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John Highland and a Special Golden Crown

By vladimperator and tuh

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2093.7524
Fun3233.4524
Innovation1953.5924
Theme7392.7524
Graphics5573.2524
Audio3133.3823
Humor4672.7924
Mood4413.4723

Comments

ulziton 2025-10-06 23:07

very cool one, like this

kkritikov 2025-10-06 23:14

It's sad that this game doesn't have a browser version

melomaner 2025-10-06 23:24

That’s really cool! I especially liked that the progress is saved =D You could improve the controls a bit and make it work on mobile :)

evil23 2025-10-06 23:54

Nice game! Mouse control get's tiresome really fast. I could imagine something like WASD + click/move so you just select the limb you want to control and don't lose the handle all the time.

matthew-rose 2025-10-07 00:55

Interesting movement mechanics, the race to try and get one of your hands back on the wall before falling was fun. Thank you for not making me restart from the bottom every time I fell or I would never have reached the top XD

artalasky 2025-10-07 15:54

Oh, that's something unusual. It was interesting to try it.

caominh-le 2025-10-08 00:31

This is a really neat game. The physics are fun to play with, and the rock placement makes the entire track a cool puzzle where you have to learn where to place your hands and feet to get reach and when to use only 3 anchors. Thanks for not making me restart from the bottom whenever I fell. The music is so relaxing, especially with the clouds -- reminds me of an open world exploration vibes. Are there any other secret treasures along the way to the top? I was trying go to the right at the bottom crevice but gave up. Also, John is probably one of the world's best contortionists

2025-10-08 16:12

Nice game my time was 41 minutes and 5 seconds and I enjoyed every second spent there! :3

tuh 2025-10-08 20:51

@caominh-le If you click TAB you can see all collectible treasures which are all around the map. I can tell you that there is one at the bottom right. GL if you care enough to get them all- I did a 100% in 35:04 knowing the placements.

nno1 2025-10-09 06:04

This is so much fun! Took me a while to get the hang of controlling this character though lol

jonction 2025-10-09 23:41

Great game! I think it could be a little more instinctive with an UI element telling you when you are in grabbing hitbox or not

acartlidge 2025-10-10 00:08

This was really fun! I got into the flow of trying to place my limbs properly, and it made me laugh whenever all my feet were bunched up in one of the cracks. I think it's cool how there's a balance of placed you can reach without risk (3 planted and 1 limb moving) vs places that have risk (2 planted, 1 moving, 1 dangling). Nice work!

tenshi42 2025-10-11 01:43

Very nice ! got the end but at what cost ! 2025-10-11 03_41_24-John Highland and a Special Golden Crown 1.1.png

sirplop 2025-10-11 04:53

Really fun, refreshing concept for this jam! Lovely audio, very chill. A good, solid entry for what looks like your good, solid game engine. Keep up the good work!

good-enough 2025-10-11 21:55

Huh. Won't run on my computer for some reason.

shasaur 2025-10-11 22:06

Couldn't run for me, crash on start :(

concaerus 2025-10-12 02:32

Very fun game! The music combined with the calming gameplay mechanic really gave the game a cozy vibe. Great job!

vladimperator 2025-10-12 18:08

@good-enough @shasaur I'm very sorry to hear that and sorry for the inconvenience. May I know what gpus you guys have and if there's a log in the logs folder?

vladimperator 2025-10-12 18:17

@ulziton @kkritikov @melomaner @evil23 @matthew-rose @artalasky @caominh-le @asad @nno1 @jonction @acartlidge @tenshi42 @sirplop @concaerus Thank you all for playing our game! We appreciate all the feedback. :heart:

@tenshi42 Hope you had a great time!

faby 2025-10-13 16:56

I feel like the theme of the jam could have been better integrated to the gameplay itself but the controls, the music and level design are great ! It feels good being able to simply rest and not being rushed into making decisions, not restart from the beginning on failure. Good guy John, very polished game congrats !

diralf 2025-10-14 13:26

Awesome implementation! I'd like a bit more highlighting to tell whether сharacter has latched onto a ledge or not. Overall, it very well conveys how the character feels in the moment and how hard it is for them, really drawing me into the process. Excellent game!

dianavi 2025-10-14 14:30

Very cool game

lima-victor 2025-10-17 09:21

While playing Peak I was thinking "And how would a real climbing simulator look like? Would it even be playable?". With this thought I set myself to beat this game and I really liked it

I like both an idea and how it was executed. The character feels very responsive and realistic in terms of posisble positions, most of the time available actions were clear, and having to change limbs fast sometimes make experience better. The only issue I had is that character can't straighten arms even when legs are disconnected, but there were workarounds

Also it felt awesome when music changed for the first time, but when it changed and I saw the snow it just felt incredible

anatol-w 2025-10-21 17:27

nice game