{"id":2221,"edition":12,"categories":1,"features":0,"size":13292,"name":"Six And Seven","authors":[{"name":"Ryan Malm","login":"Rybar","gh":145812}],"description":"

Can you escape the dungeon of Six and Seven?\nTo escape you must light the torches, and keep them lit! The gremlins will thwart you at every opportunity. Light more than Six and Seven torches to activate the portal to to the next floor…

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Whatever you do, don’t light exactly six and seven torches.

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A twin stick dungeon shooter playable with mouse and keyboard, or a gamepad.
\nWASD/ZQSD + mouse, left click to fire, right click to deploy a bomb.\nP to pause the game and show the full floor map.

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gamepad supported:\nleft stick moves, right stick aims and fires.\nright should button and right stick button: deploy bomb

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kill ghasts to collect mana. Spend mana on bombs, or accumulate it to upgrade your gun.

\n","source":"Rybar/JS13K2024","stars":2,"comments":[{"at":378821408,"author":"Andy Sommerville","login":"aksommerville","gh":1869768,"url":"http://aksommerville.com","text":"

Awesome! This is really polished, hard to believe it’s a jam game.\nAnd thank you for supporting gamepads! That makes a huge difference.

\n","games":["Economy of Motion"]},{"typ":1,"at":379301302,"re":378821408,"author":"Ryan Malm","login":"Rybar","gh":145812,"text":"

Thanks for the kind words! Yeah I really enjoy having gamepads for dual stick type games, especially since a lot of people don’t have/use mice anymore.

\n"},{"at":378909635,"author":"Rob Louie","login":"roblouie","gh":5448110,"url":"roblouie.com","twitter":"rob_louie","text":"

One of the best games of the jam so far. Loved it! Art style is wonderful and gameplay is fast and fluid. Only one very minor complaint which is when I died the first time, I couldn’t restart using the controller, had to go over to the keyboard. After that though I played all the way through to the end and enjoyed it all the way through!

\n","games":["13th Floor"]},{"typ":1,"at":379301238,"re":378909635,"author":"Ryan Malm","login":"Rybar","gh":145812,"text":"

Yup the controls could have used a polish pass, I made the decision to add gamepad support pretty late in development. Thank you for playing!

\n"},{"at":378915387,"author":"Cliff Earl","login":"Antix-Development","gh":17822130,"text":"

Very nice. It’s dark and atmospheric!

\n","games":["Badluck Butter Chicken Goes To Outer Space","Badluck Butter Chicken Flies The Unfriendly Skies"]},{"typ":1,"at":379301345,"re":378915387,"author":"Ryan Malm","login":"Rybar","gh":145812,"text":"

I worried that it may be too dark. Thanks for playing!

\n"},{"at":379000169,"author":"Steven Lambert","login":"straker","gh":2433219,"url":"https://stevenklambert.com/","twitter":"StevenKLambert","text":"

Seems like a fun game. I really like the way it looks. Unfortunately I had trouble with the controls on a macbook laptop. I would click and hold the trackpad and sometimes it would shoot, sometimes it wouldn’t. When I did shoot, I couldn’t move the cursor otherwise that would stop shooting. It made it really difficult to fight so I wasn’t ever able to fend off the enemies.

\n","games":["The Encroaching Darkness"]},{"typ":1,"at":379054275,"re":379000169,"author":"Ryan Malm","login":"Rybar","gh":145812,"text":"

I’m sorry you had a bad experience with the controls; I did not thoroughly test touchpad for playing at all (I should have but ran out of time/energy) just gamepad and mouse. Thank you for playing!

\n"},{"at":379009250,"author":"Cody Ebberson","login":"codyebberson","gh":749094,"url":"https://cody.ebberson.com","twitter":"codyebberson","text":"

Awesome. Great visuals, great music, great sound effects. The enemy design is a brilliant use of simple primitives to create something terrifying. The enemy alert sound was perfect. I had a true jump scare the first time I hit 13 and all of the enemies turned red and went into overdrive. Reminds me a little bit of 2018’s Underrun (in a good way). Great job!

