I couldn’t agree more! If we would have had more time (or maybe started earlier) we would invest some of it into tuning the chop -> buy -> chop loop for sure. Also one of the things we never got to was to vary the forest a little. Maybe some open spots, boulders, occasional rewards to find etc. But yeah a goal would probably be a great if not necessary addition.
Thanks a lot for the feedback ^_^ Hopefully we’ll continue working on it after the jam and can tackle some improvements :)
Yeah that could work! The logic is supposed to be “if the player on the falling side of the tree and it’s fallen at least 20 degrees”. Last part could definitely be a timer instead :) But I think we’re doing something dumb and just checking the collider.
Having no experience with this genre of game I had no idea how to play at first. I just couldn’t understand how the sword was moving. But on my third round I finally noticed a pattern and in came the upgrades!
Great visuals and nice laid back sound effects. The movement felt really smooth and responsive, and the “juice” felt great. Overall really addicting gameplay and great game!
There is definitely some work to be done on the “guiding the player” part. The key hint was a last ditch effort to at least show the player that there was something. And about that axe… We have an animation ready but we ran out of time.
And then the bugs. There are many. If you play enough you might catch them all ;) But that tree thing might be a buggy enough for it to warrant a fix within the 48h fix window. The tree is only supposed to harm you when falling towards you with some decent velocity. But oh well, it’s a game jam after all!
Thanks for the feedback! We submitted 2 minutes before the deadline and happily dragged our “Optimization” card to the done column. He he he… If we develop it further we sure will look at it :)
Hey! I’ve published Linux and Mac builds now as well :) Unfortunately we don’t have the ability to test the Mac build, but the Linux build is confirmed working ^_^
