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Square in 10 seconds or less

By caresle

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall11782.7022
Fun9472.9522
Innovation12291.9722
Theme10483.0222
Graphics9662.9222
Audio7791.2315
Humor9931.3317
Mood11762.2520

Comments

xorel 2022-10-03 03:28

Really like bite sized platforming levels, super satisfying to just 'ready go' and shoot towards the goal. Liked the tileset as well!

pennycook 2022-10-03 03:31

I played to the end -- some of those later levels require some pretty precise positioning!

The controls were a little unusual. Even after reading the control scheme here, muscle memory kicked in and I tried to use Space to jump. :laughing:

I also think things are a bit quiet, and the game would feel a lot better with some simple sound effects and music. I've had a lot of success with the following:

- Generate simple sound effects: https://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html - Write simple music loops: https://www.drpetter.se/project_musagi.html - Download CC0 sound effects: https://kenney.nl/assets?q=audio - Royalty-free music loops: https://soundimage.org/

My recommendation is to put placeholders from one of these places into the game as early as possible, so you don't end up with a silent entry. You can always replace them later!

emmatw 2022-10-04 20:11

Really cute game! The puzzles were pretty nice, the third level was pretty challenging. I would have loved some more levels!

jacobrutter 2022-10-05 00:10

I enjoyed your game, I liked the mechanics and that it wasn't too punishing. I would have played more levels which means the experience was enjoyable!

nomadicrockman 2022-10-05 00:17

Nice simple game! Would love to see some coyote time as I had trouble running and jumping off of platforms. The floaty jump was also fairly annoying first, but I ended up liking it because it allowed for some interesting maneuvers in the later levels.

puyo 2022-10-05 23:33

Good entry. I wish you did character art instead of the white square, as the rest of the art is great. As above, I would have played more levels too, but glad you did have a difficulty curve in there. Well done

gorr 2022-10-06 14:11

Great pixel art, I like it. I wish there were more levels

ping78 2022-10-08 01:00

Nice little platformer. Very well made levels. Well done!

foggydude 2022-10-08 12:08

Short but effective, a nice game for sure!

mavvy 2022-10-10 02:25

Decent number of bite sized levels, pretty nuanced control and level design and nice level art. Only thing is, I wish that there were more of it, great stuff!

jesusonwheels 2022-10-10 02:27

Had fun, I wish you could do smaller jumps by holding jump for less time so you be more speedy, but overall you executed the levels very well. Good job!

candlesan 2022-10-10 06:09

Spot on with the theme. Level design followed a lot of platformer norms. Environment art is really good.

tinylittlestudio 2022-10-13 09:48

As others have mentioned; the controls scheme is a bit unusual. The controls are also fairly slow. The visuals are nothing special but I would have liked a bit more visual representation of what is dangerous and what is not. Other than that it is a solid little platformer. Good job!

bqq 2022-10-14 21:35

Neat platformer, the tileset looks great! The core gameplay works well and has a nice progression of difficulty in the levels.

jk5000 2022-10-16 08:40

This is a super simple and okay little platformer. It could have used a bit more gameplay, but what is here is pretty good. Some sound/music would have been great.