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Digital Stickman Games8 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

AceDummy, I'm writing this with all my love and hate at the same time.

I don't know how you managed to create this brilliant game in 1 week, whether you had the assets ready from before or if you made them in the same week. If you honestly did so, you are either too talented or have a ton of experience. This is honestly exceptional work, from the art to the collisions and to the stage design. Some points were really hard with the checkpoints you put, hard but manageable.

Which makes me even more furious when I see the thumbnail that you've chosen. Do you know that I was going to skip the game because of it? And this is probably not just me... Many players probably did so!!!!!!! It shows absolutely nothing about the game T-T

Please do all of us a favor and show the chick on it or something, make it a bit more interesting without using AI for the few days that you have left. We have 3 days left, and as of now, this game only has 8 reviews!!!! Go comment somewhere, and have people find out about your gem of a game!

Gdevelop devs will probably discover it, and I hope that they will, but whoah more people need to check it out.

Aside from that, I want people to get as angry as me

After 30 minutes, I reached the top, I think, and look what happened...

I even refreshed the page, but I still can't proceed. If I could actually finish the game, this is probably the Jam winner for me.

Makes me wonder if you are trolling all of us 🫡🫡

EDIT: After desperately dragging the bird, I managed to jump 2-3 platforms, but then the jump height is not high enough to take me to the top... Am I missing something?

AceDummy8 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

Oh, sorry for this bug! The game released in a rushed state, that's why the bug happened! The version on gd.games works fine, tho. Consider yourself a winner, since you won the game basically. About the assets, yep, I made almost all of them! The music is not mine, since I'm terrible at making music. But the art, sounds and game design were made all by me! About the AI complaint, I didn't use any AI at all! The icon of the game was made in rush, so that's why it's that ugly. About the Game Jam, honestly, I stopped caring too much about that. I got pretty upset from the last one because I didn't even reach top 5 judges picks, even though the community liked the game a lot. So from that, I've learned to not take this so seriously. The point of Game Jams is about fun as well, no? And guess what, I had a lot of fun making the game, principally the art! But don't worry, I know I've saying this for basically all the games I released so far, that "I'm gonna make it a full game" but others games were or too little to work with (Ace Axeton) or the story was already set, so there's no room to add more (Oh, My PC). But this one feels different, I feel like it has so much potential. The idea of climbing a mountain that has everything on the way to the top is appealing! So yeah, I'm not trolling lol this game was made all in the 10 days, nothing before. So, I really, REALLY appreciate your review! It makes me so happy that you took the time to write all of this and express your opinion of what you feel about it! And you're probably the only person that I've clearly see that reached the end of the game, congrats! Thank you so much for investing in this and I'll make sure (or at least try) to make something bigger out of this game. It will a bit difficult since I work on animations for my YouTube channel and Instagram so I'll have to balance that. Either way, thank you so much! I'll save this comment and make sure to remember your name, Digital Stickman Games. Good luck with your game and have a good day!

Digital Stickman Games8 days ago(+1)

Very nice effort there then!!!!

No, I totally understand the feeling. Jams are a lot of fun, but it’s natural to feel disappointed if you don’t get the results you were expecting. I always try to keep my expectations low, but I still feel sad for a while, even when I try not to think too much about it. And that’s completely natural! When you pour all your effort into something, of course you expect something in return.

Btw I was not accusing you for AI usage, I basically requested you to try to create a proper thumbnail before the Jam is over, because the current one is very simple and it won't attract enough clicks which is a shame cause this is a really cool game!😆

I feel like this game is more special than your previous games and you feel it as well! So definitely work on it a bit more after the Jam. It won't change the 2D platformer world, but I think it can definitely earn you some bucks if you price it properly.

AceDummy7 days ago

Very well said! Thank you for the support! You'll be remembered!

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