I immediately thought of Downwell when seeing this. Really nice pixel art and parallax is really nice, I would just slow the parallax when the player is moving up the screen to make it feel like your falling slower. Overall really well done!
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WELL DIVER's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Style | #230 | 4.352 | 4.352 |
| Overall | #1228 | 3.581 | 3.581 |
| Enjoyment | #1622 | 3.295 | 3.295 |
| Creativity | #3127 | 3.095 | 3.095 |
Ranked from 105 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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the player moves down a well while the difficulty scales as the player descends
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Really great visuals! Gameplay reminded me of those old top down scrolling helicopter shooter games. Might be a skill issue on my part but would have liked for slightly less slippery movement.
Fun game with a really good artstyle. I managed to get 4th place! Unfortunately, the very detailed paralax background made it really hard to see the enemies and especially the rocks, and since there's i-frames when you get hit I ended up just not trying to dodge at all and just go straight for the coins. You should take cues from bullet hell games, where the bullets are very bright and distinct so that its fair to dodge while still being difficult. Adding a white outline to enemies and obstacles would probably be a good way to start. I think the shrinking mechanic would work better if there wasn't a meter, or at least it was longer, because there's already the trade-off of it being harder to get coins, and since its so hard to dodge enemies already it isn't super useful. I'd also make it a bit easier earlier on, and add some indicator of how the difficulty is scaling over time. Despite my criticisms, its still a very well made game!
Wow, i loved the game, the parallax effect adds a lot!! The pixelart is awesome! GG
Great game with a nice tutorial to show the ropes. Having the leaderboard is a nice touch.
Finally, a fun game! I mean, this game prioritized having fun which didn't seem to be the primary focus for too many games I've played so far this jam. Very simple and intuitive to play. Solid art, actually seems like there is very good art for this game lurking on the game page that maybe didn't make it into the game which is unfortunate. I love that there's a leaderboard and played a few times to see if I could get on it (pretty close, 88 was my highest). I thought the game didn't need a tutorial but then I played it and learned how to shrink!
I'm not sure who did the sound/music on your large team but they did a decent job. The coin sound I think sounded like it echo'd in a somewhat cluttered way, it'd be better to be a softer singular sound. The music gave adventurous but maybe not "falling". I'm listening off my work computer's laptop speakers though so I could be totally off. Good job team!
This game feels so polished , it's really cool! The artwork is especially adorable. My only complaint is that I struggled to use X as the shrink button while also using WASD to move around (my fingers just don't work that way). Other than that it's a super fun quick game that made me want to play over and over again!
Does the difficulty also scale to get easier if the player turns out to be very bad? Asking for a friend haha
Cool art and funny sounds!
It was difficult to learn to play, but it seemed, i did it. Thank you for tutorial!
Omg such cute art! I think the mechanics/controls were simple yet effective :)
Such a unique art style, your game looks so great (as does the itch page for the game as well, so pretty)! Gameplay is very simple and fun, I just don't feel the "shrinking" added much (although it is there it's not a game changer) BUT it is a really good and fun game overall, congrats!
the art is really strong and the animations are good too, the shrink mechanic feels out of place and sometimes I get so small its hard to see myself in all the chaos, I had a fun time playing it and I'm impressed with the polish it has!
Very fun! Great execution of the idea. My only complaint is that the rocks were hard to see and felt unfair at times.
Good bit of fun, and beautiful looking game! I managed to make the leaderboard without using the shrink functionality or trying to dodge enemies
The pixel art and animation is nicely done and the swinging and collecting coin sound is pretty satisfying!
8.5/10 Great art and artstyle! Loved the adjustable SFX and BGM and the sliders were so cute!!! The RNG aspects of this game are great for a replayability and it's so satisfying to grind for a good run. Other than the Debris blending into the background (kinda the point though since the debris is part of the materials from the background), the game feels mostly fair! A little more I-frames for our lil kobold and more knockback against enemies and I'd give this a 10/10 Can't wait to see more from you all!!!
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