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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48 | Deeper and deeper | Afraid to Turn | compo | 299 | 3.63 | 3.29 | 3.26 | 3.48 | 3.82 | 3.73 | 2.65 | 3.87 | |
| 2020 | 47 | Stuck in a loop | Danger Beat | compo | 84 | 3.86 | 3.92 | 4.00 | 3.88 | 3.69 | 4.17 | 2.61 | 3.61 |
fantastic visuals, but gameplay lacked depth and did not see any way to create a strategy or do anything other than stand and take bullets while shooting. Would like to see this game added to. Great job!
Cool game! art style was really impressive. It is confusing to me that you have both blocks and spikes hurt the player, why not all spikes or all blocks? There are also a lot of cases where a heart of candy was in a location that was impossible to get to. I would have preferred to have the obstacles come more slowly, but more frequently, so there was less reliance on reacting times and more chance to plan out where you would go and how to get the candy/hearts. good job!
Great game! Would love to see this with animation/art on the cars to show the story unfolding, while keeping a faster pace than listening to the audio.
Great game! Would have liked to see the gameplay involve more trade-offs. What does floating around the planet serve vs just staying in one place? Why would you ever stop shooting? Maybe something like rapid clicking for weak bullets or press and hold for one big one could give the player some way to create their own strategy. well done, SFX are great.
Great game! really liked the art. would like to see some gameplay mechanic to earn money. As is it does not seem like it really matters what I do.
link to game?
Cool game! movement felt nice, and enjoyed just moving around. Would like to see this mechanic applied to a loop where the gravity also looped around, so 'down' was always the outside of the track.
Excellent game, ship model is super cool. This would be well served with some sounds, but was great as is too!
Would love to see a WebGL version!
Fantastic game. I typically skip past all the text and just try and figure it out, and the dual colors of the paddles was kind of confusing since it doesn't seem to matter what you hit them with, just where they go. So take that how you want. The sounds, graphics, and idea are all very cool and unique. Great job!
Great game! Could be well served with player weapons having some consequence, like recoil etc. so that you have a reason to ever stop shooting.
Great game! Interesting concept that I think could easily be expanded upon. Seems like a game where N+ style platforming would work really well, the player needs the ability to be agile and I think the collisions/movement here prohibits that some. I would also like to see another take on the death system, is there some other way to penalize the player for getting hit by the cleaner? Maybe the last key they got starts to float back to its location and they have a short time to catch it again. Good job!
Great game! Would like to see some wall textures, probably would add to feel of speed as you move, especially when there are no objects on screen. Great job!
Would love to see a WebGL version!
@philstrahl haha I totally understand. I started on GM before unity and switched over to be able to get export functionality for everything, for free (among other reasons). I would definitely recommend making the jump to a tool that will let you get your game to more people.
Fantastic art and visuals. Really appreciate a walk faster button. Did not like being prevented from going towards the gunshots, seems like a narrative 'invisible wall'. Would have preferred some other explanation/blocking that made more sense as I am playing with a video game character I am willing to put in danger. Also I really dislike the main font, the hyper-low-resolution font type in general can be super heard to read, and in a game about reading it seems to make for a worse experience, imo. Well done, this is the only text game I actually was interested in reading through.
Cool game! main issue is that it was not clear to me when the rings became non-dangerous. Waiting in the center and not moving kills you, but eventually you can pass over them? Would like to see them disappear or change color to know when I can float past them. Well done.
Great game! Art is super clean and nice. Would like to see some other mechanic tied into saving the girl. As is, seems like reaction time is the only deciding factor, and it would be cool if the train track configuration had more significance.
Great game! seems very similar to Snake Pass? Very impressive game to make in such a short time. Not sure if you had played Snake Pass, but if you did, then I would have liked to see some new twist on the snake-movement system. Either way, really fun game.
Really cool game. There a so many things I can think that you could add after the jam, definitely interested in seeing more!
Cool game! This is a nicely made game, but unfortunately is a very popular idea for game jams that I have seen many times. That may not be fair to judge this individually, but does make it more challenging to do this idea really well. A common issue that this game also has, is that puzzle solutions rely a lot on trial and error. Long solutions are too many moves for a player to reasonable predict the exact path, and just trying multiple solutions is easier and faster. Also, it is very easy to accidentally find the right solution. This leads to a lack of satisfaction when solving puzzles because there is no mental moment of discovering the solution. Would love to see this expanded on in a new direction. program components besides basic movement and level tiles other than walls and empty spaces could provide a huge range of interesting puzzles.
Cool game! Would like to see more elaboration on why the driver feels the need to dive in circles. It is also strange to stop in the middle of a roundabout when there is no stop sign or anything. Very interested to see you add to this!
Cool game! Seen a few of these 'program movements' ideas and common problem seems to be trial-and-error is the only way to play. Would really like to see some way of allowing the player more agency and control. Also a little unintuitive that "move" just means start moving, might be easier to only move while it is on and combine the move/stop buttons. Great job!
Great job! Agree this is more a toy than a game, but it really is a fantastic toy. Would much rather play a perfect experience like this than anything else less polished. Hope to see more added.
Cool game! would have liked to see more level variation or new mechanics added. Seemed like every puzzle was just trying to get to the top and then fall onto the hole. Maybe other shaped 'containers' or different ball properties.
Great game! Time between figuring out the solution in my head vs being able to complete it on screen was way too long for me. Would have liked a smoother interface for setting up the sequence, and faster movement! Seeing the plan carried out is the cool part about this game, so I would like to see that done in a cool way that does not feel like waiting for the game to catch up to me.
Great game!
Nice music. I would like to have had the upgrade mechanics, and whatever else there was to see shown off immediately. First level seems pretty long. Great job!
Cool idea, but would have liked to see bots or something sop I could have played against someone/something. Well done.
Cool game, art is really well done.
Would love to wee a WebGL version!
Would like to see a WebGL version!
This is an awesome game. Was not able to figure out just by playing, which I prefer, but once I did I really enjoyed it. Might suggest having the sections of track where you hold down the mouse green, and the others red, rather than indicating only the transition. This might indicate better what you need to do since red/green is a common symbol for gas/break.
Would love to see a WebGL version!
Cool game! The art is nice and polished looking.
Cool game! I think there are cool possibilities with a looping driving game, but you have not added any mechanic that is unique to a looping game. For example, an infinite runner style game with random obstacles is effectively the same as this. Would like to see some mechanic that is unique to looping, like paths or tracks that you can go on that loop around rather than just a plain circle or switching between loops kind of like how your menu looks, for example. I think this game would also benefit from less randomness in the obstacle placement. Having series of barriers that act to force you away or towards the circle I think would be more interesting than all random single obstacles. Great job, would like to see more added to this!
Cool game! Fun take on the theme, but did not offer any gameplay hook that made me want to continue pressing a button. Also would have liked to see the wheel rotation look like it was spinning the right way, a lot of idle games can get by on looks and animation alone if it is something enjoyable to watch happen.
Really cool game! 10/10 beard category. It was a little unintuitive to use the mouse to place wands, but have them show up at the wizards feet. I would prefer mouse and range of placement near wizard, or just use keyboard for everything.
Cool game! realizing that I needed to bounce and go the other way on level 2 was a great moment. I think this is a great core game that you could build on. I did not like the insta-kill blocks, and feel like there must be some more "puzzley" way of adding difficulty to this.
