TRAINING WINGS: ENTER HELL

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. Hope you didn't run into too many bugs (there are a few floating around in there).

And thanks for leaving some feedback even though it's an old entry!

Who are you though? Mystery person playing old entries? I must know your name!

(Thanks again - and nice score, that's pretty fast!)

Cheers, glad you liked it!

Yep, the start is the hardest, and then it gets easier (weird I know!). I've thought of ways to change this - maybe give you some starting tokens. Or maybe block enemies from spawning anywhere near the starting area for a while after you leave the gates (I actually already do this directly outside the gate, so just expand this area a bunch).

I'm surprised you found it hard to see the bullets, I picked purple on purpose to make it clear. The bullets were originally red so … that would have been miles worse if I'd left it that way! I think next time I do something like this I might build in an option to change those sort of colours between a few options since everybody's eyes are different. Like for this one, maybe allow the player to toggle them between purple and yellow. I hadn't thought of adding that as an option so, thanks for bringing that up!

The hitbox is actual quite small (bottom third of the players body and not on the wings at all). However it's not clear to the player so I think people try and dodge bullets that they don't need to dodge and end up moving the hitbox into another one. Another thing to work on in the future and make clearer!

Ahhhh that teleport is so common now, may as well just call it a feature ;)! All these things are things I had noted down to fix but decided to work on adding some new weapons instead. Bad choice by me I think! At least next time I know that it's better to spend some time fixing and polishing a few things instead of adding more content.

Thanks for playing!

Not bad! The best score I've seen is 1:04 and the slowest is 14:17, so - you're pretty close to the top! Thanks for playing :)!

Thanks! It's my bad with the controls - I built them using acceleration which turned out to be a bad idea for a bullet hell. But I was so used to it during developing/testing that I didn't realise. I suppose I could just say it's just a feature since you are floating, hmmm, yes, it's a feature!

Thank you for the feedback! Gah, all these glitches that I thought 'nobody would find', and, everybody has found them! Serves me right for ignoring them and doing other things :D

I'm sorry it ran slow - I didn't spend any time optimizing things. The outline shader used is fairly slow and the way I'm using it is definitely not the most optimal way. Combine that with all the little dudes running around and you can be in for a slow time, sorry!

That lava depth issue, damn. I moved that layer to check something and forgot to move it back. Didn't even notice until it was too late. So now everybody can see my magical lava method!

A visual reload indicator would have been a good idea for the slower guns (shotgun/magnum), should have added that. Already have one for the dash anyway!

As mentioned a few times here, the game has what a few people have called a 'reverse difficulty' which I think sums it up quite well. It get's easier the longer you survive. Easily solved by giving you some tokens to start with (say 50) and boosting the target tokens a bit. That way you can tank a few shots at the start.

Glad you liked the attack patterns, I tried to make each enemy type different in it's own way. Those slimes … I hate those.

Annnd glad you liked the voice stuff! I'm quite proud of that, it added a real comedic element to the game which really gave it some character.

Thank you again! Next jam I'll make sure to spend some time optimizing things :D

Thank you! A few people have described this game as having a 'reverse difficulty' which I think is pretty accurate. I should have given you some starting tokens to make it easier when you leave the gates, would solve that issue I think.

I haven't experienced a slowdown on restart, not sure why it did that sorry!

I agree with the controls. I built them with acceleration which wasn't a great idea. It plays much better if I remove that, so will remember that for the future.

5 attempts isn't bad, I've seen some people take way more on stream!

Thanks for the feedback! (I too hate the slimes)

Thank you ever so much for the lovely feedback! I apologise for the glitches, it's my bad for spending time adding some extra rare weapons instead of fixing them. I think I made the wrong choice there, but, that's how jams go!

The best weapon is the M249 if you can find that. Fully automatic and very high damage. Bit like the magnum if it was fully automatic. Quite hard to find though!

Glad you enjoyed the voice acting, it was very fun to add actually and didn't even think of it until the later stages. Super glad I did though, added a nice comedy aspect.

Ive created a post jam version that fixes all the glitches, only took about 30 minutes, so kicking myself I didn't do it during the jam! Might add a few new things then stick it on itch, will see how things go!

Good luck to you too :)

Well, that's probably the best line I could have ever heard, thank you!

