Overall I had a good time with this game. The storytelling was fun and engaging, I was always looking forward to the next story beat. I enjoyed the boss encounters and the exploration for the most part felt very fun (I think exploring the nooks and crannies of the snowy area up top was my favorite bit, it felt cool to kind of "escape" out of the facility''s upper bounds Super Mario Bros. style). The powers were definitely very interesting and diverse.

Generally I feel that my feedback for improvements has been shared by many people below.

The wall jump accidentally clinging to small platforms interrupting the flow through the game is unfortunate. I saw that you said there's probably no real way to fix it, so that's understandable.

The Shift Jet could be finicky at times, but I eventually got the hang of it and almost felt like I could zoom along at a good pace. Transitioning between rooms and having to move my mouse all the way to the other side of the screen to continue zooming along also interrupted the flow a bit, but that's just how the mechanic works.

I unlocked the teleport ability before the ability to move blocks, so I was pretty confused as to what it did and was worried that I had missed something during the text pop-up. I eventually got it sorted when I found the shift ability, but it was confusing for awhile.

Anyway, a very ambitious project and I'd say given its scope and the wide arrange of abilities on display, you knocked it out of the park. Great job!

This is an impressive entry and probably one of the best, for reasons others have already mentioned. It's big and ambitious and feels solid. Good work.

I think my criticisms mostly echo others and have already been addressed, but I'll write them anyway for your consideration: 

1. The controls were serviceable for me until the shift jet mechanic. At that point I felt like I was fighting against the game and fantasizing about how it would be like to play with a controller. The platforming challenges became tedious at that point (which is unfortunate because they are well-designed). 

2.  Opinions probably vary on this one, but I was not a fan of how the wall-grip/wall-jump mechanic affects movement through the map. I didn't like how I couldn't just run and jump through the map, because if I ran into a little wall, I had to take care or else I'd propel myself backwards. It made movement less fluid. In general, the wall jump felt more of a chore sometimes than I wanted. This especially was the case in stair-step type rooms. 

3. The environments could be more visually interesting. There were definitely some big, empty, somewhat boring areas (especially in the start), but there are so many challenging plaatform rooms later on that I ended up not minding so much.

Honestly I just want to play this game with a controller and see how it goes. I'll be looking forward to the update. 

I love ALL of the UI elements and appreciate the different sound pitch for landings. You've picked good way to introduce the story elements on-reports. The use of different colors in each area is great and I like the clean backgrounds.

It looks like the sprite could be bigger so traveling through the huge areas doesn't take too long but if the idea was to show the solitude in a wide space like this some more detailed backgrounds could make it look like an even more conscious decision. 

The location of the first enemy right after getting the zappy skill feels like saying in level design language that it could be used on it - maybe to stun it? The range of the weapon is a bit unclear due to particle effect used for its attack visuals, seemed to ignore the wall when too close to it.

That's it for my nitpicks, overall good job and a really solid entry!

I did not expect this game to take so long. I've kinda been playing it on and off for 10 hours, all without closing my browser. The game has such a ridiculous amount of content for a jam, and the map is well designed, although I did find myself getting lost a lot, madly backtracking for around an hour. On my playthrough, I didn't collect enough abilities in the residential area, and ended up somehow ending up in the green area with only one shift jet and no shift extend, leading to me spending half an hour trying to do stupid skips I didn't even know were skips. (This was entirely my fault though.)

The platforming of this game is extremely satisfying. It's kinda rare to see proper jump buffering, coyote time and jump height control in a jam game, but it's executed really well here. Also, despite the character being two shapes, it's really satisfying to bonk your head on the ground using the character's air rotation and hear that noise as you land. The one annoyance is lack of air control, but I understand that adds to the feel of the character. Maybe a little more air control would be nice, but not too much.

Also, the main shift mechanic feels absolutely useless once you get it, although it's pretty cool, as it's only really used for opening certain doors. Thankfully it's upgraded quickly to become much more interesting and diverse, but I feel like from the get-go you could have increased the time before the player slows to a halt, so it can be used to increase jump height a little more than it already does if you time it right. However, this slowing time should be drastically decreased when falling, as it's incredibly demoralizing trying to slow your fall with it only to see the cool trail effect go further down - it's meant to be a hover... (I do appreciate the interesting  take on the theme though - shifting shapes around instead of shapeshifting.)

On a random side note, HOW do you do that insane jump right from that screen in the fourth screenshot??!! I know you're meant to have three shift jet unlocks at this point, but I just never seem to make it on the attempts my shift jet doesn't get screwed over by the screen transition (y'know, when the direction of shift jet changes because your mouse is in a different place relative to the player). I never made it up there in the end. Also, why does the shift jet have to be in the opposite of mouse direction? I know it's meant to feel like a sort of launch, but it would just feel so much better if it launched TOWARDS the mouse cursor, like Ori's bash.

Also, the game feels a little empty. I understand you spent most of the time on content, but even small deco like those seashells and parasols at the beach would have gone a long way if you used them a lot more. More frequent enemies would also have help. Also, try making different variations of tiles to add more visual interest. In my game, I sorta spammed them around places of interest to (hopefully) attract the player's attention, and places that looked empty. The bottom part of this tutorial is sort of what I'm talking about.

Apart from what I covered in that little rant, it's a solid game that I quite enjoyed.

