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HUMAN INVADERS's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #3123 | 2.864 | 2.864 |
| Enjoyment | #3517 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
| Overall | #3559 | 2.712 | 2.712 |
| Creativity | #3806 | 2.773 | 2.773 |
Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
You play as the aliens, that, in the popular arcade game "SPACE INVADERS", which this game is based on, is usually the side you face off against.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
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Comments
Loved the pixel-art style, not sure if it's done by purpose or not, you will need to do quick subtraction to know which on the grid to shoot.
What an interesting concept! Loveee the cute pixel-art style, suuper well done! :D
A lovely game! One would assume that simple swapping roles in space invaders would not lead to a compelling gameplay, but damn it you didn't make it work. I'd say your game is the detention of less is more. I really like it! Well done!
Very cool take on the theme! Found the grid controls a bit confusing at first but got the hang of it, great entry!
I really enjoyed this! It took a little bit of time to get into the rhythm of the game and how to control both the shooting grid and the movement, but I honestly just thought that added to the game! When I finally managed to blow up the ship it felt accomplished and like I had learned and gotten better, which is an awesome feeling! Only thing I'd really want is some sort of health bar on the ship to geta bit better sense on your progress, but still overall really nice job! :D
Nice concept. Had to look up the controls, but got the hang of it eventually : )
It's annoying when the spaceship keeps firing where there are no aliens but fun game!
Yeah it has a set course that it loops, you were supposed to move the aliens to shoot the ship. Thanks for the feedback though!
I read the game page first and so the controls were not confusing to me! A good implementation of the theme too! I did have a glitch where if column 3 was selected, 4 would shoot, same for 4 -->5, and 5 --> 6. Also Maybe have the "human's" ship not fire at empty spaces as much
Thanks for playing!
That glitch is because you don't have any aliens in a specific column and the alien selection works by index so if you have four columns with an empty column after the first one, choosing alien 1 would do as expected but then alien two would shoot from column 3 and so on. I did know about this problem but didn't have time to fix it. If I'd revisit it that would be top-priority.
I did have to look up the controls before I got them, but its nice once you get it, even if a little slow
Nice game concept. At first I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do in the game, so adding the controls / objective to the game itself might be a good idea.
Though I've seen the concept in other games in this jam, this one was different in a quite enjoyable way. I played it all the way through, but it was a little difficult to make the right aliens fire their lasers, other than that good game!
Hi, thanks, sorry about struggeling with the controls, we are happy to hear you enjoyed it though, if we end up updating the game, the controls will defenitly be improved.
hey, that's pretty cute. good job!
a small suggestion: She sound of hitting the ship sounds like a metal dink, with also not having any effect when you hit the shit it feels like i wasn't actually hurting the ship. having some visual and audio feedback that the ship is getting hurt would help playability.
Hi, thanks for the feedback, if we end up updating the game, hit animations and other details like an health bar etc. will be added, thanks for giving us feedback!
Quite a confusing game.
Didn't know what to do on the first try, then came back to the comment to find out I can shoot, then played again, but still didn't understand what to do.
Any kind of progress indicator would improve the UX drastically.
Sorry to hear that, we added instructions to the game page but they are not visible on this site, we will probably work on that, we sadly had no time for a progress indicator, thanks for your feedback!
Really cute game, I love the resprite for space invaders :)
Thanks :)
This was a fun twist on a classic game! Some nice music and the ability to 'swap' which alien you were firing from was very cool. I admit I didn't understand what I was doing at first, I just held down until I reached the bottom of the screen!
Thanks for your review! Sorry to hear you ahd trouble understanding the controls, we will add instructions to the page tomorrow.