In “Data Warrior: 13kb limit”, you take on the role of a cyborg fighting off hostile data blobs in a digital battlefield. As you collect data, unlock powerful JS modules to enhance your abilities, but with a memory limit of just 13kb, every byte counts.\nYour mission? Reach the 5th level of the protocol and defeat the Data Blob Big Boss.
\nNice, another one of these this year.. very cool. I like the ram expansions so you have to add more ram to accommodate for more powerups. I also like how there are multiple levels so you can choose when to increase the difficulty.
\n","games":["Badluck Butter Chicken Goes To Outer Space","Badluck Butter Chicken Flies The Unfriendly Skies"]},{"typ":1,"at":379069589,"re":378916640,"author":"Alexey Kalmakov","login":"rndD","gh":850302,"text":"Thank you for highlighting good parts. Will appreciate list of bad parts too!
\nAlso, thanks for last year results table you implemented!
\nPS Please answer me in slack, I want to know what our VS clones we have to play them =)
\n"},{"at":379055409,"author":"Stanisław Małolepszy","login":"stasm","gh":265818,"url":"https://piesku.com","twitter":"stas","text":"A katana in one hand, a machine gun in the other hand, a mortar in.. uh.. the third hand?, another katana in the fourth… another machine gun in the fifth… I’m starting to see a pattern!
\nA very nice VS-clone with a simple inventory management system fitting this game jam. I like it that the it’s easy to tell that the enemies at every level are more menacing and difficult to defeat, despite the simple graphics.
\nThe gameplay itself seemed a bit slow. On multiple occasions I managed to position my characters against a wall and just leave him there for a minute or two, and he’d kill everything in sight with no issue. I think I’d try to increase the number of enemies on the screen and make everything faster — a true bullet mayhem, so that there’s no time to take a breather.
\n","games":["Millennials"]},{"typ":1,"at":379069368,"re":379055409,"author":"Alexey Kalmakov","login":"rndD","gh":850302,"text":"Hi! Thanks for playing!
\n\n\nIn multiple occasions I managed to position my characters against a wall and just leave him there for a minute or two, and he’d kill everything in sight with no issue.
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As my friend said during play-test “it’s the first IDLE VS clone, you invented new genre”. So yeah, it’s pretty easy to find the spot to grind XP (data). In the game defense (I haven’t found the way to fix this problem fast before submission) - longer you play, harder it takes on lower levels, so you can grind for a while, but it will harder to kill the boss in the end.
\n"},{"at":379136200,"author":"Cody Ebberson","login":"codyebberson","gh":749094,"url":"https://cody.ebberson.com","twitter":"codyebberson","text":"Nice survivors-style game! I ended with 782 data on level 4 (I think). I went with the forcefield powerups, assuming they were like Vampire Survivors Garlic. It seems like the right strategy would be to stay on level 1 longer to powerup before progressing? Nice graphics, nice sound effects, good level design. This is a pretty polished experience. Well done!
\n","games":["Phantomicus"]},{"typ":1,"at":379237515,"re":379136200,"author":"Alexey Kalmakov","login":"rndD","gh":850302,"text":"Thanks for playing Cody. Heh, yeah force field is the garlic =)
\nThe right strategy (it’s counterintuitive) for this current version is to run to the boss as fast as you can, ignoring all enemies and collect as much free Data as possible. Grinding on the first level also can work too, but it’s boring and the boss fight will be harder.
\n"},{"at":379136209,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"I like this kind of games. Overall it’s a fun one. I really like the theme of having a 13KB limit - it’s both relevant to the theme but to the game jam itself!
\nI quite liked the visual effects of the different weapons. I wasn’t sure about the auto-firing at first, but it’s actually well implemented.
\nI feel the power ups happen too often. I got several before I reached the exit, and I didn’t feel much danger.
\nThe level up UI was a bit confusing because i was using the mouse, but clicking didn’t work - only space to confirm.
\nLater pop-ups had some UI issues with overlapping elements.
\n","games":["Thirteen Terrible Stunts"]},{"typ":1,"at":379238136,"re":379136209,"author":"Alexey Kalmakov","login":"rndD","gh":850302,"text":"Hey João! Thanks, I liked that you got the meta thing about 13kb limit in 13kb limited game.
\n\n\nLater pop-ups had some UI issues with overlapping elements.
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Thanks for reporting it in Slack, I will try to fix it in the postjam.
\n"},{"at":379136872,"author":"Mark Vasilkov","login":"mvasilkov","gh":140257,"url":"https://mvasilkov.animuchan.net","twitter":"mvasilkov","text":"A brilliant take on the bullet heaven genre! Love how the character actually wields weapons, I dig the attention to details :)
\nReally nice game, I’d play the full / post-compo release with more everything.
