Very nice presentation, polish and juicing! However, I'm a very strong opponent against rotated pixel art since it causes ugly looking distortion. If you don't wanna manually draw all the individual angles for your art you could try using a pixel art rotation algorithm in the future. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel-art_scaling_algorithms#RotSprite
I really dig the aesthetics, a more polished version of this would be cool to play. I think the text boxes shouldn't disappear when you move out of the triggers though, they should wait for a button press or maybe just pause the gameplay until the player closes the text box. The AOE attacks caught me off guard probably due to the lack of audiovisual feedback and I almost died, but my favorite lucky number 7 saved me!
Cute music and pixel art with decent dithering for the title screen. The pixel art shouldn't have been filtered in my opinion though. Could've used some sound effects for more feedback to the player. Rather annoying that there was no way to restart other than restarting the entire game since it was kind of fun once you got the hang of it.
Even if your startup logo is short, I still think it should be skippable. Otherwise was surprisingly fun in singleplayer if you controlled both characters.
Great creative and humorous take on the theme. As everyone else mentioned the animations are pretty charming and makes the game feel more fun. The portraits during dialogue look a bit squished though. I also don't like how attack is assigned to the mouse button, it should've been some keyboard key instead. The music loop feels a bit repetitive and doesn't really fit the mood in my opinion. Finally it would've been nice if the paladin had an animation for when getting hit, the health bar alone doesn't provide enough visual feedback on its own.
Other than that it was a fun little game with a nice idea.
So far probably the most interesting take on the theme mechanics wise that I've seen, but it's a rather difficult mechanic to master. Still fun enough that I wanna go back and master it later.
The music is pretty decent and the way the music gets a bit muted when you're in the ground is a rather nice touch. All the small animation touches like the ledge balancing and idle animations are really neat, but the last frame of the jump animation looks bit weird with the legs in my opinion.
I think I broke your game. The speed started going negative and got stuck at a really slow speed after around 2300m. Wanted to get over 9000m but I could't be bothered anymore. Also yeah, if you angle it like in the screenshot you pretty much never get hit. I still had fun though, felt nice when it got faster and faster, even if I managed to break the gameplay.
Interesting idea but the physics felt pretty wonky. At one point I suddenly got launched up into the air for some reason, that looked kinda fun. Also like how it gets darker the deeper you go.
You should always let the player skip the intro logos! Really sick beats tho afterwards so I forgive you 😎 The tutorial screen is kinda confusing and it's weird how you can rotate the player in it, made me think the game was bugged or something and having to press escape and then quit to get out of the tutorial screen isn't very user friendly either.
Once you start playing it's pretty easy to grasp the mechanics though and it's fun enough. Other than that I think the default volume is too loud. GJ!
I get poor performance on my potato laptop with an integrated GPU but still it was a rather visually pleasing experience, you really nailed the root visuals!
I didn't find the gameplay to be that interesting though since there wasn't much challenge. Adding obstacles like @welby and @the1 mentioned might make it more interesting, maybe even moving ones like moles or something. The music was a bit repetitive but passable, but other than that a decent take on the theme.
At first I wasn't very impressed but the last puzzle started getting me interested, however then it sadly ended! I think with more levels and puzzles like the last one, this could be a fun little game.
I love the graphics but the gameplay was really confusing to me at first without any instructions. I didn't really understand what was happening and I thought that I was getting hurt by the stalactites, before I realized that jumping hurts you.
I'm not sure I really enjoy this kind of gameplay, but I think some form of instructions could help ease in the player so they don't get a poor first impression like I did. I also ended up getting stuck in an infinite death loop at level 3 because my health was too low to reach the mushroom.
As a funny twist of fate, your game doesn't work on my system either! I'm using 32-bit Windows 7 SP1. Same as for you, running via CMD gives me nothing.
I LOVE YOU MAN! 😍 You got yourself a new fan! I feel like this experience was made for me. I've recently learned a lot about how effective mental programming is to your behavior and used that knowledge to reprogram myself and actually become a gamedev after many years of procrastinating due to my bad programming. It really spoke to both my higher self and my little 🦎 brain.
