Platformery by mhlbrothers
This is my first game I have ever completed. It is a platformer with literal shapeshifting. The goal of the game is to get to reach the yellow ball at the end of each level. Use A and D or the arrow keys to move, space to jump and left click or CTRL to shapeshift. Enjoy!
Ratings
| Coolness | 20% | 2061 |
| Overall(Jam) | 2.59 | 1078 |
| Audio(Jam) | 1.94 | 695 |
| Fun(Jam) | 2.69 | 870 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 1.69 | 1078 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 2.13 | 1078 |
| Theme(Jam) | 2.81 | 881 |
All in all a pretty good effort for a first completed game :)
Try as I might, I couldn't beat the last level - but I've never been great at platformers.
To be honest, it doesn't utilize the theme to its full potential. The triangle jumps higher and maybe faster, but I don't see why a triangle has this distinctive quality. Since the qualities are not logically connected to the shapes, the shapes are mere indicators of game states. This way, the shape change doesn't even matter – you could use a variety of other indicators for differentiating between different game states, e.g. changing color, size, or even just putting a text on the screen.
Moreover, it's almost always one shape is the solution, so you just have to pick the right one at the beginning of the level, and you don't have to change it while you're in the middle of it (except for the last level which indeed require shape changing within level – I couldn't finish that level though).
Anyway, congratulations for your first completed game – you reached a milestone, now you can make (and finish) more games. :)