There are some collision detection problems which at first helped me a lot and later screwed me up a bit. The map design was nice and the conclusion was kinda funny though!

@miroreflect I was hoping nobody would find this page until I added some screenshots and improved the description, lol. Thank you for your ratings and feedback, though!

It may just be a bug with the web version, but it makes a buzzing sound every second. The map design was surprisingly well-done and some of the art was enjoyable. I would focus more on the jumping in the future, giving it acceleration to make it feel more natural.

@Pix That's actually just a looping sound I made (didn't have much time left, so it didn't come out like I would've preferred). The jumping does feel a little quirky, doesn't it? It's certainly something I would touch up on for a more serious project. Thank you for your feedback and for trying my game!

The platformer level design is pretty fun — I liked getting a powered up jump and backtracking to find new areas I could navigate to.

But the jumping and shooting mechanics could use a lot of polish. As someone already mentioned, the jump needs some acceleration. Right now it appears to move at a constant speed without any gravity which feels unnatural and hard to control. The shooting also feels a bit clunky, partially because it seems to interfere with the jumping sometimes (I can't figure out exactly what's wrong, but jumping up and down and shooting the whole time seemed more difficult than it should have been).

Also, I imagine the walking through the walls bit was intentional, but it feels a little like a bug. If there are going to be extensive "secret tunnel" sections like that, I think there should be some kind of indicator for when you can actually walk through a wall/floor.

Your level design actually impressed me, even though I didn't manage to win the stage, guess that's on me. I really like the Lego-style of the main blocks and background. Movement was quite difficult for me, as some non-english keyboards don't have 'z' on the bottom left of the keyboard. E.g. the german keyboard has y and z switched, so I had to stretch my fingers quite a bit, since it was a main mechanic on Z.

Good game, but the gravity is weird!

Love those graphics, really cool work. A little problem with the difficulty for us, because of azerty keyboard at first.

That stair upside made me sick dude. I had taked fun with those angry faces. Good game by yourself!

Hilarious concept and funny art, made for a good mood. Unfortunately I experianced some audio bugs on the web gl deployment. Still enjoyed.

Like others have said, the movement needs some polish. But there is an unexpected amount of depth here! I kept expecting to run out of game to play, but it kept going :smile: I liked the jump power up, made it feel like a mini-metroidvania. Also the story/ending is weird/fun. Good job, had fun playing!

@evan-minto Thank you for your feedback! The game could definitely use a bit of polish. Also, for the walking through the walls part, those red slips were my attempt at giving the player a hint; but I think I know what you mean-- it probably wouldn't hurt to have it turn transparent once they're inside of it, as most games do.

@muzigpuzig Thank you! My apologies for the inconvenient controls-- I'll try to keep that in mind next time!

@davidus Thanks! The gravity does feel rather unusual, doesn't it? It might not be the wisest choice, but sometimes I sacrifice a little polish for extra depth to the gameplay.

@dev-for-pizza I appreciate that! The azerty keyboard inconvenience was brought to my attention by another player, and I'll definitely be mindful of that next time!

@carpin Thanks-- I appreciate you giving my game a try!

@gward2489 Thank you! Also, what seemed to be wrong with the audio?

@hunter-towe a low pitched synth hit at the same pitch every other second or so

@maggardjosh Yeah, the controls could use some improvements for sure. I didn't want the game to end immediately, so I did go out of my way to add a number of different (but hopefully fun) areas. Thank you very much!

@gward2489 That's actually a sound I made. Needless to say, I'm not much of a music composer, so I didn't even bother trying to make real music for the whole game (especially since I only had around an hour left at the time of making it). Would it have been better to just leave it out? In hindsight, probably.

@hunter-towe it was a good synth sound, I would have liked to hear it at different pitches, it got a bit repetitive at the single pitch. That being said, the other sound effects were good.

I only have one question. Is that a mustache or a scary mouth? Mario, is that you? :P I like your background. Did you set that up far away to get the parallax effect or did you do it programmatically?

@Aim Yeah, it's a mustache, lol. The background was done programmatically. Thanks for trying my game!

This is an interesting platformer and kept me engaged enough to complete it. Graphics and sound effects were simplistic, but served their purpose well.

The jumping mechanic took some getting used to, but once I did it worked well enough. Its consistent and allows me to adjust the height.

The first 'cutscene' caught me by surprise, but they worked well enough to keep me from feeling lost. The 'life' was also useful in that regard.

Collision detection around combat was a bit buggy. I frequently ended up to close to the enemy for them to hit me. They also had a lot more HP then I initially expected. It works well enough for the boss fights, but I have an urge to kill enemies as I move past them, so I spent 2 seconds or so killing each one in some of the areas.

Overall, combat was a bit too easy. I was never afraid of running out of HP, so the jumping puzzles and time required to take out enemies were the main obstacles.

The invisible walls were interesting for a while and I like how the 'life' pickup was used to introduce it, but they became a bit of a nuisance at some point. There was also one particular jumping puzzle I had a lot of trouble with (just before the first enemy portal).

By the way, I initially tried the web build, but couldn't get it to load, so ended up playing the exe.

This was definitely an amusing entry! It was quirky for sure, and I got stuck in the walls a few times, (good idea adding that reset button) but I was able to beat it. There's not a whole lot to say that hasn't already been said - the movement was a little bit weird (and maybe slow?) but it was workable. I liked the nod to metroid at the end, as well.

Overall a pretty interesting entry.

This is really good! It seems to me like you've been watching a lot of Mark Brown's level design videos. Your levels are very well designed. The one problem I had was figuring out where to go after each cutscene, but you had a clever trick to combat this: you made the area memorable. It didn't work as well for the second area, because of the head's color scheme, and because I assumed it was just the same head as before. The only thing I would change would be to show the statue fading away or something. But overall, this game was great!

Also, if this game is ever a speedrun, I already have the first skip. I call it skippy skip, and it uses the game's quirky damage physics to bypass the final boss fight entirely:


@al-bueche I thought people would simply avoid the enemies (the ones that move on a strict path, as opposed to chasing you), but for future projects, I'll definitely remember that people may like to kill them all. In regards to the web build loading issue, sometimes when that happens, refreshing works for me; it could be something else, though. Thanks for the feedback!

@cppchriscpp Thanks! Needless to say, I'm a fan of Metroid.

@flashviper Thank you! Level design is a big deal to me, so I really appreciate the feedback you've given. I actually haven't watched any of Mark Brown's videos (I didn't even know about them), but now that you've brought them to my attention, I think I'll check them out.

Nice job on skipping the boss. I'm sure there are a lot of other ways to skip things, knowing how weird the physics tend to get.

Seriously, though, thank you so much!

Great work!! The game could really use some music and a bit of speed. I like the metroidvania touches. I also liked that you went full literal with the theme. Nice job!

@webox Thanks! I agree that some music would be great, as well as a faster pace. Going full literal is usually the easiest way to implement a theme, but it also tends to be less creative than other alternatives.

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