Haha, you just found the secret area! Very cool! I hope you didn’t get there on your first run as I haven’t intended for you to find it before that and therefore didn’t put a way back out yet, basically making you miss over half of the game.

I used that area for testing the movement and some hidden camera objects and thought that it would be a cool addition as a secret, even when theres not too much to it. (It is still fun to play around in it at least)

Thank you sm for playing eitherway! 💜 I am actually working on a post jam patch, that fixes all of the bugs mentioned at the bottom of the main page and those clumsy debug things I left in by accident. Later on I will definitely add more levels with more exiting obstacles and actual hazards.

You did it! How does it feel to be a hero? Yes, I did all of the programming and assets all by myself, except for the pixel font and the forest and cave tileset, as mentioned in the main menu.

I have put a lot of details in the animation for Tou, especially the idle and crouch idle animations. (A shame that I broke some of them by accident right before the submission, but oh well- I will just fix that post jam haha)

Thank you for playing! Do you remember what time you’ve got?

Thank you! 💜 I have put a lot of time with the movement and player animation and I think it turned out very well. It’s great to hear that you have enjoyed it and the game in general and even speedran it! hehe Though it is a shame that so many people seem to struggle with the high- or “dash-slide” jump mechanic. Was it the execution that made it difficult for you?

Basically, you have to crouch and dash (or vice versa) and jump before the dash has ended or is canceled. Tou does a roll animation when the dash ends either over time or when the dash button is pressed again. You can also cancel the dash without a rolling animation by moving the other direction the dash is executed from or by touching a wall. I think that it could be the latter condition what makes it hard to execute at first when you don’t know it and try to do it too close to the wall.

If you don’t mind me asking (or if you even remember) what was your final time? I was thinking of making something like a little leader board manually on the games page and if you want, I can include your time there!

I can see how the high jump is very unintuitive at the start, especially when you’re still unfamiliar with the controls. The high jump mechanic was meant to only serve as a means to cut corners and for you to make faster times, which is why it isn’t forced on you anywhere else. Putting the wall there was just a very unnecessary, not well thought through late night addition before I submitted the game I must admit…

As for the controls, I have them written down in the settings, which you can either access from the main- / or pause menu, so you probably missed that.

It is probably not the best placement for it and the only reason it is there is that I wanted to add a controls remapping functionality which I have dumped. I should have made that more accessible-

I’m happy to hear that you liked it otherwise though! Thank you for playing and taking some time to give some feedback! 💜