Awesome idea! It was nice to be happily surprised that there was more to the game than it looks (didn't read description). Would be cool to see 'clones' that help you in addition to them being enemies.
Great game! I like the difficulty of tone matching without visuals, but might be more fun to introduce the buttons one at a time to learn the sounds and then ramp up the difficulty.
Great job!
Nice aesthetic, but would have liked to see more 'game' in this game. The atmosphere and audio is nice, but there is nothing to make me invested in exploring or caring about the game world.
Great game, and awesome art! Controls felt a little too floaty, might have preferred a quicker snappier return to the ground when you let go of jump so you are not penalized so much from jumping high.
Fantastic game! cool use of theme, and nice complete experience. Would be nice if collisions & missiles spawning was a little more forgiving somehow.
Cool idea and fun game! Would have liked to see the beat concept more clearly defined. The jumps being automatic, and the moving being optional, but still tied to the music, did not really make sense to me. It felt kind of arbitrary as I was expecting everything to be tied to the beat in the same way.
Cool game! Idea is interesting, but the core platforming mechanics definitely need more polish. You can get stuck in walls by moving towards them. Platforming seems like a simple genre to use as a base, but there is a ton of work required to get it polished and nice. If there is sluggish controls or movement, that will get in the way of enjoying the other ideas you added on. Additionally, I think you should work to create puzzles that use the mechanics of duplicating yourself in new ways. The first couple all relied on building a bridge or building a ladder. Even a well polished version with a fun puzzle will need variation on the mechanics to maintain interest. This has to come from new applications of the mechanic or more mechanics. Great work!
Cool game! Would have preferred to see more time on a single mechanic rather than 2/3 that do not get developed passed their initial function. I think this could have been a more focused and interesting game if it was either a berry-based puzzle game, or a running around in radiation with zombies game. Well done!
Great game! It was fun to figure out how to drill for some wood.
Really cool game! I like the concept, but it seems like there are too many connections to check and the trains move to fast for me to really feel in control. It seems overwhelming almost immediately, and I would prefer a slower pace that maybe had less room for error, rather than super fast and missing a turn has a small chance of causing a collision. With more time to work ion this, I would love to see a version where the map expands organically similar to [mini-metro](https://dinopoloclub.com/games/mini-metro/). That game does a really good job at ramping difficulty up that I think could work similarly here. Great job, I had fun playing this game.
Great game! art is excellent. Would like to see puzzle design that is harder to solve via trial and error. Overall great game!
Great game! nice addition to the classic gameplay.
Fantastic game! Would have liked to see smaller quantities to reach, like (x < 100) for the first one? Seems like the best part of this game is the writing and humor, and waiting for random boxes to appear just delays that. Would really like to see this expanded on so that the player has more agency and there is more 'doing' vs waiting. Well done!
reallyFinalyVersion7 is the best joke of the jam. Really hits home.
Cool game! would like to see more visual information about what is happening when I change rooms. Was not able to see any pattern, and puzzle solving came entirely from trial and error. Great art, well done.
Cool game! Would like to see the looping theme add to the gameplay. Something that _feels_ like and endless loop could be fun, if there was a way to actually break out of it. A literal endless loop puts all the pressure on the primary gameplay loop, which in this case does not offer any decisions or trade-offs for the player to make. I would like to see more work on this! and maybe some concept of meeting all the needs in the right order or fast enough to end the loop. well done and art is very nice!
Cute hamster! Did not find there was any gameplay hook to make me want to keep playing. Animation on the hamster was weirdly slow? for a game about trying to go "as fast as you can". Would like to see all the metrics displayed as part of the gameplay, something about the hamster and the wheel to show how fast is is spinning or accelerating could have gone a long way. Great job!
@snowinn yes it speeds up, but would have liked some visual effects/feedback rather than numbers. It is also not possible to look at the hamster and the numbers at the same time. In games like sonic where going fast is the goal, you can see the legs blur, sounds change, particles, etc.
Great game! This is a really cool idea, with really nice art and visuals. I think this game suffers from a lack of control, which is really important for a Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime style game of micromanaging a vehicle. The momentum of the wheels that keep the gun/shield moving past where you want them combined with the relatively tiny ship visuals make it very hard to be precise. Compared the LiaDS, the ship takes up a small fraction of the screen and is no easy to quickly click on. I would prefer to see separate hamsters for each direction maybe, or a brake system to stop moving parts immediately. This would be a super cool 'world' to explore and I would love to see a more polished version with more added on.
Cool game! Would have liked to se you fully commit to a time based penalty, and not have to restart the level too. Platforming mechanics were not tight enough to keep me interested in seeing all the powers. Would like to see a really polished single level than just more content that not everyone might see.
Great game! Art and music were fantastic. Would like to see more 'juice' added, it is hard to keep track of a health bar while looking at the player ship when there is no feedback given when you are hit. Additionally, the screen-wrap/loop mechanic does not seem necessary, at lest in the first 2 levels. I would have preferred to see a single polished level making use of the loop mechanic than additional content that seems almost identical. Well done!
Nice game! very cool graphics and I like the concept. I don't like the inconsistent win conditions, and it seems to lead to trial and error problem solving since I didn't know what I was even trying to do. Would like to see more time spent on this! really good job.
Cool game! Could use more instructions on controls and what to do on your submission page.
Cool game! visuals are nice, but found it unintuitive to have a hex grid of movement, but shooting along the cardinal directions and moving with only 4 inputs. Also found the mix of real time and pseudo-turn based/on a timer enemy movement a strange combination. Would also like to see more visual feedback for shooting, the bullets were so small I could barely see them.
I like the idea!
Cool game! I like the concept, but this game needs more visual feedback to what is happening. The UI is hidden by gameplay elements that are the same color, some pieces would not rotate? and I did not see any indication of the 'power' going along a line. I like the 'open' level spin on a water-pipe game, but think you need to nail down the basics of what makes other games of this genre good and then focus on differentiating and polishing your own twist. Great job!
Cool game! Would have preferred to see a single level demonstrating the most interesting puzzle you had, but with more polished platforming. Floaty movement and lack of visual indication of hazard movement prevented me from enjoying the puzzles
Great game! Would like to see more going on while circling the planet. There was not a lot of challenge once you were in the right orbit and then all there was to do was wait. I would also prefer to at least have an option for controls that allowed me to go up or down. Great job!
Would like to see a WebGL version!
Great game! I really like the idea of creating music as a function of gameplay, my submission has a similar mechanic. I wish the layout of the table was more conducive to hitting lots of different things, so that hearing cool sounds was easier and more frequent.
Great job! Interesting idea on looping, but it seems like the puzzle solving just involves guess and check? Would like to see the player have more to do as the robot is going through the level. Maybe if you can make a limited number of recordings and then must use just those w/ button presses to clear the level? Usually a large delay between the time a player solves the puzzle in their head until the time they can actually solve it in the game adds frustration. Really cool art, and am interested to see what this could become with more time!
Cool game! Art, especially the background, was really nice. The main character sprite stands out visually, from the background, but felt the obstacles did not and it was harder to pay attention to what was coming. The grey saws and grey spikes do not stand out visually, especially when the trees are super high contrast and colorful. Would recommend adjusting saturation and colors so that the focus is on the foreground. Jumping was also a little to floaty for my preferences. Great job!
