I hear you about the combat. I had lots of plans for other worlds like underwater where you had to go between bubbles and a world with gravity wells you had to struggle against, all to add more variety to the combat, but it was a classic game jam case of having to cut scope to get things done. Glad you liked it so much!
Cute little puzzle platformer. I'll echo other commenters that the slingshot mechanic was not readily apparent to me as I completely glossed over the fact that left and right click were two different "hands." Could see this expanded with bigger more elaborate levels into something really special. Also the art style was great, fits the theme well.
Gameplay is a little repetitive after a while (an issue with many survivor games), but really well polished considering the scope of a game like this. Great job!
The game is really simple, but I love the aesthetics of your game. I think you have a great base to make something really cool here with some more mechanics and gameplay elements. Great job!
Like others have mentioned, the game is quite difficult as it is. Maybe something like letting the player turn on and off controlling the robot would help you be able to reposition yourself so you can get a better angle on how the robot needs to jump/move next would help with the difficulty. I do really like the idea you have here though. Congrats on the game!
I get that the fogginess fits with the mountainous theme, but it really makes it hard to see anything. Really ambitious style of game to make in a week. I was fun exploring the mountains and stumbling on the random cabins, but was basically impossible to find your way back home. With more polish and smoothing out the rough edges, I think you could have something really interesting.
Can't say I got very far, I only picked up one of the items needed and then ads kept resetting me back to the beginning and I couldn't get close to another pickup without being set to the beginning. Not sure if it is purely random or some system I couldn't figure out. I did really like the "computer" setting that you made and the intro graphics were cute!
Won't lie, the jump scare got me lol. Game is very simple/easy, but seeing as it is your first game, keeping the scope small and finishing something is typically a very smart move. Big congrats on the game!
Very short but sweet. Controls felt quite robotic for this style of game, but the visuals, sounds and story/world building were all really nice to see. Great job!
Really creative take on sokoban mechanics. Amazed how you got so much into it. Some of them made a lot of sense to naturally let players discover how they work, but a couple were a little too confusing. Namely the box merging in 7.2, how to control the two players was weird with mouse controls and the combo mechanic. Otherwise, the puzzles were designed really well. Great job!
Glad to hear you enjoyed it and liked the worm hole VFX! Sorry about no exit option, definitely a lesson for next time to prioritize those things earlier in the process.
A nice and chill Metrioidvania-esque game without the enemies. I made it until the feather but then was confused as to where to go from there (I think still up the left side, but I couldn't make the jump? Could just be a skill issue). Perhaps make it so that when you leave one of the upgrade rooms one of your dust friends shows you the way to go from there or something to give a bit more direction with your new powers. The jumping was a little too slow and floaty, but I really did like the creative level design. Great job!
Others have said it, but its work reiterating, phenomenal job with the visuals. The menu graphic, the character animation, the votex, the tilesets and backgrounds, all of it is really well done. Overall, the game was a little too hard I think. The controls weren't very intuitive and seemed like it really relied too much on luck that the world you were shifting into would have something to jump onto. I had a couple times where I went to I think three worlds and none had anything to jump to which feels bad/hopeless. That said, the times when I had some luck and one world flowed into the next, the game played really well and again, visually was really stunning. Great job!
Something to add more contrast between the characters and items and the background would have helped make things clearer visually, but really cute idea to have make a game like this with you kids' art and kudos for making a turn/grid based game in just a week. The whole team should be really proud of what you made!
Hit a couple bugs with casting, sometimes it would cast immediately after catching a fish and sometimes when casting it would fly way to the left, but didn't impact the game too much. I do like your take on the fishing minigame, but a bit more variety to it would make for some deeper gameplay. Also, a noise or effect or something when you first get a fish on hook would help with the game feel of the fishing. The visuals and the audio were overall really well done, I really like the pixelated look you have. I enjoyed my time playing.
Love the music and the art, they created a great atmosphere. The jumping/movement could use some more polish as it was a little floaty which made it sometimes hard to jump exactly where you wanted to go, but not enough to block playing it through. Was a nice experience overall!
The boxes being random I think could be a really interesting choice, but the way it is now makes the puzzles a bit too luck based. I made myself shrink so much I couldn't move anymore lol. Cute game, nice art, and quite the accomplishment for your first game!
I know it was in space, but the floaty jumping felt like it made some of the platforming hard than it needed to. Also the thruster while jumping basically did nothing if you were falling too fast lol. Loved the music, really fit the aesthetics of the game and quite enjoyed the experience.
More guidance at the beginning of the game to "hold E" would have avoided a lot of confusion as to what to do in the beginning for me. Also, some visual and sound effects on the transition would help make the switch between worlds feel more impactful. Good concept for a game! The drawings in the beginning were awesome!
Love the idea and execution of swapping between the two worlds of underwater and and platforming around spikes. The game is very basic, but considering there's no game engine, really impressive what you made in a week!
It was really cool exploring the world you made, but in the end I couldn't figure out how to get keys out of the other place. Great job on the theming, art and sound and for making such a unique experience!
Really well polished. I'll echo some other commenters about how to play being confusing at start, but really impressive accomplishment in such a short period of time.
Love the character design and art. Quite enjoyed how you made the enemies heads pop off. Would recommend making it clearer in the space section what the hit box of asteroids and your ship is as I found it a little hard to judge what would hit or not (though you have it tuned that it didn't really matter too much). Also in the sword section could change things a bit so the camera isn't moving around so much, it made it hard to see your neat characters! Fun little game!
The spikes were a little too unforgiving such as them hitting you from the sides and a bit too many sounds playing at the same time at the one level with all the spikes. That said, it was a quite enjoyable little platformer. I was really impressed at just how many levels you included and the creativity in the design of the many levels. Well done!
Really clever twist on the hidden object genre and the two levels you have were well done. Would have loved for more levels! Some background noises and music would have also really elevated the atmosphere of the game.
I was using mouse+keyboard and found the camera pretty hard to control, it was really easy to lose track of what directly the camera was facing, but zooming around the map was pretty satisfying. Great choice of music and boy can that rover really get some air off of some of those sand dunes!
Surprisingly entertaining and a really creative idea that you did a good job polishing it (Except for the font, its just a little too hard to read in my opinion, but I understand this was probably an aesthetics choice you made). Well done!
Great VVVVVV style gameplay for just 7 days! Was confused about the different blocks (hazard stripes vs solid colors vs grey) but managed my way through. Perhaps some particle effects or more distinct graphics would help make it more intuitive what the blocks do.
I think you have the beginnings of a neat idea here. Some randomness to the levels and leaning more into the computer/internet aesthetic with your visuals and sound effects would really make this game stand out more.