The movement on this feels so good, probably the best I've experienced in this jam so far! I'll admit, the artstyle is not necessarily to my taste but it doesn't even matter because of how good it feels to play. The puzzles and platforming challenges hit that sweet spot of not being challenging but not frustrating, and the map layout is intuitive. Really well done!

I love the storytelling of this one, and not just that. The design of the map, the powerups, the puzzles, the music, everything is so good here. I kept playing until I finished it, and thought to myself: "Yes, this is a metroidvania!". The way the tunnels at the end of the game connect each section to one another, the different biomes, the bosses, hours of content, lots of powerups, phew!

If I could have one critique, and it's a very small one, is that after some time all the wall jumping left my hands pretty tired, but that's all. Of course the art can be improved on, but the game has a LOT of style as it is.

I'm really impressed that this game was made by just one person. In a way, it's endearingly inspiring, because I've been flying solo for some time and I feel like I've been improving a lot, and seeing other people create amazing things like this gets me excited to continue my journey. Great job here, this is a winner in my eyes.

This is solid stuff. The movement feels really good (probably best out of any game in the jam) and I love the way you can quickly pull up the map as you discover more rooms + extra points since Godot is awesome. I think the art has a lot of room for improvement, especially the player in the level part of the game. 

really nice, can I ask for a spoiler is their much after the first boss? I was playing on laptop and defeating them with a trackpad was not easy ;)... If there is lots more I will dig out my mouse and have another go!

Lovely game! Really great entry

This is another chill take on a metroidvania! Not as chill as that rhizome game, but still pretty laid back! It’s good to see that a game doesn’t have to have oodles of enemies and combat to make it engrossing or fun! I’ll need to remember that when I make games. I also like the story that’s interwoven into the game play and makes me want to add one to our game.

I think the biggest issue of the game is the choice of camera motion. Having the camera quickly switch from one level grid to another while jumping platforms is disorientating and frustrating. You can’t see what the character is falling into to stick the landing or (if they’re there) miss enemies. I would switch to having the camera simply center on the player, and maybe use some camera limits at the very edge of the levels.

I appreciate that this was a one person effort and that art may not be your strong suite and is time consuming. But perhaps teaming up with an artist would have been a good call. An artist will look at things way different than a developer and come up with things that you never would. At least that’s how it is with me! (Sorry for projecting if it’s totally off base!)

Because of the camera issues I didn’t get that far into the game - I think. And I want to get to as many games as possible. But I’ll get back to this one again when I have more time. I do want to see how it ends.

So, great job! Especially for working solo!

We used Godot as well in our game and made heavy use of the MultiMeshInstance2D to create our mining zone level. We would love for you to check it out and leave a comment letting us know what you liked and didn’t! Thanks!

Awesome game!  My only complaint is the controls requiring jumping with the same hand as WSAD and using the mouse at the same time. (Not the game's fault, I struggle with pain in my hands.) I wouldn't have had to quit if I could remap jump to the mouse. I simply wasn't able pass any puzzle that requires wall jumping and using the mouse at the same time.

Dude holy shit just you? Music and everything? Fucks sake you deserve the win for this awesome game. Legit the continuous development of your little ship was so awesome. I had the "okay yeah midair dash thats cool YOU CAN DRAG THE SHAPES?! YOU CAN TELEPORT TO THE DRAGGED SHAPES HOLY CRAP" feelings for this. I got everything I believe in terms of levelling up the character (some sneaky pickups there) and got to the ending. Man, where did those 2 hours go?! I had a blast with this one, you should be absolutely proud of this work.

A few complaints, and I mean a few is:

1) The player taking damage sound is too loud. I'm glad you can change the volume of stuff, but only from the main menu. I think havbing the sound options in-game would be great. Saving > main menu > volumes > back to game isn't terrible, but a QOL change for sure.

2) Remapping keys would be great. I'm not a native PC player and definitely found some trouble with the shift combos, but it wasn't too bad for me. I can imagine this would be a struggle point for people. Especially Shift+T while hugging a wall, that took some "Okay I gotta stop and think" time when executing those moves.

3) A little sound letting you know you're on a wall would be great. Similar to the landing sound, it'd be a great player-response to let you know you've sucessfully latched onto the wall. I've accidentially jumped off of short stairs, and also fell quite far while spamming space and I wasn't on the wall. This one is super minor though, don't take this to heart. I assume with more time this wouldn't even be a thing. 

That is it. I had a blast, and if you're not top 10 then this whole thing is rigged. Put the soundtrack on bandcamp and I'll download it immediately. if you have the time, definitely play our submission! I think the vibes are similar and you'd enjoy the tunes at least :D

The amount of content in this game is crazy. The puzzles are frustratingly perfect. I can't find a single thing to offer a critique on. This may be a winning game. Congrats!

The is a beautiful game. The simple aesthetic is well-executed, pleasing, and easy to read. I love that the character tips over when it jumps—cracks me up. The abilities are interesting and create good platforming puzzles, with a good mix of classic mechanics and new ones (that I hadn't seen at least). The pacing of the power ups was nice, too.

Unfortunately for me, though, the Shift Jet was the end of the game for me. I can't manage wall jumps with one hand and the mouse with the other and then press shift on top of that. I was just squeaking by with the taser blocks, but sadly that last one did me in.

Regardless, I think this is amazing work. Very well done!