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A jam submission

AscensionView game page

Lead a skeleton to bring it back to life
Submitted by Knowdawg — 11 hours, 58 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme/Limitation#1323.4743.714
Fun/Design#1423.3413.571
Music/Sound#1503.0743.286
Overall#1793.0743.286
Technical Implementation#2082.8063.000
Graphics/Animation#2562.6732.857

Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game utilize the limitation and theme?
The Tutorial takes place in The Tree and the game ends in The Tree. The player can collect health upgrades and abilities.

What was your team size?

3-4

You and 2-3 other jammers

Which of the following content in your game is NOT 100% newly made for the jam?

Music/Sound

Affirm you have followed ALL jam rules. (Select all below or your entry will be disqualified.)

We have credited all assets used in the game including our own name(s) or team name(s)

All original game code and original assets were made during the jam period

The game does not include NSFW or hateful content

The game works on the web or as a Windows 10 download

We have answered all submission questions honestly and completely

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Comments

Submitted

I love that twist! I couldn't tell if I got to the end or not, am I missing something? If I am, let me know so I can finish!

Developer (1 edit)

Many of my friends got stuck on that part to.  The red lanterns hanging from the celling tell you if there is an invisible platform underneath them. Thanks for the feedback, I will defiantly be more clear with the player or have a help option in my future game jam submissions.

Submitted

At first, it was just a platformer. But when I got that "final jump" wrong and fell down and the music started, even the art felt better down there (not that it was bad above the ground, but it seemed a bit more interesting down there). But even above, I think the tutorial worked well: it wasn't a "read all these things first, and hope you remember which button does what when you actually need to press them

One thing: since it doesn't start by showing an engine logo, I would probably have mentioned on the page (or on the credits screen, if there were one) which engine I were using. I guess that's something you can do after the jam (and if you want to add it "somewhere" before, you could just write a comment on the game's page, I'm pretty sure comments can still be added there even during the rating period.

I'm glad I made it into the cave so that I could hear the music, it was really fun and seemed to fit the environment and the story. And I like that when you fall on spikes you're sent back to a reasonably close location and not far back to a place you were long before. The fast movement made it hard to land precisely though, so I didn't get to see any collectibles.

Submitted

super fun platforming, loved the metroidvania style of game play. the platforming was nice and tight, the difficulty curve was excellent, and it felt good when i won.

Submitted

Really cute art style! i love the text animations as well. i like your use of collectibles. Overall great work!

 It would mean a lot if you could check out my Jam submission if you get the chance. Thanks!

Submitted

Fun and enjoyable game to play. I liked the increasing abilities as more objects were collected. Jump controls were responsive. Good choice in music, I found myself bobbing my head to the beat. Nice work.

Submitted

Great game and mechanics. Controls feel really nice and responsive once you get used to it. The art is simplistic but works well enough and the music/audio is quite good.

Good job :)