I will play it again, and if you don't mind, I can make a short video and upload it to Youtube later so you can see what I was talking about.
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oh wow thanks so much for the video!
i see now, so the plug thats going into the socket is always gonna be the last plug that entered its range (the while circle), and also it has to be inside that white circle to pull it! i see that it can be really confusing though, there should be clearer visuals to show which plug is going to be pulled if you release the mouse buton
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your strategy is correct! the only thing missing is that you can actually jump from the left plug connected into the socket into the safe platform on the right (if the staircase didnt get you far up enough), and then after jumping there you can safely aim at the bottom left socket to connect the other plug (thats connected to the top socket) into it, then opening the door. where mag is only affects where the plugs will land when you pull them, you dont have to stand close to sockets to plug them in, though i can also see why that can be confusing and that wasnt explained at all either
also dying when jumping on top of a plug is really frustrating, that shouldnt happen and thats the kind of thing thatll really frustate the player out of the game, especially in the last level after working so hard to get through the first part, ill fix that ASAP
thanks SO much for the video and feedback, its really invaluable, seriously!
I'm glad it was helpful!! I was doing all that extra work when I could have just jumped XD
Extra funny.... a similar thing happened to me in the prior room with the electric gate (my first play through) that fries you to death where I kept going in circles then realizing I could actually clear the jump over the length of gate, but because the first gate fried me it scared me from thinking of trying to clear the longer version of it~ it took me some time to realize my jump is a lot longer than I was perceiving it to be XD I look forward to playing more in the future! I don't have patience for a lot of platforming mechanics, especially when I am constrained to the keyboard but I am trying to expand to play more types of games, especially after this game jam and trying all these different projects. I'll keep an eye out for your game!!
HAHA yeah thats actually a common experience from what ive seen, people get scared out of trying to jump the longer version, the game also doesnt teach you that your jump is a lot longer than youd think before that, so i totally get it!
final version should have gamepad support with aiming via the right analog stick and ill make sure things are more well explained and better designed. thanks so much for the support!!!