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Free Him

By rena

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall8843.1923
Fun6493.3323
Innovation11012.3421
Theme10062.8722
Graphics7263.3323

Comments

posshydra 2023-10-03 02:45

fun movement, took a minute to get used to the auto wall jump. i liked collecting the cute little salmon

adam-gallina 2023-10-03 03:18

Nice job! The movement feels nice and snappy, and the art looks pretty good - congrats on your first game!

rena 2023-10-03 03:48

@adam-gallina cheers! 😄 hope to make more in the future

rena 2023-10-03 03:50

@posshydra haha thank you! in retrospect I probably spent too much time on the salmon tbh. messed around with the wall jump for a while so that's understandable

bogotolec 2023-10-03 14:13

Good job! Although it is possible to escape quickly, it is challenging enough to collect all fishes:)

jcmonkey 2023-10-03 15:13

found a bug where i get to the end, and it says escaped iceberg, but im still there. not sure if theres a second level or not. its a cute little penguin though!

dzejpi 2023-10-03 15:48

Pleasant graphics, and great movement! I can get to the end very quickly; is that intentional? Otherwise, cute little game. :)

rena 2023-10-04 01:19

@bogotolec haha yea I realized that shortly before I submitted it. There's definitely a sneaky way to exit right from the top of the iceberg :spy:

rena 2023-10-04 01:21

@jcmonkey yea :') unfortunately I ran out of time to implement the end of the game, and so I also didn't have time for more levels. I would like to complete it though. Thanks for playing!

rena 2023-10-04 01:22

@dzejpi thanks for the review! Yea I enjoyed messing around with the physics. The easy exit, if you're talking about leaving the iceberg from the top, was definitely not intentional 😂 cheers!

mina 2023-10-04 02:46

This is lovely! The penguin is SOO cute and the movement and animations feel super smooth. The jumping and wall-jumping physics are really nice too. In my opinion, the most important part of platformers (and the hardest to get right) is the movement and you did great on that! Good job :smile:

nuin 2023-10-04 04:23

the movement feels very good, nice job :)

darzu 2023-10-04 05:05

"Pinguins probably experience limited space all the time" is a great line lol, should have opted into humor. I reached the end pretty fast and wasn't sure if there was anything next. Nice game!

wook 2023-10-04 05:26

The movement really surprised me! it was so moving the lil penguin around and the walljumping once I got used to it also felt really well made! good job on this one :penguin: :penguin:

anciententity 2023-10-04 23:43

Movement felt pretty good, my only complaint is that the snow looks too similar to the 'spikes', besides that congratulations on the game!

rena 2023-10-05 02:36

@mina thank you so much! yea I'm happy with the movement as well, it was super fun to get that working. appreciate you playing and reviewing my game!

rena 2023-10-05 02:37

@nuin Thank you sm for playing! :)

rena 2023-10-05 02:41

@darzu hahaha gotta have a hook in the description, ya know? No unfortunately, I just didn't have time to redesign the level better to make it more challenging :')

rena 2023-10-05 02:43

thank you sm @wook !! I'm glad you thought it was fun to play even though it's not fully finished! Ty for freeing Slippy 🐧

rena 2023-10-05 02:45

@anciententity that's actually a good point. It's probably better to make the spikes look more threatening than harmless snow. Thanks for the congrats!! :)

terminalgoat 2023-10-05 09:37

Lovely game, cute looking art and the basic movement felt pretty satisfying. Yeah the salmon sprite is just a black square while i'm running on Firefox but overall nice entry for the jam you got there! Pretty well done by just one person.

mncc8337 2023-10-05 12:19

very smooth movement, really appreciate it. i love the rotating fish lol. overall nice game although it's your first game

matootsy 2023-10-05 13:06

I like the fact that the level is an iceberg. Cute graphics. I really enjoyed the mood, the simplicity and the clarity of the pixel art. The penguin is cute and the movement is a bit tough but respond well. You already wrote the todo list of the things that you have to add to make it a real polished game. I wish you all the best for that. I am sure you can make a cute game.

evil23 2023-10-05 14:59

Nice game! The movement was well made. The level could have been a little bit bigger but considering the limited time frame, it is enough.

aurailus 2023-10-18 19:31

Nice game! The physics feel snappy, the penguin pixel art is adorable, and the wall jumping feels really solid. I was surprised when I realized I didn't have to jump to wall-jump, but I think it's actually a good control scheme, maybe it shouldn't fire when you're grounded, though. Collecting all of the salmon was fun, I like how you get to see an overview of the whole level before you start. I had a lot of fun playing! Great job!

lincolnsalles 2023-10-19 08:45

It would be cool to add a button to the entire itch.io screen. It takes a long time to load. Well harmonized graphics. When the escaped iceberg message appears, I can't go back or climb, is this the end?