Loved the minimalist sprites and how they were still able to convey movement very well.
Not sure if I would have preferred two characters with more fighting depth, or the current four. It’s a ton of work to create 4 unique characters like you did. Mad props :-)
The launch of Daisy was excessive in the most fantastic ways XD
Everything was excessive in the most fantastic ways, though the physics weren’t entirely clear wrt ho many times Daisy would bounce off the floor before settling.
Simple game/straightforward game mechanic and I can see that it would have fit into the 64x64 constraint pretty easily. It’d be interesting to see what kind of variety you end up adding.
As soon as the game loaded I was like “NOPE”, but I found the courage to play.
It was easy to get unintentionally lost, so I just cowered along the right wall as if I were in a maze. And then [REDACTED] happened, at which point I went “NOPE” and closed the game.
The narrative elements kept me wanting to play (which is awesome).
The platforming/terrain traversal was compelling too. In so much that I felt that the enemies and other ways of dying took away from that primary goal of piecing together an expansive space 64x64 pixels at a time.
Some of the story elements popping up broke the vibe I was getting into. It would be tricky to make it unobtrusive with a lower resolution so totally understand the reason why it had to stop gameplay.
Landing after a jump where no damage was taken felt really long relative to the speed the character moves (felt like a split between Prince of Persia and a faster paced platformer).
I was hoping to get to more interesting game mechanics sooner over a slow boil (given that it’s a jam setting).
I’d say skip the selection between easy and hard mode and automatically flip to a higher difficulty when they complete a number of levels w/o using an undo (and then increase it even more with a faster clock or limited undo charges).
I also wonder how it’d feel with using the mouse/touch to fill in the square as opposed to the keyboard.
Loved the visuals and usage of the theme. I appreciated the introductory narrative to set the stage. Short, sweet, and to the point lol.
The game mechanic was really creative too!
I wonder how the game would feel if the aiming aspects were removed and the fire would go straight to the plant with the same color. You could probably speed up the game play significantly and give it a ZType feel (really fun game to play): https://zty.pe/
Beautifully rendered and I appreciate the simplicity of the controls. This could definitely benefit from a larger viewport (given you a bit more time to maneuver).
I wonder how it would feel if it were a hair slower which would give you a bit more time to react.
Even with the “trick”, I still found the mechanic surprisingly fun. I could see this working well as a different way to play Word Cookie (not sure if you’ve played the mobile game).
Visuals in the game are absolutely fantastic. Color palette is beautiful and so were all the dialog transitions.
Tutorial was a bit complicated and I wanted to get into the action right away. And of course, because I didn’t take the time to read through the tutorial, I was a little lost on how to play (though I did enjoy experimenting and seeing how the art/animation played out).
Good use of the gravity well theme. Surprisingly addictive!
Was kind of annoying when I missed the initial launch. I was also able to cheese it a little bit by jumping to the nearest letter as opposed to risking a shot to the other side of the circle.
Really glad you like the movement! And yes, the infinite jumping and freedom to continuously combo was by design. The eventual barrage of enemies and chaos will put your agility to the test hopefully :-)
