Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD51 → Exp10sion
By cortexA233, lynnezzzy, xiu0922koway, Psalms77, projectcolorball and Hooke Kamiwa
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 258 | 3.84 | 134 | |
| Fun | 285 | 3.72 | 134 | |
| Innovation | 391 | 3.54 | 134 | |
| Theme | 157 | 4.14 | 134 | |
| Graphics | 384 | 3.89 | 135 | |
| Humor | 557 | 2.88 | 123 | |
| Mood | 649 | 3.37 | 128 |
Ooh, a multiple-timeline puzzle game is a nice take on the theme. I like the "you are a bomb" idea too!
I had some inconsistent jump physics though, which made the platforming a bit frustrating at times. Especially in level 5. I would lose most of my horizontal speed when jumping occasionally, which almost always lead to death.
Cool game though! I love the CRT screen effect. Nice work.
Pretty nice design of game and visual stuff. It takes a lot of explosion to make the right strategy.
That was nice (:D)!! I give it a thumbs up for being made in only three days (:thumbsup:)! I know there are limitations with the 10 seconds you have to solve it, but I do wish there were more steps involved in some of the puzzles, as someone who enjoys the eureka moments that come with puzzle games! I must admit, the controls were a little finicky to get used to; but after a while I really enjoyed it! >:3
Wow great job! Great interpretation of the theme with a catchy mood and great level design. Just a little confusion with jump mechanics, I had to get used to it ;) Anyway great job again
Our group was considering something about controlling a past & present version of yourself, and this is exactly it. I think the concept was implemented incredibly well- I didn't get any bugs when I finished the game, and I particularly enjoyed the puzzles where you had to think about what buttons you should press even if you might not currently need it.
Graphics were great and established a clear theme with the urban-esque music, animation was great, the animation when you get crushed (or maybe that was just the bomb's running animation) was great. I do think that some of the earlier levels are a little slow (e.g. the ones where you have to wait to die) though, and the music could maybe switch up a every now and then.
Overall, very well-polished game, completable (not overall hard), and thematic. It's clear that a lot of time and effort was put into making it, great job :)
@bxyzzz thank you for your feedback！
Interesting game with smart mechanic and nice level design! Reaaaaally like it! Yet I think the control system of the bomb can be ajusted a little bit, to make jumping and running easier.
Very interesting game. I really like the gameplay, I'd say it's one of the most innovative concepts in a way in this LD. The graphics are nice, the gameplay is good and the sound is pleasant. Good job!
(@catish) thank you for the positive feed back！we are trying to fix that！
(@vphyre) thank you！really excited to hear that
@100th-coin , @sephowepho , @bxyzzz We add the coyote time for the player bomb character, the platforming should be easier and more effective now, thanks for your feedback!
Very interesting game!
Great game. I may have spent more time than I should have playing it but I was having fun. When puzzle games are done right they are fun and this was done right. Loved the art and the gameplay. Not sure if I beat it because on the last level I just went right and the game went back to the menu. Great entry.
(@stalemeat) thank you for beating the game!last level is just a ending scene.
A very nice take on the ghost mechanic, complimented by really cool level and puzzle design, which had me had to put my big brain hat on. Music and art was really cool and it was overall a really cool entry, very nice work!
(@harry-alissavakis)thank you！
Awesome use of the 10-second rule! I really like the ghost mechanic and how there is a puzzle around it. Not gonna lie, the 6th level was very tricky.
(@vetche-studio) thank you for playing！really happy to hear that as the designer
This is a great little Flash-like game! I like the art design and the looping gameplay a lot, great use of the theme. Two issues though: the time remaining count occasionally gets in the way of gameplay and more importantly it's lacking a quick reset button for when you mess up a run.
I got a bit stuck in this door. Captura de Tela 2022-10-04 às 11.38.53.png
Love the neat pixel art and the feeling of the jump the ghost feature was a surprise. neat entry
Damn that is very smart and fun to play! Thank you for your effort doing this game. Art and music are nice too!
