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CAELUM CORE

By inertiaa, patdag, Balkeir, starjelligram, Tempoko and Strider_M

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall17322.8828
Fun17472.5728
Innovation18312.3127
Theme18162.5427
Graphics8323.7427
Audio6353.5128
Humor11932.3121
Mood15142.9827

Comments

tonio 2021-04-27 00:55

I love the art for this game!

mockthebear 2021-04-27 03:47

I got stuck in a wall in the first secion XD Anyways the art is breathtaking!

2021-04-27 20:56

The art is looking really good but the collision engine definitely needs some work. I found a hat lol but that's as far as I can get without dying. It's very easy to glitch through walls

woahitsjeff 2021-04-28 03:20

It was really difficult to maneuver the character. The controls are extremely sensitive and I couldn't get it right - I died... many times! The aesthetic is beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

magna 2021-04-28 14:04

The game is beautiful but pretty broken, I think you are not using deltaTime (don't really know what engine you use) because in my new pc it runs like crazy haha

But really pretty!

morg 2021-04-28 14:06

I had a hard time moving the character, and I noticed that on 144hz displays the game is pretty much unplayable as the game time seems to be tied to the framerate rather than a constant delta (I think?). It was hard to figure out what was going on with the character going through walls and often dying for seemingly no reason. Still, I love the artstyle, mood, and soundtrack.

mandarad 2021-04-28 15:07

Collision can be a little bit funny sometimes (I could clip through walls when I was small) but overall a nice jam experience. As others have mentioned its quite a pretty game, too.

caeonosphere 2021-04-29 09:29

Cute character! I was also able to wedge myself into walls pretty good. Good 2D platforming is hard to get right — lord knows I've tried and failed before...

amberley-cole 2021-04-29 09:58

Collision could use some work, ended up inside the wall a few times. Art style is beautiful, but background was stretched in the level. Music was great. Size of character changed over the course of the level, and the scale of the pick ups also changed, which seemed unintentional.

simon-rahnasto 2021-04-29 14:15

Those graphics are really sweet, you got a very unique style going on. I struggled a bit, but after a little while it started to click for me and I was able to actually get quite far fairly quickly. I enjoyed the music and sound effects as well!

langotriel 2021-04-29 16:05

Gotta say, the music was a Bop! The art is also distinct from basically any other LD I have played so far and looks stylish :eyes:

Once I got used to the controls, I was flying all over the map like I was speedrunning :muscle: A timed run would be sweet!

styrofoamwaffle 2021-04-29 16:58

The artwork is awesome, but the movement and controls make the game really difficult to play. I constantly clipped through walls. I'm guessing this is due to the character moving so fast that collision isn't properly registering.

msipp27 2021-04-29 23:34

why am i both the smallest and fastest thing in the entire universe? it's like playing as an unstable atom

ssh-randy 2021-04-30 00:44

Collisions were a little wonky, the physics weren't too great, but i liked the jams and the platforming was still fun!

villanelle 2021-04-30 00:56

I had some problems with the collisions and kept dying when I shouldn't be or getting stuck somewhere with no floor, but despite of that I found the game very fun and did try a few times to see the rest of the map. The music is also very cool. Nice entry!

twistedhawk 2021-05-02 03:11

This is a fun title! I like the layout of the tiles you have, and I found myself for example having to think of ways to get to where I needed to, such as the helmet! I did having trouble progressing though due to some of the tiles having hits on the opposite site, and there were some instances where it was hard to go forward without damage, such as the big spike tile. Those would be my feedback suggestions for the game. Nice controls, and I love being able to hold up to just climb up a wall!

polkoii 2021-05-09 23:38

The art blew me away! Kudos to the artist. I also love the music as well! The gameplay however is not what I expected! Something similar to Cat Mario is not my type of game but I'm sure it's fun! Good job!

dragonzbw 2021-05-12 00:38

Looks pretty, gameplay is too speedy and collision detection is inconsistent, I couldn't really even make it through the first screen. I also found it difficult to tell the difference between foreground and background rocks sometimes since the colors were so similar. Could have potential and I'm sure some people enjoy these type of controls but it's not for me.

ava-skoog 2021-05-14 12:48

This is so pretty! 💜 Music is very good too, wish there were some more sound effects and other forms of feedback for things like wall jumping since it was a bit hard to gauge how you were doing sometimes, but it was mostly easy to control and I beat it pretty quickly. Going through walls seems to have been intentional as that was the best way to get the first powerup, but also meant that spikes got me if I stood too close to a wall sometimes 😅 Pretty good game, mostly unsure about how it fits the theme haha 👀