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A jam submission

Ghosty!View game page

Submitted by YoyleSpartan — 1 hour, 6 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Simplicity#964.1184.118
Sound#2123.3533.353
Topic#2413.5883.588
Visuals#3163.4123.412
Creativity#4693.0593.059
WOWIE!#4782.8822.882
Fun#6122.5882.588

Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted (1 edit)

The game had a pretty polished overall feel, well done on that! And definitely a unique game mechanic that fits the theme real well. Good job!

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Ghosty's character design is SO cute, and I love both the music and the speech sound effects.

I like the idea of the gameplay, and I like being able to see the paths of my previous lives instead of just the boxes they hit. However, there's a few flaws in the execution of the levels and mechanics.

The first 6 levels are pretty straightforward. Around level 5, it was getting stale and I didn't want to continue playing. However, the simple addition of the moving edges in level 7 did so much to revitalize my interest in the game. The double jump mechanic introduced in level 8 did the same thing. Suddenly the game felt like it required skill instead of lucky guessing. One-sided platforms like in level 10 added more interest. I think these things should have been added earlier.

I like the double-jump idea, but with it several frustrations were introduced. First, the way Ghosty accelerates when he jumps makes the double jumping feel extremely inconsistent. As I spent more time failing the same double jumps, it was frustrating to finally clear them and then have to complete a lengthy level by guessing where the remaining blocks were. Another issue is that after being on a level for a while, some of my ghosts stopped showing blocks I had previously hit. These three issues together meant that by level 10, my gameplay experience looked like this:

I fail the same difficult jumps multiple times. I finally pass it. Then, I run into a block I've already hit before but my ghost stopped showing it to me OR I have to start the trial and error process of dodging unseen blocks. I hit one, and restart the process.

I kept playing because I wanted to get Ghosty to thier party, but ultimately I had to quit at level 10 and watch a playthrough someone else had posted. After putting so much effort in, I was disappointed to find out that there was only a vacuum waiting for him.

Overall, the game has a simple but good core idea. With some cleaning up, mechanical fixes, and variety earlier on, it'd be a much more enjoyable game.

Edit: I forgot to mention that the camera moving up and down to follow Ghosty was a little disorienting. Since both edges stay in the screen's view the whole time, I don't think the camera needs to move at all!

I liked the concept of this and I beat all 10 levels. However, it takes a while to get used to the turn around speed since it's not instant.

Submitted

Good game but frequently dying was a little disappointing

Submitted

Loved the character design and the writing.  Trial and error was a little frustrating though.

Submitted

This game was certainly a delight to play and an awesome approach to the theme. The music was chill and the dialogue was a nice little touch to it. Visually, it was nice as well, but I feel there could of been a bit more. MY feedback for gameplay wise, I liked it, but the controls and the dieing lots of times begins to get a bit repetitive for me. This was a really good approach to the theme, but I may suggest giving players an ability to perhaps withstand one or 2 blocks or something that could help us stay alive. Overall though, this game was an amazing entry.

Submitted

Interesting take on the theme, I like the idea and the art is really cute. I would suggest making the responds even faster, as in  a game where it takes dying many times in order to win the respawn times can be a bit frustrating. Overall though nice job

Submitted

Really fun and cool game, an interesting concept, good job!

Submitted

Really fun and I love the style 

Wow, very good game!

Submitted

This game is good and it fit`s the topic very well, but i can`t pass 8 level

Submitted

This game is good and it fit`s the topic very well, but i can`t pass 8 level

great game but feel it lacked a twist

great game but feel it lacked a twist

Submitted

The art was really nice, and the gameplay was fun! (please check out my game if you get the chance ;))

dude i saw your game on discord i will be sure to check it out if have any time

Submitted

thanks!