Really great Game! you've already got enough reviews so i wont give my usual 3 paragraphs, but this is really fun! good job!
This was a nice take on a classic echo style of game. Cute graphics too, nice job!
Really cool! I died way too many times in spikes... It would have been nice if the music would loop without the break.
I really liked the mood and the music, and I know I'm being really picky, but at the end I keep hitting space by accident and skipping the credits, it could be a different button. But nice game :thumbsup: :smile:
I just completed all levels! It's fun, with nice idea and clever level design too!
@midnitepixel thank you for the feedback! we will add it as soon as possible!
@velvetlobster can you describe more detail about what happened? It will help us to fix it
Hi @projectcolorball I don`t know if it is really a bug, I could not enter the door
@dileriuml @jamersjam @spike-studio @yword thank you for all you guys for playing the game!
maybe it is not a door
@velvetlobster I think it is not a door....
@sillyman987 Got it! will be fixed as soon as possible
tried again, sorry it was really not the door, the door was on the upper part of the level, feel so stupid now. this game has a really nice feel to it.
asda.JPG something like this
Really enjoyed the "ghost" you mechanic. Very cool puzzle designs. Great entry!
Pretty good game with lots of polish! At times it felt a bit annoying because you'd figure out how to do the puzzle after a few loops and you'd have to redo it from the start to get it right. Art was really nice and the UI and transitions really fitting. Levels provide a good chance of exploring the mechanics of the ghost clone. Music was well chosen and appropriate. Well done!
Really great game. I love the idea and would love to play more levels. If you plan to develope this further after the jam I'd suggest to either lift or extend the time limit to have more room for more interesting level design. But for the jam theme its just perfect!
Pixel art was great! The ghost run mechanic really added some challenge to the puzzles - very interesting! I played until the last level and would have played more if there was more :)
Really nice puzzle game! Felt pretty good generally, but there are a couple of things I think you could do to make it really shine: 1. Don't start the timer until I start moving, so I have some time to figure out what I need to do 2. Add a restart button so I don't have to wait for the timer if I need to redo my solution
Those are very minor things, overall the game was great!
@firebelley will do！
Nice game.
The graphic is very nice and the music matches the vibe of the game as well, although it gets a little repetitive after some time.
Found some bugs like the lack of walls on some levels just made me jump out of the level and the pause not actually pausing the timer, just the player movement.
Also feel like some puzzles need to be reordered, but that is just how i feel about the difficulty.
Overall its a very nice puzzle game.
@lenan thank you for the feed back!
A multi timeline platformer/puzzler is always a fun time to play. Great pixel art, and solid execution. Quite possibly the only change I would have is a self-destruct button to more quickly reset a loop.
Fun game! I thought the level design explored the ghost mechanic really well, and the progression as well made. Nice!
@defilerzero @settings thank you for the feedback! we will add a reset button as soon as possible
Love the use of the ghost mechanic! There were a few puzzles in there that were really neat, especially those which took 3+ lives to complete. In addition to really strong graphics, I also was impressed with how many levels you guys were able to make. Great entry!
@waffleworksgames thank you!
Nice submission! Creative use of the ghosting mechanic to incorporate the theme. I agree with other commenters that the gameplay started to get repetitive after a few stages, would have liked to see more variety to the puzzles. Still, great job!
@dxk2294 thank you！
Visually, the game looks very good, the effects and pixel art are excellent. But the concept of the game, unfortunately, did not allow make interesting platforming, all 9 levels are played with the same logic. But I would like note the level designer, who managed to make the most interesting levels with such a concept. Another plus for you for sticking to the theme. In general, good work!
@snappypath thank you for the feedback！our team is working on that and will fix it as soon as possible！
Love the idea - really great game!
@m11 thank you！
Fun game! I really liked it. I didn't expect I had to start thinking about the puzzles after the first couple. Great way to introduce the player to the mechanics.
