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A jam submission

PlatfallerView game page

An entry for the 2019 GMTK game jam
Submitted by turpitron — 1 day, 15 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Adherence to the Theme#524.6224.622
Overall#554.3694.369
Originality#664.4864.486
Design#2154.0004.000

Ranked from 37 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

As others have said, super cool game here. At first I thought it was too hard, but after a few tries I started to get the hang of it. A few tweaks and I think the difficulty would feel a lot fairer. Really fun, thematic and original!

Developer

Thanks for the feedback! In hindsight I really would have liked to have spent some more time on the difficulty curve.

Submitted(+1)

This idea is amazing, and the execution is pretty amazing. (Good juice on shooting) Definitely one of the better games so far. The main mechanic is so awesome that I'd be disappointed if this doesn't get mentioned.

However, the difficulty is a bit too high because the controls aren't very refined. Mostly, the difficulty comes from the player falling quickly, and not having a high enough jump to move between some of the platforms. Small platforms with too much vertical room in between increases the movement problems. I would have played for a long time, but those simple problems would need fixed first. The more technically complex problem to solve is when you shoot a platform your character is clipping through, and the platform becomes solid, but you still fall through it. I died to that more than the enemies.

As for the design, I think the enemies should prefer to enter on the top half of the map, for a few reasons. First, enemies that come from the bottom are very difficult to kill, since you cannot shoot below the platform you are standing on. Having lots of easy to kill enemies gives the player more fun things to shoot at. Next, having enemies above the player increases the likelihood that a player will shoot a platform above them, which is a fun way to die. (Dying to a personal mistake offers players a chance to learn, and it makes people want to try again, which is always good.)

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the great feedback! This is all definitely stuff I will improve moving forward.

Submitted

Nice concept, feels good to play. You made a typo in the controls menu.

Submitted(+1)

This is a very neat idea!

great game, but you wrote the controls wrong as i remember.  Still great tho

This is awesome

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