I can't remember who it was but somebody described it as 'reverse difficulty', which is a good way to describe it. A side effect of how the game works, not sure how I could change that really, maybe give you some starting tokens to ease the start a bit and then leave the rest how it is? I'm toying with that in the post jam version amongst some other things :)

Thank you very much for the feedback!

Thank you! You can pick up your lost tokens, they just don't 'gravitate' towards you, however the hitbox on the coins is rather small so it can be a bit tricky to pick them up again unless you're standing on top of them.

I have a bit of a love hate relationship with the shotgun. If you get in close then it really does some damage, but go away to anything over than close range and it's a bit of a foam cannon :D I was toying with the idea of adding damage falloff to the shotgun and giving it a bit more range - might have been a good idea!

Ahhhh yeah, sorry about the wall collision glitch, I purposefully didn't fix that since I didn't think it happened that often so instead added some more content. However, clearly, it's more common than I thought!

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the feedback :)

Thanks for playing and leaving some feedback - appreciate it!

Sorry it ran a bit slow for you. That's something I could easily have fixed if I'd had more time. There is a lot of repeating code and function calls that could be condensed but sadly, ran out of time ):

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it (even with it running a bit slow). One issue with it being a jam game is I didn't really think much about optimization, I just .. added whatever I needed at the time. Something to look into if I do a post jam version (same with the depth issues, I just left those for later since they were only visuals). Cheers!

Why did you kill Jerry?! Why man?!? How could you?!

The egg was actually supposed to be another enemy, a tank one, but I got the code wrong and it just dropped a massive load of coins, which made me think that might be cool to do anyway. So, easter egg is was!

I hoped the humorous voice lines would add a bit of character to the game since bullet hells can be quite frustrating sometimes, especially ones like this where you need to learn the mechanics first (with the tokens etc), and it was just quite fun coming up with some silly slightly cringy lines :D

I didn't think the art was particularly good, but when it's all together, it somehow works? You should see some of my other attempts haha. Thanks for the feedback!

It's nice to know that you enjoyed it even though you're not usually fan of this type of game! I wasn't originally going to go in a comedic direction but after paying around with some lines it just felt right, so here we are!

I'm glad you noticed the purple bullets. They were red for most of the design process but it did make it hard to distinguish them from the world in general (even with the outline). I'd been trying red/white combinations for them for the entire day but nothing really worked, then I choose purple about 2 hours before the deadline and was very happy with it.

You're also invincible while white, just another little thing to make it a bit easier on you if you accidentally run into a bit too much at once!

Yep, both of those glitches are fairly common sadly. I actually choose not to fix them before the release since it was either, fix those, or add a few more things, and I choose the latter. If that was a good idea or not, not sure. The teleport happens when you collide with a wall at a certain angle, it's because of the way I built the dash in. Didn't think it happened that often but after playing it more, it does! It's totally just a 'feature' now ;)

Thank you for your feedback! I'm excited for future jams too. Very happy to have finally entered one and actually submitted something at the end.

Thank you! Considering I struggle with the art side I'm really happy to hear you liked it. Sorry about the controls - I guess I just got so used to them while testing that I didn't realise they needed tweaking!

I'm quite proud of the voice stuff so, glad you enjoyed that :D

Thank you for the lovely feedback! The pun wasn't intended but the pun was appreciated nonetheless. The voice acting was an idea I had about half way through, took a bit of a risk with it but it adds a lot of character to the game I think. Certainly feels much more flat without it! So glad you liked it :D

I agree with the sound. It felt very quiet when I was playing it on Sunday so I boosted a few things quickly towards then end in a bit of a hail mary attempt to make it better. I may have overshot some areas.

I've had a few comments about the controls so that's something I'd look into in the future. They're currently a very standard control set and they feel fine to me but it's hard for me to gauge that since I've been using them for almost 48 hours constantly.

I agree on the Character size. I actually made a smaller one originally but it looked odd so I just copied the angel and changed him a bit, made him a tiny bit smaller. But it's not enough - I think a small character would let you slip between bullets easier (allowing the player a few more mistakes). If I'd had a few more hours maybe!

Only one weapon is short range - the shotgun. Everything else has unlimited range. (apart from the super soaker which I removed before release :P). Were you maybe hitting the walls at the corners? I've found the lines of sight can be a bit awkward sometimes.

Thanks again for your feedback and I'm glad you enjoyed the game!