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Tara

By sbeif and Amedea

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall364.2449
Fun134.3549
Innovation1343.8549
Theme7843.3549
Graphics3363.9749
Audio2673.6649
Humor2273.6146
Mood3383.7748

Comments

munchie-games 2024-10-08 09:06

Love the art, animations are smooth, and fun gameplay. Love the cloning concept. Enjoyed my play, thank you!

hlebnay-kroshka 2024-10-08 09:10

ooow i love this game. Really cute art, and cool mechanic. Greate job!!!!

akacooh 2024-10-08 09:50

Cute visuals and interesting mechanic. LD embedded doesn't work for me, had same problem with my game. It is probably better to leave only itch.io

sbeif 2024-10-08 10:27

Thanks everyone :)

@akacooh Yeah I just removed it, yesterday I left it hoping that it didn't work only because the website was overloaded but apparently not. Thanks for the suggestion

occamslaser 2024-10-08 11:57

Like the others said, this is a really good execution of a puzzle platformer. If you ever wanted to make a game for the NES or Gameboy, this could make a really good homebrew for one of those.

I do think I might have softlocked myself about 10 or so levels in, when one of the Taras fell into the deep pit on the right, unless I'm missing something. A reset-level button would be nice if that's a 'loss'.

sbeif 2024-10-08 12:05

@occamslaser Yeah that is a loss, pressing "R" resets the level. Unfortunately I thought I was clever by activating the "Press R to restart" text in level 2 or so only when you fall into the pit, but if you don't fall there, you may never know :(

occamslaser 2024-10-08 12:09

@sbeif ah, I didn't lose there, and I didn't see it in the instructions, so I assumed it wasn't there. I should have tried it though!

escias 2024-10-08 22:30

love this type of game, platform with reflection

pious 2024-10-09 02:45

Extremely cute game, I loved the idea of kicking to stun, level design was brilliant, I've seen games like this before but never with this degree of design. Amazing and reminds me of 4 swords. Great job!!

mavvy 2024-10-09 03:02

This is a game where I saw the cover, and just knew I was going to love this. It's very cute and has a couple of clever, pretty funny mechanics where you can kick yourself around and jump off of your head. I found Tara to be very fun. :smile:

ghettobastler 2024-10-09 12:10

Screenshot 2024-10-09 at 14-04-47 Tara by Fabio Marocchi.png

Great game. The main idea is clever and very well implemented, and the difficulty curve is just right. The art and animations are very lovely, and the color scheme and music gives a very retro vibe to the whole game. Love it!

velvetlobster 2024-10-09 12:15

I used to adore these little creatures in this style of art.

The puzzles are quite engaging, particularly as you start incorporating more than just two little pink haired "critters".

I believe there's a lot of potential to expand this game and create countless puzzle scenarios using these mechanics of kicking and jumping.

julienlussiez 2024-10-09 13:04

Very clever puzzles. You've got some good ideas. I thought during a different game jam about something similar with creatures on top of each other but I didn't have the idea to stuck them and it brings a lot of puzzling. Nice job! Art is also good.

ecaterina 2024-10-09 13:05

A charming game with an interesting concept behind its mechanics. I really like it! Well done!

neowhoru 2024-10-09 13:05

very funny game and good controls. i like this form of puzzle platforming :)

artist 2024-10-09 13:08

Good Game! I like the art and the mechanics Used!

martynas-dargis 2024-10-09 13:14

The idea is very solid. I also like how there are multiple solutions to some levels. Great work!

daviiiiiiid 2024-10-09 13:15

I wish you had more levels because I had a lot of fun. As already said the puzzles are clever. Really liked that I have to use the door as platform at the end. The first tutorial levels are well made its straightforward to understand the game. Even without adding new mechanics, just some more levels its a complete mini game that people could enjoy on Mobile if you have time.

emilija-marija 2024-10-09 13:16

This is so fun! I loved the art and music too, you did an amazing job <3

vrerabek 2024-10-09 13:22

Very nice puzzle game. I really enjoyed it even though I could not finish it. I am very impressed with how good the levels are designed and how many are there.

Graphics is nice and crips. Overall very nice game, I had fun.

Good job.

sbeif 2024-10-09 13:25

Thanks everyone for your kind words :heart:

parxer 2024-10-09 13:26

This was soo much fun, great job with the concept!

hugo-kieffer 2024-10-09 13:50

this is so cool love the art style the concept and how well the level design is, I love puzzle game in general and I was really happy to find this game, the puzzle are well balance and you could totally push this to a full game I think, good job!

