HEAVEN Slime

capt-nemo 2016-09-08 20:24

The Art, is some of the best ive seen this ld. And the game is very simple, but deeper than one would expect on the onset. Having to time your boost jumps charging while falling is a good example of this.

This is some of the best use of simple controls. While figuring out how to do it, no one should think they are pressing the wrong thing, or missed something in that sense.

the one thing that is frustrating however, is how small the margin for error is. I know this is mitigated by the boost jumps giving you free lands, but it still feels super punishing. You have to peak your jump at about two eyeball heights above the eyeballs. To get that precision for the long jumps is pretty much luck, unless you expect everyone to fail every jump a couple of times to get each specific jump's timing down.

Im not sure if making the eyes more forgiving would fix this though.. I would look for a way to increase the chance of accuracy for the player in some way, maybe color change, or a separate meter, or vertical lines to judge the stretch.

Anyway, best looking thing ive played so far. Good Job!

ryusui 2016-09-12 03:49

This is a REALLY NICE game. I love the concept, I love the execution...my only gripe is that, as noted, the margin for error is punishing. It'd be great if we had some more precise indicator for how much "oomph" we were putting into our jumps, maybe some kind of background detail allowing us to better measure distances between eyes as well.

pyokoanarogue 2016-09-12 16:14

I love the design and the minimalism of it all. still, hard as heck! congratulations !

jeremyfa 2016-09-13 12:29

Unable to run the game on my macbook pro :(

amras0000 2016-09-14 01:59

The art's awesome, the sound design is impressive, and I like the principle of the game, but it's awful at communicating...anything. I initially assumed that my boost would work as a doublejump (or triplejump when I got the first upgrade). And this worked for the most part until at random times I'd just get an error noise and the boost wouldn't work. I know there was an icon of some sort in the upper right but I couldn't figure out what it did.

I couldn't get past a certain point (still at 2 squares) purely because I couldn't get the boosts to work. I'd really like to see more of the game but either I'm missing something important or the game's bugged. :(

I'd like a better indication of when my boosts are available, how many I have left, and what I need to do to get them back. And I'd like a better indication of when I'm going too fast to land "softly". Other than that, nice job.

Only other thing I'm confused about: how does landing a block on eyes tie into the "Ancient Technology" theme? o.o

ohsqueezy 2016-09-14 03:12

@jeremyfa Thanks for the feedback! I can maybe try testing it myself if you let me know which version of OS X are you running?

@amras0000 Thanks for conveying your experience! Each icon in the upper right represents one boost. Boosts are like a double-jump, allowing you to jump even when not on an eye. You get an extra boost every time you land on a colored eye (even if you already landed there in a previous run).

The connection to the theme is "spring", and there was a story that I didn't have time to put in the game. Basically, the slime is an extraterrestrial that is fascinated with the concept of a spring.

As for communicating these things, I am thinking of fun ways to communicate the jump distance and boosts!

urielgamedev 2016-09-14 09:45

I like your game, it remembers me Squid Jump in Splatoon! It really hard, need a lot of precision, but the concept is really interesting.
The music makes a good ambiance!

konwlege 2016-09-14 19:15

Interesting little game, a bit annoying for me (but I think it should be that way).

damdoshi 2016-09-18 14:34

It is really cool. It could certainly work well as mobile game. : o The concept is nice and it is well done. Good job.

joe40001 2016-09-19 08:45

Creative gameplay. Kinda trippy idea, for my taste it was more frustrating than fun but still I appreciate the effort/result.

Score: (because I like scores)
Overall 2/5
Innovation 4/5
Fun 2/5
Theme 4/5
Graphics 2/5
Audio 2/5
Humor 0/5
Mood 4/5