The aesthetics are top notch and I love the main theme. I'm not sure if it's intended or if it's my potato laptop's integrated GPU not handling the CRT effects, but the framerate felt choppy and inconsistent. It actually kinda added to the experience though as it felt like some old choppy 90s software running on a really slow and old computer.
I pulled down my window blinds as instructed and played it via my TV screen and it was an exhilarating experience. Great writing, really felt like it could be something some alphabet soup agency made. The reptillian noises in the background near the end were a nice touch. I both laughed and cried during this experience.
This was a really great take on the theme and it's a very educational little game and a rather relaxing experience. Very simple concept, but it just works! I had a similar take on the theme, but mine focused more on the chaotic nature thoughts can take on sometimes.
I also had a similar take on the theme but with a different style of gameplay. It's my first LD game as well (jam though) and the similarities are interesting! Great work! 😄
LD48 — Deeper and deeper (19)
Reel Deep by frenchie 2021-05-01T18:00:20Z ♥ 1
Very nice presentation, polish and juicing! However, I'm a very strong opponent against rotated pixel art since it causes ugly looking distortion. If you don't wanna manually draw all the individual angles for your art you could try using a pixel art rotation algorithm in the future. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel-art_scaling_algorithms#RotSprite
Other than that awesome work!
In Search of Paradise by Magnanix 2021-05-01T10:19:58Z ♥ 1
I really dig the aesthetics, a more polished version of this would be cool to play. I think the text boxes shouldn't disappear when you move out of the triggers though, they should wait for a button press or maybe just pause the gameplay until the player closes the text box. The AOE attacks caught me off guard probably due to the lack of audiovisual feedback and I almost died, but my favorite lucky number 7 saved me!
Clipboard 1.jpg
Good job, I'll be interested to see any future iterations of this idea.
Pedro by pauldpong 2021-04-30T09:55:41Z ♥ 3
Cute music and pixel art with decent dithering for the title screen. The pixel art shouldn't have been filtered in my opinion though. Could've used some sound effects for more feedback to the player. Rather annoying that there was no way to restart other than restarting the entire game since it was kind of fun once you got the hang of it.
Where's my dynoMITE? [LD48] by miej 2021-04-30T09:30:18Z ♥ 2
Hilarious sound design and pretty fun. The camera movement and zooming can get a bit disorienting at times though.
1000 Fathoms by Dom De Re 2021-04-30T09:15:47Z ♥ 1
Even if your startup logo is short, I still think it should be skippable. Otherwise was surprisingly fun in singleplayer if you controlled both characters.
Belly O' The Worm by fyslexicduck 2021-04-30T01:03:12Z ♥ 3
Great creative and humorous take on the theme. As everyone else mentioned the animations are pretty charming and makes the game feel more fun. The portraits during dialogue look a bit squished though. I also don't like how attack is assigned to the mouse button, it should've been some keyboard key instead. The music loop feels a bit repetitive and doesn't really fit the mood in my opinion. Finally it would've been nice if the paladin had an animation for when getting hit, the health bar alone doesn't provide enough visual feedback on its own.
Other than that it was a fun little game with a nice idea.
Through Hell (Traveling soulsman 2) by Angry Squirrels 2021-04-29T23:24:56Z ♥ 1
Would be better if the gameplay actually restarted instead of going back to the main menu when you die.
6 Feet Under by theStoff 2021-04-29T21:58:31Z ♥ 4
So far probably the most interesting take on the theme mechanics wise that I've seen, but it's a rather difficult mechanic to master. Still fun enough that I wanna go back and master it later.
The music is pretty decent and the way the music gets a bit muted when you're in the ground is a rather nice touch. All the small animation touches like the ledge balancing and idle animations are really neat, but the last frame of the jump animation looks bit weird with the legs in my opinion.
Clipboard 1.png
Blackout by Frasse 2021-04-29T21:24:27Z ♥ 5
Overall pretty neat especially for the short time span, but I think the music kind of clashes with the retro style graphics and sound effects.
