Yes! Finaly got to this entry. My high-score was 86! The tutorial was already quite challenging, but it felt really satisfying to combo with the grappling hook. One suggestion I have is to make the grappling hook a bit longer. Also, since my mouse is usually pointing in the direction I want to go, it might be helpful if the air burst could push the player towards the direction of the mouse. These are just suggestions however. Overall, the game loop and feel were really great. Good job!
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Belt Runner's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay (how good was the user experience, game design, narrative, etc?) | #44 | 2.761 | 2.761 |
| Creativity (how unique or innovative was this experience?) | #45 | 2.826 | 2.826 |
| Overall | #65 | 2.765 | 2.765 |
| Implementation (rate the game's overall stability and functionality) | #70 | 2.935 | 2.935 |
| Theme (how well does the game fit the challenge theme?) | #88 | 2.696 | 2.696 |
| Presentation (rate its art, animations, sfx, music, and aesthetic appeal) | #117 | 2.609 | 2.609 |
Ranked from 46 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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BangTheWall, Artemetto
How does your game fit the theme?
The game features a mechanic where the player needs to use a resource that prevents them from suffocating for movement as well.
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360 days ago(+1)
Somebody being excited to finally get to my entry makes me smile like a kid who's talking with their first crush :D
Glad you liked the game, and I can somewhat agree with the suggestions. After all, the grapple length used to be 4 times smaller :D
And yes, the game does go on for 3 total levels + boss (that is missing art and has some bugs), but I never expected people to actually play it for long enough since it is a jam game :D
I love the controls and idea of controlling player without gravity.
Game has a nice challenge to it. Was difficult at start but once I got the hang of it was really fun to go through levels.
Enemies that have more HP could be more distinguishable from the ones that have 1 HP.
I got to the boss level, which was kind of huge jump in difficulty, I thought I'm doing fine, but somewhat I softlocked myself :( Grapple and movement stopped working and enemies even thought they killed me I didn't get the end game screen
Thanks for the feedback and I'm really glad you enjoyed the game. Honestly was a bit worried that it'll be too hard, but I didn't want to wash out the mechanics by making them too easy either.
About the boss fight, didn't have the time to implement the art or the fight completely, so that might be the issue that was causing it to be confusing. It's a fight that can be finished but with no visuals or feedback, it's def hard to understand how to damage the boss and what damages you.
Other than that, I'd say I have the same gripes and likes about the game. Not enough depth in some mechanics (like the combo one) due to not having enough time or not having enough motivation (burnout was real at the end of the jam :D)
And again, thanks for the great feedback! It'll be valuable in the future for sure, in this project or another!
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