I liked the 'thinking' puzzles a lot more than the timing ones, as the controls were a bit difficult.
Regardless, very good entry everyone! Well done!
That was cool! I love the character and the idea! Would be nice if you could manually explode to get faster times!
great idea and for me the current version run smothly. nice and clean implementation of the gost mechanic!
@thomz12 @joedev @angrybeard thank you very much！the reset button and improved control is on the way！our team are currently working on this，and again thank you！
Timeline puzzles are always a classic.
Cool idea and execution. Very clever puzzles! I enjoyed it a lot. :smile:
On one of the levels (where the floor is almost fully made of spikes and you toggle 3 platforms) I discovered that you can jump over the spikes and ignore the puzzle part enirely. You just need to jump sligtly before you touch the spikes (probably ground-check fires before player touches the spike collider)
@owca Oh my god!you found it! our team just found it 1 hour ago and we are packing a new version that would fix it! thank you for playing!
Great game, I love that concept for main mechanic.
做得好好！完成度好高，我一开始也有类似的想法来着哈哈 Elegant pixel art and mature mechanics. Difficulty progression is also right on the point, just a tiny bit hard though. Super well done!
@king-zhou 哈哈这个其实应该是比较容易想到的，我们一开始也担心跳跳乐容易撞车，不过后来也懒得想这些了，玩的开心就好:)
Very nice game,i like it,good concept
完美！创意真的好，关卡设计太棒了，刚玩到需要计时规划的时候惊了，把时间作为关键元素太棒了~
Pretty, smart, and a really solid game all in all. I saw another game try this concept but this game really perfected the mechanics.
A nice puzzle game! I feel like ghost/time travel games are kinda overdone but 10 second concept makes up for that. Also maybe character controls could be a bit more fun. Like our characters can slide around since it has wheels for legs. But still a solid game! Congrats!
Very well polished. Fantastic puzzle design. The art style is very simple but extremely clear and clean. Great post processing effects. Would love to see this expanded with more levels and maybe more levels of recording than just 1 so it could get really complicated. Amazing job!
It was ok. You should add a double jump for it to be easier. Also you should make the maps bigger and make the platforms bigger to get a running start. But it was fun and over all good.
@igor-morgun thank you for like our game!
@wizcas 谢谢！大佬的作品也非常出色！能获得如此好评我真是太激动了
@zimonitrome It takes quite a lot of efforts to polish the game and levels。 I am so glad that you like it！
@wolderado thank you for the feedback！our team is currently working hard to improve and polish the game！
@paul-avallone I wish we done with more record but that might be too complicated for us in 72 hours。 still thank you for playing！
@4ahizon thank you for your suggestion！
Brilliant little game! Realizing that you have to hold the door (or possibly *doors*) open for your future self was very intuitive.
关卡设计真的很厉害，让我想起了时空幻境。就是有一关的倒计时挡住了后面的平台。The difficulty and learning curve are also well adjusted, no cases of cognitive overload. Must've took a lot of effort. Well done <3
@chemicalcrux thank you for playing，so glad you like it！
@okshirl 非常感谢！我们这个确实收到了时空幻境的启发！（调整关卡确实费了我不少功夫）
Really fun, like the art and the sounds - the puzzles were try well thought out too - good job!
Hello great job there! The game is well made.
@phillip-scott @sagiii thank you！
美术还有关卡完成度很高，太强了，增加“倒影”与本体的配合方式还有完善手感可能是后续完善的方向~
@akacmd 谢谢！你们的游戏也很棒！一起加油！
idea is great, design is great, controls are great! i'm impressed by the game overall. and that mechanic is awesome!
I have seen a couple of games utilising the same mechanic during this jam. This is probably the best one of them so far. What makes this game shine over the others is the effort you have put into level design. You really manage to explore this mechanic in your levels and I think most of the levels feel fresh and not repeating the same ideas. Controls are also pretty tight in this game when usually 2D platformer jam games suffer from mediocre controls and platforming feel.
