Since I neglected to say in the last post: That save I linked has the latest issue I mentioned in the 7th or 8th slot (separate from the others). The issue that it brings up a page with nothing to do so I can't progress.
You can figure out most of them pretty easily by standing at the goal and testing backwards shots but 14 has too many variables and I couldn't get it from anywhere.
Stuck again. This time I don't think it's me. After investigating and running, after waking up in the smashed ship, I get the option to Go West. That brings up a page with just an image.
The other ship with survivors that I can't do anything with? Game implies moving there but I haven't had that option.
If it helps, I chose engineer and to investigate my wreck (so I got the compass).
I also received a lot of errors, usually when going to rest and sometimes when entering an area. The errors read a bit like syntax errors but I didn't pay that much attention. The error would often, but not always, trigger part of the player's intro script.
Edit: The script played with the error is the one starting: "That's the big spacecruiser."
Edit again: Not sure the difference but I've gotten the option to move to the mountain this time and I'm continuing.
Can't really rate it (or even comment much) because the canvas is the wrong shape and size. Too much to the right (probably 20% extra) and not enough to the bottom.
Can't say I liked it but I can't say I hated it. I'm pretty neutral since I spent most of my time confused. I assumed Red letters meant Don't Touch, Green meant Good to Go and White meant ... ? Turns out they were just positioning which can be seen by your literal position. Not sure what I think about that since it's similar to a shooting game (certain arrows/arrow combos shoot certain directions) but the letters kept flickering around even when your relative position hasn't changed.
I believe I liked the basic premise but not the execution.
I think I first played something similar in one of the early megamans. I hated it. This one is better since you're not falling, you just have a one-way autoscroll. But I also played something similar in an old nintendo spaceship/aliens game (wish I could remember the game, I loved it otherwise). That was my worst level. Mostly because I'm not coordinated enough for most autoscroll levels. This looked like it could be ok but I failed almost immediately. Again and again and again and again and again and again.........
That said, the concept is good and I presume the other 98% of the game is just as good as the TWO screens I saw. Perhaps if it started with fewer mines for a more gradual ramp-up. I still wouldn't get far but maybe others could play longer.
Edit to add: There's even a SMB3 level that is similar but I rock at that one! Because I can filter the background from my perception and realize that it is actually veerrryyy. .... .... vvveeeerrerrrryyyy . ..... .. .. sssssssllllllooooooooooowwwwwwwwww.....
HAHA! Did not take me long to want to shoot myself. Somewhat like the "No A-button" challenge for Mario 64, this shows how reliant we are on expected abilities.
Rarely do I equate frustration with excellence but I think it's deserved here!
A very interesting idea. I'm not sure I'd call it a game since, by definition, it can't be completed so there's no goal (and I'm too clumsy and the mouse is too twitchy for me to complete regardless). But it is a curious experience.
33 gave me pause but 39 made me actually stop and study the board for a while.
This was quite fun but suffers from one flaw most of these games have. Once you figure out a puzzle, doing it again and again and again - sometimes up to dozens of times in some games - especially for a single level just makes it tedious, not fun.
Take the first image to the right: There are five sand (? sandrock?) moving puzzles. Three are identical. Many levels use this conceit.
Secondary flaw is the sheer amount of walking some levels have. Level 40 is one of the worst. Back and forth the length of half the level is - once again - tedious, not fun.
I do not mention those to say they need to be fixed. These are normal issues and would be difficult to avoid. I feel the game should be left as is and and changes be made to a sequel, if there is one. (The top, right corner screams to me that "your princess is in another castle" and there are seven more chapters.)
Minor improvements I'd like to see include visual changes to the stairs upon collecting the final ankh and a visual change if a door can be passed (player has a key).
My only complaints are that it's too small on my screen, controls are touchy and it's not very long. I've seen many games use the alt-dimension idea but this one has a few ideas I haven't noticed yet in one.
Very sorry about the long delay; life is having fun with me...
Curious. I noted an alcove that I would assume is the elevator (and I thought was just a door) but not much else. I will need to go look around some more next chance I get.
Edit: And now I can declare that it's mostly just that I'm dumb. I never tried to put both of them in the alcove. But there's still a messed up trigger somewhere as my first attempt had me shuffling both around in the alcove until the knight pushed the witch through the wall to her death (pushed halfway, couldn't work her back out, pushed her all the way). Upon redoing the level, it worked fine. All the rest worked fine.
The narrator needs a nice long nap and to get back to work. This was a fun little game I'd love to see expanded!
I do expect a certain amount of jankiness, jam games are a bit of a rush job. It's why I usually don't report bugs that don't break the game. It's also why I'm hesitant to say this is a bug as opposed to me just not figuring it out.
Sentinel on button
Witch to other half
Set respawn
Sentinel to pit
Respawn on other half
...?
Feels like the sentinel respawn should have triggered the door. If so, it didn't.
I've even restarted the game (several times) and made sure I correctly passed through the door in case there's a trigger.
I found the center wall isn't solid by backing up to try to look up.
I see 1.2 is the latest in the list but my changelog says I have 1.4.2. And the more info section says it was last updated (Nov 2023) quite some time after I last played.
