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A jam submission

LinemanView game page

game-jam game about tethering through darkness
Submitted by JojyGuy, Deadlycupcake, farawaycereal — 27 minutes, 11 seconds before the deadline
Rated by 13 people so far
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power outage to repair

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Really cool game mechanics with the grappling hook and nice cardboard-cutout-style graphics, really charming. It's a really nice and smart puzzle game but the physics can be a bit glitchy but I don't really mind. I think my main problems were the darkness which makes sense for a power outage but still, I wish it was a little bit more bright. I also think a restart addition would be great because when I lost an item and had to restart I needed to refresh the game that took a while to load again (but that is probably because of my laptop). But I still enjoyed it nonetheless. 

Submitted

Completely disregard my previous comment if you saw it! I had been frustrated with something else and threw in the towel way before giving each level a chance.

This game shows a lot of promise. The mechanics are great, the take on the theme is great, the visuals are honestly fantastic and really make the game stick out. It took a WHILE to get down though, like I played it across two separate days before I understood generally what the game wanted from me. The tutorial could certainly be improved.

I would say this game's big issue is the fact that everything is unlit. It definitely fits in the context of the game, I agree, but being unable to see the puzzle you're meant to solve has led me to a lot of frustration. Yes, there are worklights, but the fact that they have collision means you should honestly never use them because they are always in the way. Always. The battery's just much too heavy on top of that, I wasn't able to beat Level 7 and struggled on most others desperately trying to fold it over any elevation. These are all easy fixes though, and after that you have a really nice puzzle game that takes a lot of creativity to get through. Good job!

Submitted

This is a cool game. The visuals are nice but there was a bug in the tutorial where I took the battery out of the thing, and it spawned on top of me and I couldn't move. Good job though! 

Submitted

I like the visuals

Submitted

Good visuals and i like it 

Submitted

Haha I was trying to speedrun and flung myself into death. 

Submitted

The grapple is so fun! Love the art style, too--so whimsical!