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I've finally created a game I'm proud of called "Jump or Die"

A topic by Jan Zagar created Feb 28, 2024 Views: 191 Replies: 5

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Hey I'm excited to share this challenging platformer with y'all called Jump or Die. It is an endless runner with 80's neon aesthetics. I've worked really hard on it to polish it and make it (imo) actually fun :) Hope you'll enjoy it.

Check out the game here: https://janzagar.itch.io/jump-or-die

I intent to create an updated version if there is positive response. So if you play this please fill out this play test survey: https://forms.gle/rD5A3fzKYPmWCjYz9

Thank you :D

DonkeyKonger289 days ago

This looks cool I'll check it out

Jan Zagar289 days ago

Thanks :D

Discount Realms288 days ago

Nice graphics on this, everything looks great. I wish the difficulty ramped up a little more gradually though, e.g. by starting out with obstacles to jump over but no death pit, or maybe gradually increasing the scroll speed. As it was, I felt like I was dying too often to ever even get a feel for how the controls worked. Another option could be to provide some sort of training room where the player can get a feel for jumping and dashing.

Jan Zagar288 days ago

Thank you for the feedback :D Yes this is probably the classic case where the dev get's too familiar with game so they makes it too hard. The speed does gradually increase, probably to fast. I'll probably add a tutorial where you can become more familiar with the movement.

Discount Realms288 days ago

Yeah, that does tend to happen! Another option might be to have difficulty levels with different starting speeds and possible obstacles. I seem to remember some old infinite runners did things like this.