\n","games":["Shoot 13 Nomsters","King Thirteen"]},{"typ":1,"at":379237568,"re":379136872,"author":"Alexey Kalmakov","login":"rndD","gh":850302,"text":"Thanks Mark, I post jam version is on the way!
\n"},{"at":379148400,"author":"FoumartGames","login":"foumart","gh":3528138,"url":"https://www.foumartgames.com","twitter":"FoumartGames","text":"I suck at these kind of games if I have to aim, but with the auto shooting it’s so much fun and satisfying! The collectibles could be different colors than the mobs (or different shape). At first I thought I must destroy everything and the level will end, but after a while I realized there is a level exit. Good that I had grinded quite a lot already. The levels could have more impactful static collectibles to encourage exploring the edges. Also there could be rooms full of bonus, but with ambush spawn on the exit of the room for more intrigue. I’m not sure if healing is only done on level up, but if so then perhaps a heal potion somewhere on the level will be cool to have. Reached 7104/8000 but the level I ended up started to lag very quickly..
\n","games":["Odyssey"]},{"at":379180598,"author":"Steven Lambert","login":"straker","gh":2433219,"url":"https://stevenklambert.com/","twitter":"StevenKLambert","text":"An interesting take on a Vampire Survivors like game, having to navigate a maze while avoiding enemies. I did appreciate the little icon that tells you where the level exit is so I didn’t have to wander aimlessly. I also liked that there was variety to the monsters, both in size and ground and air units, and that they all had unique graphics.
\nI didn’t know how to attack at first. I was trying to shoot the enemies but that wasn’t working. Took me a bit to realize I had a melee weapon. There was also one point in the game where the enemies all got stuck behind walls and I was able to just sit back with my mortars and kill them all for lots of safe xp.
\n","games":["The Encroaching Darkness"]},{"at":379210725,"author":"Benjamin Boyd Austin","login":"bbaustin","gh":18755168,"text":"This was really fun!
\nI liked the 13kb limitation; I was trying to max my force field, so at one level-up, when force field was not an option, I chose nothing and felt like a genius
\nAlso, I managed to find the exits really fast; but I guess there’s some strategy about whether or not you should leave immediately or wait and gain more power-ups.
\nOne thing I might adjust: it wasn’t clear when you were being attacked/losing HP. Maybe adding some visual or audio cue would be good
\nBut yeah, nice work!!
\n","games":["PicoBuddy"]},{"at":379242754,"author":"Michel Sabchuk","login":"michelts","gh":361492,"url":"http://turbosys.com.br","text":"Fun to play! Reminds me dungeon crawl (one of the best games I ever played, but on console).
\nThe weapons combinations are cool and the experience is very positive, makes me want to play more!
\nAs others mentioned, I found it a little easier. Maybe spawning one or another higher tier monster earlier, or stopping spawning at some point so I’m forced to dig into lower levels.
\nBut if the game would be too difficult, we would be complaining about that too :D
\nNice work! Congrats!
\nEven though, it was fun to play!
\n","games":["Thirteen Truco"]},{"at":379249472,"author":"Ryan Tyler","login":"tyler6699","gh":50468,"url":"https://carelesslabs.co.uk","text":"Fun, lots of fun! Love all the power ups and weapons. I can see a lot of the comments cover all the positives and there are many, including the cute enemies.
\nI think the map could have been smaller or more details added, a vast grey grid is not the most interesting. I like seeing pixel art games a little more zoomed in and maybe a touch more juice, screen shake etc, you have some nice particle FX but could have added more in.
\nOver all its a decent auto shooter!
\n","games":["The Fear Factory"]},{"at":379389474,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"A good little game, I like the powerups and maze exploring.
\nI was happy to get the speed up power, whenever I saw it.
\nLots of fun when you can see where the exit is with the indicator, more of challenge without it.
\nI did progress through what felt like several levels but apart from one bigger enemy I don’t think I got to see the data blob big boss?
\nI was glad that the character auto-fired their weapon as that was very handy.
\n","games":["rollermaze"]},{"at":379559064,"author":"Leo Kuo","login":"leokuo0724","gh":40346834,"url":"https://medium.com/@leokuo0724","twitter":"leokuo0724","text":"Nice entry! A classic Vampire Survivors-style game. I love the cute characters and vibrant colors. I also appreciate the way the game incorporates the concept of JS modules!
\nOne small suggestion would be to add sound effects or visual cues when the character takes damage, which would make the game experience even more perfect!
\n","games":["Templar's Final Stand"]},{"at":380069384,"author":"Aleksey Litvinov","login":"mightyaleksey","gh":5006221,"url":"https://jsalterego.im/","text":"Very nice tribute to Vampire Survivals!
\nI think at some point I managed to get 3 katanas and was missing “skip power up” button, so I could get another one :D Also I’m feeling like that it would be nice to have a slightly higher HP for the character, so it will be easier to survive impact from the enemies.
\nLove playing it and congratulations with the submission!
