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work it! make it! 

ah! that could be the crux. As this is a Game Boy Color game in the first place, the emulator build into this web page seems to have problems with some (not all) wireless keyboards. If you can, give it a try with the build in mac keyboard (if you have a macbook) or on a handheld device that can play .gbc games :) That should make the control feel waaaay better!

Sorry for the inconveniences. And thanks for the feedback!

I loved playing the Frog Detective games, and this -1 is just an absolute amazing homage to the series with lots of hidden easter eggs and details!

thank you so much :)
It's already released physically a while ago: https://modretro.com/products/self-simulated
And will be released digitally here in 2027

very cool!

will do! Thank you sir :)

is this good? :D I'm not sure haha. If so, thank you so much <3

That's on purpose :D 
that's the shortcut for the anti-glitch mode, one of four settings to ease the difficulty of the game, so everyone can enjoy it at their own pace.
You can either press Select (or Shift in the web hosted version), or go into the menu and select "anti-glitch mode"

Thank you for your insights :) Did you, by any chance, play the demo with a wireless keyboard or something?
I interpret what you said to be the inputs that are lagging behind a bit, and I know certain wireless keyboard connections introduce an unplayable amount of lag for whatever reason (keep in mind, it's a native Game Boy Color game and best played on a device that can play GBC games).
The controls should feel absolute immediate and 100% controllable, as I designed them to be very snappy and precise. 

In any way, I'm sorry you had a subpar with the demo of my game! But thank you so much for taking your time to play the demo and also report what issues you had with it. Highly appreciated! 

oh no, why is that? You can tweak the difficulty in the menu to make the experience a bit less frustrating by the way :) Maybe that helps?

Let me know what frustrated you

oh thank you so much :) 

thank ya!

Thank you so much <3
Digital release (2027) will be available here as a gbc rom :) and on Steam (and maybe some more platforms, we'll see what I can do)

love it!

that's so awesome!

hahaha yeah that would be awesome :D

it's very rarely friends who ask. It's more like strangers on the internet who want to pirate still-actively-sold GB/C games

love it!

oh wow! That's awesome <3
Best of luck with the speedrun event!!!

thank you :)

awesome to hear! :) Much appreciated <3

awesome <3 thank you :)

thank you so much! <3 yes it's out now :) 
https://modretro.com/products/self-simulated

that's wild wizardry right there!

noice!

lieben Dank (thanks a lot) :) 
The gameloop will be even better (soon-ish)!

very nicely done!

thank you so much! Lovely to hear that :)
Regarding the firing laser, yea that's "by design" in the sense, that in this one level the user should hear that something is going on and be prepared. The script is going through the fire circle, but GBS (or GB in general) doesn't let the projectile fly offscreen to onscreen.
So I went with it. In later levels the laser unit only fires when it's on sight.

The other bug was already fixed in the final version, but thank you for bringing it up again :) 

hey :) lovely to hear that! Really glad you like it :)

And yes, that's the exact sprite from Fall from Space. Joel and I are contributing cameos to each other, so watch out once FFS is out for a Self Simulated robot :D 

thank you so much <3 

absolutely! There will be lots of improvements in mechanics as well as visuals (especially UI, as you mentioned). This demo is really just a concept alpha to see if the core gameplay mechanic is fun and makes sense :) 
Now the polishing will take place!
Appreciate your feedback! Helpful and constructive, just as I love it <3

hahaha :D
Thanks so much for your feedback! There will be lots of improvements for the new prototype of course :) 

thanks for giving this rough demo a try! Much appreciated :)

Can you give me some more insights about what was it, that made it so hard for you?
Also: did you use a wireless keyboard?

This demo is pretty old by now, so I'm very looking forward for people to test the new version(s)!

😄

thanks <3 :) appreciate it

thank you! the text was the most challenging on that thing 😅

thank you :) 

thehehe

love it!

I know gore was not allowed for the jam, but I figured I'll try it anyway 😄