Nice visuals and music! I struggle a bit to understand how to move with the first weapon haha but thats probably because I have never played something like this before!
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- Well done! This was an awesome entry! While this platformer was extremely difficult getting started, I did enjoy the mechanics and I kept going back for more. I loved the art, animations, music, and sound effects. It was all top notch! As I said before, I did struggle quite a bit. Mostly skill, I'm sure. I did find that the sword was quick to bounce off of walls. Sometimes the bounce was a little drastic too which really became an issue on narrower sections. I also had a hard time trying to rotate the weapon around to "pull" myself up over a ledge. Even with the struggles, I still managed to eventually make progress. I hope you continue developing Switchblade. It's one I will definitely be keeping an eye on. Hopefully we'll see you back for another jam!
Link to your Game Design Doc on Google Drive.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zLcsRL7JHa9k_pq8C-JUz1L5gTo8gzs1SFMgiwsjcis/edit?usp=sharing
Have you checked that your GDD is publicly accessible ?
Yes
Is your game set to public on itch.io so we can see it?
Yes
Summarise your game!
Switchblade is a challenging platformer with a somewhat atypical movement system. You explore a large map and unlock of variety of weapons. You might find it a bit difficult to reach the end!
Please explain how your game fits the theme:
You literally play as a bunch of different weapons!
Is there anything you'd like the judges to pay particular attention to?
It'd be great to know if the levels feel relatively balanced in terms of linearly increasing difficulty. Our limited playtesting showed that the difficulty spiked pretty harshly in previous builds, so we've done a lot of work to try to even out how hard each section is compared to the last. It's not perfect, but the more we can learn from other peoples' experiences, the more we'll know for the future.






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