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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #9 | 4.333 | 4.333 |
| Audio | #21 | 3.815 | 3.815 |
| Game Design | #39 | 3.852 | 3.852 |
| Overall | #72 | 3.543 | 3.543 |
| Fun | #115 | 3.444 | 3.444 |
| Innovation | #153 | 3.222 | 3.222 |
| Theme | #349 | 2.593 | 2.593 |
Ranked from 27 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
You are a ghost (so you have obviously met your end) and are given a new beginning to plant life back into the ended world.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes. All of it (I think. 98% sure. Except the font.)
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This game was amazing, I loved it so much! The sprites are adorable and work so well together, the audio is chirpy and satisfying, the controls are great, and the level designs are just well...designed. Hats off to you, this was one of if not my favorite game that I've played this jam. I would be super appreciative if you could check out and rate my game as well :)
Thank you so much for such kind words!
The feel of how the player character controls is superb, much better than most of the plataformers in this jam. The art is very cute and wonderful and I enjoyed the game. Music was very good as well.
Thank you very much!
Very nice artwork and music! Wasn't sure why I had to get in a robot to pickup/throw plants, so perhaps I missed that part of the story.
The ghost doesn't have hands... Thanks for playing.
Its a fun Puzzle solving game, fun, cute art style and relaxing. I dont find how it fits the theme properly and the music has a couple of bugs, but besides that its a pretty cute and fun game, keep it up!!!!!!
It literally says right there how the game fits the theme... Thanks for playing?
Like the details and puzzle solving of the game.The graphics and music are wonderful to describe
and the game is well polish especially from graphics to controls unlike my game which has weird pixel graphics and mess up direction control
(u can check it my game and understand it)
This is a very well made puzzle game. The visuals and the music is really good. The levels got a bit similar, and for the jam version it would have be okay with a bit less levels. But else a really good jam game. Well done.
I admire your attention to details :) Like how the robot checks how it's looking in its' new body in the idle animation, the sound effects. Art is absolutely amazing, the audio fits really nicely too. I expected another boring platformer, but it was a pleasure to play. Very nice job!
Thanks a lot!
Maybe a little easy in some places, but for a week time a great result. It was fun, looks very good and controls also works great.
Most of the times my games are "too hard". It's difficult to please everyone, but I've learnt that in jams it's better to lean on the easy side to make the game accessible to everyone. Thanks for playing!
Nice game, the sound and audio were nice, It would be nice if there was a tutorial on the buttons, at first I was confused as to what I should click to interact with the robot, but then I read the description 😁Good job! What tool did use to make the audio with?
Thanks for playing! I used Reaper to make the sound effects and music and FMOD to implement it into Unity.
very nice art and audio. I didn't notice all those small details that you pointed out while I was playing so maybe focusing on the levels might have been better but they still really added a nice touch once I did find out about them. the game feels very smooth and the puzzles were pretty good. good job
Thank you. And I agree that I should've focused more on the levels.
I've very much enjoyed enjoyed this so far, really well put together! I'll come back to it later today as I have to leave at the moment, but so far so good! I really like the puzzles that I've done so far and the sounds and visuals are great to match.
Thanks for playing! Sadly because of all the useless detail I added that no one will notice (like different random idle animations for different "characters" and different footstep sounds on different surfaces) I didn't have much time to make levels (I should get my priorities straight). But I hope what I did add is enjoyable enough. Thank you for the kind words as well. :)
Ok I just played this as soon as I got home, and the levels I hadn't gotten to yet were just as good! With the knowledge of the little details like the footstep sounds etc, I really noticed it and it made the game feel more complete. I loved the snowy levels, and even though the background was basically just recolored, it was really nice to have the variety in scenery (plus the snowfall was quite nice as well). The platforming itself felt really polished and well tested, and even though there were some tight jumps, I never felt they were unfair. The only bug I noticed is in one of the snowy levels the robot body would fall through the button-activated moving platform. Other than that, this game is right up there with my favorites of the jam!
Beautiful art and good music! There seems to be some little bug when you get close to the robot or the plant but it didn't highlight the item, I needed to get away and get near them again to be able to pickup plant/get into robot. But nonetheless a great game, bravo!
The hitbox doesn't extend into the player, it's only in front of the player which I only realized later is kinda stupid. Thanks for playing!
Fantastic music and art, pretty fun gameplay, I would rebind the actions to more standard keys like "E" or 1,2,3,4 beacues I spent a lot of time mis-clicking around the keyboard. Great work! Keep it up!
Thanks.
Good stuff but I think I experienced a bug with the sounds as I don't hear any of them even after refreshing the page a few times. I tried it in a different browser and it worked though!
The sound is great as well as the visuals.
I wish getting in the suit was a bit more forgiving with where you need to stand.
Weird. Which browser did you use when it didn't work? I'm curious. Thanks a lot for playing!
The Brave browser
Probably a bug to do with Chrome then. Only tested on Firefox.
I really like the precise seemingly miniature pixel art and parallax background. The game mechanics are interesting, but I feel it would be smoother if the plant got into and out of the robot by jumping rather than keys. I would also be good to have some sonic feedback and background music/sound to create more atmosphere.
I'm confused. There are plenty of sound effects and also background music and ocean sounds yet you say it would be good to add some? Thank you for the feedback and thank you for playing.
Absolutely right, apologies, must've been something I did. Just went back and tried again, music sounds good!
very addictive and pleasant sounds
Thanks!
the sprites are really pleasing to look at, and the player feels good too control. The level design is also really good. My one complaint is that the controls area bit too complicated. Since you can only grab carrots while youre in the robot, i would just make a general function key, like 'E' to possess the robot AND pickup/drop the carrot. I would also change the throw key to 'F'. But other than that, I really enjoyed this. Great job!
Thanks! Appreciate the feedback. I was thinking of making it a 2 button game but in the end decided to not do so for better or for worse.
Really nice platformer with cool pixelart, great job!
Thank you!
Nice game. The art style is beatiful and the transitions between scenes is good.
Thanks a lot for the kind words and thank you for playing!
Great work, it's even more impressive knowing you took on so many roles! It reminds me a little bit of a game I'd see on Nitrome (which is very high praise). I agree with WaffleExploder. Those rusty sign posts you have in a few levels could be a good place to add helpful info on controls and backstory.
Adding tutorials to those signs was the reason I made them, but since I was so ambitious with the game I sadly didn't have time to implement it. Thanks for playing!