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Category	Rank	Score	Count
Coolness	1081	20

felix20 2012-12-17 22:43

This was a fun little game, a few bugs here and there but overall it was nice.
More levels would have been great, these levels are good for a start.
The graphics are pretty nice, music would have been good

namuol 2012-12-17 23:06

This isn't bad, but it breaks a few rules as far as platformer design goes (in my book).

The biggest one for me is that my character has no momentum -- that is to say, as soon as I let go of left/right, even in mid-air, my character's horizontal velocity immediately goes to zero.

Another is having a fixed-height jump. This is less important with your game based on how the levels are designed, but allowing the player to make "shallow" jumps and extra-high/long jumps could open you up to trickier level design.

But you can be assured that these are *very* common "mistakes" as far as platformers go. If you want a few examples of platforming bliss, look at how Super Meat Boy, N, and Braid all feel to control.

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Nonetheless, you only had 2 days to make this, and it's not just your run-of-the-mill platformer; bonus points for the grappling hook. Scaling walls with the it is very satisfying!

bipolarmike 2012-12-17 23:25

Good start to a potentially good game! I hope you flesh this out to a full game!

youdonotexist 2012-12-22 02:52

@BinxBurger: Is it possible to get a Mac/Web version?

binxburger 2012-12-27 17:34

@youdonotexist Not at this time. Sorry about that :(

stmatn 2013-01-04 02:37

Nice game! The grappling hook was really cool! A handful of harder levels would have been nice, but besides that, good entry.