First of all, the game looks great! It's not easy to work with such little colour without making it visually boring. But you pulled it off. I also like that you went for something unique with the controls. Makes it stand out from other platformers. Can't really say I understand the mechanics, though. And when I overcome obstacles it often feels like it was luck rather than skill.
Overall good job! Keep it up for future jams.
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Hey, thank you for the feedback! It really means a lot to us to know how to improve. On our game page, we linked this guide to hopefully help players better understand the controls and it would be great if you had a look and could tell us if it's helpful.
About luck vs skill, jvthewanderer started playing our game on hard mode, essentially, to only use the yo-yo and jumping. While it took him 4 HOURS to finish the game on hard mode, half-way through the stream, he got pretty good at it, and there were A LOT of close calls, you can watch these for yourself here. Knowing this, I'm not sure there's more luck than skill, and you can also slow down to bring the difficulty lower, and he definitely demonstrates that. Nevertheless, in some situations I do agree that it may be more luck than skill. Thank you again for taking the time to comment!
Let me elaborate on what I meant about the luck and skill. When I overcame obstacles, I rarely felt as if I overcame them because of skill. Rather, I just kept trying different things until I progressed, as I couldn't really understand the controlls or what I was meant to be doing. That isn't to say that the gameplay is about luck. Just that in my playthrough I never really felt like I progressed because I did something right. Hope you get what I'm trying to say :)