This is really cool! I'll post mine when it is done, although I will probably be working till the end on polishing and adding more levels
I'm not sure if I tried an older version or what but all the numbers involved sort of just made me not want to continue. I guess I'm not really the kind of audience for that, but I didn't get far. Not sure if this helps, but when the coin system starting going in place, it would be handy if the reversed numbers were already put in instead of me having to do some brain maths every time I want to figure out what my options are. I would put my game but it's in development and AHHH the deadline's coming up xD so in the meantime have a screenshot from the game!
https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-4/rate/724398
It's a bit late, but I did have to do a mad dash to the finish so xD uh oh.
OK, I got to play it. It's a pretty fun platformer.
You have good UI, a good sense of level design and a pretty challenging game.
I only got to level 3 because I suck at platformers, somaybe 1 or 2 checkpoints wouldn't hurt.
I think the fireplaces have something wrong with them. Colliding with them seems weird, at least without sound. Sometimes you die and sometimes you don't. Maybe the animation doesn't match the collision area?
The controls are tight. Great work on that side.
Thanks for your feedback! I'll take it into account :D
I just played your game. It is super awesome. I had the privilege of playing arcade shoot-em-ups in arcades when I was a kid and your graphics (including the shaders that you used) capture that look.
Have you considered just enabling auto-shooting? I was just holding A the whole time.
Besides that, I think the concept and execution are on point. Oh... but I'd like some sort of marker that tells me I've won. Maybe... a glitched screen that says "synchronization succesful", or something like it.
Ok, I got to play it!
It has great effects and awesome graphics. I also like the gun design and the levels are well made.
I think I broke it a little by jumping and jumping again until I could almost fly and that's how I passed the 2nd level.
I never got to finish the 3rd level because... I'm bad at platformers? I dunno.
I have no suggestions to make. Well, except to make the text have a background because trying to read white text on blue clouds hurts my eyes.
Thanks for letting me play your game!
Hahaha I'm so glad someone found that loophole. 10/10 it breaks the game so nicely!
I think I agree with you partially with respect to the whole coin mechanic. I need to revisit those levels and find a way to make them feel more rewarding for the player.
As for your game, I'll play it later today. Thanks for your feedback!
What have I done?
Interesting game, mostly because its soliloquies reflect the mind of someone I'd like to know. It felt like reading the prologue for a long book. A good one. I liked that.
Something tells me that this is only the beginning. or perhaps the end of the story? I dunno. I felt like I could keep wondering around with this character as they told me about their perception of things.
So great work on that front!
On the other hand, and this is my only complaint, the camera could use some work. I eventually got used to it, but it has one of the highest sensibilities I've seen in a while. I turned a tiny bit and BOOM the main character was turning really fast. That took me out of the immersion of the world for a bit.
But I think that's fixable. Thanks for letting me play it!
I just played for a bit.
On a technical side, this is insanely impressive. It is sad that there are only 3 levels for it. It was challenging but not impossible. The mechanic of turning the mouse rapidly in succession is not my favorite, but it works great for this title
I think that when the player dies, no death screen appears and I cannot restart the level, but I assume that just means you didn't finish that part.
Overall, great stuff!
Thank you!
Yes, my plan today is polish and add a few more levels. I was also planning to add an alternate control mode, I appreciate rapidly tracing a circle with the mouse isn't the best, or might be impossible, for some people.
No death screen was just an oversight on my part, thanks for calling it out!
As for Re-wand:
I replied here: https://itch.io/post/1794131
I do not know why itch decided to make that a new post
Haha, Thank you for your honest reply, and glad you liked the low effort cube tat i made :3
Hmm maybe have some easier stages between the stages i currently have will be better. I'm Planning to make a main menu that allow to select stages if time allow.
Maybe i'll add a stroke on the words so it will be more clear to see, and hope you notice theres actually a small indicator over bottom right >_<
Well, the original purpose of me making this kind of platform game was making it as hard as possible so people will have a hard time clearing it, hope it didn't stop you from clearing it ;)
"Sorry, your options are in another castle" ^_^
"we run out of jam thanks for playing"
Ah, your flavor text is excellent!
And your game is super FUN. I had a blast playing all 10 levels one after the other.On the last level you added a new mechanic. I bet you could add a couple more levels later.
Finding keys was pretty cool, and relatively simple, and as someone who usually hates platformers, THANK YOU for making a relatively easy, accessible game that I could play to completion.
If there is anything that I'd change, besides more levels, would be to display the keys that you've gathered so far. But it was easy to remember so don't worry too much about that.
You have probably the best tutorial I've seen in this jam so far.
Extremely clear, to the point and great controls too. I'd appreciate it if you added it to the description of your game too, but honestly, it feels so good playing a game with a controls menu. =D
I don't think I was able to beat the game though. Is there an ending? If not, you may want to post your personal high score so others get to compare it with yours.
Pretty cool game too. I think I've played simpler version of thing a long time ago.
If there is anything else I'd change, is to increase the time in which the rocket is blinking and you are invencible. Just a tiny bit longer and that gives enough time for the player to reposition themselves on the screen.
oh! you implemented my idea of both being able to rewind on the go and with a machine! that's awesome
I really, really liked this game. Pretty fun, not gonna lie.
Yet, controlling it took a bit (only a couple of minutes) but a couple of on-screen instructions would have helped
Overall, awesome effort. I wonder what movies we were rewinding though... you should read "the hitchhikers guide to the universe" if you ever have time
I played your game. First of all, 250MB. Holy mother of batman robin, that's a bit big for my internet speed.
Also, the intro was a bit too long and by the time I was in the main level, I got some really big frame issues.
The pixel art is gorgeous, and everything about it is pretty polished, but my potato internet and my potato PC were not match for it
=(
Hopefully you can release a potato version in the future :P
I really really did like the little of it that I saw. Pretty awesome atmospheric art too!
Hello everyone!
Today is the last day of the jam and I'll be focusing on polishing my game. I've had a blast playing a ton of games but I hope you understand I want to finish strong. Thus, if I take too long to playtest your game, don't worry. I'm just working on mine.
Patience is an awesome virtue, right?
In the meantime, here is the score screen I just added... and yes, that means that rewards can now give you a score... ah well, you'll see the final release soon enough!
So. I think I'm mostly done and I can go back to play-testing other peoples games. I have 2-3 games leftover from my last update.
Remember that this is a circle of play-testing and I really really think that everyone should be scratching each others back.
In other words, if someone reviews your game, make sure to pay it back!
FINAL CHANGELOG
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- add rewards
- rebalance game
- fix some ugly weird bugs
- add HARD MODE (but it is not finished)
And no more need for a password. Come play the almost-almost final version
Thanks everyone for viewing and playing my game! Over 400 views, top 5 submission in https://itch.io/games/new-and-popular at some point during Sunday, and great comments!
I no longer need ratings, but I wanna GIVE BACK to this awesome community. So if you have a game with low ratings, let me know. I'll play it. BEST PART? You don't have to play my game.
I’m glad I ended up #166 overall and #57 in innovation!
How did you guys do? Are you happy with the results?
There were a TON of entries, so don’t worry too much about your score. This was a lot of fun!
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Finally, I am making a game!
Necromancer’s gift
If you like pokemon nuzlocke, you should join the discord. A demo will be released soon!