You should upload a thumbnail for your submission!
I like the Idea! Seems like a good concept to build on post LD. Would like to see cards animation in/out and when moving to get a better understanding of what is happening.
Great game! I like the colors, they provide a good way to motivate player goals in the context of gameplay. I think it would be better if you could change the text to always be oriented upright, some things I missed because the tutorial was sideways.
Really cool game, and one of 2 text games I was compelled to keep playing. Some critique. I think the general premise of conveying 'stuck in a loop' is misguided here. This game portrays the in game character as stuck in a loop, and breaking out of it. But me the player, is stuck in a loop still not able to make any choices. I have no reason to want to wear a particular shirt, or chose coffee over tea. On the first few screens I was already thinking "I don't want the coffee, let me get the tea" and felt a conflict between how the game was telling me to feel and how I really felt. I think this theme could be conveyed better if you build a game that offers some trade-off to the player, letting them choose to continue a routine. If the player is the one who choses to do the same thing repeatedly, and then you offer a clever opportunity to change things up, I think the feeling of getting out of the loop would really work. Also, reading "da" and "poty" felt really out of place here and did not fit the rest of the writing.
Overall I really liked this, and felt like giving more feedback than normal because you are clearly capable of making really polished and cool experiences. Would love to see more.
Great game! I would like to see the ball movement less discrete. I think if was continuously moving in and out, I feel like it would be more interesting and there would be less dead time just waiting for the ball to move. The pace can suffer if the ball is randomly placed at the right color, which happened multiple times in a row. Well done!
Cool game! I would like to see more direction provided to the player on how to go about fixing things. I do a lot of debugging in terminals for work and this felt a little too similar to work for me to be hooked. Also, using standard linux commands where possible (or offering multiple commands per action) might make it easier to get into for people with terminal experience and not any harder for anyone else. Learning syntax is hard! Impressive game for such a short jam.
Great game, fantastic visuals that are some of the best I have seen. Based on the screen shots, and initial gameplay, I set my expectations really high with this game. I imagined I would be developing the planet and gaining new weapons or defenses, and that the new projectiles coming might offer new gameplay challenges. Unfortunately it does not seem that any of these were met. This game looks polished on any given screenshot, but the primary gameplay loop is lacking in any variation throughout the game. The ship rotation around the planet is delayed (although the pointing direction is not, which makes it seem unintentional sluggishness). There is no visual feedback on successful hits on asteroids, making it much harder to shoot the correct number of shots and then move to another target, since you don't know how close anything is to being destroyed. On the secondary loop of evolving the planet, there does not seem to be any stakes that are conveyed to the player. There is no reward for getting to a new era, it takes a really long time for gameplay that is so repetitive, and it also takes a long time to lose. I stopped playing after the meso era and it took forever for my planet to be destroyed. This game does not offer any opportunity for strategy to the player because of the lack of variety of primary mechanics. The tone, art, and visuals here are so good, I would definitely play another version of this that has more content and technical polish. If you can make this game into what the screenshots make you hope it is, this could be a fantastic experience. Well done!
Cool game! The looping idea is nice, but does not ever seem to build to anything more interesting/challenging. Would like to see some challenge or decision offered to the player to make, like making more loops that mirror the player thing, but all have different target things to get.
Cool game. Would have preferred to see the first level more polished rather than additional levels. Wish the bullets came out of the gun, since it is distracting visually and might add more interesting gameplay situations where you can hide most of your body but still shoot. Visual feedback in general was missing. Being killed by a cactus I did not like.
Cool game! I would have liked some on screen indication of what key to press, I had to keep tabbing back to the LD page to check.
@tulipekoni Thanks! I almost didn't add that. My experience is showing me that a game balanced by me is always way too hard. Glad I had time for that.
@superunknown Great idea! I had thought of that, but concluded that it may mess up the nice feeling of just the beat playing after trying some other ideas that made the gameplay worse. I should try it out and see how it goes!
@smilewood Thanks! See first reply^ about difficulty, glad someone is enjoying it! Also, I did have a framerate-update issue that may have made the spotlight look like it was highlighting the center, rather than fading away super fast. I made a fix for that, and hopefully now it works as intended.
@frogman Good suggestion, I will add that. Thanks!
@masaru I considered getting points or going for time once you complete the track, but decided against it since I assumed people would only be playing for a minute or two. I added a faster speed option for anyone who wants more "winning" than the default. Thanks!
@kazatan Thanks for the feedback! It would be cool to adjust bullet size and other stuff as a part of the difficulty selection.
@aterlamia Sorry to hear that! There actually are key binds present for arrow keys, I just forgot to mention that anywhere. I am updating my LD and itch page to make it clear. Thanks for the feedback!
@meek-bits That is an interesting idea that could definitely be fun. I don't know how that would work in a bullet-hell vs a grid based game, but would be interesting to explore more way to tie the music into the gameplay. Thanks for the feedback!
@barelyevengames That is the end! the only win condition is getting to hear the music, and you definitely want to avoid the missile launcher!
@karl-erik-saks Can you elaborate on that suggestion? You are bound to using 4 directional keys, but can move on diagonals as well. The input is restricted, but not the actual movement if that makes sense.
@gale-swift I have hear that a lot! I chose to leave the win condition open, and let the player just go as long as they felt. Maybe I will add more than that after the jam.
@milestone-games You reached the end! the HEY is the 4th and final layer of the track, and after that the only goal is to survive and enjoy the music.
@remzo Sorry about that! Any suggestion on how to make it more clear?
@sirred I tried to focus on just making the single level as well as I could, and left it without a hard ending to let players go as long as they were having fun. Will definitely look into adding more to this and making that more clear.
@indiedevdan Did you try turning the BPM down in the pause menu?
@bubbadubc That was my intention! The losing and wining is solely determined by how much music is playing. Thanks for the feedback.
@rein Did not even consider that, good idea and thanks for the feedback!
@dezom See above^. Definitely something I'll need to add.
@danae Can you elaborate on what was confusing? Did you read the description?
@tyrael What do you mean by "snappier"? There have been many suggestions for mouse controls, but do you mean come change to the keyboard controls?
@vivien-fargette Follow my itch.io page and I will be sure to do all of that after the jam!
@steventus Thanks for the thoughtful feedback. I do not play many/any bullet hells, so I am apparently out of the loop for what control options people like to see. Mouse controls and a slow option are great ideas that I will try and add in post jam.
@forgeronstudio Thanks for the thoughtful feedback. Any delay in movement is not intended here, and is probably a result of either performance or code that executes differently on different hardware. I already fixed on bug related to framerate dependent code, and it is entirely possible there are more. I am developing on high-refresh rate monitor and big graphics card, so any problems of that kind end up invisible to me, and hugely problematic to lower end computers. Working now to get native app builds and fix any performance I can.
Lol that 'good graphics' is turning HDR on. Great game, funny, really liked it. Stopped before I died, but might be better to avoid a running out of lives situation in a game that would have far less appeal if someone had to restart completely.
Really cool game, surprisingly fun for a static shooting game. Also like the art a lot. I think it would be more interesting if the player's actions interacted with the orbiting ship, like maybe it floats toward the gun and you have to try and move it out of the way to shoot again. With the orbit as is, it seems like the reason for losing is highly impacted by change, which is frustrating since there is no way for a player to overcome chance. well done!
