great game feel. Adding the ability to go on the floor, walls and ceiling definitely gives you a unique challenge b/c directions work differently when you're upside down so it wasn't just your typical dodge 3 lanes type of deal. I was totally surprised there was somewhat like boss enemies as well. I appreciated that when the moments where you had the walls with openings gave you a fair chance to see the opening, not sure if the game actually slows down a bit to help you out or if it's just b/c it's so big you can tell earlier (regardless of the method it worked out well) .Really was easy to pick up and play. I thought the tutorial was well done because it gives you pretty much the real game experience just with guidance as a tutorial should do.
I think something like this on mobile would be great
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Spider Rider's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #5 | 4.308 | 4.308 |
| Overall | #9 | 4.269 | 4.269 |
| Graphics | #13 | 4.462 | 4.462 |
| Gameplay | #34 | 3.692 | 3.692 |
| Authenticity (Use of resolution restriction) | #44 | 4.615 | 4.615 |
Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Wow, super impressive entry! The music and SFX were great and fit the tone nicely. The tutorial was really well done. Graphics were gorgeous. Great use of the small space - I have to admit, while most games in the jam look like the graphics could have benefited from a higher resolution, this game felt spot on.
Solid and really polished entry - great work!
One of the best entries I've played until now. A fun core mechanic, which remembers me a game I used to watch on TV when I was a child (I knew it as Hugo). The visual style, sound effects, and background music set a great atmosphere. It feels like an old game. I loved the design of enemies (oh glob, those swords <3 <3 <3), obstacles, and the tutorial. Excellent job!
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You already played our game: Blind Bird, so we can't do anything but thank you. 」(￣▽￣」)
A complete game, and nicely done. I always know a thing is good when my complaints are about things within the game and not the implementation of it. In particular... man, I hate those solid walls with one gap in them. I run into those all the time. Top score of 335, though, which I'm pretty much OK with after playing a bunch of times. The music's good (and fits the tone of the game nicely), and the enemies are varied; this would be a launch title if someone put out a 64px gameboy :) One microscopic complaint: the "death" screen which shows your score has the top score value touching the bottom of the screen, and the "score" and "top score" text in a tiny 3x3 font. This makes that screen look less cool than it should; I think that that having the scores one pixel up, and using a slightly larger font, wouldn't significantly hide the cool background image and would make that screen look so much nicer. That's honestly the biggest complaint I can come up with, which is a good sign :-)
Thanks for playing and commenting! The death screen was definitely a compromise. A drawback of being both the artist and programmer. But I agree there is a more elegent solutuin to make that screen flow better. Probably should make a new bg image to work around a larger font. But in the timed confines of the contest I rolled with the large bg art and small scrunched text. Pro tip for the demon doors: even if the opening is on the opposite surface you are on, you are only two taps away from getting to it. ;) Thanks again!
cool game! reminded me of those sonic mini games, and the art and sound were great. Nice work!
Stupid ghosts! I'm a fan of runners and this was a great runner that worked really well within the confines of the 64 pixel resolution. Great pixels, fun soundtrack, nice gameplay (though sometimes I felt the responsiveness robbed me occasionally - or at least that's what I'm telling myself). Loved the different monster mechanics. Overall, really fun and good looking entry.
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