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My main goal for the jam was to just make a really nice platformer. I wanted to integrate the theme mechanically, but there wasn't really much I could do for this style of platformer without being gimmicky. You can watch the YouTube gameplay video on the page to see how to do all the levels.

I really like this game. The controls are very simple and responsive. I enjoyed all the levels. The art is great and fits the style of gameplay. The circles are so smooth and satisfying. The only thing that is lacking are sound effects and maybe a very short transition when you change direction. I like the usage of the loop theme.

Fun and very chill game. The built-in tutorial was really helpful and well done. Creative use of the loop theme. Gameplay is solid and I liked the controls. Visuals are cool and nicely polished. The sound effects are satisfying. I love the music - it is very relaxing and high quality. Good job overall!

Thanks for playing!
Arrow keys and Z are often used in platformers like Celeste. This is more accessible than WASD. For example, WASD would not be compatible with an AZERTY keyboard. In hindsight, I probably should have still allowed for WASD movement.

I hadn't even heard of this R36S console before so its probably thanks to Love2d that it works fine rather than me. Level 10 is the last level btw.

I actually hand-coded the A* pathfinding and made it deterministic so that a single puzzle always plays out the same. I could have made it randomly select between two equivalent paths but that would create uncertainty in the game's rules and make level design harder.

Sorry about that. You're right, I forgot to set it to public as it was very late last night. I've changed it to public so now you can play.

Hi, thanks for playing. In the top-left it shows your score. I would have liked to implement a proper high-score system, but I was unfortunately low on time and was working on level sections and the music in the last hour.

I did start by have the player be able to use W/D but the problem is the Y distance from the player to the grapple point. Say if you press D when you are under the grapple point then you swing anti-clockwise, but if you are above and press D then you go clockwise. The problem with this is that when the Y distance is short, meaning that the player is very close to being classed as "above" or "below". As its a very close, you may try to press D to swing to the right as you are falling, only to be propelled clockwise, which is still to the right, but its above the grapple point instead of a natural swinging motion. Therefore I decided to base the direction from the cursor relative to the player and the grapple point.

I used grapple points because it makes for easier linear level design and it guides the player so that they know where to grapple.

Here's my game, it's an underwater grappling platformer: https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-10/rate/2234068

Here's my game, it's an underwater grappling platformer: https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-10/rate/2234068

Here's my game, it's an underwater grappling platformer: https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-10/rate/2234068

Nice game, simple but fun! I like the resource-management combined with the combat. You have to make fast decisions to stay alive. One nitpick is that it you're not really "diving deeper", although you are falling. There is no incentive to go down and the game doesn't progress by going deeper.

Here's my game, it's an underwater grappling platformer: https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-10/rate/2234068

Not tryna be mean or anything but this game is complete BS. The door opens after a random amount of time and the stats are also randomly generated. I left the game in the background and the door appeared after like 4 minutes of doing nothing.

There is no tutorial, because you don't need one to win.

Thanks! I'd like to know what you mean by "some problems with the controls". The only controls are LMB, RMB and LSHIFT. It takes a bit of time to get used to the physics and controls but its quite fun when you get the hang of it (well for me at least).

Like it literally would not register my input or anything. I press LSHIFT and tried loads of different things but it didn't let me stomp.

Fun game! 🥔 Makes me go "weeeee"

Cool looking game and seems well polished, but the stomp wasn't working for me so I couldn't really play it.

Yo nice game! It's actually kinda funny because I also made a game where you have to use a grappling hook to traverse through levels. The grappling physics and rag dolling was a bit janky but it was fun to control.

Fun game! I like the art and sound effects. Bob be acting innocent, strapped up with his glock and air jordans while dealing illegal drugs to suspicious underground merchants.

The gameplay is very simple but is pretty fun. But the game is too easy (lack of increasing difficulty) and there should also be different enemies and obstacles that you have to avoid.

Cool game! I like the atmosphere created by the art style and sound design. It's a bit annoying though when you die and have to start right at the beginning .