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Great! Thank you for the feedback :D

Thanks for playing it!

I got a score of 1712!

I loved this concept, and almost made something very similar for my entry but shifted gears at the last minute.

I love that all the sound effects were musical instruments, and that the hit sound was a hi-hat.

I would have loved to see the player fight with more instruments instead of just the kick drum. Additionally to upgrading the shape of the player, maybe there could be upgrades that add new types of “weapons”. For example, it fires a small “bullet” at each edge connection and plays a hi-hat sound when it does so (on the up beats). Or maybe you have a second loop going around the shape that plays a snare drum and launches a different kind of attack.

Also, auto fire should be the default setting, there’s no reason to let go of the space bar.

Amazing game, overall. Congrats!

Very cool, the highest score I was able to get is 1200!

I’ve seen this idea a few times so far this jam, but it is a very good execution on it. I love that the game starts with the snake eating its tail, showing the player how it works. Though the counter should probably start at zero, so that after the demonstration, the level counter is at 1.

The screen effect was also really cool, but a little strong. It’s very stylistic but it obscures the game a little too much in my opinion. Perhaps a lighter version of the same effect would work better.

In any case, well done on this submission!

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the feedback

Made it in 1st place!

It took me a while to figure out how to start playing, and then I noticed the proceed button in the bottom right corner. In general, people’s eyes will be drawn to moving things, maybe if the player hasn’t pressed the button in a while it can start jumping up and down.

Second, there’s a lot of time between decisions where the player avatar is just moving to the next thing without me needing to do anything. I would condense that period of time so that most of the time spent playing is used actually making decisions instead of watching the character move down.

Congrats on your submission!

Writing this in pure JS is incredible, well done!

I unfortunately could not get very far, as I found the controls to be unresponsive. If I pressed aws or d it could take up to a full second before the snake would actually turn in that direction.

Might just be a skill issue on my part though xD

Congrats on your submission!

Hey! Thanks for the feedback.

A quick tutorial would definitely help a lot.

Hey hey! Glad you enjoyed, I just finished filling out the page last night. Wasn’t expecting to have people playing it so quick 😅

Thanks for the feedback!

Very well executed idea!

My only piece of feedback is that it felt unsatisfying to have the tentacles spring up right in front of the boat. Maybe adding a longer indicator of where they are going to pop up would allow the player to swerve the boat out of the way and keep their speed going.

Hey! Congrats on this submission, my feedback is below:

1. After finding the first package delivery spot, I wasn’t able to find any others… Maybe having some kind of indicator pointing the player ot the closest delivery soon would be nice. Or, adding subtle visual indicators in the map that lead players to the package zones.

2. I found no advantage to driving on the road, it was best to drive right next to it because then I avoided all the cars but rolled at the same speed. If you want to dicentivize this, maybe you could add pedestrians on the side of the road, and if you hit them you lose a significant amount of time, or maybe you roll faster when you’re on the road.

Well done overall.

Hey! Congrats on submitting this entry. My main piece of feedback is below;

It’s really important to nail down and polish the main mechanic of a video game and make it feel good before adding any more content. I can see that you have multiple levels built using this rope mechanic, but based on the other comments, it seems it’s really hard to get to them (I was only able to get passed the first level).

So I guess this is feedback on time management, instead of spending time adding new levels, it’s better to spend time making the grabbing of rope REALLY good, and have one simple level with this really good mechanic.

Well done overall!

I loved this, fantastic execution on an amazing concept.

My only piece of feedback is that when the level starts, you should wait for the first piece of input from the player before the enemies actually begin shooting. So it loads the level, and everything is paused until the player moves, or shoots, and then everything starts.

Hey! Super cool concept. I’d love to see a clip of someone actually juggling with this mechanic.

With that said, I was only able to get one ball in the air for a few exchanges. Maybe you could implement something similar to coyote time in platforming but with the player catching the ball.

Hey there! Loved this game and managed to beat it on my 3rd attempt!

I have a few points of feedback if you’re interested:

1. I often felt like I was getting stuck on the corner of the buildings when I tried jumping onto them. I’m not sure if this is because the cat has a square collider, or if there’s a lot of friction being applied, but it felt off. If the cat does have a square collider, maybe try swapping it out for a circle and disabling rotation, on the other hand if it’s because of friction, a lot of game engines have a setting to disable / lower friction.

