Super Basement Cleaner

Listen up home boys, this game is a tenner / tenner. Feel me?

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Great intro dialogue! I love Henry the Horda' :D When reading his dialogue I couldn't quite decide if his accent was supposed to be British or Brooklyn or what xD

The "game" part of the game was so damn hard, man. Enemies moving at the speed of sound, dodging bullets like it's slalom at the winter olympics. Their iframes last a bit too long. I can only shoot in straight horisontal/vertical lines but the tanks can do diagonal, pfffft. It controls well and everything, it's just too punishing >.<

The intro story was great, but left me feeling a little underwhelmed with the rest of the game. It was a little sparse, and the vermin were hard to effectively maneuver and attack without taking damage. But the fast movement speed and complexity of the level kept me going. Would have enjoyed having a secondary goal/mechanic instead of just running around sucking up dust and vermin. Cool pixel art biceps though!

I think I already gave some feedback when you watched me play this before but I'll write some stuff down regardless:

• Characters move at sonic speed which is makes some stuff difficult.
• 3hp is very punishing.
• Would be cool if only hitting enemies put the vacuum on cooldown rather then using it at all.
• Got a kick out of sucking up dust, very satisfying.
• Actually didn't feel too bad about the map size or finding enemies early (mostly since you move so fast).
• I dig the intro and the ending that I saw totally legitimately.

Good stuff!

Nice work. I like the 1-bit artwork, music...and the cut scene was really nice. I like what you did there.

The idea/theme was pretty cool as well. Good work!

A few notes:

• Had a little bit of trouble figuring out how to suck up the vermin with the vacuum (how many hits it was going to take to beat them), so I died a few times before i got that down. No big deal there, but some sort of health meter for them could be something to think about.
• World seemed a little empty. Maybe consider shrinking it down a bit to keep the game play more action focused and less walking focused.

Nice concept and execution. I fell that the room could be smaller, or to have a higher spawn rate for enemies. Overall, fun game, good job!

It's a great concept and an original design, I especially like the opening cut scene, I just feel with a little more time this could be expanded. Maybe having plenty of small rooms instead of one giant one would make it feel a little less empty sometimes when you're wondering around looking for an enemy. This has a lot of potential and I like what you did, with a little more time spent on it, it could be a gem!

I couldn't beat the game, the room always felt too big and I had no idea where I should go.

I think the random generation actually hurts the game here, simple levels would have been better than just random rooms with lots of enemies to kill. [edit: oh I had a doubt :D Do we spawn at different places in the map? Anyways it kinda feels that way because of the open rooms and maze like corridors, it's hard to recognize any specific place in the room.]

The vacuum idea is interesting but the cooldown felt too restrictive. I understand why it's there since it protects you from shots, but when you're using it normally, it's a little much.

And it's simple, but I liked the artstyle.

it's pretty fun! at first i thought that the movement speed was too high, but it got used to it fast. henry is a fun character, and the idea of using a vaccum as a weapon is pretty funny.

over all a great little game, had fun playing it!

The graphics were great, and Henry the Hoarder was hilarious. It took a while for me to find enemies and stuff, and most of the time I'm just running around looking for things. I think what would really make it better is a definable goal. Great game and good job!