When planning out the idea, I thought that a lot of the submissions will use timers so I thought on how I could do timers 'but more'. Thanks for playing it!
ok might as well do some hints for the other levels (except the last), just so you don't get stuck on a level. please don't rely on this list too much.
1 - Agro the enemy to pass
2 - the comment above
3 - after destroying the wall, you need someone to replace it.
4 - you need to posess an insect somehow, taking damage is necessary
I've noticed a few people have gotten stuck on level 2, so I'll try and explain the mechanics and solution if anyone else gets stuck. So do look below if you fell stuck on that level.
In order to get past the wall, you need an attack, similar to the insect's attacks on level 1. The level contains a kind of lemon-yellow insect with a circle around it, and any entity that is that colour will turn anything touching the circle around it into the same type of creature (in this case the insects), which can give you the attack ability to break the wall blocking the flag.
Really good deck-builder, I did find a minor bug where if you use the corn too many times (which my build was centered around), the foods would start to 'stack' on the slot on the left, but it was really satisfying to try and find synergies to beat the game with.
Yeah, I should have had a better tutorial than just placing arrows with the button name on it, and looking back, some levels do have some awkward timings, such as levels 5, 8 and 9. Glad you enjoyed the game, thanks for playing it!
I do understand how simplifying the controls to one button would help, as when starting to make the game I pressed the wrong button more than a few times. However, I kept it as two buttons as the 'Purple Area' mechanic does act differently depending on what button you press, and I felt that the player should use this mechanic to have more options on approach in the later levels (such as the large purple area in levels 8 and 10). I tried to put a control scheme that uses the arrow keys, which may be a bit more intuitive, even though it does just remap directly to the same actions as X and Z. Thanks for playing it!
I am probably going to put a reference manual in the game's comments on the itch page, just copy and pasting all of the in-game tutorials into the comment.
As soon as I thought that the game was just going to be a jetpack phsyics game, t h e m e c h a n i c s b e g a n. The game kept introducing new mechanics, which helped keep the game interesting and go well with the simple, yet difficult movement. Quite enjoyable, and also a bit frustrating.
the movement is nice and deep with many different available options for the player. The gravity is very strong, leading to the game being hard and frantic.
Enjoyed how the design shifted between puzzle and platforming in a seamless way, with how you experimented with the concept being used for speed, precision or puzzle solving.