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nadan 2024-10-09 14:37

This game has been recommended to me by a friend. I must say it's brilliant! The game is quite short, but everything works so well - controls, level design and clones mechanic. Beautiful craft! Can I ask how much time have you spent on coming up with this concept? Thanks!

sbeif 2024-10-09 15:10

Hi @nadan Thank you so much! I'm really glad that you and your friend liked our game :) I think it took us about a couple of hours (after reading the theme and going to sleep since the jam started i think at 1am in our time zone) to come up with the core idea, then during the whole jam we refined it and added and removed details but most of the concept was there. The level design I think took almost a full day.

amedea 2024-10-09 15:57

Thanks everyone for the nice reviews!! <3 <3

sviborg 2024-10-09 16:08

Screenshot_31.jpg Great Game!

royrosta 2024-10-09 16:14

Personal favourite so far! I like how you make kicking to stun other not only an action of appeal but also a key solution in some puzzles, so brilliant!

abdul-zakkar 2024-10-10 02:32

Satisfying game! Good length where you showed the different ways the mechanic can stretch into clever puzzles. The controls were nice and simple, this was very easy to pick up! More environmental mechanics post-jam and this could go places :)

skyystorm 2024-10-11 07:54

Cool game! Easy to control, and easy to grasp the concepts. The music and graphics were nice, and overall it was cute little game.

kitira 2024-10-11 08:31

Wow, really nice puzzle platformer! Music, graphics, puzzles - everything fits perfectly together. The puzzles are very well designed. The stunting was my favorite - great idea :)

tiberiusuciu 2024-10-11 08:51

Great art, great game mechanics! Only thing I want to say is that I think there might be bug with the game, occasionally, when I jump near the edge of the map, I get teleported back around 2 levels. It only happened twice, not quite sure what caused it, but I thought I should let you know.

Great game nevertheless :thumbsup:

sbeif 2024-10-11 10:28

@tiberiusuciu Thanks for the feedback, I've seen that a couple of times but I couldn't figure out how to reproduce it, and the amount of levels back seems to be random, I think I've seen from 0 to 3. I'll definitely look into it for future development but couldn't fix it in time for the deadline

fataljg 2024-10-11 12:23

Awesome mechanics, being able to innovate on such a known gameplay style is beyond impressive, congrats !

garys 2024-10-11 12:56

Love it!! Just my kind of game. Actually reminds me of our own game, Loop Frogs, primrily because you're controlling multiple characters and using them to traverse the level. So yeah, this is great. I don't have any criticism at all. Hope you expand on it and release a full version.

weizheng-liang 2024-10-11 13:00

Love the game mechanics and level design! Great job!

thomz12 2024-10-11 13:14

Great game! I love how you introduce the mechanics to the player slowly and challenge them accordingly. Very well done!

erasemenot 2024-10-11 13:26

Great puzzle platformer! I quite enjoyed it.

fis 2024-10-11 13:29

nice platformer and a good amount of levels - well introductions, quality graphics and quality music a little bit fiddly with controls, but thats the intended difficulty - solid entry!

damdoshi 2024-10-11 13:49

Very nice and versatile concept. Cute graphics and music. I like your game. I think this is my favorite in this jam so far. As other people said, "more levels". x)

There's so many items that could be used to extend your concept that I really wish you will go on after the jam.

dominic-graziano 2024-10-11 16:13

cute and fun. I beat it. it was a nice lil playthrough.

fusionnist 2024-10-11 19:45

Short and sweet! I really liked the graphics, and the levels all felt nice to play. Good job!

verbante 2024-10-11 20:05

Kicking your clone feels like kicking the twin brother I never had, who got and achieved everything I ever dreamed of until we fell into this claustrophobic cave with buttons and 2 weird men. Now the life outside doesn't matter anymore I just kick him so that it can weigh down the buttons, then I reach the two men and the cycle repeats. Solid game!

patbgames 2024-10-11 20:34

Very nice and cute game! ❤️❤️❤️ After all the struggles I've had with my own game, I realize how polished yours is. I'm particularly impressed by how soft (rounded) the characters and scenery pieces look while completely filling their square bounding boxes. That's talent. I've also encountered the "teleport 1 or 2 level back" 2 times, but that didn't discourage me and I finished the game. Clipboard 1.jpg

euler-moises 2024-10-14 02:33

Very cool!

I love this type of puzzle. It has its own level of challenge even though it is an easy game.

It is very well done and polished. It is like a Game Jam game should be: objective and delightful.

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magopian 2024-10-14 09:45

Wow so cool! Very clever mechanics, excellent level design with a nicely ramping up difficulty, which challenges you, but doesn't frustrate you or block you! Very impressive, congratulations!

captandrey 2024-10-15 19:14

Fun characters and solid puzzles make this one a good time. The level design keeps you on your toes, and while it’s not the most innovative game out there, it’s still a lot of fun to play. The visuals are so polished!. A well-rounded experience, thanks!

ava-skoog 2024-10-20 12:29

Really good and polished puzzler! Nice consistent art style with neat characters and fitting music, and great use of just a few mechanics to make a bunch of puzzles that I enjoyed a lot. Didn't solve them immediately but also didn't get stuck on them for ages. :) Not a whole lot to criticise really… There weren't any bugs or rough edges IMO. I think you did amazing!