Even though you're not required to play the games for this jam, you still did anyway. I really appreciate the feedback. Regarding movement and interaction, I changed it from simply entering the collision zone and facing any direction, based on my testers' feedback for the game. Now you suggest changing it back. Haha. I love game development. I do have diagonal movement on my list of things to do when I'm done as a game improvement. Sadly, I haven't updated the game with these improvements yet, as I haven't stitched together all the new scenes and pieces, but I do hope to have phase two out soon. Thanks again, I can't wait to play your game for the jam!
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For us, giving and receiving feedback is a big part of doing jams. The feedback from other devs has been a huge help in becoming better game devs ourselves.
I'm not saying that you should make it so the player can interact without facing the object. Just give the player some feedback that they are near something they can interact with, so they don't have to walk and turn a lot. I wanted to be sure I found everything I could interact with, which meant a lot of take a step and turn, instead of just walking next to everything. I wasn't sure of the size of the collision zone, so made a lot of small steps.