TimeForYourSouls by Suchista

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made by Suchista for LD 44 (COMPO)

Some day in the past you made an unfortunate deal. Time to pay has come.

Is your clone's life worth the same as yours? Do cloning machines really work when time goes backwards?

Play the game to find out!

Remember: After the clock measures 24 hours, the level restarts.

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Can you beat my time? myrecord.png

Full gameplay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWPFLiGPAG8

Ratings

Given 34🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

KilledByAPixel
29. Apr 2019 · 16:57 UTC
Cool game! 594.16 seconds on my first run. The mechanics were interesting but I'm still not sure I fully understand them. The whole time travel thing was really cool and well done. bit it did get a bit repetitive after a while. Good use of the theme!
Rolly
29. Apr 2019 · 17:08 UTC
The mechanic in this game is very enjoyable. And music fits perfectly.

I would change the lever activation with a key rather than depending on the character's movement. The game is already hard enough and failing because you move a little to close to a lever is frustrating.

Also, a retry button would be great, since the music pushes you to play fast, it's breaking the pace when you have to wait because you know you can't win.

Last thing, I couldn't make it to the end because the game was becoming very laggy (I confess I had to try many times the level with 2 levers and 3 platforms). Maybe some resources could be released between levels?

Hope you continue to improve this game, it got a lot of potential!
JCMonkey
29. Apr 2019 · 17:13 UTC
interesting game, though you might want to put a seizure warning for the time reverse thing. the game actually gave me a headache after playing this for a long period.
Syrapt0r
29. Apr 2019 · 23:50 UTC
Hai! I played your game on stream today, you can find the video here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/418104572?t=02h40m18s

Really nice concept, I managed to make quite some progress but I also had the lagging problem. Very good game though!
mahalis
30. Apr 2019 · 02:38 UTC
Clever interpretation of the theme! I have to admit I didn't get very far, but I had the feeling if my brain worked better I would've really enjoyed it. I didn't quite get what was happening with the periodic "watch out for the time!" automatic reversals... it might have been easier to understand if you'd introduced the mechanic more gradually. Still, though, great work.
🎤 Suchista
30. Apr 2019 · 05:14 UTC
@syrapt0r Thank you! Yeah, those lags were painful to watch, and I have no idea why it's lagging :/ On my pretty bad computer it works. Still, I appreciate the feedback!
caranha
30. Apr 2019 · 08:48 UTC
Huh, cool idea! It took me a few tries to get how it worked, but I eventually got it.

As Syrapt0r, on my computer it starts to lag very badly on the third level... I wonder why that is...
JulienLussiez
02. May 2019 · 14:27 UTC
Good concept ! It's funny to see your character go backwards. It was an interesting experience.
Hestrateja
02. May 2019 · 15:20 UTC
![aa.PNG](///raw/98e/22/z/24577.png) Very cool game, the only thing I would change is the interaction with the levers as it was kind of buggy and activate multiple times instanteneosly. Besides that very cool level designs with nice mechanics. But, is a soul a life? Have plants souls?
fashionbatman
02. May 2019 · 17:23 UTC
The art looks so simple, and then you get to the time travel effect, that was awesome. Great sound effects for it too. Good job!
wildcard
02. May 2019 · 21:04 UTC
I'm impressed you managed to implement a reverse mechanic this well. The effect looks awesome! Well done!
jin47
03. May 2019 · 10:59 UTC
Really cool game! The mechanic is complex and allows to iterate on the game design. The level are fun and progressive and this allows you to understand principles of mechanic in a logical way. Very clever game!
Great job
Tommyflower
03. May 2019 · 12:51 UTC
Genius game! I had so much fun! I love the effects (trails, flashes and sound). A game that makes you think :)
Ioleoso
03. May 2019 · 12:52 UTC
This game throws my memory back to the good old game boy days when I used to play with some addicting yet frustrating platform game spending several whole afternoons just to make my 10-pixel character jump on an higher platform and being killed a second after by some noisy odd.

Level restart SFX is perfect and i find also the physics better than many platform games you can play online/download from app stores.
I didn't feel the need for a more complicated artwork, and that means the gameplay is absorbing me 100%...
c0d3d
03. May 2019 · 17:00 UTC
Cool mechanics! I felt that the theme was a little bit weird. I loved the particle effects also! The sound was also quite good.
teo989
03. May 2019 · 17:12 UTC
Hey! I really enjoyed playing this one! The time travel is quite interesting and fits the story perfectly. I have just one complaint. The horizontal movement is a bit unresponsive. But aside from that the game mechanics work perfectly. Good one! :smiley: :v:
GerardB
03. May 2019 · 20:14 UTC
Got to love that trippy effect! Cool fun game, congrats!
SimplePotential
03. May 2019 · 20:18 UTC
I may have to come back to this to see if I can figure it out more. I didn't quite understand what was going on but the mechanics look fun. Nice effects and sound.
KeyurRana
03. May 2019 · 21:08 UTC
Cool concept. Loved the effects and audio. Was a little difficult to understand though. Overall, great job!
HPMNK
04. May 2019 · 03:03 UTC
Really nice game for a jam, it's pretty ingenious :D
Loved the reverse effect, which give some insanity to the mood of the game.
The little intro is funny too, even if you play square, i like to have some humor, to feel the developper spirit ^^
The gameplay is really efficient too and can lead to a full game, with more levels, so maybe go further in post-jam : D

The black square mechanic is also well done, and you did a wonderfull level design around it !
miu
04. May 2019 · 23:31 UTC
I like the time travel mechanic but I find the time for a level is a little bit too short