Nail It Deep! by one-seed-fruit 2021-04-29T20:45:35Z ♥ 1
deeep.png
I think I broke your game. The speed started going negative and got stuck at a really slow speed after around 2300m. Wanted to get over 9000m but I could't be bothered anymore. Also yeah, if you angle it like in the screenshot you pretty much never get hit. I still had fun though, felt nice when it got faster and faster, even if I managed to break the gameplay.
Wrangler's Knot - Deep Dive Sea Fishing by welby 2021-04-29T19:17:18Z ♥ 0
Interesting idea but the physics felt pretty wonky. At one point I suddenly got launched up into the air for some reason, that looked kinda fun. Also like how it gets darker the deeper you go.
Deep Mine by The1 2021-04-29T19:06:18Z ♥ 1
You should always let the player skip the intro logos! Really sick beats tho afterwards so I forgive you 😎 The tutorial screen is kinda confusing and it's weird how you can rotate the player in it, made me think the game was bugged or something and having to press escape and then quit to get out of the tutorial screen isn't very user friendly either.
Once you start playing it's pretty easy to grasp the mechanics though and it's fun enough. Other than that I think the default volume is too loud. GJ!
Roots game by BoClow 2021-04-29T18:52:55Z ♥ 1
I get poor performance on my potato laptop with an integrated GPU but still it was a rather visually pleasing experience, you really nailed the root visuals!
I didn't find the gameplay to be that interesting though since there wasn't much challenge. Adding obstacles like @welby and @the1 mentioned might make it more interesting, maybe even moving ones like moles or something. The music was a bit repetitive but passable, but other than that a decent take on the theme.
Volatile Depths by PixelAndy 2021-04-29T18:32:22Z ♥ 0
At first I wasn't very impressed but the last puzzle started getting me interested, however then it sadly ended! I think with more levels and puzzles like the last one, this could be a fun little game.
Made in the Deep by ambivorous 2021-04-29T18:23:32Z ♥ 1
I love the graphics but the gameplay was really confusing to me at first without any instructions. I didn't really understand what was happening and I thought that I was getting hurt by the stalactites, before I realized that jumping hurts you.
I'm not sure I really enjoy this kind of gameplay, but I think some form of instructions could help ease in the player so they don't get a poor first impression like I did. I also ended up getting stuck in an infinite death loop at level 3 because my health was too low to reach the mushroom.
Wink! by KP_CFTSZ 2021-04-29T17:54:25Z ♥ 0
error.jpg
As a funny twist of fate, your game doesn't work on my system either! I'm using 32-bit Windows 7 SP1. Same as for you, running via CMD gives me nothing.
Deeper Sleep Beta by Kszaku 2021-04-29T12:43:59Z ♥ 1
I LOVE YOU MAN! 😍 You got yourself a new fan! I feel like this experience was made for me. I've recently learned a lot about how effective mental programming is to your behavior and used that knowledge to reprogram myself and actually become a gamedev after many years of procrastinating due to my bad programming. It really spoke to both my higher self and my little 🦎 brain.
The aesthetics are top notch and I love the main theme. I'm not sure if it's intended or if it's my potato laptop's integrated GPU not handling the CRT effects, but the framerate felt choppy and inconsistent. It actually kinda added to the experience though as it felt like some old choppy 90s software running on a really slow and old computer.
I pulled down my window blinds as instructed and played it via my TV screen and it was an exhilarating experience. Great writing, really felt like it could be something some alphabet soup agency made. The reptillian noises in the background near the end were a nice touch. I both laughed and cried during this experience.
5/5 would get reprogrammed again. 🤖
Meditation Journey by schwede 2021-04-28T19:21:41Z ♥ 1
This was a really great take on the theme and it's a very educational little game and a rather relaxing experience. Very simple concept, but it just works! I had a similar take on the theme, but mine focused more on the chaotic nature thoughts can take on sometimes.
Great job! 😄
Transcendental by pdotjpg 2021-04-28T19:08:29Z ♥ 1
I also had a similar take on the theme but with a different style of gameplay. It's my first LD game as well (jam though) and the similarities are interesting! Great work! 😄
nakedtruth.jpg