\n","games":["Phantomicus"]},{"typ":1,"at":379301455,"re":379009250,"author":"Ryan Malm","login":"Rybar","gh":145812,"text":"

I had a lot of fun with the enemy design; originally they had IK legs but I had to cut them due to size. The simple ‘orbiting circles’ trick ended up looking better in the end anyways! Thank you for playing.

\n"},{"at":379291828,"author":"Fábio Santos","login":"fabiosantoscode","gh":1611595,"url":"http://frutal.pt","text":"

Great graphics! I love the dark and mysterious palette, and the dithering that makes the whole theme work.

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I liked the gameplay as well. I can’t see the enemies coming up on me, so I always feel a bit nervous about moving.

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The map on the lower right was very helpful when I wasn’t sure what rooms I’d visited.

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All in all the best submission I’ve seen so far. This link is going on my list and I think I’ll be playing it long after the contest is over.

\n","games":["Please Finish In 13th Place"]},{"typ":1,"at":379301523,"re":379291828,"author":"Ryan Malm","login":"Rybar","gh":145812,"text":"

I’m flattered by your kind words! I did put some more thought and work into making the game both have an ending and be replayable this year. I’m glad you liked it, thank you for playing!

\n"},{"typ":2,"at":379504378,"author":"Victor Debone","login":"debone","gh":763457,"url":"https://javascri.pl/","twitter":"javascripl","text":"

Hello! Thanks for your submission to js13k!\nI’m sure you’ve worked hard on your game, but I’m not aware of how much time you spent on it, so excuse me if things I mention were in your mind, but got left out in the rush of the month or just because you hit the 13kb limit :)

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I also took some screenshots https://x.com/javascripl/status/1837978518535246313

\n"},{"typ":1,"at":379575515,"re":379504378,"author":"Ryan Malm","login":"Rybar","gh":145812,"text":"

Title of the game was cleverly also avoiding saying Thirteen. :) Also, if you get exactly 13 altar points the enemies go bezerk, chasing you fast. Six and Seven is one of the ways to get exactly 13 altar torches. Fair notes, I switched from melee to shooting way too late in the jam and really didn’t playtest with folks at all. Agreed on the bomb mechanic, it was a bit of a tack on to add variety without giving the risk/reward of it much thought. Thank you so much for playing, and for giving your play-by-play on X, I enjoyed seeing the play-through. :)

\n"},{"at":379510258,"author":"Ryan Tyler","login":"tyler6699","gh":50468,"url":"https://carelesslabs.co.uk","text":"

Really nice look and feel to the game, love the art style, the funny little walk too.

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Seemed quite easy to keep HP up, just keep killing the mobs and collecting the health but I did manage to die on level 3 or 4. I liked the areas you had to activate and protect to complete the level. Some of the levels were pretty large!

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The enemies looked great.

\n","games":["The Fear Factory"]},{"typ":1,"at":379575805,"re":379510258,"author":"Ryan Malm","login":"Rybar","gh":145812,"text":"

Completely fair notes, I struggled in the last day or 2 after switching to shooting from melee to balance how often health bits spawned, simply ran out of time. Level generation, despite consuming a great deal of the first 2 weeks of the jam, was still sometimes unpredictable, but I liked the wide variety of map sizes it produces. Thank you for playing, and the compliments!

\n"},{"at":379574632,"author":"Jerome Lecomte","login":"herebefrogs","gh":1383818,"url":"herebefrogs.com","text":"

You strike again with a great dungeon crawler in your whimsical style.

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For Victor Debone: lighting exactly 13 torches gets all enemies into a red frenzy!

\n","games":["SUP3RFR1GHT VR"]},{"typ":1,"at":379575616,"re":379574632,"author":"Ryan Malm","login":"Rybar","gh":145812,"text":"

Thanks for playing and the kind words Jerome! I sadly will be unable to play yours this year, sold my quest2 a few months ago.

\n"},{"at":379814296,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"

This game is visually stunning. You really implemented a consistent and beautiful art style. The music and sound effects also perfect complement the game. Nothing feels out of place, annoying, too loud, or too glaring.

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With that said, I found the gameplay a bit on the boring side. For starters the game play is very slow. Maybe it helps setup the vibe of the game, but it could be a tiny bit faster.

