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Deepdiving

By keeta

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1673.9033
Fun1223.8833
Innovation3103.4632
Theme2783.9333
Graphics4113.7133
Audio2373.6531
Humor5482.5329
Mood4443.5532

Comments

prepe 2025-04-08 17:03

The difficulty is a bit high, but otherwhise a realy nice game.

timelost 2025-04-08 17:32

The level design is great. It looks like the game was inspired by Celeste in game mechanics. The sounds and music are excellent. The difficulty is a bit high. The dash was a bit confusing about when it refreshed midair without the collecting a dash refill. Overall it is very fun to play.

whole-garbage-sale 2025-04-08 18:43

Really fun and challenging platformer! Gliding does feel a bit strange sometimes but i overall really like it

ruslana 2025-04-09 01:49

Looks stylish, music and sounds are pleasant and it has difficulty progression. Well done!

batthecat 2025-04-09 03:27

congratulations, as a Celeste fan, I had a lot of fun with your game... Some parts are a little difficult at the beginning, maybe there should be a better difficulty progression to better understand the game at the beginning... but still, I really liked the controls and the level design

chybby 2025-04-09 04:56

This was actually really fun! Thank you for the generous checkpoints :)

oliver-day 2025-04-09 06:00

I liked the music and art even tough the textures felt a bit too consistent. It usually took me a few tries to get through a section so I was grateful for all the checkpoints.

Couldn't get past the dash section though.

milq 2025-04-09 09:05

What a great game! I honestly loved it. The way the mechanics interact with each other and how they tie into the theme is really impressive. If I had to suggest one thing, it would be to slightly adjust the difficulty curve. For instance, at the first red barrier where I have access to the dash, there's a noticeable spike in difficulty, it requires gliding, dashing, and gliding again to reach the wall. That section feels like quite a jump compared to what came before, but of course, that's just my personal opinion. That said, I just want to congratulate you, amazing work, truly a great game!

jacky-san 2025-04-09 17:40

For a first shot, it is a pretty nice game ! Congratz !

deadcode 2025-04-09 17:41

Awesome game and it's quite challenging. Very fun I have to say and the gliding feels super smooth. However the dashing feels a bit weird and the character seems to sometimes dash in the wrong direction. Overall all though I really enjoyed and this is a great entry!

octartis 2025-04-09 17:49

Very fun game, a bit harsh on difficulty but not too much, it gives a fun challenge.

mathstr0fficial 2025-04-09 18:17

This was super impressive! Controls were delightful, though being able to use a controller would go a long way. I could absolutely see this as a full length game if you kept working on it! Here's my full playthrough:

https://youtu.be/u0wiUWCQAxg

keeta 2025-04-09 19:39

@mathstr0fficial I loved watching your playthrough! Thanks so much, lots of great feedback. Apologies for the hand cramps!

timo5034 2025-04-09 22:57

Really fun, although it's a bit beyond my skill level :D

doppler-affect 2025-04-09 23:20

I love the art style - pixel games have a special place in my heart lol. Mad impressed that this is your first GJ submission - great job!

heretic 2025-04-09 23:38

Снимок экрана 2025-04-10 013356.png implemented very cool! like a real experience of playing i wanna be the boshy, only for game journalists, i like very much the realization, and the minimalism of the execution, coolly made indication of the cloak, only thing i would like some cooler music, i while playing put myself in the background all kinds of different music, it improved the game well

matthewdrake 2025-04-10 13:42

Really cool! I'm unfortunately pretty bad at these games so I didn't get past the tutorial (couldn't quite turn fast enough for the dash tutorial) but I enjoyed what I got to play. Controls felt good, nice graphics, solid idea and setting for the theme too.

loveapplegames 2025-04-11 20:22

Good looking, challenging, and polished looking game. I enjoyed navigating the obstacle course. It can be rather difficult and frustrating at times though. I did not quite seem in control of the dash direction, which was the most frustrating. But otherwise congrats on a good game!

ruruie 2025-04-12 12:44

When I saw "SHIFT wasn't working" I immediately thought "Oh, they're using Godot like we are." Know you are in good(?) company on that one.

I can appreciate the good design without being able to play it. The close restart points were good (I've complained about far respawns a couple times this LD.)

I cannot figure out how to make it past the DASH part of the tutorial though.

duckmaniac 2025-04-12 12:46

Nice character controller, animations, enjoyed playing! After the moment where you have to break the crystal dash down I came across a spike in difficulty for myself and couldn't go any further, wanted to play more :)

mireyu 2025-04-12 13:47

Nice game and great introduction into the implemented mechanics. It would shine with more levels and game controller support (and maybe a death counter?).

mateusboga 2025-04-13 21:52

Couldn't make it through level 2, but that's just a skill issue I think. Very simple but well made game, and it's great work for a first time participation! I did get frustrated over the fact you have to press and hold spacebar everytime you jump off of a wall, would have preffered if you kept gliding regardless, as long as spacebar is being held. Great work!

keeta 2025-04-14 03:59

@mateusboga Thanks for the feedback! If you're holding space, it will put you into a glide automatically when you jump off a wall (by pressing the opposite direction). If you reach the bottom of the wall though, you'll just go into a normal fall regardless of what you're holding. I'm fixing that for the next version of the game. I think that is the case you're referring to at least.

clymm 2025-04-15 22:28

Really liked the graphics and sounds! had fun getting to grips with the mechanics, unfortunately couldn't get past the dash part, but overall good fun!

empyreans 2025-04-16 15:09

Minimalistic game, but with very nuanced mechanics and pretty challenging!

One thing that I couldn't appreciate is the bouncing from the wall. It didn't feel right whenever it happened and at first I thought it was a bug. I wish you retained the freedom of control while gliding.

Well done!

~Xp

empyreans 2025-04-16 15:09

*not sure why, but it doubled my comment. Website being broken as always.