Needs quicker restarts (any key instead of a click-button). It's a fun game I've spend half an hour playing it but I still have to rate and review other games. The font in the main menu is terrible but thankfully you don't spend much time in the main menu.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Design | #1001 | 3.067 | 3.067 |
| Originality | #1369 | 2.978 | 2.978 |
| Overall | #1371 | 2.956 | 2.956 |
| Adherence to the Theme | #1573 | 2.822 | 2.822 |
Ranked from 45 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Comments
Other people have listed what's good, so I'll just list off some things I didn't like.
Using just the keyboard for the game then the mouse for restart results in unnecessary extra arm movement.
Before the first battery on a platform, a battery in the air with no platform under it would have given your player a chance to test out the jump without risk of ramming into the platform, and thus given a better idea of what timing would be needed before testing your player on timing.
The early two pits with a narrow platform between gives, by my admittedly flawed calculations measured by playing with one hand and taking screenshots, 1/6th of a second from when the second pit shows on screen to when the character needs to start jumping. Given that the jump has a slight delay between pressing the button and the character jumping, I'm not convinced that challenge is fair. And that's before the issue that the battery on the platform sometimes interferes with landing.
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UnimpededPreatty good game for the first time! Good dynamic and fine art, nonetheless, don't use that font in the future, it looks awful.
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One Spear, One KillSome of the jumps are really hard to perform especially when you move so rapidly. I liked the music and visuals. The game's cool and with more polish in the mechanics it will be even cooler!
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Lights OutGood music, love the character.
Some feedback: Changing directions is super hard to do as the acceleration carries over.
Nice work!
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Plan of AttackThe music in this game is really catchy! I do agree with some of the other commenters: the controls feel slippery, and I think this game could definitely use a "late-jump" mechanic. A lot of platformers have some forgiveness built in where you can still jump a little after you leave the platform. That small assist would probably go a long way in a game like this (where you accelerate to such high speeds.
I also think you could have leaned into the theme a bit more (i.e a one-button runner). While making a one-button auto runner wouldn't have been the most original idea, I think it could have helped you focus your design a little more by taking the directional aspect out of the game/controls. That said, I think this game is a really solid start to game jamming! Nice work!
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AAA_GrooveCool music and art even if the writings aren't easy to read.
As almost everyone said the controls need some polish but overall a pretty cool game.
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Only One TowerI like it - as others have said, polishing the controls as the player gets up to speed is defo an idea for future work on this game, but the sprites are cute, the premise is clear and other than slight delay on the jump button the controls are pretty solid :) The only other point I would add is that the background parallax sprites are a little janky as you run which might be a case for smoothing the camera movement slightly? I'm not sure haha
Either way you've made a cool game
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DecraftedThe idea is great, but I feel you could have executed it a little better. Things like the initial speed of the player or have the player start with full energy would give a little more time to get the grasp of it.
Not really seeing the theme connection here either.
Like I said, your idea is fun and has great potential (quite addicting) I just don't think you delivered at its fullest in here. Also, great job on the camera work.
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One ChanceNice camera move and run animation! Great work!
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One room, one minute, one nightmareThe idea is not very original and the execution either.
However being able to load a game that works well is a great achievement, congratulations.
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Bringing it HomeWay too hardcore for me but I love the camera shift when you change direction. I love the pressure feeling. The idea you have to know the level by heart to out-perform your past self is something I'm loving as well.
Too much love for this game!
I'm not sure about "Only One" but really great experience anyway.
I'm curious about what you'll make later if this is your first game! :)
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Share Your WordCool game, cute art. But sometimes there is no enough batteries in the beginning.
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I HAVE NOTHING BUT 1'SReally cool little game!
The only little thing I'd see to it is that the camera can be very confusing when changing direction, but otherwise it's really nice!
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Hold Space to PlayFun game, but I thought a bit hard to jump. And I also noticed if you realease right button, player stops running almost instantly. Maybe you could add some smoothing to make character stop to feel more fluid. Anyway, it's a fun game!
I also create a game for the jam, here is my entry: https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2019/rate/460644
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