\n","games":["Spirit Hunter"]},{"at":380187188,"author":"Christoph Schansky","login":"DerBenniBanni","gh":5499976,"text":"Feels like playing a cyberpunk/shadowrun netrunner on a risky data-heist :-)
\nNice game! i like the powerups
\n","games":["Aargh! Triskaideka attacks!"]},{"at":380334429,"author":"Daniel Whiffing","login":"dwhiffing","gh":4886651,"url":"http://directive.software","text":"Fun game! I liked that you can rush to the exit, but if you do, you’ll probably be too weak for the boss when you get there. Adds a nice layer of strategy if you were trying to speed run the game. It wasn’t clear that worms can fly, so it just looked like a bug. Some audio would really seal the deal, great work!
\n","games":["Final Lift"]},{"at":380348494,"author":"Lucas Drummond","login":"ldrummond","gh":31479746,"text":"Fun gameplay! Simple and enjoyable, with a focus on gameplay. My main critique was the enemy pathing was a bit too simple, making it too easy to hide in a corner and avoid getting hurt. Flying enemies was a smart idea for that problem.
\n","games":["Infernal Adolescence"]},{"at":380354333,"author":"Frank Force","login":"KilledByAPixel","gh":16227600,"url":"https://www.frankforce.com","twitter":"KilledByAPixel","text":"That was super fun! It was cool to see the insane number of enemies at the end and ran super smoothly. The audio was good too and fit well with the game. Great use of LittleJS!
\n","games":["DR1V3N WILD"]},{"at":380356419,"author":"Fábio Santos","login":"fabiosantoscode","gh":1611595,"url":"http://frutal.pt","text":"I played this one a lot :)
\nThe diversity of weapons is cool, and I like how ridiculous you look after you have 4 weapons.
\nI liked the difficulty of this game, though I wish enemies wouldn’t spawn all at once at the beginning of levels!
\nI noticed that I can’t pause the game, but I can sit around auto-killing everything if I’m high level enough! This showed me why games like Risk of Rain will increase difficulty as time goes on, even if you do nothing.
\nI wish I could direct the fire in some way, because sometimes I want to clear a path forward, instead of defending myself.
\n","games":["Please Finish In 13th Place"]},{"typ":2,"at":380365054,"author":"Richard Davey","login":"photonstorm","gh":164476,"url":"www.photonstorm.com","twitter":"photonstorm","text":"Ahh there’s nothing like the smell of a level 2 machine gun and ground spikes in the morning! This is basically Vampire Survivors done in 13kb and with the superb concept of collecting bits of data from the fallen foe, in order to buy extra modules to fill your massive 13kb of memory!
\nThose modules can be improvements, like extra hit points or speed, but let’s face it, you’re more likely to splurge it all on grenades or a katana :) You roam around the map, laying waste to all the bits chasing you, avoiding contact with them and powering-up as much as you can along the way. You’ll also see an Exit on each level. There are 5 levels in total and just when you start thinking “oh this is easy! bring it on!” and you decide to jump down the exit portal, the next level will surely bring you to your senses, with new baddies that are even harder to kill.
\nIt’s just compelling, addictive, excellent fun. I totally lost myself in this. I powered my data all the way up to ‘Infinity’ and had an absolute blast doing so. Superb.
\n"},{"typ":2,"at":380424628,"author":"Joep van Duinen","url":"https://poki.com","twitter":"joepvduinen","text":"You can immediately tell what you’re meant to do, and the game handles perfectly for you to dodge, weave, and slash your way around many enemies.
\nI really appreciate that you can see the loadout that you have selected, and since there’s a nice variety of things for you to pick each playthrough is fully different than the last.
\nIt was a fun challenge to plan around the 13kb limit.
\n"},{"typ":2,"at":380451476,"author":"Ewa Mazur","login":"mypoint13k","gh":89944062,"url":"https://mypoint.pl","twitter":"mypoint13k","text":"The clean and minimalist design works well for the retro-style dungeon crawler feel. The character and enemy sprites are simple yet effective, providing clear visual feedback for the player. The grid-based level design is easy to follow and keeps the focus on gameplay, while the color contrast between the background and the grid makes it visually clear and easy to navigate.\nThe game could benefit from adding a bit more visual variety in the levels themselves. While the grid-based design works well, adding small environmental details or textures to break up the monotony would enhance the sense of progression and make each level feel more unique.\nWith a few additional details and animations, the game could feel even more engaging. Great job on creating a functional and visually clear experience that suits the gameplay!
\n"},{"typ":2,"at":380488320,"author":"Taufik Sani","login":"tictacx-gm","gh":106235867,"url":"https://linkedin.com/in/taufiksani","twitter":"gorilatictacx","text":"I love rougelike genres, so this was a joy to play! I think you could add some music on the background that would make the experience more immersive for the player.
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