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A jam submission

A Very Unfair PlatformerView game page

Very unfair and challenging platformer
Submitted by Dap2011 — 4 hours, 8 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Simplicity#2373.8483.848
Sound#2923.1823.182
Topic#3643.2423.242
WOWIE!#3943.0303.030
Fun#4143.0913.091
Creativity#4883.0003.000
Visuals#5102.9092.909

Ranked from 33 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Music Source
https://soundimage.org/funny-4/

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Comments

Submitted

so i'm confused. i thought i couldn't get past the first block but apparently according to the comments you can??

Developer

I should have make it more obvious because some players managed to win my game other didn't, the solution is in the description or in the game comments(not the jam comments).

Submitted

aaaah i see now, in that case - nice :) although, the very first action in the game is hard to perform, even when you know what to do. so a bit of a learning curve would've been nice!

Submitted

Lmao I didn't expect for anyone to make a troll game in this jam. A very bold choice

Coming from Mario Maker troll levels, there's a few things you need to have for people to want to keep playing your troll game and for it to feel like the right kind of bullshit that they can laugh at themselves when they die

- when the player dies, have it be due to a choice they made. Like going after a shiny collectible and getting punished for it.

- when the player dies, it shouldn't be too hard for them to figure out what to do next. I would have never figured out you need to halfway jump to bait the spikes then immediately jump back again unless I checked the comments. You never show the player that the spikes retract so there's no way I could reasonably be expected to know that they do. I thought I had to maybe jump left, jump in the pit, die a certain amount of times, but never that

I get what this game is going for, but I feel like it could use some improvement to make the game more funny and fun to play. I think I might be spoiled by Mario Maker troll levels though

Developer

Thank you for the review, you made some good points and I will keep them in mind next time I make a troll game!

Submitted(+1)

Very, very unfair. You have succeeded in making me frustrated. Good job.

Developer

I hope you also had a little fun! :)

Submitted(+1)

Really cool, love the concept! Made me want to rage quit but I pushed through!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

Good game, and very frustrating! It reminds me of the game Unfair Mario! ^^

I had fun playing your game :)

Developer

Thank you for the review!

Submitted(+1)

This was so rage inducing, I felt my blood pressure rising

Great visuals, great controls, great level design, great game!

The respawn delay felt a bit too long for me, but that's about it.

<3

Submitted

I had a good laugh after I jumped into the first spikes of the game and the music stopped. Something about the comedic timing of it. I respect the troll, and the game made me very frustrated. So congratulations on a great submission!

Developer

I am happy you had a good time!

Submitted

Really challenging and frustrating haha

Submitted

Alright, I am 55 attempts in and about to cry.


Nice game and a very unfair platformer indeed!

Submitted

Alright, I am 55 attempts in and about to cry.


Nice game and a very unfair platformer indeed!

Submitted

I jumped left at the start and it soft locked, refreshing the page fixed this.

A Very challenging game, it reminds me of cat mario, I had fun with this one.

A fun game for challenge-lovers!

Developer

Thanks for pointing that out I am glad you had fun!

Submitted

Yea I was also softlcoked

Submitted

Very frustrating, although I guess that was the goal. Nice :)

Developer(+1)

It was yes.

Submitted

cool and fun!

good job!

Submitted

very difficult and fun game Good Work !

Submitted

Quite a difficult platformer, indeed! Still, the concept was really fun and I had a good time! There's a sort of static noise at the end of the jump audio that is a bit harsh on the ears, but it's not too bad. Overall great job!

Developer

That sound is not intended, I will try to fix it! Thank you for the review!

Submitted

It only took me 15:12 minutes and 48 attempts but I finally beat it.  The jump scratchy sound effect got annoying pretty fast, the jump animation was pretty nice though.  I had a feeling someone was going to make a trap adventure type game.  Very fun and challenging!

Developer(+1)

The jump sound sounds annoying on webGl i have no ideea why, I am sorry but congrats thanks for the review!

Submitted

This is was actually fun and I felt the "only one more run" activate in me. this was very hard, but also very fair.  On thing I'd say though, add a check point system. 1 or 2 in this would actually make this like 10x better imo. the music also wasnt annoying listening to, so kuddo. Disclaimer: I did not look at your run to beat this, I beat this on my own.

Developer(+1)

Good job, thank you for your feedback, some chekpoints would have been great, I am glad you beat the game all by yourself, hope it maked you feel proud!

Submitted

am i missing something? how r u supposed to progress?? 10 attempts and i cant get past the first spikes?

Developer (1 edit)

I can send you a video with a full run if you want via discord, anyway you have to trick the spikes, only pretend to jump.

Edit: I put a link in the game description with the solution.