I don't have time to write out a real review, but I did stream your game here:

There's a real wholesome warmth to this game; somewhere between the cute bouncy animations to the lighthearted faces and the thick character outlines there's just something calm and sweet.

However, I found the first few moments of the game quite overwhelming, and quite far from that aesthetic which made lowering myself into it a bit more complex. The strangely laid out menu and the big ol' wall-o-text controlsl were too much for my brain to handle on entering. I think it was made a bit more complex by me not knowing what the "merge" and "drop/split" were going mean in the game, so I immediately forgot the controls and had to go back to the menu... haha. Finding some way to introduce the mechanics organically coul be nice. Not necessarily a tutorial but just some more obligatory progression.

I also appreciated you giving the player agency to choose the music, but kind of felt that by choosing it yourself you could have had a much tighter hold over the audio atmosphere you were building with the game, which in turn would have had a big impact on the gameplay. I think it's also worth noting that the music starting as "off" is a little wierd as that first moment really sells the identity of the game, so the sound should/could be a big part of that :)

Overall a cute style and niice to see how many different systems you put in the game, but really nailing that mood early on and adding a clearer progression would have done a lot for me. :)

Really interesting concept, I really liked it, and it fit the theme very well. The various music tracks were a nice touch, and I liked the overall visual design of the levels and enemies. I also enjoyed the shape inspired writing for the square.

The platforming was kinda finicky, and the movement could've been less floaty. I did like the blob's jumping animation though.

Overall, cool game!

Interesting play! I like the aesthetic you went for, and the musics are nice (I also appreciated the fact it's possible to switch tracks!). The dialogs were very funny sometimes, which I enjoyed too. 

I'm not very good at platformers so I couldn't finish the game (yet) Also, maybe I didn't see it but I think it would be useful to allow players to check the controls again with the pause menu, because I couldn't find how to do that so I had to go back to the main menu... The last drawback I can see concerns the font, that I find a bit hard to read if the game isn't full screen.

But overall it was fun to play and has a nice feeling to it! 

I like the world you've built in this game. Finding the various NPCsand seeing what they had to say was very enjoyable. I also like how your included multiple music tracks and gave us an option to switch between them.

Platforming seems a bit finnicky. Sometimes if I hit a wall, I get an extra jump, which doesn't look like intended behavior to me. I also think the game could've used given more direction. I didn't know the ghost slime totems spawned more children for you until I spammed keys next to them, and it was only later that I found the square NPC that told you what those totems do. That information should be given out much earlier in the game. I also wasn't sure what to do after I found the thief, the game didn't end so I assumed there was something else to do but I went through the whole map again and didn't find anything else.

Overall, it was a fun game and I enjoyed exploring the map. The setting and atmosphere was very well done, and I like the work you put into creating the map and the different NPCs.

A very enjoyable game, I say!

I appreciate the overall atmosphere. There were many brilliant moments, subtly humorous, mildly surprising and smart.

I like the naive graphics. Especially nice is the fact that you left "soft brush and fill" artifacts on purpose. I call it the resistance of the material and it really creates interesting effects sometimes!

Chill tempo, the absence of tension seemed irritating at first — it was a feeling that the game doesn't know what to do. Because we're used to games constantly stimulating us, pushing us forward. But after some time I started to value this calm approach. I now think it's one of the unique features of the game.

There are nice level design decisions. Like, the ladder over the big pit with spikes, covered with the chappy platform looked senseless at first. And only later on I understood why it's there.

The main gameplay feature — absorbing and expelling the children — looks underdeveloped. It's just there. If you've focused on it, it would be deeper and more meaningful. Well, probably then we wouldn't have all those tiny moments with the scientist and the turtle. Nevertheless.

Overall I think the game would benefit a lot if you would focus on only one of its aspects more. For example, make it really puzzly by taking the absorb-expell mechanic to the limit by thought out level design. Or vise versa turn it into a little smart sitcom full of dialogues and expressive characters, maybe built upon soft exploration mechanics. I clearly see that you're capable of doing any of these.

There are quite a lot of technical issues and inconsistencies. I have the list and it's long) If you're interested, feel free to reach me at https://twitter.com/bulboka

It looks quite good and I had a lot of fun. But there are some changes I would mak to increase playability: The player animation sprite should never go outside of the hitbox, because it's only confusing and the text is hart to read in the controls menu in the beginning.

It fits the theme perfectly. My problem was that I forgot the controls in the game, but after reading them again, I really enjoyed your game!

I really like the concept and the aesthetics are good too. It feels like this game has a lot of charm which makes it more enjoyable to play. Unfortunately, I got confused on where to go and I couldn't find a way out. Overall, I still think you've done a great job!

Neat platformer, graphics had a lot of charm. Also had the same bug some other mentioned where the menu stayed open in game but I just kinda hit random buttons until it went away.

Kept getting an issue where the menu wouldn't go away even when opened, but changing my browser seemed to fix it, really good fun to play with cute character design!

Pretty good game I would say. I have been always liking eating stuff and growing mechanics in games. I also like the design of the blob queen. 

Hey, Can you check mine too? We made an arcade platformer about a blonde witch and her golem under 15 hours! Here's the link https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-5/rate/924290 

Thanks for the rate :D

Cool game, has a nice, defined aesthetic.... only two minor issues. The movement felt just a little 'floaty', and the text was a kind of tricky to read... maybe a new font?

Overall great job though, really good entry.

Thank you for sharing your game! 

I like how much personality the game has.  The aesthethic was clearly defined and making all the game by yourself was a huge challenge for sure, you should be really proud of how much you achieved. 

As a thing that could maybe be improved, I got lost at the map one moment and didn't find how to continue or go back. It was were I could talk with a character near an enemy.

Anyway, awesome job and congrats on being able to do that much by yourself.

Thank you for sharing your game with us!

Cool game, I really liked the art style and the music tracks. I like that you added dialogue elements. The physics for the jumping could be improved a bit. I found myself clipping on edges sometimes after jumping on platforms.

This game has so much charm, from the simple painted style, to the music, and the characters. I enjoyed just wandering around in the game. The platforming felt pretty good as well. Well done!

It would be cool if you could check out my game too and give it a rating. https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-5/rate/925013

Fun game, with a whole lot of interactivity with characters in the world, which made me feel like I was part of the world while playing. The art is nice, and the music is pretty good. There is not really a need for the player to eject blobs, other than a few places where you can't go through if you're too big. It is a mechanic which can be expanded on for sure though.

You have a very cool game!  Maybe work on the graphics, and i didn't understood how to move with the other character, keep going !

Also, don't forget to play and rate my game!

Wow so much detail!

It's amazing what people do in 1 week. Your art is nice, the mechanics are smooth, i like how u had different ideas for every part of the map. Some bugs here and there, like wall glitching but that's not a problem at all.

Keep up the good work.

pretty cool game! i like the animation of the blob and the pretty uniqe art style. just wish there was music and stuff like that. would love if you could try out my game too https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-5/rate/929542