Great mechanics and very good feel about platforming. Loved the art style and the dialogues. Great game, great FUN!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #1 | 4.532 | 4.532 |
| Fun | #1 | 4.511 | 4.511 |
| Mechanics | #1 | 4.574 | 4.574 |
| Sound | #9 | 4.149 | 4.149 |
| Aesthetics | #10 | 4.511 | 4.511 |
| Story | #15 | 4.128 | 4.128 |
| Music | #20 | 4.021 | 4.021 |
| Theme | #63 | 4.191 | 4.191 |
Ranked from 47 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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1
Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
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I'm glad I found this one before the end of the jam!
Really fun writing and a great mechanic.
I found the physics of the rope swinging a bit wonky at times. The generous checkpoints made up for any troubles I had, however. I'm also rather bad with grappling hook mechanics in games generally, so take what I say with a grain or two of salt.
The music and the ever optimistic worm kept things fun and lighthearted no matter how many times I fell into a pit.
I am so very happy you enjoyed the game so much! Ye. I wanted to make more music for the game but I ran out of time :(
It is my own rope simulation script. I used distance joint to check where the anchor is against the neighboring anchor. And then apply forces : player Input * swingspeed and then I use a sin wave to get the shape of the rope and all the ropes joints forces depending how far it is from the player. The further it's away the less force is applied.
It's much easier if you look at it physically xD hope this answers your question.
Hard to explain.
Thank you so much for the feedback!
Regarding music, I was talking about the music and sound volume slider set to minimum as defaults. Didn't notice the slider in my first run and thought there was no music at wall.
Regarding physics, looks like I was right. Didn't understand your implementation completely but I get the idea. Great work!
119 days ago(+1)
Ahhh that sucks that it didnt run well :( Your web browser might cap your RAM. The game jam is almost over, and then I'll add different versions. Thank you for checking it out on your stream, tho.
121 days ago(+1)
I am so very glad you enjoyed the game! :) interesting thing I learned that some people say it's super hard. And other people say it's a breeze. So that means I'm like dead center on difficulty. Either going to have to lean to hallow knight casual platforming or Celeste precision platforming :) thank you for the feedback
Saw you mention it here and also in the Gamedev Discord and wanted to give you my thoughts on the question of how difficult to make the game which you're facing right now. Since some people are saying it's too hard, and some saying it's too easy, you're probably close to the sweet spot of difficulty right now. (Of course, the game can naturally increase its difficulty a bit in each level as it continues and especially as you add new powerups and/or stage hazards).
You bring up Hollow Knight as an example of a casual platformer, and while this is true most of the time, it also has some incredibly difficult late-game optional areas, challenge arenas, and optional bosses. This is a classic platformer tactic. (A much older example would be Star World in Super Mario World.) Since having meaningful difficulty option settings can be difficult in any genre, but especially so in a platformer, having special challenge bonus levels and more difficult hidden levels/areas can allow you to keep the difficulty standard for the rest of the game and players who want a more casual playthrough, while allowing you to present real and optional challenges to players who crave a more hardcore challenge.
Of course, none of this is mandatory--just some suggestions! It's your game and it's your choice what to do with it, and I look forward to hopefully seeing more of it after the jam is finished.
121 days ago(+1)
Thank you so much! I am contemplating so hard on further development. Everyone seems to enjoy the core of the game :) I'll let everyone know if I decide to go further
121 days ago(+1)
Thank you so much! I am so very happy you enjoyed it. Still can't replicate that bug you found. But I'll find it. It's somewhere in the code :)
121 days ago(+1)
Thank you so much. I am geniunly contemplating on going all out on this game :) so glad you enjoyed
122 days ago(+1)
Thank you so much! I am so very happy you enjoyed the game.
I used asesprite for the sprites en then alot of post-processing and a pixel perfect add on to the cameras :)
The ground is actually blue :D alot of tweaking
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