I'm a Boss A-- Diver!!!
This was a really enjoyable jam experience. Snack size fun! Just the right level of challenging with enough juice to make me want to try again and again. The successive sfx increases during posing and jumping on the board were really well executed.
This was one of the most clever takes on the theme I've seen so far. The art and animation is cohesive and really well put together.
A few recommendations to consider:
- The water noise was repetitive and too loud, even if you set a choose() function and had the pitch and timing alter slightly before each new loop began then it wouldn't have been so noticeable.
- After a poor dive, or even a decent one, as a player I just wanted to get back to the start of the ladder and make another attempt. The judge scoring animation was charming the first time, after that, if the player pushes a key you should be able to skip straight to the score.
- Along those same lines, when I went to retry it was a pain to use the mouse again every time. You could have tied the right action button to Main menu and the left action button to retry, so I never have to take myself out of the zone.
Overall, really fun and quick play. One of the many gems of the jam! I also appreciate you taking the time with the opening cutscene to give me more motivation to perform well! Awesome work.
Out of curiosity, what's your high score?