2. On my 3rd and final run I was limited by the speed of the screen. I was standing at the right edge just waiting for it to advance. Maybe if the player gets to the right, the screen should move with them so that faster players can complete the game at a faster pace.

3. It seems the animations play a full cycle of the animation before switching. For example if I’m walking, and I stop, it will finish the walk cycle before sitting. In Unity you can disable this using something like Exit time.

Overall, this was great!

I love the story and the gameplay for this. It was a perfect set up!

I only have a couple points of feedback if you’re interested:

1. On my first run, I didn’t notice the candy cane, and I got pretty far without needing to use it. I just kind of pushed the cart for the whole first part of the level. Maybe including something earlier in the level that requires the player to use the candy cane would be nice.

2. The cutscene that introduces the gift ripper 3000 ( i forgot its name ) doesn’t stop the player from moving while it’s playing. The first couple times it got to the cutscene, the camera went back to the player afterwards and either I was way ahead of the sled, or the sled was way ahead of me. When the player isn’t looking, it’s best to stop them from being able to mess things up.

Amazing job overall!

Ello – I loved playing this game, I had a very similar idea about turning a vehicle with candy canes but I was planning on building it with a top down view. My team and I ended up doing something entirely different, but it’s interesting to see someone else build something similar to what I was thinking.

I have a few pieces of feedback if you’re interested:

1. As a couple other people mentioned I felt lost while playing most of the levels. Notably, it wasn’t an interesting lost where I was excited to find my way back, I was just consistently guessing where to go next. And then I would randomly stumble to where I needed to go. Either adding landmarks or subtle hints of where I’m meant to go would help.

2. It was very dark in some of the levels – I’m pretty sure at some point I hit an invisible wall, but it took me 10-20 seconds to realize my car wasn’t actually moving anymore. Maybe putting a house there or making sure that all level borders are clearly visible would help.

Well done!

Hey there! Congrats on submitting, for a second game this is great work!

I have a few pieces of feedback if you’re interested:

1. The grappling hook mechanic was difficult to time – I am using a trackpad so it might just be an issue that gets solved with a mouse, but I find it’s often important to think about ways to make the game easier for players. It’s always going to be easier to you as the developer than it will be for other players. Maybe instead of clicking on the box, the player could just hold left click once they’re in range, and that would do the trick.

2. Adding feedback also goes a long way – for example when attacking the enemies, I was never sure if I had actually hit them or not. If they flashed white or took knockback it would indicate to the player that something actually happened.

Though these two points are specific to this game, they can be interpreted for future games as well in two simple ideas: make the game easier than you think it needs to be, provide feedback to the player so they know their actions actually happened.

Great job, keep at it!

Loved this idea, and got a highscore of 1095 while playing. I’ve got a few pieces of nitpicky feedback:

1. Would love to have progress more clear when manually wrapping gifts. I often tried hitting them before then entered the machine, but it was unclear whether I was actually wrapping them or not until they suddenly turned into the present icon. Having some kind of effect or sound or maybe a slow animation play as I wrap them would be great.

2. Increasing the hit box size for the gifts would also help greatly. There were a few frustrating moments where I thought I was hitting them but they just weren’t moving at all.

Great job overall!

I only made it to stage 2 but this was great fun!

My only piece of feedback is that I would have enjoyable a small buffer before leaving the cane and a small buffer before attaching as well as after.

Amazing job overall!

Hey there!

I loved the 3D models for this game, they look great. I unfortunately had to stop playing at the 1:30 mark because I started getting motion sickness (it may be that I’m also playing this in a moving vehicle…). I have a few points of feedback if you’re interested (just my opinion on what you could change to improve the game):

1. I think a 3rd person camera view as oppose to a 1st person camera would do wonders for this game. Mainly, it would make it less disorienting, because I would be able to see how my Christmas tree is moving. 2nd, the camera would be more stable and it would reduce motion sickness.

2. I often found myself wanting to stabilize the tree because it was just spinning out of control. Facilitating this by either showing the player which way they’re going so they can stabilize themselves, or by adding some damping so the ship naturally stabilizes would also solve this issue.