Cool game! I think this game could use with a lot of QoL changes. Being able to 'paint' the road tiles rather than click individually would be really great. It would also be nice to have more objectives. If you look at how popular bridge building games work, both from a UI/UX perspective and a gameplay goal perspective, I think most of those concepts would directly translate. It is important to give the player easy to use tools, to that the time between them having an idea, and them testing the idea is as short as possible. The challenge should be in thinking of a solution, not clicking on tiles correctly. Well done!
Web version did not load for me! would really like to play
Great game! would have liked to see more consequences related to the looping idea. Seems basically the same as a TD game with 2 paths to the base? maybe some reason to rearrange the turrets. Really interested to see this expanded on. Goof job!
Cool game! Graphics are nice, and it is a good complete feeling experience. Nice to see something super wacky and weird!
Would love to see a WebGL version!
This was a really cool game. Sounds and visuals were really nice to create a focused experience. Although it was interesting, this concept seems like it might have been better served by thinking of it as a movie. As a game, there is no explanation to why this dude keeps doing the same thing every day. there is also no opportunity for the player to decide differently, they are just along for the ride. A game could expand on examining why someone would make these choices, but it seems like you were not going for that. So as a story of maintaining hope, I think this is missing the context to explain why someone else would act this way. As an observer of a character, rather than experiencing something as the protagonist, there needs to be something to contribute empathy towards the character so we understand the motivations and want them to succeed. My largest concern is that it seems like the moral of the story is wait and do nothing, and things will get better? I think this is a pretty dangerous way to look at things. If someone was unhappy with their life, repeating the same day for 3 months in a row is not a reliable plan to break out of the cycle, although it is possible like in this game. Very impressed by this game, and really great job delivering an emotional experience, even though I do not think it full landed on the message you might have intended.
Great game! I really like the idea of a shrinking arena. My main critique would be that the primary loop starts off way to slow. Player movement speed, bullet speed, fire rate, etc. all felt super slow. Additionally, the upgrades were not significant enough for me to really care or notice them. They mostly felt like a small percentage improvement? Id rather choose between 2X fire rate or 2X damage, and then be able to change my strategy. Getting 5% improvement for anything is not enough to offer an interesting decision since it will almost certainly not impact the players strategy. I would suggest polishing the primary loops, just walking and shooting with no upgrades before adding in anything else. Although the snake is cool, I think a game with a better core and no looping-twist would be more fun. Great work!
Cool game! Glad I got to hear the audio. In like the idea of hud being the target, but since the enemies only attack your health bar, and the bar goes down normally, it does not seem to add anything to the gameplay. It may actually take away since if the monsters are attacking you there would be more skill required to attack while dodging, but the health bar can only be defended by offence. Would have liked to see ( and was expecting from description) all the HUD to be attacked, and have each mechanic be destroyed when it was destroyed visually. Also, would have preferred to see HUD damage like it was a structure, like in a Breakout style game where bits are being chipped off. This was a fun game, and great job.
Cool game, really nice art. Interesting you make a joke about how in dance, being stuck in a loop is a bad thing, but in the game it is a good thing. This does not seem to hold true in the gameplay since it is a standard memorization game, and the 'practice' you do is just a different level than the competition. Would have liked to see the gameplay design reflect your idea on the loop being a good thing. Maybe the competition could have been the same patterns but without prompts, or something else besides a level with different art. I liked this game for what the gameplay offered, but would have liked to see more time spent on gameplay design rather than art and writing, since the gameplay is what everything must support imo.
Cool game. Would have liked more time spent on the tuning of the platforming rather than content volume. The jumping/collisions seems to be very finicky and even with the looping mechanic, the primary gameplay is the platforming.
Cool game! would have preferred to see one really cool level with more polished platforming mechanics. Seems a little broken when you go through the teleporter while holding a direction? it makes you slower instead of even faster. Seems like something that could be caused by setting a movement speed and maybe overriding the speed from gravity/portals.
Good game! I noticed you said that "it's all based on your luck" as a point to why the game is interesting. I think in this case the randomness takes away from the fun. Especially the teleport. Typically it is frustrating to lose because of random chance, and fun to be challenged by a test of skill. Using the teleport and instantly being killed does not seem like it would ever be a good strategy, since you can die even if there is one ghost far away from you. I would like to see the teleport mechanic give the player a trade-off that they would want to try, and could be worth doing. On idea is restricting the fireball for a bit after teleporting. This would reduce the randomness and offer a choice to shoot your way out or resort to being defenseless and running.
Would also recommend removing or moving all the background info you have in the description. I think most people are just interested in playing the game and are not interested in reading a ton before they play a game for 1-2 minutes. Using Markdown formatting to add heading etc. would also be helpful. The how to play should be front and center.
Great job!
Awesome art and sounds. Would love to see this expanded upon!
Cool game! Would have liked some instructions (that were not scrolling too fast to see) and transitions when the loop turns. I have no clue what turning did, and an instant transition is pretty disorienting.
Great game! I like the idea of a metroid-vania type gadget unlocking platformer, but it was too hard to build a mental map of the level to have any coherent plan on where to go next. Art is beautiful. Would suggest adding arrow key binds in addition to WASD, why not?
Fun game! Graphics are nice, and the tv sound effect is really satisfying as part of the main loop. The text from the robot started to display vertically and I was unable to read it, assuming that is not intentional? Would like to see the main loop allow you to go faster in terms of the animation/time until you can click again. I find that idle games are best when you are constantly doing _something_, even if you are not accomplishing anything really. Waiting for the arm to move game me too much time to reconsider how much I wanted to keep going. Well done!
Would like to see a WebGL version!
Great game! concept seems cool, but I was unable to understand what do do right from the start. The green loop is a platform, and the red takes you back to the start? The blocks with loops did not offer me any interaction and it did not seem like there was anything left to try. You requested ideas for 'upgrades', but I am not sure what you meant by that. If you mean powers like the green loop, then maybe lops that are portals, bouncy, one that moves? Regardless of that, I think the core gameplay needs to be properly explained and polished before additional features are added. I might have had a different experience if the puzzle solution was more clear, but for a game I can only play for a few minutes there was not enough explanation for me. Hope to see you build on this!
This was great! I would love to see more time spent on the interactions with the movable objects (launching the car up with obstacles or adding other cars that drive)
I made the exact same mistake when publishing my game! Graphics were very cool, love the style and idea. Maybe a restriction of Pico-8, but I think this game would be a lot better with mouse controls. Manipulating power and angles in a game is necessarily trial and error, and that ends up being a lot of key presses.
Fun game!
cool game! dancing animation is great. Found the timing a little too unforgiving, especially on the first level with no practice/tutorial. Would like to see this mechanic applied somehow so it functions beyond a complicated level timer. Great work!
itch.io link does not seem to work :(
Would like to see a WebGL version!
Would love to see a WebGL version!
Cool game! I like the idea here, but think that the order of play is backwards. I think creating a ship/beat and then starting to play the game suffers from a similar problem of playing and RPG and choosing a character/race before ever understanding the mechanics affected by said character/race. I think you should open the game to a short intro level, get the player familiar with at least a subset of the sounds/weapons, and then let them choose how they want their ship to be after understanding the context of those choices.