That being said, the main issues of the game do not relate to the mechanic or the levels, they are mostly UX issues. It gets a bit tiring to always wait for the full 10 seconds when you already know that you have the character in the right place. This gets even worse due to how the reset button resets all of your lives. In levels where platforming and timings become tighter it gets really frustrating to have to redo all your moves just to practise that one last jump you failed. The reset button should only reset your last run and not the full sequence.
But nothing you could not iron out after the jam. Great work!
Very impressive entry! I love how deeply you explored the game mechanics via various levels, it was great! Seeing ghosts of my previous self reminded me of Super Meat Boy, but ghosts actually did something in this game. I think this is very impressive and if I were you, I would could think about making a full game out of this afterwards. :)
Cute. I think the platforming controls could've been less floaty and the game felt like a lot of waiting for ten seconds but overall it was fun.
Awesome game, it's got me thinking!!! chek out me jam game!
Really nice! The level design is so good! So clever ideas and it's really rewarding and hooking to find out the solution! Art is really nice and cute! A really fitting game for the theme! The difficulty scaled really nicely! Thank you fro making this!
Nice game. Good graphic with well designed puzzles. We all know this is a impressive game.I think I just ignore the good part here and comment some issues since I'm also doing puzzle designs. I fully understand the issues below are also inside my game or even worse in my game. 1. The starting few levels are fine. Since the logic only need to think one more round. However when level becomes >two rounds, after player failed, they need to memorise and reproduce the whole flow again which can cause frasturation. Especially when there exist a complex logic in round one to memorise or a difficult action in round one. 2. The time points memorization design also hard for player to complete. Like in level 8 and 9, player need to memorize the exact time point what will be triggered and it's not only one point but multiple points within one round. A possible solution for this might be add a time line UI with all events indicated to support the memorization.
I know it's hard to balance the diffifuly with the player experience in a puzzle game. Sometimes you just wanna design a more complex level but natually become a frustrated level.
Thanks for rating my game. My discord is Heart#3843 I'm willing to discuss with you/your team members about the game design.
Love the graphics!!!
Wow. great graphic, and great idea with 3+ lvl mechanic
Nice challenging game! Enjoyed playing it! (:
Interesting mechanic & nice touch with the shadowed player! Great job :)
Really love the puzzles. You were able to make quite a few which is also nice. Really good music and sfx. Overall I had a lot of fun playing it.
@amarokczukay Haha！as the level designer，I am so happy that you like it！
@nash thank you for the advices! in order to improve the gameplay,we are planning to add following features: 1. a fast forward button so that you dont have to wait for a whole 10 secs 2. a "just rewind this round" function where you don't have to repeat the entire level all over for just a small mistake once again, thank you for your feed back!
@dzejpi I love super meat boy too！we are currently focusing on the jam first，maybe there will be some further development plan later？who knows？
@ruruie We are working on the fast forward function so that you dont have to wait for a whole round！thank you for letting us know that！
@motti I will！your game is great too！
@alks wow！thank you so much！we will keep working on it to make this a better game！
@eager 只重置单次和时间点标记的功能已经在做了！感谢大佬细致入微的评价！对我们有很大帮助！也祝大佬取得佳绩！
@ginxel I will shows this to our artist and he will be so happy to see it！
@fedir As the level designer， thank you！
@msplanlos we will keep adjust the difficulty curve so that you will have better gameplay！
@cal ^_^ thanks！
@chrisdedev We have a good team dedicated on this！thank you and will keep working on this！
Good platformer! Clever used of the theme, and solid puzzle mechanics.
Only issue i can see with it, is that the limited time of 10 seconds, makes it so that the execution on some levels (specifically the ones that require multiple "cycles") needs to be constantly flawless, which can get a bit frustrating (the first level where you have to press 2 buttons, instead of 1, specifically felt very hard for me).
That said, it's a cool game!
