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A jam submission

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My submission for Brackeys game jam 4, Rewind objects in spacetime
Submitted by Arakjin — 9 hours, 8 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#1304.0284.028
Graphics#1733.9723.972
Overall#2093.6203.620
Game Design#2213.6943.694
Audio#3513.3333.333
Innovation#3643.3893.389
Fun#4413.3063.306

Ranked from 36 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

In what way does your game fit the theme?
Character can rewind objects in timespace.

Did you write most of the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
I wrote most of the code myself, watched lot of tutorials on how to do something. I bought some assets from Unity Asset store and searched web for free to use assets. All asset creators have been credited.

Known bugs:

Sounds can be quite loud, especially at later part of the game *

Sometimes platform can get inside ground and can't be rewinded.

Tiles get vertical white lines when moving *

Menus fade glitches, when clicking buttons more than once *

* Fixed for the next build

Also I'm getting lot of comments about checkpoints, or the lack of. I'm working on a checkpoint system, kinda like the one in Ori and the blind forest.

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Submitted

Great entry with a gorgeous world. I like the concept, even though it's pretty straight following the theme. I think having the rewind on E instead of R could make the gameplay a little more smoothly, as it's easier to reach the E key, at least for me. The rotating platforms are soooooo slow, they are the main reason I quit the game a couple times because I didn't wanna have to go through them again, when dying at a later place. That's actually my main issue... but I read above that you already consider making a checkpoint system, so I won't get into more detail on that. And since I said 'quit a couple times' you can already tell that I still came back to the game to try it again. Looking forward to the post jam build!

It would be great if you could check out my entry too, it's by no means finished and also has a bunch of bugs, but is a side-scroller with larger world design as well. It's only my second game ever, so I would appreciate some feedback. Cheers

Submitted

This was probably the best the best and most polished platformer that I have played from the game jam. The atmosphere was nice and there was no clashing art styles, the movement felt good and the jumps weren't floaty. The time manipulation mechanic was nice.

The only criticism have is that it was too easy and that failure always was punished with death (kinda contrary statements). Im not asking for checkpoints but maybe that you add some harder puzzles where you simply fall in a hole and have to get up and try again. A timer would also be nice so that you can speed run the game ;)

Good job! 

Developer

Thanks. You might be the only one who's said this game easy (as a dev I feel it's easy too, but then again, I know from the start how everything works...)

For now there actually is only one such part where you fall and have to climb back again (the rotating platforms).

On fixed version there's another one like that (first water platform, if you fail you'll have to climb fast back up and try again, or drown) but I'll be sure to add more since I want to develop this further and see where it goes. Basicly, I want to use such means to teach mechanics and after player is familiar with it, I want to test player if it truly is mastered.

I also hate floaty jumps in games.

As for art. Szadi art. and Luiz Melo (Unity asset store) are both awesome pixel artists and I'll definately use more of their assets in the future.

Submitted

I really like the atmosphere of your game!

The graphics are gorgeous, and together with the music, it's amazing.

The animations of the character feel lively and the movement is great. It's responsive but doesn't feel too stiff.

The main mechanic of the game fits the theme well and has a lot of potential. It also reminds of the rewind gun we used in our game. There's a lot that you can do with that idea, and you did some things. I didn't finish the game, but what I saw was interesting. If you pace the game like a platformer, where each level is about an idea, like those platforms, or falling rocks, or platforms on water, I could really see a great platformer here.

My only real complaint, as others pointed out, is the lack of checkpoints. If a game gets too frustrating the player will quit, and so did I. Maybe you could do a bit more with the levels. Like adding a tutorial or refining the level design. I haven't done much platformer design, so I can't really tell. I have a feeling that you could at least smooth out the difficulty curve and put your ideas into levels, which then could focus on an idea, such as a theme or mechanic.

Great job! You could develop this into a full-fledged game, but it's going to be a lot of work. So good luck with your game dev journey!

Developer

Thanks for your input.

Actually I was thinking more of a metroidvania for the full game rather than level based, It'll be a long process to get it done tho... As for level design, I've already made some changes, I'm trying to introduce mechanics first in "safe" environment and then add challenge with something to lose, to some extend I feel that I've accomplished this, but not fully (for example, later when water is introduced in the mix, the first platform kills you, I've changed it so you'll drop in water and have to get up from there rather fast, since there's internal timer before you drown)

Submitted

Great game. its a good platformer, altough I feel that if you add checkpoints it will be too short. The artstyle is very good, and the game controls are very responsive. 

I dont quite like having to install the game, generally for GameJams I feel you should make your game as portable as posible (preferably a web Game, although a portable game is good enough). this doesnt affect the quality of the game, but it could be a detriment if somebody is doing a rating spree and sees that they have to stop, download and install your game instead of just playing it either on the web, or a portable version (they are more likely to ignore this game to avoid the hassle).

Overall, excellent job :D

Developer

thanks.

This is my first jam and after I started play testing other games I realized my mistake on the installer, I will remember this on my next jam.

I felt the same way about checkpoints for this game, that it's short already (I can breeze through in few minutes), but since I'm going to continue developing it, there will be a lot more content and then checkpoints are a justified. I just feel  that some arbiturary point in space doesn't tell a good story and breaks the "illusion of game". This is why I want it to be a mechanic / skill of the character itself rather than dropping checkpoint marks everywhere.

Submitted

Good game, excellent rewind mechanic, art and audio. I would speed up the reset menu action or add checkpoints. Adding some sound for the jump would be nice too. Other than this, great submission.

Developer(+1)

Thanks. Checkpoint system is under work, as for jumping sound, I decided to make minimal sfx to give music more room, but I guess a minor "Thud" sound wouldn't hurt (tho becouse of a bug, it didn't go so well but that's fixed already in next iteration)

Submitted

Awesome game, with nice art, level design and music. But the lack of checkpoints is really annoying. And for some reason, when the rocks were falling, it seemed like someone was shooting (the sound, I mean), but no one was I that was also annoying.

Developer

Thanks. I didn't have time to fix the sound system properly, so the rock sounds are way louder than they are supposed to be. I fixed it for the next version tho.

Submitted

Wow the game looks amazing.Execution of the mechanics is top notch :) There is a bug about menu s but i see someone reported to you.Other than that loved it :D

(Also maybe add more checkpoints im bad at this game |: )

Developer

Thanks.
Checkpoints are the most complained part of this game, I have a checkpoint system under work.

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