Really cool game. Much more interesting take on 'circle around the planet and shot things' than anything else I have seen here. Art and sound are well done. Looks like you might have your pointer offset configured incorrectly? I know in unity it defaults to the upper left of the cursor texture, and it seems like that is where the bullets go in your game rather than the center of the reticle.
Would like to see a WebGL version!
Cool game! Would be nice for it to not auto full-screen, the text was so big I had to move away from my monitor to read it. Cool concept, and I'd love to see if expanded upon.
Great game! I would like to see some mechanic to limit how often you can try and pause. as is, spamming space bar seems to be the best strategy. Simple color scheme and art is really nice!
Would like to see a WebGL version!
None of the web links worked for me :(
Love the music, would like to see you finish this post LD!
Cool game! I really like the idea of rotating around the earth and always aiming towards it, but don't feel like being locked on a track adds to the gameplay. There may be more interesting gameplay situations if you remove more restrictions that do not serve the main idea. Also, a mute button would be very appreciated.
Would like to see a WebGL version!
Really great game! Art is the best I have seen in this LD. Would be well served with some more player feedback for the primary loop, more bass to sound FX, camera shake, kickback from shooting etc. Very impressive!
Cool game! I would have liked to see the background/foreground saturation be balanced. It is much harder to focus on enemies and food when there are super colorful detailed background elements everywhere. Also would have liked some better feedback on when you get hit. Well done!
Great game! Art style was cool, and impressive execution of dialogue and 'quest' objectives. I played only the jam version BTW. You asked about how fun I thought this was, and I would it was fun enough to draw me in, but did not introduce any hook before I lost interest. The exposition for what the player is supposed to do is literally "lets get to it then". The description says you are 'stuck' in a loop, but where is that shown? why is that a problem? Maybe that is explained later, but for a jam game I am personally looking for a hook within seconds of playing. I have no expectations for what this game is, so I need them to be set and for the game to create interest quickly. The initial tasks just require walking back and forth and some reading, and the gameplay did not turn into anything beyond that. I would like to see this game open with an inciting incident, and follow a traditional plot arc more. If you set my expectation, provide some urgency, raise some questions, then I will be motivated to answer those questions and discover what the story is. This would also be aided by tasks that are more complex. It seems like this may be difficult since your game is basically 1D, only moving left and right, so physically going to different places to explore may not work as most games like this do. Well done, hope to see more added to this!
Cool game! I like the concept of a platforming fishing game. I think this could benefit a lot from simpler controls. Maybe if the rod just faced the direction of movement, or you used mouse for moving and reeling in. There was a lot to remember all at once when starting that could have probably been condensed. Well done!
Cool game, would have liked controls that were easier to understand on keyboard.
Cool game and impressive technical system.
Link to actual game is https://goutye.itch.io/the-deepest-threat
Cool game, visuals are very nice. I would like to see the player have a more active role in the gameplay, and for more information/decisions be available to make interesting choices per encounter. I had no way to know what item would be better or worse going forward. Maybe if you saw the next few ahead, you could plan for it. Well done.
Really cool new idea here. I like the combination of snake game and puzzle. Would like to see tutorial or simple one action required level.
Cool game! Would have liked to see the background or some visuals indicate this was a volcano rather than a underwater cave or something. Art style is really cool.
Cool game, and I like the aesthetic. I think the core mechanics here are a little difficult, and the challenge came from loose platforming rather than challenging level design. The last item with a small jump to clear was super hard just because the collisions were so unforgiving. Would love to see more developed mechanics in this really cool looking world/setting.
Awesome idea. Really nice that you made this fun, lots of 'figure out path to bottom' games are just guess and check but this seems to avoid that feeling. well done.
Music and soft ambient light mixed with cool colors is great. Would like to move faster.
Love the art style! Clever mechanic, really fun.
Cool game. Would like to see the pace increase, faster movement with less drift. Visuals, especially the boat/surface, are really nice.
Cool game. I was able to just walk past all the enemies, so maybe they need to be stronger or more dangerous? Also recommend binding things like interact to multiple keys (E, Space, Enter, etc.) so people just figuring it out without instructions can play easier. Since you don't have many controls, it should be easy.
I was unable to install your game using the itch desktop app. It looks like you have a zip instead of a typical build folder. Itch has a tool called butler that you can use to automatically publish builds and they will work from the desktop app. Reply if you are able to publish a non-zip build and I will play.
I wrote an explanation here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/afraid-to-turn/easiest-way-to-upload-game-builds-automatically-almost-no-work. Building and uploading can be a pain, and I want to play more games, so I hope it works out.
Art is very intriguing. Would love to see more added here.
Really cool game. I think this benefits a lot from the low res style, as it keeps the spiders harder to see and more mysterious. Would have liked to see some visual feedback for shooting, since it is hard to figure out the controls without reading controls. well done.
This zip file is not compatible with the itch desktop app (Used to download files in sandbox and more secure). Itch has a tool called butler that will automatically publish your game builds to itch in a way that is compatible with the desktop app and direct download. I recommend it.
Amazing visuals, I was excited to play just by screenshots. Would really be interested to see how you can develop this further. It would be fun to see how many uses the water mechanic can provide.
Cool game. I like the concept of punching instead of just drilling. I would like to see other ways you can use that same idea to add other mechanics. It is visually unique, but mechanically still very similar to many other games. Well done.
As your description says, this game is not really finished or working. Would like to see you continue with this. Good job.
Graphics are fantastic and I really like the idea of sending other people deeper rather than yourself.
Amazing visuals. This is the most polished (other than audio) digging game I have played. I would really like to see this taken further.
By far the best game I have played this jam. "Juice" on the arrow mashing is my favorite part. Fun collection of mini-games. Reminds me of ridiculous fishing (Vlaambeer). Great job.
Cool game. I would like to see this in a hand crafted version to really allow for more intentional challenge level. Well done.
Good game! I would have liked to start off with an easier level to just get an understanding of all the mechanics. I would have also liked to see some mechanical integration of the theme, rather than just a wrapper for what each level is. Maybe an endless puzzle that goes down and you have to see how far you can make a connected path of tiles or something like that. This is mechanically the same to the number puzzle. Visuals/setting were cool, and well done.
I don't have a mic for my desktop computer, so I cannot play. Would like an alternative mode where you could just use mouse movement or something so I could still see the content. Can't rate, but well done!
Really cool game. Art is amazing. I would have liked tighter movement/combat feel, but for a short jam this is great. Would like to see more work on this.
Really cool game. The bow on the player character was a nice touch.
Really cool game. Visuals are fantastic.
Cool mood and visuals. It was unclear to me what velocity I needed to sleep.
Cool game. I had some issues with the camera and it was difficult to see what was happening.
The visuals of ZZT are interesting here, but incredibly hard to use. I would have liked to see you bring the retro visuals to a more modern interface using traditional UI design and fewer complex menus.
Really cool game. Visuals are fantastic and cohesive. Did you use a specific palette for this? I would have liked some audio and/or visual feedback on hitting the enemy. I also felt underpowered, and it seemed like the best strategy was to focus on avoiding the enemy rather than trying to kill them. Well done.
Really cool game. I like the many-tentacles mechanic, looks and feels fun.
Text and beeping was way to slow/frequent. I would prefer to be able to get to the core of jam entries as fast as possible, so I would like to read at my own speed. Cool visuals.
