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im-not-a-robot 2023-10-03 12:58

Got stunlocked and crushed on my first run ... but I got revenge!

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Here's some gameplay footage of me playing (badly):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVhW59m_qVs

I had fun on this one, it reminded me of a game I used to play as a child called Icy Tower :) Took me a while to figure out that you can smash blocks when you have enough power. That's a really cool feature.

The graphics and music were nice. I like the "bonk" sound when you get hit on the head with a block, hehe. The bats were too mean tho :(

Not quite sure if there is a grace period after you leave a platform, when you can still jump, but I feel like there isn't and it would probably help the gameplay quite a lot. I think it's sometimes called "Coyote Time", because of Wiley Coyote hovering in the air over a cliff? Anyways, if there is a grace period, I'm sorry.

Overall I really enjoyed playing this game and it is something I can see myself coming back to. Really nice effort on this jam - I hope you had a great time, too. Maybe give my game a try, if you like.

locke8 2023-10-03 13:15

This is an amazing platforming game, the controls feel really good, jumping off of falling blocks is really fun, at some point you discover that you can just break blocks by going up really fast and that's also really fun, and it allows you to keep going when there's lots of blocks. I managed to get a score of 2943 before getting crushed, and i had quite a lot of fun trying to keep up with the blocks and the enemies. Overall its a really good entry.

alfred-clark 2023-10-03 15:28

@im-not-a-robot Thank you for the comment and video! Those gosh darn bats. I do have coyote-time implemented for both wall jumping and regular jump, yeah, but an extra 0.05s would have probably been an improvement!

alfred-clark 2023-10-03 15:30

@locke8 Thank you so much for the comment! That's a great score! Yeah the block breaking wasn't in until a few hours before the deadline, I'm glad it all came together :sweat_smile:

bigal 2023-10-03 16:07

Getting multiple combos off falling blocks felt great especially with the speed up, and the artstyle is clean and reminded me of snes megaman, well done

eggtillius 2023-10-03 19:58

its smooth and really fun, great job with the physics !!!!! the sounds the guy makes made me laugh and when i died it was hilarious the way i just died to a bird

jason-lothamer 2023-10-03 20:53

Could have used some instructions, but this game was quite fun just going for it! I liked the art and the funny sound the guy made when jumping. There's just one problem. That darn bird! A bb gun power up would be usefull :)

sheepolution 2023-10-03 23:27

2071! Really fun! It played really *well*.

lincolnsalles 2023-10-04 03:42

I'm too lazy to download games to play, I prefer HTML5 directly in the browser, but come on. Initially the bird frustrated me, but I soon learned to deal with it. Things got really interesting when I discovered that I could jump off walls and push off, then it really became a lot of fun. A good lesson on how to make a fun and simple game. The highlight here for me is the fun. The graphics I found to be average. The theme I didn't think suited it so well, although the space wasn't huge, I didn't think it was limited enough. The music is normal and fits. Highlight for fun.

corporation 2023-10-04 17:47

Nice little polished game) pretty simple gameplay, but done well. Kinda fits the theme. Sounds were really out of place for this type of graphics, but in a Game Jam context that was funny and understandable) Controls were a bit hard to get used to, mostly because of high horisontal momentum after wall jumping and low frequency, like I was on ice. Well done, I think the game is fun)

ldkuba 2023-10-05 11:49

Really nice, challenging game. I didn't manage to reach very high but that's a skill issue for sure! I like the graphics a lot, the animation feel very smooth and character controls are responsive. PS. I hate the seagulls xD

rossk 2023-10-05 17:25

I liked the graphics and sound, and being able to break the block after I *thought* I was trapped was very satisfying. Nice game!

chispalbc 2023-10-06 00:00

The game itself is really fun but at the same time really frustrating haha. Jumping and dying because of a bird offscreen is cruel... but that could be fixed with a little indicator. I'm getting some nitrome vibes maybe? anyways, good job ??

3mpty 2023-10-06 08:32

5878 is my best score.

The game gets much more interesting later on when blocks start coming faster, but the early game is frankly miserable, avoiding bats is basically pure luck and missing a platform drops you down way too far.

Falling a significant distance is also extremely irritating as the character fully goes off screen becoming essentially uncontrollable.

Once you get past about halfway the pace picks up enough that I'm able to combo through blocks and go a bit faster, but at that point mashing space becomes pretty optimal strategy which is also a problem, but at least it's pretty fun at that point.

I think more air control, more blocks earlier on, removing the birds entirely and tweaking the player movement/block sizes to make platforming feel more solid (i found myself constantly missing jumps by tiny amounts or bonking my head and losing all my progress)

Overall the concept is pretty neat and the visuals + sounds work nicely, but the frustrating early game sections make it harder to appreciate them.

6len 2023-10-06 13:39

I really enjoyed the game and the graphic direction.

It starts off slow, I was about to review before I seen other comments talking about there high score. I gave it another couple of shots until I got in to the groove and it gets much more fun when more blocks start coming in.

Great little game and feels quite polished.

chusmimax 2023-10-06 14:13

score: 3608

There is no top even if there is a progress bar on the left, I've been betrayed... Still, very fun

dsfan 2023-10-09 06:21

Enjoyed the game, was fun to play. The combos are so satisfying, sometimes you just spam jump and watch :smile:

victor-perotto-pioner 2023-10-11 01:55

I liked the idea when you jump several times you destroy the blocks, it saved me from getting stuck several times, very fun game! Ps. (The combos are so satisfying)

blueman 2023-10-20 08:31

a fun and satisfying game to play. I also appreciated the gamepad controls, nicely done :smiley: