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A jam submission

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Puzzle game where you can change your respawn point
Submitted by tpAtAll
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Use of the Limitation#183.7003.700
Concept#413.6003.600
Overall#453.4503.450
Enjoyment#493.3003.300
Presentation#813.2003.200

Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Team members
tpAtAll

Software used
Unity, Piskel

Use of the limitation
To reach the exit of the levels you need to change your respawn point (indicated by the red flag). Then you have to find a way to die to respawn there.

Cookies eaten
At least 3, but might just be 7.

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Submitted

I really like the overall "formula" of the game. Starts out with the simple mechanics, then combines the simple mechanics, then goes into more complex mechanics, and then combines the simple and complex mechanics. Really like this kind of design (as opposed to just throwing everything at the player at once) cause the player is never like "wait what" and is able to see everything intuitively without any explanation being needed, resulting in very nice difficulty progression. 

One thing though on level 5, it is easy to tell which key is the real one cause it hovers up and down, the fake keys just stay still. Maybe it would have been better to give them a hover as well as the functionality of the real key since you would just have to restart the level anyway since you're stuck in the fake key area. That way player won't immediately have the inclination to go towards the single moving key. 

Another thing, when it comes to moving enemies, maybe it could be better if there are limited number of moves that you have? That way the player is less likely to wanna spam the key and more likely to think before applying the input. On level 1 and 2 if you press the shift key, the game will freeze (input no longer works but music keeps playing). Also, maybe shift key isn't the best key to use as input for a game like this cause if you spam it (which is a tendency to wanna do for a game like this), the "sticky keys"  prompt pops up.  I was thinking just swapping the functionality of the shift and spacebar keys (since you need to move enemies much more often than place spawn points), that way the sticky key issue is far less likely to occur. Though ya overall solid work!

Developer

Hey sorry this is a bit late, but I wanted to still thank you for your lengthy feedback post!

About level 5, during some playtesting the players did not even realize some keys did not float, so I thought it would be fine if more attentive players would just solve the level by looking. Having to repeat the level just by luck did seem a bit unfair x)

And the moving enemies were definitely a not fully worked-out addition.  Yours is a good suggestion to improve them!

Submitted

I really liked the idea, die to change the area and advance, the puzzles seem good to me, the artistic section is also very nice!

Submitted

very nice game! very fun and cute!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted

Nice concept and nice mechanics, except that many times I got stuck without being able to move, the level 2 in particular between the 2 punches.

Developer

Ah I'm sorry you experienced it that way. I tried to prevent that with the green UI button to shift the boxing gloves without having to move, though I can agree its not super intuitive at first. Thanks for the feedback!

Submitted

Really cool concept, although the puzzles were a bit too hard for my brain lmao. I liked how dying helped you progress. Keep up the good work!

Developer

Thanks! Yeah haha designing fun, yet challenging, puzzles was harder than I thought!