Gun Glitch

Very nice graphics! I included it in my compilation video series of all of the games from the GM48, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/hQAzb_hhkk0

It takes a while to understand how it all works , but once you do the game is a lot of fun. It's super cool dashing and teleporting all over the place to catch your bullet. The upgrades are cool too, though perhaps a bit overpowered.

The graphics aren't super amazing but there are some cool effects such as the dash trail and enemy explosions. The music is okay, though it's a bit repetitive.

Neat concept, and I liked the colored trail effect when the character warps. I made it to level 3, then it was just too hard trying to catch the bullet before it hits the wall.

I liked the music and now am realizing I was making it further than I had thought! I noticed from the comments that there was no next level indicator which threw me off a little bit at first. I did like the concept though and think it would do well on a device with touch input. I imagine the player frantically tapping around the screen to catch their bullet. Anyways nice work and I had fun killing the creeps mostly because of their blood splatter. Always include that sort of thing, it really makes a game better!

The gameplay was confusing I must say, the description was needed to get what you must do and how.

Also, it's very confusing when you switch level; without the feedback section, I wouldn't have guessed you passed a level (no visual information, no "next level" or "level 2") and wondered what I did wrong when hitting that enemy.

Also, keep in mind that in a 2.5D game (top down with side sprites), the hitbox shouldn't include the head of a sprite; often just the body (cause you gotta be able to go "behind them")

Aside that, interesting concept!

Really fun to play! I especially liked the visual effect on the dash.

I'd like to echo some of the other comments that asked for level transitions. On my first couple of plays I couldn't be sure if I'd progressed or died. I felt that sometimes I had tried to teleport and ended up dashing instead, so maybe it'd be a good idea to have those separate, like having dash be right click while holding 'q' or something like that. I know some players said to do away with WASD movement, but it adds more options for strategy, so my two cents would be to keep it in.

Add in some more enemy types and polish, and I think this has potential to be a solid game, good job!

The mechanic has so much potential. I'd love to see what you could with it beyond 48 hours of work. Great job!

This was quite fun! I replayed this a decent amount, and though I was not great at it I had a good time. The gameplay means you have to really stick to the telepads, which can seem limiting in the beginning, but is entirely redeemed in the later levels where this itself becomes a challenge.

When I ultimately got how the game worked, I really enjoyed it. The learning curve isn't that hard, it just needs to be worded or tutorialized or reflected on through text. Same with getting to the next level or deaths.

https://youtu.be/O35dei6Z_a0

Pretty fun once I got the hang of it! The combination of time manipulation and teleportation made for a movement mechanic that felt legitimately unique.

I would have loved for the music to slow down when time was slowed down! Good job!

Pretty fun albeit confusing game, the controls aren't obvious at all, even if you read them in the description of the page, and I'm sure a short tutorial in game would've cleared them up well, some other aspects of the game like the passing between one level and the other are also pretty confusing (Why do you have to spawn in the player every time), or even some other aspects like the walls (They didn't work for me) Or the boosting gimmick, that could've worked without the use of the right click to be more intuitive.

Overall I think the game is still really fun, and I love the way you used the theme, but it just falls short of being the entry it could've because of all those little misunderstandings between designer and player.

Oh yeah, and I really liked the music.

The controls confused me too at first. Once I got the hang of it though, this was quite a fun game. I enjoyed the strategy of picking your shots, avoiding enemies, then recovering your bullet. A solid use of the theme.

I think the controls could possibly be simplified. Maybe ditch WSAD and just have a slower dash, in the direction of the mouse, as your non-teleport movement? Though, once I got into it, I didn't even use WSAD. I just spawned myself at a teleporter straight away, then moved between them.

The multi-bullet power-up might have been a bit overpowered too, I was just tearing through enemies with that. Perhaps it could have a limited use, only a few shots?

Anyway, I really liked the gameplay. I think you could expand on this with different levels and enemies, if you wanted to. The graphics were good (the instruction text is a bit hard on the eyes). The music was fine but probably the weakest aspect.

For me the actual game is good, but i don't know how to use some stuff here, like shooting multiple bullets at once(like on icon) or using teleportes properly. Maybe you can add guide or something to help player with understanding the gameplay or just made game simplier and intuitive, it may work too. Overall: Interesting, but hard to get into it

I feel like i lack the skill and understanding on how to play this game. I couldn't figure out the speed boost, or time stuff, but it certainly fits the one-shot theme.