@actuallythemoon
thank you！ we are working on this to make the learning curve more smooth！your game is also very cool！
Clever game design around the theme. I had fun.
很好玩的游戏
It's very nice, love the graphics and the time mechanic is well done.
The 'only having two clones' aspect is an interesting twist on the way this type of game works. That said, I wish that if you died it wouldn't record your clone, since it's very possible to die and lose your clone that was the result of several previous actions, and then you have to go through everything again, which is very tedious, and it happens often on some levels since they sometimes demand very precise synchronization with your ghost.
Other than that, though, this is a quite solid entry! Love the feeling of it and the level design is often quite clever with how it interacts with the ghost/character -- I like how it often takes more than two ghosts to make it through the level and you have to think about how not to block yourself off in the future when the ghost disappears.
Nice puzzle platformer. Good puzzle designs and a catchy music. Some of the levels have this difficulty with timing when you are on a timer and it makes it rough.
The visuals quite good. At first, I thought the yellow railings in the first level were waypoints or something.. :D
Well done!
@makhan happy to hear that！
@onlyxinxin 谢谢！能喜欢我们的游戏真的太好了！
@cassowary soon we will add function where you can just reset current loop only！thank you for the feedback！
@coderaurus we will adjust the difficulty to make it curve more smoothly！
Good level design, well done!
very difficult, but no less interesting
@cassowary It's a good suggestion! Actually, we are also discussing about how to decrease players' frustration when they died or made mistakes in the second round. Thanks for your feedback!
nice idea with the ghost to also solve puzzles. Some of those levels were frustrating though. I really liked the first time i realized i needed to use the ghost to solve puzzles. If you could reproduce that euricka moment and use that for puzzles instead of making the frustrating timing ones it would appeal to a larger audience.
level design is good, some level is harder then expected but it is a fun experience!
not bad. i like the mechanics,d that you have to notice how you move and plan ahead. very nice mechanics. keep up the good work
Interesting game, great art~
Cool puzzle mechanic that plays well with the theme, it doesnt fully make sense with the art but still enjoyed trying to time the puzzles
@rayriver @yurain33 @clonze @coolgunxdd @keip @truevacuum @spacefudge thank you all for the feedback!we will keep improving our gameplay!
Very clever puzzle game! Loved the transitions and general style of the game. Using only the last playthrough for the puzzles made it way more challenging than expected. Overall a solid entry, congrats!!
cool game
@resacagames thank you！
Really great take on the theme, multiple timelines is a fun puzzle mechanic. I could do without the super repetitive music if I'm honest, but I do think the art style works nicely. A very smart design, and great entry overall.
@pat-cleaver thank you！
Cool game! The first stage where I had to use the ghost of myself to get through the door was very inventive but it took me way too long to figure out that was what I was supposed to be doing. Otherwise great use of theme and it looked great
great game and nice idea
@k-s-raj @simplepotential
thank you！
Very well done! I love the mechanic, even though it has been done before. The fact that you only have your last run does add an interesting twist that leads to more puzzle solving and less brute forcing. Great job!
Nice little game. I liked the mechanics and sound.
Great use of the theme! The concept reminds me of that one world in Braid. The level design is well thought out but sometimes it's a bit frustrating to have to redo the setup if you fail. It's a hard design problem how to solve it though as adding anything would instantly take away the intuitiveness of the system. The art is very nice as well, all around well rounded entry!
@kleinzach @henrik-ganard @bqq
thank you for playing! we will soon add a "reset current loop" function so that It will be less frustrating at some harder stage！
已玩！但不好意思我只玩到三个平台来回开关的关卡，因为这关实在是太难了，所以我放弃了，不知道这是不是最后一关之类的:( 游戏还是很强的，很完整！关卡美术音效三位一体，没有掉线。 （但，如果你在赛后调整过游戏内容，尤其是增减关卡，操作手感这些很重要的内容改动，最好是留一个原始版本的链接，否则未免有不公平之嫌（
B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l pixels, super cool animations, a nice idea, five stars. :star: The character and the buttons are floating one pixel to high, but hey... a real funny game.
