Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD41 → World Bender
By aplite
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 401 | 3.30 | 27 | |
| Fun | 415 | 3.16 | 27 | |
| Innovation | 248 | 3.55 | 28 | |
| Theme | 633 | 2.78 | 27 | |
| Graphics | 605 | 2.56 | 27 | |
| Humor | 566 | 1.54 | 23 | |
| Mood | 634 | 2.02 | 24 |
Cool idea, reminds me of an old psp game that used a similar mechanic as well as one of the Paper Mario games. The controls feel pretty loose when moving around which just gets in the way of trying to solve the puzzles.
Interesting take on the "playing with perspective" idea!
Sadly the controls really did hamper some of the gameplay. Especially when making a platforming game, the ability to reposition yourself by small amounts is essential. It can get frustrating when you can see the solution to a puzzle but can't complete it because of the controls.
Same remark as Dixonary, the controls sadly get in the way of this and would benefit from being more 'crisp' and less floaty, but I completed it! Would be cool if your character's representation switched to a sprite! It took a bit before I realised the solution to the last level, but it was really satisfying once it clicked! Probably one of the more unique/involving games this jam!
This game just need little ajustment for the controls which are a bit "sliperry" but for the rest it's really great ! Good level design and use of the theme !
@Apples-mmmmmmmm @Dixonary @willowblade @polegar Thank you all for the feedback! The controller was not working as intended in 2D. Turns out the command to zero out the velocity was commented out. OOPS!
I uncommented it if you would like to give it another try.
Love the idea of the puzzles and swapping dimensions. Definitely agree with the others about the controls though, even after the update you made. You don't start moving right away, and even with the change you stop moving too slowly to feel intuitive. But the idea is really clever and has a lot of potential.
This was very unique! Definitely made you think, and the level progression was just right, great job on that!
While I'll agree with others that the controls were pretty floaty, it did seem like you added some logic/colliders to prevent the character from slipping off the platforms too easily. That was an appreciated touch.
Great job!
A nice little puzzle game. I agree with respect to the controls -- they simply aren't as precise as one would expect from a platformer.
But the foundation is solid, and could easily be turned into a full-fledged puzzle game.
@Nick-Rafalski Thanks! I have been researching a lot on game/level design, and was careful of how I progressed the difficulty. Very happy that you noticed.
@TheMonsterFromTheDeep Thanks for the feedback. Definitely need to work on a better player controller. I can understand the frustration of falling off due to the slippery controls when you reach the higher platforms.
I'm gonna have to agree, tank controls for the player just felt weird.
I really liked this, just my kind of game. Plattformer combined with puzzles. And the 2d 3d element added an extra dimension. One of my favourites so far!
Really cool game idea although, some audio would have been great. Some more advanced levels could have worked well but I suppose it takes a lot of time. So overall really awesome game.
that is a real good game, would be very nice to see a full game with this concept. Ilike puzzles and I really liked your game.
nice, unique idea! I like it, fun game.
A good little perspective puzzle game. The controls could be tighter as they felt a bit clunky. Could easily be expanded to a bigger game with more levels.
Good little puzzle game, Though wished there was at least some background music, and some good sturdy ground to stand on! Would be really cool with more lvl's, as you did get the puzzle concept right!
Very enjoyable little game - reminded me a lot of Crush on the PSP. Its always nice to get a game thats fully completable out of a compo entry game too!
If I'm going to nit-pick, it's a bit of a stretch to fit this into the "2 incompatible genres" theme...
Really loved the mechanics here. Thanks for coming to the stream! Feedback and gameplay: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/255427387?t=02h22m41s
Very good level design, only thing that's lacking is the controls that felt a bit out there. Really enjoyed this one!
Good work! This with more levels and more assets in the levels (switches, buttons, doors and mobile platforms by example) can be a really good game, congrats! ;)
A couple notes about the controls: -Since you're using a lot of rectangular platforms, a grid-based movement system probably wouldn't hurt here (in the style of a step platformer) - Given a system like this, it's imperative that when I press a button the character starts moving, and when I let go of the button the character stops moving. On the exact frame of the input, I should see the character react. For some reason you have almost a second delay on any inputs which makes the game really frustrating to play - Regarding jumping, what you seem to be doing is checking if the spacebar is down, then increasing player velocity if the character is standing on something. This allows me to jump up towards a platform, keep spacebar held down, and get launched up very high, potentially breaking the level. You should only ever check for jumping on the frame I press spacebar, not on every frame it's held down. - I think you used Unity's physics engine for this, though I can't be certain. There is basically no good excuse for using physics on a player character. No excuse at all in a platformer. I don't understand why Unity encourages it; half the platformers people put here from that engine have these exact issues.