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A jam submission

E L E M E N T L E S SView game page

A puzzle-plarformer where you control the 4 elements... But just ONCE
Submitted by StarBee — 13 minutes, 12 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#34.1294.129
Concept#34.1944.194
Use of the Limitation#54.1614.161
Overall#74.0404.040
Presentation#303.6773.677

Ranked from 31 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Team members
Briam "Star Bee"

Software used
Game Maker Studio - Aseprite - Audacity

Use of the limitation
You are limited to ONE USE of your Elemental Powers

Cookies eaten
A LOT!

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Submitted

i cant play :c im on 32 bits

Submitted(+1)

Hey, cool game :) The presentation is nice and the general idea is cool.

As advice I would say really decide what you want your game to be about - is it about solving puzzles you design, where there is a unique and interesting idea the player has to figure out in order to pass each stage? Or is it more about strategy, freedom and improvisation, where there are multiple ways of tackling each level? At the moment your abilities seem designed to give different ways to accomplish the same thing, so you could lean into this.

I went through the whole game never using the water ability, and only using the fire one about twice, so this is something you could work on to make sure there are good reasons to use every ability.

I also experienced a crash when colliding with an enemy, after the chase sequence.

Thanks for the game :)

Developer(+1)

It's about freedom and creativity. I posted 4 gifs where's the first level completed each with a different way

At first wasn't intended, but it was really cool to see this kind of interactions. Also the second level. You can use the Fire element or The Water and then the Rock to break the Ice

I'm aware that you can finish the game without using the water element because the last level I planned to be completed with all 4 abilities, but it looks that it isn't the case lol And I don't think was a bad thing.
I Haved another plan for the water ability, to grow a plant and use it like a platform. The sprite is in the game and it's coded... but I didn't add the level

And yeah... that crash :c I know it's happening and I know why, just didn't noticed before uploading the game


Thank you so much for the feedback ♥ Really helps me to see what can I improve

Developer(+1)

Fix to the crash uploaded, thank you for the feedback

Submitted(+1)

Great game.


Would suggest swapping out the mouse wheel for a key as laptops don't have wheels and scrolling with two fingers is kind of dodgy.

Developer(+1)

One thing I was going to do is that you could select them with the numbers or something like that

But I just didn't had that much time

Submitted(+1)

I really enjoyed this one, especially the puzzles! I liked the art style a lot too. 

One thing that happened though was that the game crashed when an enemy hit me in one of the levels. It was the level where you use wind to reach a button and then the enemy is to the left of a large body of water.

Developer(+1)

Yeah :c I know the bug, i was investigating that before... It was due a change I did on the last time and didn't noticed

It's fixed but not uploaded, I think it's not allowed for the Jam

Developer(+1)

Fix uploaded, thank you for the feedback

Submitted(+1)

Yay, I look forward to playing!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Really great game concept, but I think more sound effects are needed, and the ones for the character don't really match too well. The art is amazing, and my favourite art style I have seen yet. Animations are just as good. Background music could be better though. I also think it doesn't really go with the limit 'control your environment' too well, but it's acceptable. I would love more freedom with the powers as well, as at the moment it feels limited to what the level wants you to do. Amazing game, one of the best yet.

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for the feedbak ♥
Just now I was writing what needs to be improved and what you have written really helps me a lot

I noticed the sound effects in the player when I was working on it but it was something I learned in this project and due to time I couldn't correct it much

I'm really surprised that people liked the art style and animations. I'm not an artist, I really tried hard in the whole artistic section

And what you mention about the movement is something that I was in debate at the beginning of the development, doing the first level. I didn't want people to just jump into the waterhole and not use the item mechanic but I also didn't want to make the player slow and clumsy... So I tinkered until it was like it is now. It's not perfect, far from it, and you're really right.

Submitted(+1)

Your game is the second one I give a full 5* rating. I like everything (except the too repetitive BG music, but let's just ignore that one). The character animations and controls are outstanding good - the rest is just awesome. Great job dude!

Developer(+1)

Full 5*? Wow... I don't know what to say... I'm glad that you enjoyed my game ♥

The Bgm was added like 3 hours before the deadline and it's the only thing i didn't create myself

I'll still working on the game and make a full post-jam release. It won't be a big game, but at least more polished and completed

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