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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #404 | 3.675 | 3.675 |
| Overall | #1373 | 3.275 | 3.275 |
| Presentation | #1913 | 3.050 | 3.050 |
| Originality | #2151 | 3.100 | 3.100 |
Ranked from 40 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
The boulder buddies are joined together by a magical force! When they get too far apart from each other, they get pulled right back!
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing art
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing audio
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Man, I really love the concept of this. Controlling the two rocks is so much fun, but I'm really bad at it.
My dumb brain just can't handle whenever the arrow boulder is to the left of the wasd boulder, it makes the control feel unintuitive in that instance (for example to bring them closer together you need to push both A and ->, buttons that face away from each other). Not sure if this is something you should correct or just a problem with me.
Anyway it's so much fun to pull off those choreographed physics dances that let you accelerate to ludicrous speed (and likely die right after in a hilarious fashion xD). It's so much fun, I just wish I was better at it.
Also I managed to completely fly right over a checkpoint and die right after a couple of times. xD I'd consider making the hitbox for the checkpoint taller.
This game really needs a coop version. Challenging and hungry of friends who will yell at each other because they didn't synchronize their movements :))
Keep going!
Fun and challenging game. The physics can let you get away with a lot, which I appreciate :) Well done!
thank you!!
A speedrunner's wet dream? probabbly
in an earlier build of the game my friend beat it in 19 seconds... lol
I think this game would be really fun with 2 players, sadly, i have no friends.
i agree. sadly i havent been able to play it with any of my friends yet either :(
Tricky game to master, very fun to play, somehow, failing over and over again, doesn't get boring in your game, and thats a great thing! The mechanic is really cool along with great visuals, stellar performance!
thank you!! :D
Really fun mechanic, movement felt really smooth and I could feel myself getting better as I was playing. Checkpoints were also frequent enough where it never felt frustrating. My only complaint is that it was maybe a little too easy.
(jk got stuck at the last checkpoint, don't know how you beat it with 0 deaths lol)
glad you still liked it!
This game is super fun when you get going really fast! you should design the levels around going really fast. Or at least make one level like that. Great game!
thank you for the feedback! i'll keep that in mind if i continue working on it :D
I tried with a friend over parsec, it's really fun and the physics are great but it would be better if the difficulty wasn't so all over the place- the part with the one-wide platforms is pretty much impossible ;-;
I do love it though
thank you for the feedback! i can imagine it would be even more difficult using parsec... but i'm glad you had fun anyways!
Great platformer. I had fun with it. Perhaps a bit harsh with the difficulty and the checkpoints for a jam game. Also, definitely spend that bit of extra time to add sound effects and music!
thanks for the feedback! i'm glad you had fun :D
Haha enjoyed this one more than i expected. Sadly to beat some parts of the level you have to play safe and stop after every action. I would like to see this idea with more fast paced puzzles and platforming. Other than that nice work :D
thank you for playing and for the feedback! :D
This game is super fun! Especially towards the beginning where you can fly across the screen, I think you should focus on the fast paced aspect of the game and since you can't really control the boulders too well, I think the spikes near the anvils are a little cruel. Other than that, great game!
thank you for the feedback! glad you had fun :)
Cool stuff, I really liked the physics especially when the boulders go flying across the screen! Got stuck at the anvil part and watched your walkthrough; you got through it so elegantly haha
thanks! and dont worry haha, youre not the only one that got stuck there :)
Played this with my brother and we had a great time! Cool mechanics and fun gameplay. Would have loved some audio. Keep up the great work!
thank you! :) i'll work on some audio.
nice work !!!!! :) continue this game !! :)
thank you!! :)
Oh man, that gets hard fast! I love when they get going and I'm just screaming and hoping it all works out. The checkpoints are clutch, and the deaths count is a nice touch. Good work!
thank you! :)
Fun game, i like it when boulders go fast.
me too :D thanks for playing!
Controlling both boulders at once was hard for my tiny monkey-brain, despite the smooth mechanics :) it's really satisfying when you finally get the timing right to overcome a tricky obstacle
dont worry, after playing it a bunch myself i still mess up sometimes, especially when i get the red boulder on the left side... thanks for playing!!