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Puzzle Platformer | Unity | Illustrator | Solo-Jam
Movement - WASD / Arrow Keys
Jump - Space
Ability - Space (While in air)
Restart - R
Move Camera Up - W / Up Arrow (Post Jam Version Only)
Move Camera Down - S / Down Arrow (Post Jam Version Only)
This was my first jam :D Hopefully you like it. I had a lot of fun designing the mechanics and puzzles.
All art and code were made by me, the music is a royalty free loop that I downloaded from here http://www.playonloop.com/2014-music-loops/brave-worm/
notdannysemail@gmail.com(That's actually it)
-Danny Cruz
EDIT: I decided to upload a post-jam version, this has some bugfixes, as well as a new camera control. Not sure about the rules so I clearly labeled it as "Post Jam" for judging purposes.
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 61% |
| #40 | Innovation(Jam) | 3.86 |
| #99 | Overall(Jam) | 3.69 |
| #153 | Fun(Jam) | 3.40 |
| #265 | Audio(Jam) | 3.30 |
| #373 | Theme(Jam) | 3.15 |
| #398 | Mood(Jam) | 3.00 |
| #406 | Humor(Jam) | 2.47 |
| #419 | Graphics(Jam) | 3.26 |
Comments
Really cool game man. I love the concept you came up with. However I think you could have done more with it in the 72 hours you got :)
This was really cool! The animations and the switching mechanism were really sweet. The only thing I came up with that could make it better was if I could see a bit more of the level at once - it'd make the puzzling a little bit easier. Anyhoo, solid work throughout, good job!
I find the gravity switching a little bit unintuitive. It doesn't work as I would expect it to. But love the game, nice audio, nice graphics, lot of fun.
Woah this is really awesome! I absolutely love how good this game feels! From the smooth animations to the audio feedback when you switch! One thing I would personally want to see is better treatment of death. When I played I died a lot, and I would have liked to see a "press Space to respawn" instead of 'R'. Also I'd have liked it if you died sooner after missing a platform, but I understand if you put the boundaries far out so that people wouldn't accidentally hit them. The puzzles are also really cool, though I did have to do trial and error just to figure out what the special blocks did. But once I did... man, does the part where you keep flipping through yellow/purple blocks feel sooooooo good. :D
I like the mechanics, the level design is well-planned out, well done!
For me personally this was a really smooth entry. Enjoyed it a lot!
The gravity switching is cool, because its not exactly all powerful. In fact I never quite grasped exactly how it works, which some could see as a negative. Maybe a bit more explanation would do?
I'll echo the camera comment that was made. The game was super interesting, and the mechanic is cool! Originally I thought it was just gravity switching, but it seems like it switches a few different things that you have to keep track of.
The music was a little bit annoying and the ability did just stop working for me part way through the level, but other than that it was great.
love that game too :) Some blocks are quite annoying but after a while u understand u can just fly during the whole game! So if there is a future version, I would definitely love to have a timer :)
Just added a new version. Using up and down you can move the camera slighltly, to get a better view of the puzzle :)
I love this idea and would like to see it pushed further and fleshed out! Controls were not very intuitive, had a hard time understanding where the max distance of being pulled toward the active platforms was. Great first jam entry!
Hey congrats on your first jam! Having to go through trial and errors to get a sense of the mechanic and the challenges it presents was a bit frustrating, but it was worth it.
Really Good game, very fun, and I would like to see a full version of this game.
Controls were spot on, and the graphics were really eye-pleasing. Hard as hell though. :)
Very good concept that perfectly fits the theme. The graphics and music are ok but I like that you focused on gameplay and controls. And there is content too. I really enjoyed it. Keep working on it.
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The switching mechanics were really quite good. The potential is definitely there but, for me, the biggest issue was the camera: I had to constantly jump on platforms outside the view and this combined with the instakill falling, the game was just a little too frustrating to get really into. But still, the gameplay mechanics definitely have promise!