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I played through 3 dungeons but I didn’t feel a progression in the game. I presume the dungeons are procedurally generated. But they all felt very samey, and I never felt like I was in danger of being swarmed by enemies. Because i could precisely point my gun at the enemies, they were very easily killed ta a distance.

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In summary, the game looks great and is technically very impressive, but I would try to make it more engaging and provide a better sense of game progression on each dungeon.

\n","games":["Thirteen Terrible Stunts"]},{"typ":1,"at":379814735,"re":379814296,"author":"Ryan Malm","login":"Rybar","gh":145812,"text":"

Fair notes, I continue to struggle with creating gameplay that’s deeper / more fun than the first 3-5 minutes. It would be interesting to team up with a more accomplished game designer and be solely responsible for the visuals and sound. Thank you very much for playing!

\n"},{"at":380063085,"author":"Jonathan Vallet","login":"jonathan-vallet","gh":5329099,"text":"

Beautiful art and atmosphere. cool gameplay.\nI stopped at level 3, don’t know if there is an inifinite number of levels due to procedural generation?\nA bit too easy many times (don’t know if monsteres are heavier later). Just a bit frustrating sometimes when enemies spawn just on player, it should have a minimal distance I think\nAnd on a “ZQSD” the “Q” didn’t worked for me (I used arrows instead, it was fine)

\n","games":["13 Steps to Escape"]},{"at":380232696,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"

Solid entry! Love the art style, sfx, idea, gameplay!

\n\n","games":["FRI3"]},{"at":380240004,"author":"Almar Suarez","login":"wololoa","gh":10622012,"twitter":"repunkgame","text":"

The dithering on the lighting is amazing! Art style, controls, music, gameplay - it creates a wonderful game. On the bad side I managed to reach level 7 and one of the torches spawned right on the edge of the level, meaning I couldn’t get to light it completely and move to the next level. Despite this, it’s a great game, good job!

\n","games":["DECK 13"]},{"at":380257934,"author":"Leo Kuo","login":"leokuo0724","gh":40346834,"url":"https://medium.com/@leokuo0724","twitter":"leokuo0724","text":"

Great entry! The visuals are STUNNING, and the game creates a great sense of tension. I really like the graphics in the game.

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It’s very well polished, and I really like the concept of lighting the torches. Perhaps making it easier for players to reach 13 could enhance the triskaidekaphobia element even more!!

\n","games":["Templar's Final Stand"]},{"typ":2,"at":380258781,"author":"Emanuele Feronato","login":"triqui","gh":389551,"text":"

Cool twin stick shooter with a horror theme, keeping the lights on is not easy because enemies run quick!

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Loved the filter and the dark palette, good job.

\n"},{"at":380353950,"author":"Eoin McGrath","login":"eoinmcg","gh":96340,"url":"http://eoinmcgrath.com","twitter":"eoinmcg","text":"

Very atmospheric; gloomily great visuals and soundtrack complements perfectly.

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I enjoyed this one!

\n","games":["Gecko Blaster"]},{"at":380363448,"author":"Christoph Schansky","login":"DerBenniBanni","gh":5499976,"text":"

Nice twin-stick shooter, with interesting artstyle!

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I especially love the gamepad-mode! That feels great!

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One tip regarding gamepads: i have a headset plugged in, which also identifies itself as gamepad (maybe because it has some buttons, who knows…) You are checking only gamepads[0], which currently is my headset, and thus, the game is not controllable by the additionally connected xbox-controller. So I had to disconnect the headset to play ;-)

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I had the same issue with my game, and solved it by searching for a connected gamepad with mapping == “standard” and using this for the input.

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Great game!

\n","games":["Aargh! Triskaideka attacks!"]},{"at":380448685,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"

Cool looking game.

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I liked the sound effects.

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The graphics were really well made and the lighting effect worked well to create atmosphere.

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I never made it off the first level. Perhaps the focus was wrong, I went after the ghasts, rather than lighting torches and always ended up overwhelmed.

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Still, it’s a pretty good game!

\n","games":["rollermaze"]},{"typ":2,"at":380539854,"author":"Dann Sullivan","url":"https://bigbossbattle.com","text":"

Really impressive work considering the restrictions. Colour-palette was impressive - a lot of other entries haven’t messed around with as many groups of colours.

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