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dhavavamba 2023-10-02 18:00

It is very cute and graceful. Maybe frustrating because of the millimeter jumps and I don't understand what the claws are for!

zerbu 2023-10-02 18:04

@dhavavamba Koyote Time was supposed to help with the jumps, but it must not have been enough. The claws are for defeating the slimes that appear in the later levels.

brainles-etertainment 2023-10-02 19:28

Windows-only :cry:

zerbu 2023-10-02 19:35

@brainles etertainment I'll see if I can get Mac/Linux builds out, but since I don't have anything to test them on, I'll just be tossing them into the wild and hoping it works out.

zerbu 2023-10-02 19:42

@brainles-etertainment Sorry, cross-compiling to Mac isn't possible from Windows :( it may be possible to cross-compile to Linux, but that would require extra work which is beyond the scope of a Game Jam game.

thebmxeur 2023-10-02 21:05

Why is the character looking at me like that all the time ? Why are they running backward ? Wait... they might have a second face that I don't see...

There are a few things that could be improved in my opinion: - Make the character lower on the screen and smaller, so we can see what's ahead; - Add a shadow under the character so that we know where we'll be landing; - Orient the camera toward where we need to go when we start a level (some times the camera was facing the wrong direction); - Leave enough space so that the camera doesn't go closer to the character in thigh areas; - What was the point of going to the previous level when we die (maybe it's a left over of some idea, but currently it is mostly annoying) ? - The use of items could be made easier: Have the claw always on left click. And just use an item by pressing 1, 2 or 3. - Move the exit button somewhere else than next to the retry button, and with a confirm message (see the next paragraph).

The jumps on the tiny blocks were frustrating in my opinion, especially because if you miss one, you're likely to die and go back one level. I got to the second set of tiny block (after the level where you need to use the jump higher item) and I tried it several times until I clicked on Exit by accident. I didn't feel like redoing all the levels so I didn't finish the game.

Figuring out how to use the claw took me some time, and I think the game would have been better without combat, health or item. Health seemed pretty irrelevant and "combats" were not interesting. If the enemy would kill us in 1 hit, the game could have been only about movements and speed. The only combat (that I saw) that had a purpose was to get the jump potion, and that could have been a pick up on the floor instead (the first time I killed the enemy, I didn't saw I got a potion), or a special jumping block on the floor (removing the need for items).

All that seems easy in hindsight, but I know it's not obvious while doing the jam (or just not what you wanted to do).

Keep it up !

tkap1 2023-10-03 04:54

R to restart would be nice. Also going to the previous level after failing is a little bit rough for a jam I would say

ellaris 2023-10-03 12:04

- Interesting, I laughed when I saw the character and it's movement the first time. - The character was in the way a lot making it hard to see where you are going, especially on the closed in levels where the camera could go wild. - I think showing the claw animation even when there are no smiles would be good, because I tried several things and seemed like they didn't work. - I think re-spawning on the previous level is not necessary, just re-spawn at the beginning of current level (which the game sometimes did anyway)

eryph 2023-10-03 13:23

Previous comments sum it up : character should be smaller, and respawning on the previous level seems weird and frustrating.

A lot of levels were not that interesting, just moving forward (or, vile sinner you are, a leap of faith !!) with no challenge. I think you should have focused more on the core experience of a platformer game than quantity of feature (combat / items / health) which are not theme related and not really relevant imo. Do less, do better, as.. i don't know who said.

Also, i have 3 screens, and the mouse is going away of the game window, making it sometimes hard to hit enemies :/

Pretty grim comment, focused on negatives, i'm sorry, but GG anyway ! Some levels were really great !

kepsert 2023-10-03 15:17

"Have a nice day" laughed at that one haha

Controls were smooth, but the way the character controlled felt a bit hard especially on the smaller blocks. This is not a big issue, and could be a skill issue instead (something I'd get used to) but I wasn't exactly motivated to keep grinding to get better at it cause it put me back a level everytime. I loved the aesthetics of the game, nicely done! The general gameplay concept was also very enjoyable.

Thanks for your submission!

krassenstein 2023-10-03 19:26

Thanks for letting me play this on stream, it was awesome!

Here's the VOD with Timestamps so you can click to your gameplay! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NVsG7UOyfw

m-kusy 2023-10-10 21:18

I'd buy a marketable plushie of this guy. Fun game, I'm a sucker for platformers. Not a fan of some choices, like respawning on the previous level instead of the current one, but it was fun enough not to quit out of frustration!

Neat entry!

dan-str 2023-10-17 20:25

This game really caught my attention. I liked it a lot, and the concept is fantastic