Cool art. I like having a small party of characters.
Nice visuals. Interface felt very hard to use. Would like one button (UI or keyboard) to attack.
Cool idea, but you have not provided any way to 'solve' this challenge. The only method is guess and check as far as I can tell. Would like to see an additional mechanic that allows for proactive solving.
Cool game. I like that tile placing mechanic combined with entities you do not directly control. The biggest thing I would like to see if visual feedback and information on what different things do / are doing. Ore collection and "combat" was unclear to me and things just seemed to float around and be ok. What is the in game reason for needing ore? or saving the blue things?
Music is best I have heard this jam. Really nice presentation.
Cool game. I would recommend making resource requirements much lower so that people playing can quickly experience your content. The core mechanics are not developed far enough to make it for me to collect 40 resources before any new mechanic is added. Cool game.
This is a really cool game. I got a real sense of stakes seeing something eek closer to the inside of my body. Great work.
Really cool game. Solid mechanics for a short jam.
Visuals were cool, but too abstract for me to intuitively figure out the puzzles. I completed levels just by trial and error. Sounds that played when moving things were a great touch. Well done.
Cool game! Ambitious project and I really like the intro scene.
Cool game. The biggest thing I would have liked to see was more forgiving collisions. Getting in the hole to the next level was tricky. Well done.
Art style is really nice and the game is very polished feeling. well done.
This was a really fun game. I like the idea of a timed platforming challenge. I would like to see more mechanics involved with difficulty. Just basic running and jumping is quickly exhausted. I would also have preferred some indication that the pit you can fall down is non-lethal. It is common for that to be a trap in tis kind of game, and that was not communicated to the player,
Super impressive visuals and UI/UX. Very polished and nicely presented game. Really enjoyed it.
This is a super fun game, one of the most fun I have played in the jam. Simple concept is really engaging. Would love to see more mechanics added.
Seems like there is an issue with the y position not being fixed. Cool game.
Cool game. I would have liked for controls to be on the mouse only rather than left shift. Well done!
This did not work when downloading through itch desktop app. Would like to see download fixed or web version.
Cool game. I really like that the penguin spins around as he is hit. I would prefer if the player character was higher up on the screen, giving more time to react to oncoming obstacles. Screen rendered above the player does not really serve any purpose.
Really nice game. I like the soft visuals.
Cool game and visuals. Not entirely sure how to find the target.
Great job! Would have liked air control over movement. Visuals are impressive.
Cool game! Character art is really great.
Really cool game. The lighting in the cave is fantastic looking. Great atmosphere.
Please publish this to itch.io. Downloading files from google drive is sketchy. Check my feed for a guide on how to do this automatically and easily.
Visuals are really nice, and pistol sfx are very satisfying. Would love to see a full version.
Amazing game. Really cool. Awesome balance of challenge and fun.
Presentation and style are great. Really like the sub command system. It was too difficult for me, but I would like to see a post-ld version!
Really cool game. Visuals are very well done, and sound was good too. Thematically, I would have liked to see time pause when you are on land rather than saying the loan just stopped going down. This could add to the frantic feeling of this guy constantly going up and down rather than chilling on the surface. well done.
Most visually impressive game. I just want to see this taken further. I would also like the animation / tile movement to be quicker. Really great job.
Really cool game, and impressive for a jam. Only critique I had would be an in game-world indication of depth. The ui shows levels I think? but you might as well just have enemies coming to the same spot. The depth mechanic here seems to be only integrated into the interface, not gameplay. Well done. Dash is really fun
Cool game. I think the mechanic here is interesting. I would prefer a system where the lights turning off was based on player actions. Currently, it feels unfair that everything goes completely black. It might be more rewarding to have lights stay on if you can get to the next checkpoint in time or something. Well done.
Really cool game. Animation squeeze and other small visual touches really add to overall game-fell/juice. Would love to try out a version where all 4 directions had the burst mechanic like vertical movement does.
One of the more fun game I have played this jam. I really like the fireball mechanic. I think you need to explain that you can launch it mid-air, as I first though it was like golf and you had to wait to land to go again. Really cool movement mechanic, would like to see it expanded on.
Graphics are really nice. I would have liked to see the mechanics integrated with the theme more, rather than just telling use we are getting deeper into a cave without any meaningful game impact from that.
This is a great game. Awesome transition between levels. Only critique is that it was unclear exactly how far you could turn, since you clipped partially into yourself whenever you turn. Great work.
Cool game. I like the concept for the rope swinging mechanics.
Cool game and idea. I would like player to have some control over downward speed. I did not like waiting for the fish to slowly lower. I would like the focus to be on maneuvering rather than waiting.
Great game. Really fun and unique mechanic.
Cool game. I would have liked to see some mechanical tie-in with the theme beyond the framing/scenery.
Really cool game. I like the mechanic and art. I think I would have preferred fewer tools, as it was repetitive to constantly be switching. I would really like to see more puzzley elements added to this. Great work.
Cool idea. I think this needs some UI solution to indicate easily where the monster is. Thinking about grid coordinates, especially on a 45 degree tilt, is a lot of cognitive load. I think I would enjoy this if it involved a broader view of things, and planning out a route, rather than making a lot of very complex individual choices. Well done.
Really great game. Visuals and polish are fantastic. Would love to see what else you would add here
Beautiful art here. Well done.
Cool game. I would love to see more done here!
Really cool game, I think the concept of hiding from these robots. I would have preferred to see the gameplay stick with the first 'game type' and be more fleshed out. The narrative elements are nice, but I think it would be stronger if you developed one style of gameplay further rather than switching to similar but distinct game modes. Well done.
Cool game! I like the dual take on the mechanic.
The graphics are really nice. I like the binary palette and art.
Cool game! I liked the puzzle twist on a digging idea.
Took a minute to figure out, but really cool! Was not expecting something as puzzley. Would have liked to see more UI indication of where they would dig, as they went past a shorter route than I drew.
Really cool concept. I like the idea of having to run around and manage the machines. Really great platforming mechanics for a jam (and in general).
Great looking and sounding game. Would have preferred to get into the interactive part sooner. Well done.
Excellent game. Great concept and really nice looking. Small change to golf idea, but along with visuals it works very well. Interested to see how more/less fun it would be with an arc showing where it would land.
Cool game. I like the idea, but was confused why the platform is lowering. I would have liked to see a more mechanic-based integration with the theme. Well done.
Fantastic idea. Really cool twist on minesweeper. Was happily surprised to see how much depth there was mechanically.
Cool game. I think the obstacles/walls should be colored to indicate danger, maybe red. At first I tried to get them. I think that you can hit things and not instantly lose, very fun.
Great game. Really cool fishing mechanics, and visuals are great.
Cool game and really creative visual theme. well done.
Cool game. I had some issues with moving vertically that were related to pressing mouse buttons? I like the art.
Cool game! Very nice core mechanics and feel. I would have enjoyed a gun with faster rate of fire and less damage. I did not enjoy clicking rapidly and getting infrequent shots.
Cool game. Would have liked to not have a restriction on fire rate, as that feels like an unintuitive mechanic for a gun that is semi-automatic.
Really cool visual style and mood.
Game is really cool. Mouse movement here is SO much better than lots of games like this using WASD and slow movement. This is actually fun to move around in, great primary loop. Please push a bug fix to the WebGL version!
