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I like the game, I'd just like to see some kind of tutorial or written explanation of what does what. The basic concept of clicking symbols and having them appear at the bottom is easy enough. It took me some time to understand that I only need three of a kind in the bottom bar and that they don't have to be right next to eachother. Also, I'd like to see an explanation of the power-ups. The only way to know what they actually do is by using them, which isn't the best.

Keep it up and continue making great games like this!

I like this game. The art and level-design are awesome and the character control feels nice. 

There is just one small thing I noticed while playing. When you run into a wall and keep running in that direction, the camera shakes. Except for that, the game is great. Keep it up!

The  game and leveldesign is fun. There are, however, some things I noticed.

For one, the jumping feels weird. When hitting the head at a platform, the player does not directly fall down. It feels like the jumping arc gets completed, which leads to delay between hitting the platform above and falling down. Another thing I noticed was that sometimes the player can get stuck in weird places (see image). This can be resolved by walking left/right, but it still is annoying.

The animations are played constantly. I suggest pausing them when the player does not move.

Since this is a platformer, I always suggest looking at this game if you haven't yet: https://gmtk.itch.io/platformer-toolkit
It explains the basics of character control in platformer games.

All on all, keep up the good work and never stop learning something new!

I can only agree with KKFaster: The game is fun to play, until there is an impossibly hard  part in the map

The platformer controls are nice and it overall feels smooth.

There are two things I noticed though:
1. The left enemy walks to the right, turns around and then walks on until infinity. Maybe have him move left and right constantly like the one on the right
2. The background. You already have a background that can be scaled endlessly to the left and the right, so make use of that. The top and bottom can just be filled up with colored rectangles. 

While I encourage you to make another game as you said in you description, I'd suggest you first try to make more of this game. The main reason I suggest this is so you can learn to stick to one project for longer and maybe learn to plan ahead more in the future. If you notice your code can hardly be altered now, this can be a lessen for you in the future. Even if it is easy for you, you learn to go back to code you have written before and make changes.

No matter which you do, keep at it and don't stop learning. I'd be happy to play either the updated version or your pong in the future!

I played this game a few rounds and the gameplay and game mechanics are neat.

One thing I noticed is the time it takes to load after dying or winning. The game freezes for a short amount of time before the menu is displayed. For context, I played the browser version, not the one to download.

Another thing that happened was that a chicken got spawned right next to the player in one instance, so I instantly lost a heart. Maybe alter the spawn mechanic so the first room can't have a chicken.

Thirdly, and this is just my own opinion, it sometimes feels long to wander around aimlessly and randomly stumble into the goal. To change this, maybe you could add a gradient to the color, so it changes toward the goal. This would at least give some sort of direction. To combat the fact that this would make the game easier, you could increase the spawn rate of enemies the closer you get to the exit. To then still have the player explore the rest of the dungeon, maybe scatter around power-ups they  can collect to have it easier on their way to the goal.
Having multiple types of enemies could also lead to a more interesting gameplay.

I see great potential in this game and I'd enjoy to see it grow

Don't feel down. This game has great potential, and I am sure you can overcome the issues you face. I just wanted to give my opinion, I didn't want to make you feel bad. These are just suggestions.

Keep it up and don't stop learning. Most importantly: have fun!

The game is intriguing, and I like the mechanic of having to redirect the laser to hit the enemies from behind. One thing I find slightly annoying is the path finding. Often times, the enemies get stuck at obstacles and don't walk towards the player. Also, in the end, it can be time consuming to find the last few enemies. With better path finding, this problem should be solved. Another solution would be to have an arrow point to the closest enemies when there are only a few left.

All in all great job, the things I mentioned are merely quality of life ideas

While the game initialy is fun to play, it quickly becomes boring due to there being no raise in difficulty. To combat this, maybe decrease the frequency of platforms spawning or randomize the heights more. Moving platforms or dangers could also increase the fun. 

As for the art, it is quite nice. The only thing is the fact that the player teleports to the other side of the screen if you exit on one side. If the player already shows on both sides of the screen when you are cut off will probably look better.

All in all good game with great potential! Keep up the good work

You also said you accept ideas. I have some, if you want:

- Bouncy Platform: A platform that acts like a trampoline, that automatically bounces you up when you jump on it

- Weak Platform: A platform that slowly moves downward when you stand on it

- Ice Platform: A platform with almost no friction

- Disappearing Platform: A platform that disappears when you jump off of it

- Pairs: A pair of platforms where only one has a hitbox. Which one it is changes when you jump on one

If you want to work with timing:

- Platforms that periodically appear/disappear/teleport
- Magnets that periodically rotate

Another thing that could make for interesting level designs would be something like a gravity switcher

After the update, playing the game is fun. The different types of platforms and dangers are a nice combination.
One thing I noticed is that if you fall from a greater height onto a magnet's to side, you still die.
Another thing I think would be good is the player automatically following the platforms when moving side to side.
If you want the extra movement space with the side walls, maybe make them so the character does not fully disappear but rather leave a small part of it visible.

