cryo runner 2049 when
some REALLY fun potential for this idea, i can see the different interactions you can get with the ice being used in lots of unique ways. their hitboxes need some work, and i wish you had more precision for the tailor-made sizes, but the core concept is really good. that being said, the flaws REALLY start to show with level 3. it’s a massive difficulty spike, which isn’t a terrible thing in and of itself, but the issues with the mechanics come into full view because of it. i had several ideas for how to get past the big wall, but none of them worked out because of the weird hitboxes and mechanical issues. throwing seems to default to the right, which makes it nearly impossible to throw an icicle to the left in a tight space even though it could fit safely, and jumping just barely high enough to get on top of a regular icicle thrown from the same vertical position means that you can’t use extra-long icicles to jump on, since them being even the slightest bit taller than the default size makes them unreachable. making a mistake also meant i had to start all over, since the ice block removal goes from oldest first instead of newest first. worst of all was how you froze for a few seconds every time you spawned an icicle inside yourself, which was charming at first but quickly got incredibly annoying and demoralizing, especially since i had to work with such little space in stage 3.
really wanted to enjoy this one more than i did, and the concept is AMAZING here, but the execution unfortunately just doesn’t cut it for me. a bit more control over the ice block sizes, a slightly higher jump, the icicle deletion working in the opposite direction, and the removal of the freezing mechanic, i can see a massive improvement being made with just those simple changes. would also be nice to have a visual indicator for when i can let go of J to select my ice block size, but that’s a bit more complex.
really hoping for a post-jam update on this one!