Maylo's journey by Skylife

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made by Skylife for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

Keep Maylo on his path and delay the inevitable!

This is my first participation at Ludum Dare and my first game jam altogether. This is also my first game that I made in less than 12 hours, since I did not had more time. I hope you can still enjoy the game :)

Music by David Fesliyan! cover.png ingame<em>4.png ingame</em>1.png ingame_2.png

Ratings

Overall 1102th 3.18⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 867th 3.22⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1351th 2.34⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1252th 2.98⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1182th 2.78⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Audio 506th 3.458⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 889th 2.604⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1185th 2.94⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 26🗳️ 29🗨️

Feedback

Sarah Lir
05. Apr 2022 · 10:39 UTC
Nice game) I really like the art style even if its pretty siplistic. The gameplay reminds me a lot about Doodle Jump. The craracter looks sweet too)
lomstfer
05. Apr 2022 · 11:06 UTC
Nice camera effect and use of gravity. I could not deploy my parachute so I fell to my death :( :)
krakadushka
06. Apr 2022 · 13:03 UTC
Simple game and quite fun) And it is really cool that you added some pick-ups) Well done!
🎤 Skylife
06. Apr 2022 · 13:14 UTC
@krakadushka thank you very much! :)
🎤 Skylife
06. Apr 2022 · 13:20 UTC
@lomstfer thank you! You have to collect the parachute first, I forgot to mention it :D
Lichead studio
06. Apr 2022 · 18:40 UTC
It is a good game fot the first time, it is simple, but fun.
superpokeunicorn
07. Apr 2022 · 01:37 UTC
Simple but fun game. I like how you introduce more mechanics over time. I did notice that you despawn blocks bellow you, which could be a problem with how high the triple jump goes. Otherwise, a solid entry. Nice work.
YukimiItsuka
07. Apr 2022 · 09:31 UTC
Simple game with much fun. Nice work! I suggest you to write some tips to tell the players that the player can use double jump at first because I could hardly play at the beginning.
ffffchai
07. Apr 2022 · 09:33 UTC
I feel good to jump so high and then land. Right now i can keep myself on one platform and evit death:). But thanks that, i can go upper. Music is cool and i can keep up with the rythm, Well done!
Marvis
08. Apr 2022 · 16:45 UTC
i like camera effect to! good job
Pordrack
08. Apr 2022 · 16:52 UTC
Really nice for a first game ! The music is nice, the graphics are cute and the game is well scoped, it's simple but polished and great at what it wants to achieve. If I can give you some advice :
-Best score feature are always very welcomed in this kind of game
-The font isn't really adapted to a pixel art game, it can seem like a detail but a good font brings a lot
-I had the impression that the pixel art were a little... Blurry ? Make sure to deactivate resize filters to keep all their sharpness.
🎤 Skylife
08. Apr 2022 · 18:24 UTC
@pordrack thank you very much for that feedback, you are right about the font, and I will definitely look into the sprite sharpness thing! =)
🎤 Skylife
08. Apr 2022 · 18:24 UTC
@marvis thank you, I am glad you like it! =)
Brandless
09. Apr 2022 · 22:09 UTC
Is the goal to get as many points as possible, or to progress the game? What does the score counter do? If you don't move and just jump, you get infinite points. But nice simple game!
🎤 Skylife
11. Apr 2022 · 09:20 UTC
@brandless Thank you for your feedback! :)
The goal of the game is indeed getting as many points as possible and I have now fixed the issue with infinite farming on one platform in the after jam patch. I wanted to add an online Leaderbord to make the points more important, but unfortunately I could not get it to work in my short time... next time then :D Thank you again for your feedback! :)
LonelyLionGames
12. Apr 2022 · 13:53 UTC
First of all I'd turn off donations, as no one is going to pay for a game made in 3 days

The game itself was simple but fun :)
unless games
12. Apr 2022 · 18:42 UTC
Neat game, the controls feel tight and the music is cool!

The platforms could despawn a bit later in my opinion, sometimes I wanted to jump to a lower platform to reach a farther platform sideways only to realize the platform is no longer there.

It's a minor detail but I think it would be cool if you could use the triple jump mid-air right after you pick it up (and already used up your double jump), it could make for good "barely survived" moments.
🎤 Skylife
12. Apr 2022 · 19:25 UTC
@unless-games thank you very much for your feedback, I like it a lot! :) The platforms now despawn later and the tripple jump can now be used even if you had 0 jumps left. I have no idea why I did not thought of that myself.. :D Thank you!
LDJam user 233659
16. Apr 2022 · 04:34 UTC
Absolutely nailed the controls, and the camera really sells the gravity in the game!