I love the concept here! Messing with the game's rules is a great mechanic. There's a few issues that that some others have mentioned, like Zoolouie's note that the stage-changes can be hard to understand, and re spawning with "Z" killing you, which lots of people pointed out. The controls feel a bit floaty, but that's not much of an issue since you aren't meant to beat levels using raw platforming. Beyond that, the gameplay was quite engaging, and I like the aesthetics. Also, having "X" remind you which bit is which is a nice touch- It helped me avoid some unnecessary trial-and-error, which I appreciate.
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Unexpected Memory Corruption's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay Innovation | #8 | 3.545 | 3.545 |
| Overall | #36 | 3.242 | 3.242 |
| Audio | #43 | 3.061 | 3.061 |
| Visuals | #44 | 3.273 | 3.273 |
| Fun | #47 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Unexpectedness | #55 | 2.909 | 2.909 |
Ranked from 33 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Please list any pre-made art/music/code/other assets that you used.
None, unless using an engine counts, in which case - TIC-80
How many members in your team?
Team of 3
List each team member's role, along with their social media / website links!
Jakub Trąd, Code/Art/Design
Rafał Chabowski Code/Art/Design
Patryk Wychowaniec Code/Art/Design/Music
Anything you want to say to players before they play?
Use arrow keys to move,
use 'A' and 'S' to choose the bit to modify
'Z' toggles the selected bit
'X' hints at bit effect
Comments
I found the game enjoyable, but really frustrating at the same time.
I think the fact that the skills are hidden is more of a hindrance than a challenge, and not very fun.
Also, I think the re-spawning could use a little tweaking. I instinctively always pressed Z (a default button in many games) after dying, which meant I fell through the floor to my death yet again !
But I still found the game quite addictive.
This is how far I could make it this time.
But I’ll say that the game-mechanics are quite unique, so I’d encourage further development if you’re motivated.
BTW, the “pass-through-walls”-mechanics yielded some quite interesting results.
I’m not quite sure was I supposed to be able to do this?
Cheers!
We've prepared 14 levels - most of them were actually designed to be solved in many ways (e.g. the sixth level has at least three entirely different solutions :-D), but I agree that some are probably way too simple (i.e. compared to the game's average difficulty).
Thank you for playing and preparing such a thorough comment! :-)
3 years ago (+1)
Thanks! :-)
About that tombstone bug: it's actually a part of the game's mechanics (we've called it tombstone drifting); initially there was a level requiring player to perform this technique to win, but we've struggled on how to present it to player and eventually we've abandoned the idea, leaving tombstone-winning as an easter egg (unexpected!) :-)
First of all, thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
And about the stage changing? You mean the 3rd and 4th bit? Those shift the level half a length respectively right or left.
And all the levels exist on the same "map", so you can sometimes see them peeking through, and for some levels we designed it so that there's a little bit more of the level there.
I hope that clears it up a bit :)
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