Violet Ace

Step One: Visit the Shop

Step Two: Stock up on guns and abilities

Step Three: Survive 30 seconds against Gorj

Repeat Steps 1-3 as necessary until Gorj is obliterated.

Controls

Mouse to purchase items from the shop

WASD or Arrow Keys to control your ship

Tip: The ship will auto-fire, no button mashing here!


The Shop

Machine Gun: Equip an additional gun that shoots fast, but deals less damage (stacks)

Laser Gun: Equip an additional gun that shoots slow, but deals more damage (stacks)

Pistol: Equip an additional gun that is completely average (stacks)

Rocket Launcher: Equip an additional gun that shoots very slow, but deals a whole lot of damage (stacks)

Fire Rate++: Shoot 20% faster with all weapons (stacks)

Armor++: Take 25% less damage than usual (stacks)

Agility++: Move 40% faster (stacks)

Damage++: Deal 50% more damage with all weapons (stacks)


Potion: Heal to max health at the start of the next battle (1 time use)

Boss: Gorj

The classic 6-eyed purple blob boss himself. Don’t worry, the pistol in his left hand is just plastic. He actually shoots projectiles out of the pores in his skin. He’s just a little embarrassed by it.

Credits

Made in one month for the Boss Rush Jam 2024.

Programming

Spikely

Art

Boss Art and Player Ship Art by Noah P

Card Art by Daniel Toledo

Font

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cute+Font/about?preview.text=Battle%20Phase

Music

Bensound.com/royalty-free-music License code: YP5N5JRZTAJOISX2

Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos License code: 5FZ62FRTMW4TZNPF

Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos License code: AIYVA6DX9NWRAQ7Z


Developer Notes

This project was likely too ambitious for me for this timeframe. It was my second time using Unity, and there were many cool ideas, bosses, and additional shop cards that I wanted to add, but I just ran out of time.

There are 1 or 2 hard boss patterns that can sometimes be impossible to dodge near the end of his health. Until I fix these patterns, grab some Armor++ cards from the shop.

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
AuthorSpikely
GenreAction, Shooter
TagsBoss battle, Deck Building

Comments

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Who am I? They call me Tony Two Toes on account of my two toes. I was a made man, the best of the best til it all went south. I've been on the run ever since the Great Vienna sausage incident of '98, keeping a low profile to make sure no one can find me. No Cell Phone, no email, nothing! ...but then I found this game, this DAMNED GAME! The groovy jam of the item shop song, the smooth mechanics the artistically tasteful nipples. This game has it all so much so that I felt compelled to break my rule and created an email/itch.io account to write this review (this was my undoing). They've found me. I hear the sound of can openers outside my door and the smell of cheap processed wieners is starting to fill the air. My time is almost up. At least I get to go out playing the best game jam game there is to offer.

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I was mesmerized by Gorj's multiple big tits shooting out those milk grenades at me. Great Play! Super sexy hehehe ;) 

hey i ranked your game and 19 others here:

ur ranking was ok. check out my spreadsheet linked below the video for some feedback. if you would like more coverage i am making another video for subscriber games only. so far i only have 1 subscriber who is a game dev so rankings would be a lot less competitive and i would spend longer on each game.

I liked this a lot and would love to see it expanded out in the future.  I think I beat it in three rounds while taking two hits, so it left me wanting a bigger and longer challenge.

Thanks for the feedback! I’m glad you enjoyed it. I may continue development if I find the time.

Didn't realize that a deck-builder and bullet-hell game would work so well! Had a lot of fun and thoroughly enjoyed it, only wish it was longer, or there was another boss! (didn't really have time to explore all the upgrades before the boss got defeated)

Would be cool to see this in a larger setting with maybe an FTL-style exploration where you travel to different locations, fight bosses and collect energy!

Wow! your polish is so clean! Great game all around, love the style and colors. (Also thanks for having such a forgiving hit box).

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Violet Ace is brings me back to the classic bullet hell dodging games of old. Gorj scales nicely and the variety of shop weapons and abilities make it a blast. Plus youve got a killer retro soundtrack to hype you up before you go back in. I also have heard circulating rumors around the programming ecosystem that the creators and artistic designers of this triple A title are devilishly handsome. Only rumors though but something that Violet Ace players should be cognisant about.

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i like the back and forth between boss battle and deck building. the potion definitely saved me. background particles are a little too similar to bullets. 

also i make YT videos about itch games like this one:

do you want your game reviewed in my next video???

Thanks for the feedback! Do you mean the boss bullets or the player bullets?

the boss bullets

also i found a bug where i stacked a bunch of armor and bought a potion and then i took no future damage from all boss bullets made victory taste bad.

You actually just found the “Easy Mode”… jk

I’ll fix it after the jam rating period ends. Armor was already OP to begin with.