I gave it another try after getting back to my PC. Without the lagging it's much better :D The puzzles are fantastic and you have some really cool mechanics, like the metal detector. The battle room could be a little more balanced, because if you kill the enemies when spawning then it's too easy, but when you leave too much alive, then you have no chance surviving. Maybe it would be a good idea, to make multiple spawning points, so the player would not have the chance to attack immediately. Also, the player height was a little low for some of the elements in the game and I would loved to hear some ambiance music. Really good game overall, fantastic puzzles, very interesting levels and challenges, not repetitive at all, which I think is really hard to achieve, so congratulations, nice work! :)
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Mechanics | #17 | 4.233 | 4.233 |
| Theme | #21 | 4.256 | 4.256 |
| Fun | #26 | 4.163 | 4.163 |
| Story | #146 | 3.116 | 3.116 |
| Sound | #165 | 3.256 | 3.256 |
| Aesthetics | #246 | 3.581 | 3.581 |
| Music | #428 | 2.512 | 2.512 |
Ranked from 43 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How many people worked on this game total?
1
Link to your source?
https://github.com/ike-123/Gamedev-GameJam
Comments
I only got to the 3rd puzzle. I think the wrong platform falling out from under you is sufficiently difficult without adding jumping. I tried about a dozen times and couldn't get further than left, left, right.
Its a great idea and it seems like you got a lot done in 10 days, based on the number of items in the respawn room. I wish I could have gotten further.
I did have trouble with the safe, I couldn't figure out how to activate it then I got a discord message and tabbed to it and when I went back into the game I heard it beep and the buttons were then working
I did get the note eventually but until I tabbed out and back in again, I couldn't put the code in, I tried pressing E on the safe, I tried typing the numbers in manually, I tried facing each number and pressing E and nothing was working.
Knowing the right order didn't help me though when I missed the jump more than 50% of the time, too far, or not enough, at least 3 times I didn't even make it on to the first platform. I was actually considering if I could just gravestone hop it all the way, I had so many graves down there I stopped dying when I fell off because I'd land on a grave but they were too low to get back up.
really enjoyed that and on-theme looks like a lot of work went into this
Fun puzzle game, reminded me a bit of The Witness with some platforming and combat. Ending scene was funny. :-)
Fun game. I like tools and how you use it to progress in the game. Great job!
Neat puzzle game. I like the using your tombstone as part of the puzzle.
Nicely done. Good use of leaving your corpse to help complete levels. Nice puzzles. Good job on the game.
Nice work. Using the own death to proceed on some levels. The puzzle are well done! Had a lot of fun solving them. Good job!
Haha, well done!
You know that "just one more room" feeling, right? :D
Great game and work done, especially as solo dev!!!
Looking forward to seeing more from you!
Interesting puzzle game! At some point, I even had to get a piece of paper and a pen to sketch the symbols for the metal detector :)
it's very good that the player's location is marked on the map at the end, otherwise I would definitely get lost :D
The only thing I missed was the ability to run faster in those cases when I already understood the solution to the puzzle, but at the same time I needed to escape from the respawn point a few more times.
Music and confetti at the end was great! :D
Very good game. Had lots of fun. Lots of creative puzzles! Great job!
Wow this puzzle game has a bit of everything! Very fun to play to the end.
This was very good. Had fun trying to understand how to pass every challenge. Very well thought.
Good game. The puzzles were actually very good. Lacks player feedback, audio mostly. Maybe footsteps. The Rock level is a bit tedious. The animation with the shovel is good but it would make the experience better if just one dig cleared a rock and perhaps a little quicker. Well done. :)
Good game. The puzzles were actually very good. Lacks player feedback, audio mostly. Maybe footsteps. The Rock level is a bit tedious. The animation with the shovel is good but it would make the experience better if just one dig cleared a rock and perhaps a little quicker. Well done. :)
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