Also, while the character movement generally feels nice, there is this game on itch.io explaining a lot about platformer controls, if you want to look at it:  https://gmtk.itch.io/platformer-toolkit

The game is fun to play, but I have two ideas to make it better:
1. Explain what the powerups do:
Currently, the only way to know what a powerup does is by bying it. A short text or even just a name would be nice to have.
2. The Font
This is a small problem in my opinion, but the font makes the numbers look weird

The game generally is fun to play, but there are some issues:
1. When replaying, the orbs and the score don't reset and somehow in level 2 you get stuck. Neither the red wall surrounding the portal nor the blue wall to the last two orbs get removed when killing all enemies and collecting the one reachable orb.

2. Some enemies, like the one in level 2 on the platorm, get teleported to the left when shooting it

3. When using the jump pad, it feels weird to just be teleported to the to instead of jumping

I just tested this and noticed that sometimes, when slowly rotating the camera to the right, it jumps back.

I have tried to play this game both in the browser and the downloaded version, and in both cases I am unable to jump.
I have tried to press every button on my keyboard, but no success. Is there something I missed?
Also, I recognize the player can't move too far to the left or right. This seems to be right when the player's hitbox exits the window. I'd suggest changing it so the player fully stays within the bounds of the screen.

The game is fun to play, but one thing about the character control is kind of annoying. Correctly finding the timing to jump off the edge is tricky, for the time duration in which to jump is rather small. https://gmtk.itch.io/platformer-toolkit is a good explanation of how to properly tweak character control in a platformer for it to feel nice to use.

Thank you I'll check that out.

I don't know if it is intentional because it is not listed in the controls, but space resets the whole progress. Because space is a common key for jumping, I would recommend putting the reset button on some other key

The game itself is fun, I just don't like the controls. I think having either just the arrow keys (left right for moving, up for jumping) or using wasd (a for left, d for right, w or space to jump) would be better than to mix arrow keys with space. It is my opinion, but that feels weird to use.

Since this is a platformer, you could also have a look at this, which is a game here on itch.io to explain the fundamentals of platformer player control.

I like this game, and I have an Idea to make it more fun: Add vertical walls and make the player be able to loop around the screen, so they sometimes have to go around to be able to get to the next stage

The game idea is fun, and the gameplay itself as well. I just don't like how slow one has to type. I'd love to be able to write faster.
Also, maybe if you hit a word with the wrong letter, that letter gets added to the word so you have to press it again to correct the mistake

The game is fun to play and has interesting game mechanics.

I just noticed one thing:
In this part, on the lower platform, the top left single part has no physics hitbox. Is that wanted?

The game is fun. I have one improvement idea: Maybe make the objects that don't switch dimension a seperate color

Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A

Use the arrow keys, not wasd

The idea and execution are nice, but I would love customizable controls, because I have a qwertz keyboard, so the down left movement is weird for me

Except for the janky graphich, whicg I guess you made yourself, it is quite the fun game.

This is a fun game once you get the hang of it. I just ran into a bug at round 47 where it said stairs, i pressed it but the program wanted me to press traffic lights

I think the blue collectible is not required, it is just a bonus. It is already seen in previous levels, so I think it might be some extra points, if there will be something like a point system

I really like this game. I would like it if there was a little arrow indicating the current shooting direction. Also, there could be a game mode where you have to kill every bat to get to the next level.

This is a fun little game. One thing I noticed is that is feels a bit janky when going out one side of the screen ans coming back in from the other side. I think this is due to the circle not being rendered when overlaping. To solve this you could make a 3x3 grid of circles that move along with the player, just spaced by the height and width of the screen. 

Also, if you reach critical mass, you could implore into a black hole and become a galaxy, like a level 2

This is a fun little game. The only thing I don't like is the camera movement. I think it would be better to fix the vertical position to the body of the player so it is always in the center

It is a fun game, but I think it would be nice do add some kind of platform you can die on

You might want to change the size of the background image to fit the whole screen. In my case, there is a grey strip on the right side of the screen.

To automaticly reset the player when falling, you could check if the y coordinate is either lower than 0 or higher than the screen height, depending on the origin of 0,0. In the same process, you could solve it for when you get shoved out the left side of the screen.

Something that could be fun too would be if there might sometimes be two platforms ontop of eachother

Something you might should look into is the hitbox of the player and/or the platforms, especially in the first level

The game is fun, but you should work on the ink a bit more. If I move my mouse faster, I can draw more than when moving slower

The game is fun, but it is really easy to win at the moment. Maybe make the win a bit more expensive

Hello. The game is fun, but sometimes, when a mouse on a platform dies and respawns, it just floats to the right side of the screen forever.