Thanks for all the details! That explains why It's been hard for me to find a black ring lol. I had no idea the player was locked at y=0! The illusion definitely works.
I really like the visuals! The spaced themed UI looks nice. The info on the astrononaut's back is a great touch visually and also works perfectly with respect to the gameplay. It's easy enough to see obstacles and rings... not sure if making things standout was a challenge for you given all the grey objects in the black void of space. Music and sfx are good. I had fun with the gameplay, and trying to figure out what the strategy to get a high score is on normal/hard.
How are the spawns of the rings determined? Are the colored rings mostly random? Is there any trick to finding the black rings? I don't think I've seen one yet!
I gotta respect doing everything yourself! The visuals are solid and stylish, especially the background and the UI. I'm not a big fan of the in-game music due to it being such a short loop. The main menu music works quite well though.
There's a lot of features here I don't usually see in game jam gams! Being able to save your progress is nice, as is being able to rebind your controls. Gamepad support would be nice though... even if it's not rebindable.
With respect to gameplay, I think the level design is kinda weak. The back half of the game is definitely a step up from the rest though.
I'm curious how you're supposed to traverse the large gap of spikes at the beginning of the final level? Simply dashing over the first set of spikes would lead me to falling into the 2nd, wider set of spikes after it. I ended up getting past it by falling into the first set of spikes, but dashing right before i hit the spikes. The edge of the platform stops your momentum, but still lets you walk into the platform instead of dropping you into the spikes.
I liked it! The music is catchy. The SFX are great. Some of the visuals look like placeholders, but what doesn't looks great, especially the mech. The mechanics are simple, but the level and enemy design makes the most of it. I had fun with my 2 playthroughs, with my first ending to the final boss killing me with the attack she uses at 0 hp :(
The visuals are great! I love all the little details, like the way the cards move when dragging them around, and the slight movements the cards have when idle. The background is pleasant too. And of course, the usual solitaire win animation is there, and looks great. Getting to that animation took me a lot more than the 9 moves you have in your screenshot though :)
SFX and music are great!
The gameplay is solitaire. Not too much to say there. Controls feel great and are responsive. Only issue I ran into is sometimes the 2nd card in a stack would be rendered over the first card. This would also make me unable to click on the first card, but moving cards around would fix things.
Hey! Thanks for playing! And the kind words+feedback!
The game was designed primarily around the flight restrictions being on. It does make things *significantly* harder though. You have to carefully plan your jumps, and take advantage of the limited air control you have after double jumping. Flying through the rings is also awkward using the mouse, and the set of the rings after the 1st are prob way harder than they should be in retrospect. Messing around with mouse sensitivity might help, though I think my way of handling sensitivity may have been flawed.. I figured most players would end up turning the restrictions off.
The ring is definitely not explained very well. It also only kicks in if you go through it while flying. I tried to place them in places where it was very unlikely someone would go through the ring while not in the flying state. Unfortunately, I forgot that disabling flight restrictions makes it pretty easy for that situation to happen...
Definitely feels like a lot of effort was put into this. Nice SFX and gamefeel. I haven't played any modern pinball video games, so maybe this is a common feature these days, but being able to see what every part of the table does by hovering over it is very cool.
I liked it! The use of original characters is a big plus IMO. The dialogue and story is cute. Combat is good. It feels like the encounter design and character skill designs were well thought out for such a short game.
I enjoyed it, and look forward to chapter 2! The concept is unique. The puzzles were pretty neat and enjoyable. The combat system is very basic, but the encounter design manages to do a lot with it.
Controls are pretty clunky, but I guess that's the point lol. After struggling a while on the first 3 jumps, I got a hang of things and it was pretty fun!
