Hello Remi! I recently created a game for the GDevelop game jam and would love your feedback. Some have expressed that the game is hard but I’m not sure if it’s too hard or just challenging. I enjoy hard games that are fair. I think part of the issue could be that using a keyboard makes it harder.
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Hello!
I gave your game a try.
Not gonna lie, it was quite difficult. Took me 5 tries to get through the spikes, that run managed to get a little bit further, got the fire weapon upgrade, then got the normal weapon back, but then losing and starting from beginning again really put me off from playing again. Do you have any checkpoints?
Overall, nice simple game. I was using a keyboard, but I don't think it was the problem why I lost. You can surely make it work with a keyboard.
Ok visuals, fitting music. Not much else to say. Did not encounter any bugs.
Regards,
Remi
Thanks Remi! I appreciate the feedback. I do agree that checkpoints are needed. We felt making the game difficult, but not impossible, would help increase the replay value but I think it did the opposite. How did you feel about the gap between the spikes? Should it be a bit wider as well or do you feel that just adding the checkpoints would be enough? In regard to the visuals, did you feel it lacked in any areas?
Thanks again for trying out our game!
I think you should gradually increase the difficulty. The first spikes might be slightly too difficult for many people.
Also, the regular enemies(first one you encounter) might be too strong as well. It takes 3 hits to kill iirc? I just started ignoring them after a few tries. Maybe have different variantions of them, with different colouring? The first 1-2 you encounter should be rather easy to get rid of. Then you can make them stronger, requiring more hits to kill. The problem is that I don't know how long the game is, so I could be wrong about this.
About the visuals, I wouldn't say they are good or bad. Just simple visuals that work for a game jam. I can see the boss fight from the gif, that looks ok.
Would I buy such a game? Most likely not. Not my cup of tea. There isn't anything special about it, but that's the thing about platformers such as this, it's very hard to make something unique. It's the genre itself.
I hope this harsh feedback helps.
Best of luck,
Remi