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A jam submission

Stronger To GatherView game page

Gather flowers with the help of the orbs you gather!
Submitted by Davidiko — 8 hours, 17 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#254.0654.065
Game Design#294.1084.108
Fun#344.0434.043
Overall#493.8983.898
Innovation#803.8603.860
Theme#3383.6883.688
Graphics#3563.6243.624

Ranked from 93 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

In what way does your game fit the theme?
You gather orbs which helps you to gather flowers and progress the game!

Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes.

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Submitted(+1)

The game was great! Really nice atmosphere, the controls were also nice and snappy which is always nice to see. The idea of the game was unique, so a big plus there. And another thing, the music was great, it reminded me heavily of risk of rain 1&2, both games with amazing music. Nice job!

(+1)

We are making Gameplay Videos about the Games we played and Talk about while playing them, to give a Live Feedback while playing

This Video contains a Full Playthrough and all Levels Completed.

This was a awesome and Challenging Experience. Would love to see more Levels.

I would suggest to add another Key for Jumping like the Left Mouse Button.

This is really a Good Work, thanks for making it, i really had a good Time playing it.

Keep the Work up!


We Would love to have your Feedback for our Game as well.
Greetings from Stusse Games

Developer

That was so cool to watch!!!

Thank you so much! In my mind I wanted to have some more relaxed stages after some of the most annoying ones, but I ended up with stages which were too hard to my liking and I didn't have time to playtest with other people.. I also need to lower the spikes by half so it will by less frustrating.

Yea, adding another key is the right move for sure.

Thank you.

Submitted(+1)

That was a fun challenge and very rewarding to complete a level (especially the one with the 5th flower)! The dropping of the orbs felt like a bug at first until I went back to the first screen to better understand the double-jump. Then I realized that is a super clever mechanic.

One suggestion might be to move the first double-jump closer to the middle of the screen. Since the orb and ledge were so close to the end of the first screen, I didn’t even realize I lost the orb due to double-jumping. Then again, that frustration and discovery are part of the fun. Well done.

Developer

Yea, definitely putting the orb in the middle is the right move. Even though I strongly like the feeling of discovery, when it comes to the basic mechanic of the game it should be more intuitive.

I'm glad to hear you had fun, thank you!

Submitted(+1)

Traditional platformers force you to restart the game if you failed but this game completely eliminates this problem, I like it. 

Will there be any easter eggs if I collected all 10 flowers?

Developer

Yea I wanted to make death less daunting, as I figured people will fail the jumps quite often.

Well, there are actually 11 flowers, each time you pick a flower the background changes to a more saturated color, and gathering the flowers also progresses the song. So at 10 flowers you'll have the ending part.

Thank you for playing!

Submitted(+1)

I am calling it, this game gets featured

The level deign was smart and very enchanting, the music .... that is some AWESOME music, don't know how you did it but it was perfect for the game. A solid concept with interesting challenge and some great overall fun in gameplay, awesome entry guys!!!

Developer(+1)

Thank you for so much for your kind words! I am truly flattered, and glad to hear you had fun.

My friend who made the music is truly a magician, I'll send the love to him :D 

Thanks again. (Also, love your game)

Submitted(+1)

Overall great game! I enjoyed the mechanics and there's definitely a lot you can make from them. I had fun solving each level!

If I'm to give any complaints, as a composer, I think sound design felt a bit off. I think using piano notes as your "jump" is quite unique and interesting, but it often clashed with the music. I often write music to blend perfectly with the sound design. If the music covers up the in-game audio (or vice versa), then it's better to rewrite it to better compliment each other. Again, unique concept, but doesn't blend very well with the background music.

Also, I found a hidden flower and ended up beating the game with 11/10 stars. Was that intentional? Haha

Developer(+1)

Yes, there are 11 flowers, you probably gathered the secret one by accident. I planned on making a secret room but ran out of time so I just put it hidden. (you can only see the light it emits)

When it came for the jump notes, I agree that it's not blending well. I just had this idea in my head that I wanted to try, I thought it will make completing a stage more satisfying when hearing the notes play out. My favorite platformers make the sfx almost addicting when you complete the stage, and I wanted to shoot for something similar. (speaking of shooting, it's like shooting a basketball. the sound of the net when you get that in is about 80% of the reason I like playing basketball)

Thing is, I wasted so much time on it and I didn't have enough time to replace it so I just kept that in.

Thank you!

Submitted

I really like this game, good job. I feel like this could be a full-fledged game like celeste if it had characters and a story. The mechanics are so solid that I would love to play like this for a good couple of hours. One technical detail that I noticed, was the background track stopped playing for me at some point. But that isn't a big deal, just thought I'd mention it. Thanks for a fun play-through!

Developer

That's really nice to hear!

I love celeste, and I guess it shows :D
I will try and expand upon the basic mechanics of the game and see how it goes. I had a few things in mind I didn't manage to include in the jam.

As for the audio bug, that's really interesting, was it after you take a flower?
Right now the music updates at 1 flower, 5, 8, and 10 where it eventually stops, so I guess something over there.

Submitted

Really fun and challenging!

Submitted(+2)

Wow what a perfect little game. Got all 10 flowers. The whole thing was a perfect length. Excellent music and graphics, everything was just so nice and buttery smooth. Great job!

Developer

Thank you !! Glad to hear that <3

Submitted

A very easy game to jump into! The jump sound was a bit jarring, but the puzzles are great!

Submitted(+2)

Really good game, so far the best game design I have seen in this competition, loved the audio, reminded me of the songs in Risk of Rain, really loved the jump mechanic made for some really entertaining puzzles

Developer

Thanks for your kind words!

I have around 250 hours on RoR so hearing that just makes me happy!

Submitted

Amazing!

Submitted(+1)

I thought the music was awful and often off-key.. until I realized that its me jumping that's making the "off-key" sounds :D The background music is nice overall, and it would be nice if the jumping would play an appropriate note for that section of the song.. but that's a very advanced thing I do not expect in a game jam. 

Graphics are very nice, the mechanics are good and challenging. Does it match the theme? Not so much, but you made a pun out of it, so there's some points for that. 

Well done.

Developer

Yea I planned on making the jumping sounds blend better,  but I started late and didn't have much time..

I'm curious as to why it doesn't match the theme..? you gather other orbs, in order to get stronger and complete jumps you couldn't make otherwise.

Glad you enjoyed! :D

Submitted(+1)

Well the orbs are like powerups, they're not like a separate entity. They give you an extra ability, but they're really nothing on their own. So when you say "Stronger together" I imagine persons / entities cooperating on a task. 

Submitted

The idea of the game is really cool

Submitted(+1)

i really really loved your game! it was awesome!! simple and engaging. i enjoyed those few minutes. Music is the best part of it, for me it made all the trying meaningful. thank you guys for making such a great experience!

Submitted

The puzzles r rather hard for me lol but fun nonetheless i like how u have interpreted the theme. It deserves a gd rating and please check out my game as well :)

Submitted

I really love this! it has some really tough puzzles, and the sounds are really good!

Submitted(+1)

Very fitting music and I liked the gameplay. Could be pretty hard at points

(+1)

Despite how simple the premise is, the level design made for some really tough and fun puzzles. The atmosphere+music is so cool, and the controls feel excellent. Really enjoyed this one!

Submitted(+2)

The audio is brilliant, the gameplay is good, controls are smooth and responsive, couldn't find any bugs.

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