Oh no, someone left the portal open!
\nCatch all the ghosts you can!
\n","source":"gheja/js13k2024","stars":0,"comments":[{"at":379033409,"author":"Benjamin Boyd Austin","login":"bbaustin","gh":18755168,"text":"Hey, pretty nice game! Good ramping up of difficulty and explanation of the game mechanics. It gets pretty stressful as different colored ghosts start appearing.
\nMaybe it would be cool if there were some ability to release ghosts to avoid numbers divisible by 13; that could add another layer of skill to the game.
\n","games":["PicoBuddy"]},{"typ":1,"at":379459083,"re":379033409,"author":"Gabor Héja","login":"gheja","gh":1894642,"url":"https://gabor.heja.hu/","text":"Thanks so much!
\nI’ve been thinking about adding a way to release ghosts but I felt that would make it too easy to avoid the number 13 and I could not come up with a fun, fair and also predictable downside for that mechanic - like release a ghost but a random one, release the last one, etc.. But you’re right, if I could came up with it it would have made a new skill/challenge in itself.
\n"},{"at":379131118,"author":"Leo Kuo","login":"leokuo0724","gh":40346834,"url":"https://medium.com/@leokuo0724","twitter":"leokuo0724","text":"Well done, it’s a good entry that fits the theme of triskaidekaphobia well. I think it’s great idea to have players collect ghosts while avoiding the number 13 – it’s well designed!\nHowever, sometimes I had to wait quite a while to collect a certain rare ghost, so maybe adjusting the spawn rate would improve the experience.
\n","games":["Templar's Final Stand"]},{"typ":1,"at":379459605,"re":379131118,"author":"Gabor Héja","login":"gheja","gh":1894642,"url":"https://gabor.heja.hu/","text":"Thank you, I am glad you liked it!
\nI agree, the spawn rates feel off sometimes but I think only on 1 or 2 levels, though it didn’t feel too bad after a few test runs - at least you have more chance to collect too many ghosts ;) (Okay, maybe I should have really tweaked it a bit more… :))
\n"},{"at":379302087,"author":"Brian Hambley","login":"Hambo3","gh":10634997,"text":"Nice game. Got more into it the more I played it. Love the graphics. My brain couldnt cope with the maths after level 3 :D. Nice challenging game
\n","games":["Get the Flock Outta Here"]},{"typ":1,"at":379459658,"re":379302087,"author":"Gabor Héja","login":"gheja","gh":1894642,"url":"https://gabor.heja.hu/","text":"Thank you, I am happy you liked it! Sorry about breaking your brain, though… :)
\n"},{"at":379362267,"author":"Homer Dilpleu","login":"HomerDilpleu","gh":66157330,"text":"I really liked how you have interpreted the theme, according to me this is one of the best game this year in terms of theme.\nI like the progressivity of the difficulty from levels to levels and I had fun to play.\nI suggest one improvement: implement the keyboard controls that according to me are suitable for this type of game.\nWell done!
\n","games":["Unloved 13"]},{"at":379741172,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"A fun game, with easy to pick up controls.
\nThe graphics are funky and the ghost catcher ray looks amazing.
\nSound effects were good alongside the beat of the soundtrack.
\nI got a real Guitar Hero vibe from this game, maybe having the ghosts picked up in time with some music would be neat for later levels where they are positioned based on their “note”?
\nMaybe let people know it’s a mouse control game.
\n","games":["rollermaze"]},{"at":379755074,"author":"Christoph Schansky","login":"DerBenniBanni","gh":5499976,"text":"I like the artstyle and the effects!
\nGameplay gets stressfull soon with the different ghosttypes and the multiplies of 13… :-)
\nGood job!
\n","games":["Aargh! Triskaideka attacks!"]},{"at":379796750,"author":"Jonathan Vallet","login":"jonathan-vallet","gh":5329099,"text":"Cool game, loved the particle effect.\nEasy to play, ghost got different movements after some levels.\nAvoid getting 13 ghost is a nice idea (cool animation when ghost are leaving!)
\n","games":["13 Steps to Escape"]},{"at":380093513,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"Hey, great game! I think the level progression is very well implemented.Too bad the story was so short. I like that the ghosts have different behaviours. The blue one is specially tricky. I think after the last level instead of the game just ending it could continue endlessly. The implementation of the theme was very relevant, but a bit annoying. I was also surprised i could finish the level with the alarms beeping; I felt that shouldn’t be allowed somehow!
\n","games":["Thirteen Terrible Stunts"]},{"typ":2,"at":380346684,"author":"Emanuele Feronato","login":"triqui","gh":389551,"text":"Great particle effect, even greater transition effect between levels, and good game.
\nInteresting use of competition theme, the gameplay is really simple but a good hyper casual game is exactly what we expect in just 13K!!
\n"},{"typ":2,"at":380423006,"author":"Joep van Duinen","url":"https://poki.com","twitter":"joepvduinen","text":"It is a fun game that I am playing longer than expected. I like the purple pixelated animation. I’d see this game on mobile doing well. Overall, the navigation is smooth, and I’d change the menu / continue buttons to more obvious placements.
\n"},{"at":380471638,"author":"John Edvard","login":"johnedvard","gh":656024,"url":"https://reitgames.com","twitter":"ReitGames","text":"I like the pixel art, and the transition screen between levels. The “shooting” effect was also pleasant. It didn’t take long until I understood the game mechanics, so I paid careful attention to the number of ghosts I captured.
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