Mister Nothing by Assaf

post submission edit: we fixed 2 bugs where at the start of the game it's impossible to get through for some players + jumping in water didn't work
Our first game, a simple platformer :)
You start with nothing, collect coins to buy abilities at the shop
Controls: * WASD to move
use the B button to buy at the shop
press space button to banana-dash
sometimes you have to die
Items: * Get climbing shoes to climb on walls * Banana to banana-dash * Duck to swim
headless shopkeeper: "reincarnation doesn't mean you start with nothing"

| Youtube | https://assafk.itch.io/mister-nothing |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/mister-nothing |
Ratings
| Overall | 1027th | 2.816⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 971th | 2.724⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 952th | 2.635⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 781th | 3.013⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 886th | 2.895⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 478th | 2.889⭐ | 38🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 996th | 2.586⭐ | 37🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 37🗳️ | 33🗨️ |
I didn't get to the end of the game, sorry - but you had me hooked for a while.
I started with a bit of missing orientation, the right side looked dangerous, so I jumped down the left - where the spikes were already waiting for me. So I went right - and as soon as I understood that the objects can be used to unlock paths in the game, I became really interested. I love those exploration games. I had fun exploring the right hand side of the cave, floating on the water, climbing up walls or dashing over pits.
The only thing that made me give up was the saw right next to the shop; I lost all my coins many times to that thing, so I had to collect all of those and die again to get the objects I wanted... That got a bit too frustrating after a while.
But apart of that - nice game. Would have loved to explore it a bit more, maybe I'll check it out again later. :)
- Right, the only root I could see was the water which killed me, and I couldn't go back because a wall came up next to the saw
- Left, I seemed only to fall into spikes, or land on a platform from which I could jump onto spikes.
The bit of the game I could play felt responsive and easy to control. Good job
However there are a few bad points; I faced small bugs but nothing serious or damaging.
The biggest problem is the field of view which in my opinion is a little too small, you can't see the next platforms sometimes and when the platform is below you, you don't see it at all.
Beside that, great game with good difficulty.
Also there is a lot of mess with level design... for example: you jump into to void because you don't see platforms below, there is too many roads too early and because of that you don't know where to go in bad way.. and felt like i left the proper map and jump on random glitched platforms... BUT as your 1st game it's really good! please continue your game after the jam : )
Overall a solid attempt for a first try!
kwek