A fun platformer with a grapple! spinning a web is a neat twist on the prompt and I'm glad some people have done it!The visuals looked pretty and the vibe of it being a solemn climb through a big golden clocktower was pretty sick, I like the setting!
The grappling felt really nice to do, it's a movement that is fun and swingy! I wish there was a bit more momentum to going through it though. I will say that the level design left a bit to be desired, the cycle gameplay felt very sluggish which resulted in the pace of the game feeling like it was dragging a bit. Also I was missing more sound design, but I understand that these things can happen during a crunch! Very cool game you guys put together, I hope you place well in the jam!
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Thanks! I'm super glad you enjoyed the setting, it might be my favorite one I've done for a game so far. Also glad you caught the idea from the theme of the jam, as some others didn't get it quite as much.
And er, yeah, amid some unscrupulous bugs that arose during my time making the levels, I couldn't make them totally polished in the name of having a decent amount of them, so I get how they can be not as satisfactory as desired. Glad the physics were good though, as I spent a few days perfecting them.