Character art is nice, but performance has large issues that prevent me from playing. Would like to see this worked on more. Great job!
Amazing visuals. This is a super cool idea. I would like to see a limitation on how much you can scan to make the decision of where to scan more important. A good strategy is scanning constantly everywhere and it eventually gets easy to see. Really cool and well done. Would like to see more on this.
would love to see a web build!
Cool game. The diamond and laser drills sounded cool, but the initial drill was so slow I did not make it to them. 100 resources seemed way to high to slowly keep clicking. I would prefer to see a game like this start out with the most fun drill you came up with, even if that meant there were no upgrades.
Cool game. I like the dark flashlight vibe. Would have liked to get into the action even sooner!
This is a great idea. Really cool take on this genre/mechanic. Only feedback is that the integrity degradation is not explained, and seems unfair. I would like to benefit from a good initial shot by coasting further. well done.
Cool game. I think the camera zoom level here is problematic, as it restricts you from actually analyzing the maze to escape. The only strategy here is randomly going around, guess and check. This is not interesting for a player since there are no decisions to make.
The water and boat scene are beautiful. Great visuals. I would have preferred more go into the gameplay mechanics. The barrel recovery did not indicate any progress, and the movement was not as responsive or smooth as I would expect based on music and visuals. Really well done.
Cool idea. I had issues with random platform spawns that made it impossible to continue. I would like to see more directed randomness to ensure the player can continue. Well done.
Cool visuals and concept. Tanks controls were a bit unintuitive, and I would have preferred some other system.
Web version not found for me
Cool concept. I think this idea would work a lot better in a real-time top down game where you had to walk on the invisible section for longer, and there was a risk/reward to getting close to the edge. In a turn based movement system it is pretty easy to remember the path. This is really cool, and I would like to see more.
Cool game. I like the jousting-esque combat, and would love to see it after more time and polish.
Really cool concept. I like being able to see so much of the cool forest right from the start
Link does not work, make sure your game is public/published/all that on itch.
Excellent game. The visuals of the flashlight are really cool since they allow you to see silhouettes but not color. Overall mood was great. I would really like to see this expanded on post-jam. Obstacles that block light would be cool, or a mechanic where your accuracy of click influences how much light gets passed on to the next sub so it adds conflict between speed and accuracy. Really well done.
Cool idea. I would prefer a little more visibility, at least at first.
Really cool game. The setting here is really cool and unique. Would love to see more worm-specific mechanics added. Where is the wiggle mini-game? Well done.
Cool game! I really liked the visuals. It would be helpful to have some static background with a texture, so that when you are in open water you can get a sense of where you are going. It is confusing when all you see is blue. Well done!
@cammin The eye visibility was a bug I fixed since other comments, and not being able it drink the potion is a bug I just pushed a fix for. Glad you liked it (WebGL only so far), thanks for the feedback.
@ariorick @ben-taylor I believe I bound ctrl to shoot in addition to left click. Just forgot to add that to instructions.
@hestrateja That was a bug, and a fix should be up now. Thanks for the feedback!
@msipp27 There should be. What platform are you on?
@jafcraze thanks for the feedback! The arrows represent speed boosts from fully turned werewolf legs. The arm represents throwing distance upgrades from fully turned arms. You get faster and more powerful the closer you are to the end of the game. Thanks for playing!
@asiyeap not sure I follow what you mean
@backurio Thanks for the detailed feedback! I agree with all of that, and it sounds like it is in line with the majority of other players too. I am pretty happy with the experience of first playthrough and lose, second playthrough and win. For a jam, that is exactly the kind of game I would want to play. My thoughts on what any future work would involve is basically keep all the visuals, audio, mood elements and completely scrap the mechanics. They don't seem extensible and this concept could be applied to lots of different game types.
@etrealjunior that is so cool! Thanks. I am working my way through all the games of comments and will definitely be playing your entry.
Well done polished game. Art is really nice. I like simplicity of attacking and moving.
Really nice idea. Visuals are great. Would love to see more mechanics added to this.
Would love to see a web build!
Cool game. I would like to see more feedback about what each weapon does, and damage being done to me. It was a little hard to figure out what the consequences of my choices were. Well done!
Cool game. I like the story focus. I would have preferred a faster pace of the intro and gameplay.
Really nice visuals, I was interested to see the game world.
There is no link to play this game.
Well polished art. Really cool game. Would like to see more mechanics added to differentiate this from other clicker games.
Cool game! Transitions are very nice.
Great art and setting. Would love to see more objectives and mechanics added to this. Well done.
Great art, wish I could rate it.
Polished and great looking game. Really impressive.
Cool game! Music is excellent. I like the concept of digging deeper, but slowly and limited by resource. It is a good idea to build tension.
cool entry. Visuals were nice.
Good audio and mood. I would have liked to see a mechanic related to the theme, not just a framing device. The concept that each level is deeper does not affect gameplay, and platformers are already very difficulty to make without some cool twist.
Would love to see a web build!
I like the mood/tone, but gameplay starts off way too slow and then I could not see anything when underwater. I would like to get straight into the gameplay and be able to see more. Would like to see what else you can do here!
Really creative and fun game. Great concept and scope for a jam. Well done!
Music was really nice to listen to. I would have liked to see more variation in arrow directions, and some other mechanics added. The theme was really cool but the gameplay did not seem fully fleshed out. Definitely can imagine a really cool game based on the idea of a person singing and developing their voice. well done.
Likes - I like the idea of using a jackhammer as a weapon and as a platforming tool - Combos sound fun, although I never got any Problems - Friction with walls prevented me from easily jumping up onto platforms/ledges - I was never able to get passed the second ledge. The jackhammer pushed me to the left and I could not get back over fast enough
I would also recommend looking into color palettes. https://lospec.com/palette-list has a lot of really good ones. This may not be what you were going for, but often looks a lot better. You game has many fully saturated colors that do not necessarily look as cohesive as a good palette would.
If you are able to bug fix way the problem with the second ledge, or am missing something, please reply here. Good job!
@wall-jump-games I figured it out. I destroyed the gems/rock without making the jump. I did not see the huge jump boost and was just trying to jump. If you don't make it the first time, you have to restart the game. Playing again now.
I think the controls for the super jumnp are kind of difficult, it seems like you have to be on a gem, hold up, and then release space. This also leads to lots of soft fail states where it does not say game over, but you cannot progress. I would like to see maybe an automatic super jump by landing with the drill out? and some way to respawn gems or automatically restart the level if you fail. Good job.
Cool game! I like the idea and the island visuals are really cool and mysterious. It felt a little too random for me to be interested in choosing what tile to pick next. I had no indication of what any tile might have.
Nice art, and I like each of the underwater scenes.
Cool game! It felt a little too zoomed out for me to easily understand what was happening. I like the concept of manipulating the terrain in combo with building things.
Cool game! I like the 3D/2D sub art. I would have liked tighter movement controls. Pressing up was too floaty for me.
Really cool game. Great concept, and it is really nice that the player acts as the UI of how many burgers you have eaten. Would love to see full game based on a more polished mechanic. Well done.
This is super funny and well polished. Great entry. Only problem was that falling multiple platforms way extremely difficult to land. Would have preferred a taller screen ratio and for the player to stay at the top, so you can see things coming more.
Cool game. I would really appreciate visual feedback for what the player actions are doing to the environment.