@golin 感谢游玩！谢谢你喜欢我们的游戏！
@chillertyp thank you！we will fix that soon！happy to see that you enjoyed the game
@golin 我们已经将在2022/10/4 06:00(UTC+8)之前完成的游戏内容单独打包为了PC下载包，并在介绍页作出了相应说明，感谢你的反馈！
The sound, graphics, post effects, fonts, etc. of this game all go well together, so it feels like a very well-polished game. This game amazed me to mix shadow play with themes every 10 seconds like this.
It's a pity that it has only 10 levels, but actually, I couldn't clear level 10.
At times it felt like the laws of physics were behaving strangely. However, I don't know if that's the problem with this game or if I just don't understand the laws of physics in this game.
I wondered if it could be more fun if my character could die if he got caught when the door was closed.
@benthetwoofus
thank you for playing !
for lv 10 you can follow the green route by pressing the button marked by the green box.
or you can press the red route by pressing the button marked by the red box
I hope that will helphsdsg.JPG
One of the best game I've played in LD 51. I enjoyed a lot. The grapics are on point and music/ sound effects are great too. What really stands out to me is the mechanics and level designs. 10/10 Well done guys!
@daivyishere
thank you！so happy to hear that as the level designer！
不得不说，跳跃的横向距离真的，太短了。 有些关卡要等太久还有一些失败后要从第一步走起的惩罚可能有些让人灰心？ 但就算这么说 这游戏还是屌爆了 关卡设计非常棒，美术同样非常棒 深刻感受到了是个国人都比我强w
@haotian-chen 我们这边正在加一个“只重置本轮进度“的功能，加完之后就可以直接从当前轮回开始而不需要一切重来了
像素风的画面很不错，不过玩到有三个平台需要转换的那关我卡住了，，，LD很经典的玩法，非常好的游戏！！！
This was so cool! I'd love to see more levels for sure~ :3
@crotonyl-alcohol
那个需要一些timing，我一般是在第7秒和第4秒跳过两个板子
@rincs
We are working hard to bring more content in our next update！thank you for playing！your game is awesome too！
@crotonyl-alcohol
那个需要一些timing，我一般是在第7秒和第4秒跳过两个板子
@rincs We are working hard to bring more content in our next update！thank you for playing！your game is awesome too！
Cool game, novel idea.
This game was really fun!
@dodgergram @fort
thank you for playing！
Great game, very polished and compelling to play! If you're working on more content, I'd try to invest in level design to try to come up with more interesting ways of interacting with the clone, other than just pressing buttons (e.g., having more than one clone, using them to block projectiles, being able to physically interact with them, for instance to jump higher, ...).
@tommy
good suggestion! we will try to add those functions in our next update!
The game plays really good, at first I didnt like the floaty movement but after getting used to it it clicked. The levels are clever and introduced mechanics dont feel rushed. The difficulty is also on a good spot (for me :D )
@mikouaji
thank you so much!
牛逼啊做的！真的爱了。
@commanderzzx
多谢！你的作品也很厉害！
Super polished game, nice work! A restart level button would be a nice addition.
@matt-ravenhall
there is a restart button！you can press x to start the level！
Nice puzzle levels, I like how the difficulty curve was pretty moderate and helped me understand the mechanics of the game, making it more and more challenging with each level. Though it was just a little bit boring to wait out the rest of the 10 seconds whenever you needed to traverse a path for your ghost. But hey, it was the theme of the jam, so nothing to do 'bout it. Overall, good job!
This is great! Nice touch with a bomb and I love using ghosts to open doors.
The game idea feat really well the theme ! Congrats !
@danial-jumagaliyev
we already add a ”reset current loop“ function into the game by pressing X. thank you for enjoy the game!
@evgenimp @vhalenn
and thank you for playing!
看来这评分都挺诡异的 哈哈 并不是人越多越好