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A jam submission

Stranger GillsView game page

Explore two realities at the same time
Submitted by MoranDev — 3 hours, 29 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Innovation#533.9463.946
Gameplay#1033.6523.652
Overall#2123.5363.536
Enjoyment#2883.4673.467
Theme#2943.5983.598
Visuals#3893.5873.587
Audio#5192.9672.967

Ranked from 92 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does the game fit the theme?
I was inspired by Stranger Things and the idea of two realities existing at the same time. The world doesn’t change, it just reveals a parallel one that’s already there. When you move the mouse you can see that hidden world, and it helps you figure out where the goal is. So you’re kind of exploring two places at once.

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
I reused some art and base code from older projects and adapted it for this idea. The only external things I used were two sound effects from Freesound community, one for jumping and one for taking damage. Everything else was made by me.

How many people worked on the game?
1

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Submitted(+1)

Very fun game. Rewind is a bit broken, as well as the walking sound, but I love the aesthetic and the idea. Execution is amazing too - well-thought-out levels. A restart option would be nice, since rewind soft locked me on 2 level.

Submitted(+1)

Really nice game design, the old school CRT aesthetic is great.

The swipe effect is cool, though does not add too much yet.

Congrats on a great game!

Submitted(+1)

Charming, visually and mechanically. With a generous fallback system for accessibility. Well done.

Submitted(+1)

That's a cool concept and mechanics in the game! Fun to play:) I like the visuals and the sound - only suggestion is that rewind sound is a bit irritating

Submitted(+1)

The key mechanic of the game is quite fun to use and intuitive once you get it. It would be cool if the resolution was a bit higher on the web version. I encountered a couple of minor bugs, the first is that you can skip most lava etc by just restarting, as you don't instantly die so you can move and restart repeatedly to cross over; the second one is that boxes stack up, which means you may need you to restart the game.

Very fun!

Submitted(+1)

The mechanic of the game is really interesting and the visual is really cute. Great work :)

Submitted(+1)

I have completed the game! I can see that there are lots of cool mechanics done behind this.

One small piece of feedback, I can see that you can switch two players with right click but it was a bit hard to tell because you also need to move the mouse to show the other world.

I would suggest making right click switch the character and play the other world transition at the same time.

Overall, great work!

Submitted(+1)

This game is super cool! The mechanics are incredibly unique and being able to rewind in a puzzle game was awesome. The visual effects and sound design are great, too. Definitely difficult, but it made me spend lots of time on it. Great job with this one!

Submitted(+1)

This was a really cool game! I liked the combination of switching worlds and the rewind feature. The latter was very helpful :)

Submitted(+1)

The visuals look great, and the mechanic you've implemented is really interesting. Both levels are nicely designed. I'd suggest giving each axolotl a separate camera. Nice work overall!

Submitted(+1)

Cool mechanic of switching between the 2 worlds. I really like the rewind!

Submitted(+1)

makes my head hurt but still a great game

Submitted(+1)

I like it a lot, but i keep dying by jumping or by running into a box,

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Like the mechanics but there is a lot of bugs , somethime I die for no reason just by touching air .

Developer

I'll keep that in mind! There were some hidden obstacles too; if it was at the beginning, it could be the cactus.

Submitted(+1)

Interesting mix of mechanics! I like how fun and well integrated are the rewind mechanic and the dual-world. Great job!

Submitted(+1)

Wow, it's interesting project! Time remote + parallel shadow world in usual platformer - it's great! 

Submitted(+1)

Something I love: I love your main menu and the overall look of your game! I love the rewind system and other world system!

Something I wish your game had: I wish the music for your game continued on a loop in the background while I played (I really like it lol). I think a click E hovering over the portals when you get close to them would be a nice touch!

Bugs found: 

1. Not sure if this is a feature, but the boxes can clip into each other

Overall: I loved your game, super cute and fun! Keep up the great work!

Submitted(+1)

Great mechanic! Interested to see if there is more to come crazy good job for a solo dev!

Submitted(+1)

I love the concept, existing levels are neat, but wouldve liked some more. Axolotl guy is very cute. Crow got locked in a death loop with his dark axolotl, that was pretty funny

 - Moth

:( death loop (couldnt rewind out of it, held the rewind key for like 2 mins until nothing changed, axolotl guy was just stuck hovering 1 cm above spikes) :(

 - Crow

Submitted(+1)

This is a really cool game and unique mechanic where you switch between different worlds to get across platforms. It’s especially impressive that you pulled this off by yourself. Solid work!

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