Is This The Worst Game?

It's not the worst game ever! <3 I included it in my compilation video series of all of the GM48 games, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/6oxsNSlqcYM

Apart from the installer, it's far from being the worst jam game.
It's actually pretty solid, of course it's very basic, but with a few little tweaks (so not really adding lots of content) it could be fun :
First, autoshoot. That way you choose what's the highest rate of fire (and you can tweak it with upgrades), and we don't destroy our keyboards.
Then, the pickups. They should pop up randomly after destroying big asteroids, to make things more interesting. Like other have said, lowering the health for no reason isn't the best thing. Spawning enemies, modifying the rate of fire or weapons, etc. make for more interesting situations.

>Reads game summary.

This is the best game

> Sees that it's an installer.

Oh. It's actually the worst game

> Plays the game

Ok, it's not THE worst, I guess

> Sees Baku's feedback

Yeah, I'll copy that

>sees that it's an installer

Yes. This is the worst game.

>decides to install anyway for some reason

Alright, maybe it's not actually the worst. Asteroids is a classic! Certainly did a great job if it's your first game.

But still, it's an installer, so it's a close call 😜

I found that if you make a macro that constantly spams spacebar, and then just hold down left or right, the game will literally play itself. I got to 2802 points like that lol

Congratulations on finishing a game and first time participating in our game jam. I hope that it proves constructive to your game developer career. 😁

clears throat

No installers, please. This is a game jam... don't discourage people from playing your game... build it as an executable and put it in a zip.

unclears throat

My dream is a gm48 without installers...

That said:

Ah, brings me back memory of my very first game ever. An asteroid made with Shaun Spalding's tutorial.

Certainly not the worst game out there, by the way. But yeah, can't say much about it, not really following the theme neither. :T

The game is better than many of the jam entries. Music is perfect for the atmosphere and is not invasive. I enjoyed playing it despite lacking a bit of variety.

The biggest problem is the installer that will discourage many to download it.

Anyway good job :)

I was disappointed this wasn't the worst game ever! hehe. Its a great remake of a classic. I agree with what some of the other folks are saying about the random pick ups, but I was pumped when I got the double beam gun thingy. Looks like this is your first entry, and you put the whole thing together by yourself. This accomplishment alone is worth giving credit for. Looking forward to see more entries for next time.

I've played enough dodgy jam games to know that this is definitely not the worst game. In fact, it's a fairly decent Asteroids clone. The graphics aren't super amazing but they do their job well. The sound effects are simple but again they work. The music is very nice, though.

The gameplay works well enough too, though I'm not a fan of the random pickups. The idea is fine, but having the chance of straight up losing health doesn't feel very fair. I think it would be more interesting if the powerups had a chance to spawn enemies or make you move slower or something like that. A penalty the you have a chance to deal with would be better than just taking random damage.

My best score was 198.

Props to Hayden for the music!!!!! I'm guessing you exported the game with the installer in order to fulfill your quest for "worst" game but still recognizable. :) I made it to about 120 points before dying and the ?-marks gave me only good stuff...... I'm sorry you were not proud of the game, I know it at least has to feel good to get one finished.