard Mjelde Developer of Keep Yourself Alive
  
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  Thanks! Appreciate the feedback. And thanks for playing :)
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Nitro_hutru

6yrs ago

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NPC's, Controls, A good work done for 48 hours, i mean, it's a very well done job, i think you will get more recognition in the other game jam :( .
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  Halvard Mjelde Developer of Keep Yourself Alive
  
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  Thank you! :D And thanks for the kind words!
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Edgamer63

6yrs ago

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Very Good game! Keep it on! :D...

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Space Madness
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  Halvard Mjelde Developer of Keep Yourself Alive
  
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  Thanks for playing! Glad you liked it :)
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Jon Drobny

6yrs ago

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Nice entry! The controls were well tuned - it reminded me a lot of Inside a Star-Filled Sky in that everything flowed really nicely. It seemed like the player's sprite might have been facing the wrong direction when I played, but I may have just been misinterpreting it. A little sound work and this would make for an engaging and challenging shooter.

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Petri
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  Halvard Mjelde Developer of Keep Yourself Alive
  
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  Thanks! The player sprite is supposed to be a paint brush with the color part facing the mouse. I should probably make time for some sound next time. Thank you for the feedback I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
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FrogWax

6yrs ago

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I like how each npc has a different attack pattern. I'd have liked it if certain enemies moved around a bit. Love the eraser cannon too. Nice bullet hell game that gets deceivingly challenging.

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ILLUMINATED
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  Halvard Mjelde Developer of Keep Yourself Alive
  
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  Thank you! Was going to add a bit more to the enemies but ran out of time. Glad you liked it :)