Time Again

elitegoliath 2017-12-06 05:42

First, I have to say WOW about your rewind functionality. Awesome! I also really loved the FX, the phasing and static. Very cool. The game play is simple, but the game is challenging. Most excellent work guys!

beanslasher 2017-12-06 05:44

I really like the idea! It is a really fun and exciting game! Great Job!

kutase 2017-12-06 20:50

Good job. I like this idea with time rewind.

syrapt0r 2017-12-06 21:04

Impressive game! The rewinding is really awesome and I really tried to keep the future selves out of the fireline by being really careful about them. Aesthetics are very good as well and the soundtrack is very relaxing.

Very good work, well done :D

sorlok 2017-12-07 05:44

Really cool take on the theme, and enjoyed the general level design +rewind effect. Would like to see the game developed more!

eveval 2017-12-07 06:02

Very impressive! It took me a bit to get used to the jump distance, but once I had a few loops going I could really see the theme. I was surprised to see the previous loop bullets don't kill current loop enemies? Would open up some interesting strategy if they did, imo. (But then again you could just follow a previous loop I suppose)

space-man 2017-12-09 20:21

Thanks for playing and the comments everyone, glad to hear people are enjoying it! @eveval Bullets from previous loops killing enemies would make things too easy :) Though it could be interesting as a variant where it takes several loops to get to the end...

elemel 2017-12-09 23:00

Sounds interesting. Any plans for a Mac version?

marjoriep 2017-12-10 00:06

Interesting idea! It took me a little while to get the hang of how it all works, but it was neat once I got the hang of it. I would've liked to have the shoot button mapped to something else, it was awkward to hit those keys.

fran-segura 2017-12-10 10:23

Nice idea and interesting mechanics, the rewinding functionality is amazing. The game gets so damn hard so I think it fits the theme perfectly. Great job!

rigidboiz 2017-12-11 16:32

At first I didn't understand it at all (didn't read the description bad for me). After a few games I was addicted, what a great idea, loved the rewinding functionality, althought the only thing I'd remove is the shooting feature, the AI makes a great platform puzzle so I'd remove the chance of killing it.

fusionnist 2017-12-11 18:52

Interesting idea! I really likes the concept, but the game is really hard, so 3 loops is my maximum... but it's a real good interpretation of the theme, well done!

goat-toaster-games 2017-12-14 05:19

Pretty good submission! I liked it.

the-dankasaur 2017-12-19 04:03

Great game! Looks great and is a really cool concept. Pretty difficult, but a challenge is appreciated. My only gripe is that the hitboxes of everything seemed a little ridiculous. I was dying to things I wasn't even close to. Made it pretty frustrating for me. Other than that though, I think it's a great submission!

nekoballs 2017-12-19 12:42

Great take on the theme! Really enjoyed the rewind thing. Nice music!

I kinda wish you had an extra life or something, those bats were a bit annoying to handle

local-minimum 2017-12-21 17:22

I got to 3 loops, I think I could have managed 4 if I really stuck with it. And this was really quite the tricky game. It was hard, especially in the beginning and I was about to give up before the first loop basically because I had no indication of how far I needed to go. So that would be my first suggestion, to add a progress-bar for that. The graphics were lovely. Everything about the game was quite lovely.

So now some thoughts:

* Add a score that is basically the distance you've traveled on the current loop, the more you shoot and the number of double jumps. Then let each loop be a multiplier for that base score. So the harder you make it on yourself the better score, but also it might be worth getting low score on first loop and aim for many loops. If you fail the loop, you get to reset the value of the score for the current loop. Alternatively you may also loose a loop if you fail too many times in a row. * The double jump effect that kills you from previous runs should have a warning phase to allow you to get out of harms way and also explain why you died. * At the start, the game should not start until you press a key. * Online high-scores. * Maybe different levels. Basically make a shorter level as an alternative. Maybe there's a max loop depth per level when you've completed it no matter how good and smart you are?

space-man 2017-12-23 20:05

@local-minimum Thanks for the detailed feedback! Some of these are things we would have liked to do given more time. I like the idea of having a score that increases with actions that make the later loops harder, letting players have some control over the difficulty level. A progress bar is probably a good idea, though I think the bigger problem is that the initial level is too hard, the original idea was that it should be pretty easy the first few times through.

przekop 2017-12-27 22:37

Nice graphics, the rewind thing was really cool. :)