At first I was quite confused: Huh? It’s very dark, what am I supposed to do?
Then I saw the yellow cubes, which turned into monsters when I approached them and killed me. Then I understood the mechanics of gearing up before facing the monsters.
In fact, I noticed that if you’re very quick, you can get the same chest several times! Very good! Keep going!
Heh, in a more polished version of the game (with proper models etc) I would respawn the chests and monsters in different locations and would prevent those double claims of the chests, but I figured for a jam that was just a nice bonus for the player.
Your comments about initial confusion are something I'll need to keep in mind also, I was walking the line of how much do I explain or how much do I let the player discover, perhaps I need to provide more of an initial nudge.
Thanks for the excellent feedback.
It was perfectly understandable, and very good considering the limited time of the jam. Just to be clear, when I said you could pick up the same chest twice, I meant that if you go back and forth very quickly, you can activate the same chest before it disappears. 😉
