| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #358 | 2.941 | 2.941 |
| Audio | #500 | 2.353 | 2.353 |
| Game Design | #520 | 2.588 | 2.588 |
| Graphics | #527 | 2.588 | 2.588 |
| Overall | #533 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
| Innovation | #600 | 2.235 | 2.235 |
| Fun | #613 | 2.294 | 2.294 |
Ranked from 34 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Interesting experience. Nice graphics and audio (except bit annoying keyboard sound in dialogues) It's fun to play and platform sections are really well designed. Dialogues are fun to read and ending have a nice twist. There are few typos though.
Please give my game a shot if possible ;)
Played and rated! I really liked your game!
Don't forget to rate my game please: https://itch.io/jam/cgj/rate/476599
I like the concept of the game. Don't trust anybody. :) The movement is a bit slow, especially jump. Anyway, I had a great time playing it.
Strange game design choice. Basically, if you interpret the lies correctly and you choose the correct path, you remove platforming from the platformer. So at that point it becomes a press D simulator, with the occasional press Space moment.
However, if you choose the platforming instead, then you get a fairly difficult game, made more difficult by the fact that the jump is really high, and cannot be modulated. Further, if you take two hits of damage, you die. What happens when you die? Start over. I quit the first time I died. I wasn't going to subject myself to replaying the same 8 forks in the road again. I think it would have been a much better decision to put a checkpoint before each fork.
The theme is explored somewhat, but in the end of the day it's not the game lying, it's Navi.
The aesthetics are odd. There are some blurry repeated textures (like the brown ground texture), some sharp drawings, like the main character, a blurry pfx, like Navi, and a stylised background. The obstacles are very narrow, and the spikes are dark in colour, so they are somewhat hard to distinguish from the walkable areas. Character animations are peculiar as well. She will walk while jumping, for instance.
I thought the piano notes, like C3 when jumping, C2 when landing, and another note I can't remember when taking damage was interesting. A bit obnoxious if the player jumps in corridors, but that's their decision.
An alright entry, damaged from my perspective by the full restart on death.
Thanks for playing and that's a really good analysis.
I agree to the following points:
But I disagree in the following:
So a big thank you for this awesome crticism.
Pretty menu and music. I like the character and world designs, too. One thing that was throwing me off each time was the typing sound during the narrative parts. It's probably fine but I kind of wanted a noise that was less intrusive if that makes sense. Like a small chime or something. The first time I jumped it threw me off! I didn't expect to be able to jump that high! Overall, I enjoyed running through it with the wisp character along for the ride. Nice entry!
Hi! :D I really enjoyed playing your game! Your concept is very interesting and the art is beautiful! The dialogue between the two characters is cute and funny and keeps the player engaged. Great job :D!
good game dude i really like the game play and how you have to choose the best way to move it was incredibly awesome
may be you can check my game too if you have some time^_^
I really like the writing and the dialogues! Also, the jump sound is a nice touch!
I like the general premise of the game but in opinion was not executed to its full potential. The floaty platforming was fine at points but then in sections later in the game it just felt like a burden. Although the general atmosphere felt good the game environment felt empty and after running through it several times it got boring. The jumping sound also got on my nerves after about my second attempt. It is okey in isolation but when constantly jumping it can be really annoying. On top of this it basically just becomes a memory game later down the line.
Some suggestions:
- The sections that were the easier path could have some obstacles littered in just a bit less. After a few play throughs it just became a running simulator.
- A checkpoint would be nice prehaps because as i mentioned running back through the game was unenjoyable
- It would also be nice to have some inclination whether the wisp was lying or not and not just guess. (By the end of the game i just guessed instead of taking dialogue into account)
A couple of issues i found:
- Jumping sometimes wont work on the edge of platforms i think due to the colliders.
-Occasionally I got hit by spikes i seemly didn't touch. So some hitbox tweeks might be needed.
- Sometimes the door way to a new section would close on me. Although i could go back and trigger the area to open it, it was still slightly annoying.
Conclusion:
I enjoyed the game to start with but it quickly got annoying and somewhat uninteresting. With some adjustment to level design and game mechanics this could have been a nice platformer but currently it falls short in my opinion.
All the best of luck in the Future, PiFox :D
Wow, a very good detailed criticism!
I can agree to everything you said. If we had more time than a week we could have added more ideas we had. But we had only one week and had to make some cuts to actually finish a playable game.
So we definitely take your review to our hearts and will improve our future builds and projects.
Thank you very much!
No problem! :D
Hopefully I've helped with some of my suggestions. Would love to see the game reach it's full potential!
But definitely a good start especially considering the limited time frame. (I fully relate to having to cut corners!!!)
Once again well done on your creation and i hope to see it reach new heights in the future! :D
First things first, I generally like the idea of "reactive music" but if you want to go that way two piano notes an octave apart are clearly not enough. I think the mood of the game is enjoyable and interesting for a platformer but the execution is lackluster. I found the dialogues between the player and the "spirit" character a little bit cheesy. Maybe it's just not my cup of tea.
I also think it's a problem that you can't discern truths from lies in any way except from choosing a path and realising it afterwards, it kinda makes the game not a liar, but simply a random one!
The best things in the game, in my opinion, were the main character design, her animations and the general platform level design.
I can tell you put a lot of effort into the AI!
Good game! I choose the path by my insight every time lol
I appreciate if you play and rate my game! Hope you will enjoy it!
It says there's a Linux build, but I don't see one on the game page..
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