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ManaFest

By johnnysix

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall5823.5633
Fun7423.2933
Innovation6923.2533
Theme4143.8833
Graphics3624.0033
Audio3283.6332
Humor5543.0530
Mood6803.4632

Comments

shasaur 2024-04-16 01:42

Hey! It looks nice! Though I can't get past the level with the white cat platform. I can spawn the first one fine, but not the second one. Is there something I am doing wrong?

johnnysix 2024-04-16 02:07

@shasaur - ah I added a video on how to play , I realise it's not that obvious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FcNmEnIiVs

shasaur 2024-04-16 02:14

Ooh I had to be high up in the air, got it, thanks :)

storeyware 2024-04-16 03:02

Heya. Nice work. Love the animations.

klemen 2024-04-17 20:44

I love the start animation its amazing, the gameplay is a little bit less creative but still enjoyable, nice one good job

xanagear 2024-04-17 20:45

Main menu animation gives me life and hope for humanity.

Mechanics are fun and straightforward, I had fun!

lobbienjonsjii 2024-04-17 21:00

Love that grumpy little cat magician.

antonion 2024-04-17 21:01

Good game! Nice visual and sound! By the way, the idea of mechanics is very similar to ours)

konstantinreed 2024-04-18 09:48

Nicely animated main character and good level design in such tight deadlines! Good job. Looking forward to playing new content in the future.

usenrame 2024-04-18 23:40

it's very nice that's it works on mobile device! and I'm really love 3d cat at the beginning

breakfastgun 2024-04-19 00:45

Fun puzzles! It gets confusing when I can and can't spawn the platforms. But the animations and sound and music were all very nice.

lisek-gagatek 2024-04-19 00:59

The game is pretty cool. The graphics and animations look really nice and cute. I had a problem with spawning platforms, very often it was confusing when I can spawn them or can't. It seems as if it works in pre-defined spots only (?). If that's so, it would be nice if those spots could be seen by the player somehow.

yellow 2024-04-19 01:49

Short and powerful! This design reminds me of the childhood game "Hi No Tori Houou Hen Gaou No Bouken"! Well done!

player04 2024-04-19 02:52

I like it. consistent art, nice sounds, cool gameplay mechanic. I had a lot of fun playing. I wanted a bit more freedom just to keep exploring. nice work overall!

digital-bacon 2024-04-20 06:28

Cute game with some interesting ideas. Good work!

unrealkazu 2024-04-20 08:00

Great graphics! The cat looks awesome, and it really has some character through the lovely animations. The gameplay idea is interesting. I got stuck on the (I think) fourth level. Spawning blocks is a bit tricky; it looks like you can always stack-spawn on the left-hand side of the totem, but not on the right-hand side?

Anyway, great entry, and very impressive for a solo dev. Great work!

garywiss 2024-04-20 10:46

Love the main catracter, it's a good puzzle game with interesting concepts. Good job !

lintfordpickle 2024-04-21 19:22

I loved the game, although I did get stuck on about the 4th level, I couldn't figure out where to go next. The style of graphics are quickly becoming recognizable in the jams as jonnysix games (in a good way) - I love the divering effects. The music was also surprisingly varied and fit the game really well. The music reminded my of PP-Hammer on the Amiga 500. There were a few small things. 1 bug was I left full screen during the game and couldn't get back into full-screen. I also think it would be 'better' if the totems showed a range of influence, sometimes I was a few pixels out and couldn't place any more free blocks. It also wasn't clear why or where I could summon the cats - I just walked around until I saw the grey outline mostly. A solid entry

johnnysix 2024-04-22 19:55

Thanks for all the comments! I might have a day or two to post a post-jam version with some fixes, I really wanted to get the Water / Fire Cats working too, and have a more satisfying/obvious way to summon the block cats. :cat:

stlobster 2024-04-25 08:53

Love that pixel graphic and animation! nice work!)

fabonacci 2024-04-25 09:55

It's a bit frustating, that i can block myself so often, event if blocks are only available on certains part of the map. I had to restart level 2 a lot to succeed, it was hard for me to put blocks where i wanted. Otherwise i like the idea and the music. Nice entry

mibi88 2024-04-25 16:50

It's really cool that it works on mobile! The sound is good, the graphics also, it's a good game.

smidgens 2024-04-26 12:34

Lovely entry! The art and animations are particularly great (the landing one is adorable). The gameplay is really fun too. My only complaint is that at certain points it feels like I'm only allowed to spawn blocks when it makes sense, rather than allowing me to fail. For example on the second level when you're supposed to spawn pillars and then a moving platform to cross a gap, I thought I was either doing something wrong or had discovered a bug when I couldn't spawn a platform before I stacked the pillars up to the proper height. If I recall, the camera didn't pan all the way across the gap so I couldn't see how high I needed to be. I think I would prefer full freedom to fail horribly and learn that way.

Really strong entry all in all. The fact that you went the extra mile to have the game work on mobile is incredible.

charl-v 2024-05-03 20:18

Cool game. Thanks for making!