Springy's Adventure

djayne 2020-10-06 21:55

Very drawn in by the cover image and title so nice job there. Loved the main character + hawk artwork + animation and the general world aesthetic. We missed the music which would have completed the atmosphere you were going for I think. Would loved to have played more but the game kept crashing for some reason after a minute or two. Great job!

thecritterscove 2020-10-08 22:04

@djayne Pardon the late response. Thank you very much for playing and for the lovely comments! If you're able, can you tell me what was happening in the game when it crashed? I hadn't really seen any crashes except at the end of the game in the original build.

ectucker1 2020-10-09 00:06

I quite liked the artstyle of this game, and the music fit well. It took me a while to realize that eating more things was the requirement to cross between areas; I didn't make the connection that eating helped keep me from being too heavy to cross the bridge. The ending was pretty funny though!

My game crashed at the end, though it seems you already know about that bug.

crazybot 2020-10-09 13:27

I love the art, the game is so cute and relaxing! I did find some bugs though...

1 - the rendering was often wrong

2 - His eyes sometimes completely dissapeared when he respawned, I have no idea why

here's an image that shows both bugs

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3 - after completing the game I was dissapointed to be greeted by a fatal error message

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4 - this one isn't really a bug but altough I loved the respawn anim/loop it could have been smoother

despite these problems I still really enjoyed it!

zaibakk 2020-10-10 16:54

Nice job! Very simple and fresh game! I liked expecially the art and the mood, including the nice music! It could be better gameplay wise but anyway, nice entry!

spawncampgames 2020-10-10 16:55

Good game.. Super Charming.. I found a bug where if the eagle snatches you up if your offscreen on the left top most corner it spawns you back off screen or in the river/ creek..

amin-jk000 2020-10-19 16:57

good job I liked the gameplay. It would be better if it was longer but good job :v:

doot 2020-10-19 17:20

Very nice one!

I loved the art and the music. The controls are ok even if some collisions are a bit sticky.

The text explanations for good and bad mushrooms is good, same for the conditions for level end.

I had the same crash than other peoples at the end!

Thanks for the game I had fun 💕

pedro-henrique-cesar 2020-10-19 18:08

Disliked the gameplay but the game is beautiful! Overall: Ok game, need more work on game design

jezzamon 2020-10-23 05:00

Graphics are great as people have mentioned!

I didn't understand what you meant by "move to the next area" though! I collected all the things that I was able to collect but wasn't able to find anything more I could do in the starting area. I see some of the comments here talking about more of a game, so maybe maybe I'll try again...

jezzamon 2020-10-23 05:06

Ohhh, I see what I missed, I didn't notice the stick bridge before. Ok, I get the game now :) Nice!

I don't know if I was an outlier but I just started collecting everything assuming that was the goal and yeah, didn't even notice the bridge when I was playing through the first two attempts. So, maybe making interactable elements in the game clearer might be a good tweak to make.

jk5000 2020-10-23 09:23

The visuals, music and atmosphere is all really good. I wish there was a bit more gameplay, but i still had fun trying the game.

stellarbeargames 2020-10-23 23:56

Cute game with really nice visuals. Funny ending. The only hiccup was finding how to get to the second area (I tried running to the right off-screen). I like how you can't lose, it's very casual. Congrats!

random-storykeeper 2020-10-24 01:16

Both the visuals and music pair well together to create a relaxing, pleasant mood - which is actually kind of dark, considering how this game ends. :thinking: But I enjoyed it overall - the soft green palette was very easy on the eyes and I really like the font choice for the buttons.

I think this game could have used some sound effects to enhance not only the mood, but aspects of the gameplay. For instance, a sound effect for when the hawk approaches would help to serve as a little extra warning for players that the bird is approaching. A visual cue for the hawk that appears briefly would also have been helpful, although the hawk wasn't too difficult to avoid, up until the final stage. It just felt a little too sudden, even though the mood overall was too relaxing for me to be shocked. It also would have been nice to have a sound effect/jingle for when the player can move to the next area. Maybe a HUD as well to indicate when or how much the player has left to consume in order to proceed. I wasn't very clear as to how this was determined, so I was mostly just wandering around the area in a mostly vertical matter, then pressed my head against all sides of the screen until I suddenly went to the next stage.

I thought it was really cool how the slime respawned by growing into a flower. I'm not sure if there was really any penalty to getting caught, since I never actually started at the beginning of any stage except for the last one. I love how the visuals were varied in the two stages, but still remained cohesive as a whole.

There were some issues with text overlapping at the bottom of the screen when items were picked up in quick succession, and the game music stacks itself when replaying the game. These were two things I noticed, aside from the blank main character face. I'm not sure which version was the bug fixed one, but I just assumed it was the October 6 version. Additionally, I do feel like it was a missed opportunity to have the stage itself also loop horizontally - I was kind of surprised when it didn't. Still, that's more of a very small issue and I had a good time.

kaeveris 2020-10-24 12:05

Nice concept! I love the visuals and sounds! It was quite confusing how to enter the next area

megepok 2020-10-24 15:42

The graphics of this game are nice. I agree that the game needs some sound effect to make it more enjoyable from a gameplay perspective. Overall, a nice quick game.

matootsy 2020-10-25 15:47

I like the mood of this game. The art is cute and music is enjoying. But the objective is not very clear. It took me time to understand that I had to go on the "bridge". More feedbacks would be nice to understand it better. Other little problems : We can go out of the screen on the border. Perhaps a wrap would be adapted to this kind of game? Sometimes there's collision box with the plants. Only with 2 plants in the level 1. That's weird. Anyway. With more clear feedbacks and precision it could be a very nice little game.