Play game
Mops and Bot's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Should this entry qualify for the next round? | #5 | 4.343 | 4.450 |
| Would you come back to this game again and again | #6 | 3.855 | 3.950 |
| How fun was the game | #6 | 4.294 | 4.400 |
| Overall | #9 | 4.089 | 4.190 |
| Was the game free from bugs | #10 | 4.196 | 4.300 |
| Was the game well balanced | #12 | 3.757 | 3.850 |
Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Game Engine Used?
GameMaker
Do you want to be considered for the wildcard if you miss the cut?
Yes
Leave a comment
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.
Comments
there is just so much content here. So much character, big fan of this one
Great entry as always! The variety of attacks were awesome and they fit together perfectly. It's great to see a cuphead inspiration in action.
There's a massive amount of polish here. So many effects! I love the plethora of different attacks Curt has. I found it pretty hard, but I'm glad you included an "assist mode." I think it would feel more fair if the lasers were more widely spaced out, as some of the gaps you had to squeeze through to fit in the laser areas were pretty small, and when combined with the other attacks, like the bullet wall, and the dropper guy, it could sometimes be unavoidable to take damage. I still really liked it though.
Amazing amount of polish and development for only two weeks! The patterns, controls, sound design, animation. It was all really well done! Incredible work! (Thank you for the easy mode, I needed it.)
Had a great time playing this, and was pretty glad there was an easy mode lol. Love the pixel art!! :)
Great seeing your pixel art improved to such scale! the effects were blowing up the boss had such a great retro feel. took me awhile to notice the “easy mode” by changing the weapons and armaments. I had watched the trailer before this so I was prepared hehe.
Mr Mop wins!
on stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSUIomK5BB0 1:44:27
It's not easy mode, it's more fun powerful mode!
Thanks for playing and streaming. I think your slower computer actually helped a little bit so you could anticipate the attacks. Built-in bullet time!
oh nice! I was being assisted and didn't know it, thanks toaster laptop hehe
Another top notch entry, Endmark. Everything looked good, felt good, sounded good. The level of polish you have on there is fantastic. I'm always impressed by how much you can do in just 2 weeks. (Plus your willingness to share and help others. Really appreciate all your advice, btw!)
The one suggestion I have would be on the UI. With where it was and how small it was, I didn't really glance down at it much. More got tunnel movement on my character and the boss. Likely just a personal thing, though. And no real thoughts on how to "fix" it (helpful, I know). So do with that what you will.
Amazing entry, as always. Gonna have to study this one more after rating everyone.
I think that's an excellent observation about the UI. In my initial plan, you start on foot and when you pick up your first energy cell that UI comes in and Bot tells you what it's for and then a little later Bot tells you he learned about the hyper roll technique and teaches you to do it, then you get that UI added. Then a little after you discover a TrooperBot to hijack into and Bot explains it has armor and can sustain some damage (and also be customized at the terminal) and that UI pops in. But all that got cut for the deadline!
I did notice on most streams it wasn't clear to players when they were taking damage. Thanks for playing.
After playing and dyeing 4-5 times, it became easier to understand the mechanics and control the character. As always I am impressed by the design and boss attack pattern! great entry!
Only 5 deaths is pretty dang good! Thanks for playing and I look forward to streaming your entry.
I must say, I am impressed with the level of polish in your game. The menus, pop-ups, screen transitions, and all the other details come together really well, giving the game a great look and feel. I always find myself envious of your ability to make everything look so polished. I usually end up adding these elements last minute when I have some extra time. Can you share your secret?
By the way, the boss fight was great!
One small thing, I would suggest adding keyboard controls for the menu. It would improve the overall user experience.
Thank you for playing and for the compliments. You flatter me. You know how asset flips are like a dirty word, well a lot of my jam games are flips in a way. Since I’m always trying to learn something new with an entry when I find something I like I often end up reusing/tweaking it for another entry. I think there were only a few new SFX in this entry and the boss theme was new (mostly because of the time crunch and I was stressed and just threw something in). But the transition is the same as the one I made for last round and particle stuff is adjusted code to previous stuff.
I agree wholeheartedly about the menu working without the mouse, but I wasn’t sure how to code it on deadline. I think that’s a major weak-point I should work on. Menus scare me!!
That was a really, really well put together boss fight. Really hard though! Ended up abusing infinite shields to get to the end haha. This is kinda nitpicky but I'd almost telegraph the lasers a little later? Maybe that's just my instinct to dodge immediately when I see the line about to start
I think that’s a spot on recommendation. I could stand to balance the laser and bullet timing better. And I think the lasers are especially hard on the player because the vertical lasers get two telegraphs (the light turns red and then the red line appears) but the horizontal lasers just have the red line, but I wanted the two to be timed the same the the horizontal laser is extra long with the telegraph. I see how that can be odd now.
And the shield is there for when you need it! No such thing as abusing it.
A really great game and I like how you can set your own difficulty with what you choose to equip
Thank you, GameFavorites. And I can’t wait for another swashbuckling adventure this round.
awesome entry! love all the unique attacks but never managed to make it past the second faze lol. my only problem was it was a bit hard to tell how much health i had because there were a lot of icons and there was not that much feedback when you got hit, half the time I thought i was playing great and then would just die lol
also i got the rare bug lol , otherwise great submission!
Thanks for playing! Is that screenshot of the bug? If so, you just helped me a lot. I now realize i never fixed it for the chasing bullet, so now I know exactly where to fix the issue. Thanks!
yeah it is
Perfect! Also now I feel dumb for not fixing that to begin with. I was chasing the wrong issue!
lol XD
Ha! It just took me two minutes to fix it. Can't believe I didn't catch that in play testing. Bummer, but that's a jam for you! Thank you so much for sharing the screenshot. That helped a ton.
Also, don't be afraid to turn on those laser piercing bullets and infinite shield to use as you need to beat the evil CuRT!!
Lot's of fun. Difficult but that's what it says on the box :)
Good Job :)
I did slap it on the box sticker! Glad you liked it, and just to reiterate, Duck on Wheels is probably my favorite thing about this year’s GDKO. So glad you’re continuing it through the rounds. Can’t wait to stream the latest version.
Fun boss fight with a lot of dodging going on. High marks all around.
Thank you, looking forward to streaming your entry. I caught a little bit of Ghostbit’s stream and I loved the art evolution.
Real nice submission! I like the humour and name changing and concept! I wish you could dash through things to not take damage but then maybe that would make the game too easy. Wonderfully finished off with brilliant details all the way through
I was torn between letting the dash make you invincible to bullets or lasers or both or none, and I ended up adding in the shield as the solution. But I think I agree that dashing through at least one type of obstacle, if not all, feels more natural.
Thanks for the feedback and for playing!