Cool game! Solved the first puzzle, and got stuck on the second
Really cool concise game. Only thing I would want is more audio and visual feedback when you hit and when you miss. A good screen-shake and particle effect when you get a hit could go a long way.
Really cool game. I like the idea of a 'sim' combined with snake. Well done.
Would love to see a web build!
First funny game! Well done.
Cool game! Impressive work for a short jam. I would have liked to see the map focus on more vertical movement to do something with going deeper. The map is fairly flat, and I felt like I could see everything right from the start. Great work.
Excellent job integrating the hand drawn art, it looks really good. Main feedback would be making hazards more lenient, and balance the difficulty in the players favor. A lot of common platformer design tips involve making good things (pickups) easier than it looks, and bad things (spikes or enemies) harder than it looks i.e. hitbox smaller than the visuals indicate. I think that could go a long way here. Well done.
Cool game. Music was really nice. Would liked to see more mechanic related to theme. This is mechanically the same as a top down game and does not really depend on the deeper theme other than visually. Well done.
Cool game. I like the idea of a day sim to tell a story. I think it is really important to keep the pace up for a game that is primarily narrative, and especially on the second day, I just felt like I was waiting for so long to do everything. With a faster pace, I think this could be easier to get into. Well done.
Crashed, but looks cool.
I was unable to figure out the objective and flipped my vehicle. Cool game.
Cool game. I like the aesthetic and character art.
Cool game! I ran out if missiles and would have liked more.
Graphics and mechanics look amazing. Would have liked more feedback about how my dream meter was acting i.e. counting down/hitting x's/hitting numbers.
Really cool game. Would have liked ability to rotate like the enemies, and a general indication of where to go. Cool combat system, kind of like jousting. It was very fun to arrive at rooms where wasps had already battled and died.
Cool sim! There is an impressive amount of mechanics here. Well done.
Cool concept. I like the digging gameplay that is fast paced and more interactive than most dig-dug-likes. Well done.
Great game and nice music. Controls were kind of confusing to me.
Cool game! I like the one button concept.
Visuals are really cool. Would like to how the platforming could interact with the repeating depth.
This is a really fun game. I would want to see tips on how to boost in game, since without that is was very boring. Once I figured out the boost, it was a ton of fun. Music and SFX speeding up with gameplay is really great.
Really cool idea. I would love to see how this could work with hand crafted pages rather than real. This might allow for smaller pages, and levels with much higher depth.
Would love to see a web version!
Cool game. I wish there was some mechanical link to you being eyes besides the visuals. Well done and I would like to see more of this.
Zip files are not compatible with the itch desktop app (Used to download files in sandbox and more secure). Itch has a tool called butler that will automatically publish your game builds to itch in a way that is compatible with the desktop app and direct download. I recommend it.
Graphics are cool. Would have liked to see more mechanical integration with the theme rather than just describing in words what is happening. Let me play this story instead of reading it.
This is amazing. Super great and striking visuals, and nice simple mechanic that is fun and new. Well done.
Cool concept! Art style is nice. Would like to see more added to this. well done.
I liked the mood and visuals, but everything was extremely slow. I would love to see a version with faster movement for player and enemies. Well done.
Fantastic art style. I really like how zoomed out it feels, which makes it feel like I am moving much faster while still being in control. Gives be vibes of N++. Well done.
Cool game! I like the idea of losing visibility as you go. I would prefer more responsive movement. Delayed speed changes is less realistic, but also less frustrating.
Visuals and colors are really nice.
Great visuals and presentation. I would like to see what you can do with this given more time.
Cool game. Sprites for enemies and player are really well done. I would have liked to see a mechanic related to the theme, not just a framing device. The concept that each level is deeper does not affect gameplay, and platformers are already very difficulty to make without some cool twist.
Cool game. Platformers are really hard to make, especially in a jam, and I think this game's biggest difficulty is unpolished core mechanics. I think this concept could have worked in a top down system which would have been much faster to implement. The core idea here seems tied to the lighting and shooting, not jumping around. Well done.
Is is one of the best games I have played this jam. Awesome design. Only thing I would like is for a visual indication that you can move into the skeletons to kill them. I had to trial and error a bit to figure that out, maybe if the arrow was red when you were next to them, it would be quicker to pick up without having to read directions. Well done.
Would love to see a web build!
Cool game. Character art is nice. I would like to see mechanics related to the theme in more focus. This seems to be a pretty standard platformer. Just going down in general does not add to the gameplay at all. Well done. For a jam platformer, this is very good and competent.
I did not have enough breath to make it to the first leaf, so I could not make any progress. Cool visuals, would like to see this after fix.
Ah ok, I tried again and makes sense. I think the dithering is confusing since all blue and mostly blue tiles are walls, and the lone land tile does not stick out against the adjacent ones. I think the visuals would be more clear with fewer variations.
Cool game. 3 color palette is really cool. Gameplay was a bit confusing.
Cool game. Felt fund to dash around a spearman and see him attack where I just was.
Nice graphics and solid platforming. Well done
Cool game! Art is really nice and I would love to see more added. I think the evade/dash should move you quickly rather than teleporting. Also need some visual and audio feedback when you get hit to help the player understand what is happening. Also highly recommend using itch.io or similar to host you game next time. People are much more likely to play a web game than download an exe from a stranger on the internet. Should result in getting more reviews and feedback. Great job, and really impressive if this is your first project.
Cool game mechanic and visuals. I like the overall feel. Would like to see more added. Well done.
Really cool game. Would love to see more mechanics added. Alternative color palettes would also be a really fun addition.
Really cool visuals and plot/story. It was unclear to me if I had won or lost at the final button. I would have liked more feedback on my progress, since losing means you have to reexamine every single level even if only one was wrong. Great work.
Really cool game. Would have preferred for desktop to be supported primarily. Well done.
Link not working for me
Link is working, but would like to see w web build!
Really fun game. I like the visuals and the one-button design. I would like to see a tighter collision box on the player, as it seemed like I died when not touching obstacles. It was also hard to overcome randomly being surrounded by obstacles when you cannot go straight down easily. Well done
Please upload this to itch.io or similar so I can play it!
Cool game!
This makes me physically ill. Visual style is great. Visuals are terrifying. Well done I think?
Cool game. I like the concept here, but would have liked to see more time spent on the mechanics rather than visuals. Well done and I would be interested to see where you can take this.
Great game and great music. I like the core concept and would love to see it get expanded. This seems like a great starting points for a mechanic where you build things.
Great game! Visuals were super cool. I would have liked some faster move speed, as I felt like I was waiting for all the in-between areas.
Ew but also cool. Very cool mechanic. Got a little tough when it was very zoomed out and I could barely see in from of the leading man.
Cool game. I like the idea of platform fighting and digging, but found the platforming not precise enough. This is an ambitious mechanic to tackle. Well done.
Not working for me. If you reply here when it is up I will give it a go.
Cool game. Color palette is really nice and works well with your mood and art style. Submarine was really cool, and I would love to explore more story and horror going on there. The sub is inherently a dangerous small claustrophobic space, and very vulnerable to many things. As a jam/compo game, I think this needs to quicken the pace. There is benefit to setting the scene for horror, but slow walking speed quickly becomes frustrating. I would like to see the story setup and start quickly. Really cool game, well done.