Interesting idea, good execution!

I just don't understand why the character dies here:

Of course, constantly memorizing levels and moving in the dark can be annoying for many, and check points (when the torch ends) wants to get closer.

Good luck in development =)

The concept of this game is super cool. I really really enjoyed it! Probably one of the most creative mechanics in this jam and I really had fun playing it! I think my biggest issues were more of the hitboxes. I noticed sometimes I was dying to spikes even though I was appearing on a flat surface. Noticed that on the level where you have to grab the key and jump down spikes on both sides. Even before I grabbed the key, I was on the flat platform to its left and seemed to be dying as well. Same for the level where you are chased by the pink arrow and after that jump, there's some fire and spikes you had to go to get the key before going back to the door. I noticed that even though the arrow didn't hit me, if I hit my head on the ceiling, I seemed to be getting killed by the spikes above it. Even though those spikes weren't for the ceiling... if that makes sense. I think a little signposting as to what the hazards do might be helpful in the game. But to be honest, I never really had trouble with that part. You respawn so easily it's pretty easy to figure out and just learn from your mistakes. I particularly loved how you could kinda do a blind run of the game without using the light.  I think there's some fun speedrunning potential there with how fast the game resets. I love that it is forgiving to deaths. Was playing around trying to see how far I could go without using the torch. The graphics were pretty well suited for this game, the sound and musics were nice too. Game gave a fun challenge that I loved to play!

this was fun, i liked the torch mechanic!

really cool, well thought out game!

The best concept I've seen so far! Finished till the end and I'm proud to die 128 times! The levels were simple yet challenging with increasing difficulty. I got a bit stumped with piranha plants, especially the one surrounded by flames. Took me a while to realized and when I did, it felt good!

It might be just me but when I press R, the game freezes (HTML version). Might want to check that out. Also in the last level, if you don't get the rainbow thingy (what is that?) the round won't end. I know you intended people to get the rainbow thingy but I just like breaking games :)

The graphics are simple but very well executed.  The contrast between the black and white world with the neon rainbows was a fantastic design choice!

I'm giving this full 5 stars, you deserve it!

This is great!! I love the pixel art, and the puzzles are really satisfying to figure out. I thought it was really clever to have spots that catch fire in the light. Overall a fun game with cute graphics, well done!

It's probably just on my end, but I was having this issue where sometimes the spacebar would scroll the page and when that happened I couldn't control the character anymore. It doesn't look like anyone else mentioned that so it's probably just a browser issue I'm having.

Btw both our games have protagonists that resemble Indiana Jones, probably because we are awesome :D

I enjoyed your game . Great concept.

Will play it some more.

Nice little puzzle platformer. The torch mechanic is cool but it's pretty hard to figure out some of its effects, like that it lights up dangerous fires! I thought the fires were on a timer at first and kept checking on them to see when they'd turn off but they never did.

Another improvement I would suggest is have the torch power auto-regenerate so that the player don't get stuck.

Good job!

The game played really nicely and the art was really good!

Pretty cool game! It took me a minute to figure out the light mechanic, but I had a lot of fun playing it.

I love the retro Spectrum graphics! The instructions disappeared very quickly when I started the game, so I didn't knew you could press the mouse button to peek around at first. I finished the first eight screens completely blind (which was balls hard) :D 

It's a fun little game. Keep up the good work ;) Rated!

Cool idea for a game, simple art but it gets the job done. 

Not sure what the healthbar does at the top but maybe it was explained in the huge wall of text at the start that I most definitely skipped. EDIT: I am just now discovering you can click to view the level, but the health goes down. I got this whole way without knowing that. I was using the mouse to "mark" important zones on the map like where to jump!

I got stuck on this level, whenever I'd jump to get the key (which is invisible in the screenshot for some reason?) but die upon landing on either side of the platform.

A really neat puzzle game. The controls were good, and the art was really clever, but I felt the game lacked some polish. Some levels were also a bit too trial and error for me, and the levels didn't really offer any room for error when learning, as you kind of had to die to learn how things would work. The tutorial also seemed to go by too fast, and it took a couple of reloads to see everything. Perhaps some level flavor text to explain some things a bit better would help. But those things aside, I see a lot of potential here. 

Love it! - Very addictive... :D   Crisp, clean retro inspired visuals, and tight controls...  :D   Well done!

love the atmosphere! got shot by that arrow about 73 times :}

Wow, the innovative game design is pretty epic. Nice work!