Keep at it!

Ello! Oh man, this was very well made!

I only have a couple points of feedback:

1. I felt the time before the next level loads after I got the balls into the bag was just a little too long. It was just long enough that I felt I should make this comment, if it was just a little shorter it would be perfect. I don’t know if it’s intentionally left a little longer so the bombs have more time to fall in, and if that’s the case, maybe you can only increase the time if there are any bombs in the level.

2. I love that the scene doesn’t reload when the ball misses, and instead it just spawns a new ball. It makes restarting the level feel like it wasn’t too bad after all.

3. The background doesn’t feel cohesive with the rest of the game art. Though the pixel scale is the same, because it makes use mostly of double pixels, it looks like it’s half the size as the rest of the game assets, but scaled up.

Great job!

Heylo! Congrats on submitting a game to the jam, the fact you submitted is an accomplishment in of itself.

I tried to play the game, but I ran into a few issues, mainly I couldn’t always pick up candy canes from the counter. I’m also not really sure what the menu does. When I opened it, pressing the numbers on my keyboard did nothing.

My biggest piece of advice / feedback for future jams is to focus on building one thing well as oppose to stretching yourself thin. For example, I noticed the dash mechanic, the many types of candy canes, the menu, etc… But the main mechanic of the game didn’t work as intented it seems. If all that time had been spent specifically and allowing the player to pick up candy canes and deliver them, it would significantly increase the overall quality of the game.

Congrats nonetheless, keep at it!

I love the cutscene at the beginning! Very well done.

My only piece of feedback is that the actions themselves did not feel very impactful. Like dealing damage, or taking damage, launching myself, etc… Adding some extra effects like screenshake when you take damage, or knockback when you deal damage. Maybe the player should squish down when they prepare to jump.

Adding some anticipation and completion effects would take this game to the next level.

Very well done.

Hello! Got to the end of the game and tried all the weapons. I have a few points of feedback:

1. I enjoyed the focus on more “boss fight” types of enemies.

2. The enemy attack patterns felt basic in that most of them could be avoided simply by running in circles. Making them more complex so the player actually needs to dodge the projectiles instead of just running in circles would make the game more enjoyable.

3. I found myself trying all the weapons, and eventually just sticking to the rocket launcher because it seemed like the best one (and most fun to use), but in future jams, instead of spending time creating multiple weapons I would try to make 1-2 weapons, and then add a TON of polish to them. Things like screenshake, indicators that show where your enemies will attack, particles, etc… can go a long way to make a game more enjoyable.

Great job!

Hey there! This was great to play, I managed to win with a time of 1:23 and collected 23 gifts. I have a few pieces of feedback:

1. The gravity scale felt very high, like I was being thrown at the ground when I wasn’t actively jumping. It made some of the platforming elements very difficult, like landing on the penguins to make my way across the pit of spikes.

2. There wasn’t a strong distinction between the penguins and the bears. It took me a while to figure out I could stand on the penguins without taking damage. Making a clear distinction between what is friend and foe often makes the play experience more enjoyable.

3. Falling off the map should respawn the player at the ledge where they fell with one less life instead of restarting the whole level. It goes with the rest of the pattern you had established in the game where doing something bad takes away one life instead of restarting.

Overall, amazing job!

Thank you for trying it out, glad you enjoyed it!

This makes sense! But if I were to dig, I am digging on the tile I am standing or the tile I am looking?

This is a great concept!

If you had more time, I would have love to have seen some post-processing effects to make tie the graphics together.

Having some feedback as well when you hit an enemy with your guns would also let the player know that what they are doing is helping. Like making the enemies flash white or having a sound effect play would be a great place to start.

Hope this helps!

The art looks fantastic!

I’m confused as to how the map and the game world line up? There doesn’t seem to be a beach icon, yet I consistently found myself on a beach.

Walking around and checking the map and trying to figure out where I was seemed like a hopeless endeavour, and I assumed I was supposed to try to find the X on the map and dig but I felt more confused than anything.

If you could clear some of these things up I’d love to play again and adjust my rating :D

Very cool game!

How to 10x your game:

• Add Camera Movement so you can see the island from more than one perspective

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Thank you so much for the suggestions! Glad you like it :)