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A jam submission

Grappling LoopView game page

A game about swinging and looping. Heavily inspirated by Celeste.
Submitted by JustAnotherNoob — 1 hour, 18 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#9063.7573.757
Creativity#25793.5953.595
Audio#49892.5142.514
Artwork#80131.8921.892
Narrative#80231.5141.514

Ranked from 37 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
The ceiling and floor loop to eachother

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Pixabay

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
JAN (pronounced as in january)

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Submitted

Very fun game! Has resolution problems but we 16:10 are almost used to it at this point. Unfortunately though, that made the last level impossible to beat which is a shame. The grappling hook mechanics are really cool, and the addition of the boosting adds a really cool layer of complexity to it. The timer is a nice addition as this would make a banger speedrunning game (and S ranking levels being as hard as is, it sure is). Despite the very simple presentation, the mechanics alone made this a joy to play through.

Submitted

A fellow grappling hook based puzzle platformer!

Love the direction you went with it! Super interesting to see how you "Grappled" with similar design decisions.

Mechanics are really cool and are explored in an interesting way!

Game is a bit too hard for my taste but was still fun to play through! Only made it to level 9 :c

Would love to have more control over my character.

All in all was fun!

Submitted

Cool stuff, I liked how you could loop vertically around the level. I got a bit stuck on the challenges that involved the dashing mechanic, but I think there's a satisfying base system here.

Submitted

Imagine using slow down time mechanic ever at all could not possibly be me.

Submitted

Really clever level design— and double use of the loop theme between the grappling and vertical screen loop. Overall one of the best puzzle platforms I've had the pleasure of playing in this jam! Thanks for sharing on stream :D

I enjoy it, is hard but funny 10/10

Submitted

Really fun and good levels, I got S rank on levels 1-9 (expect for 4 i think) but inevitably gave up on 11 because skill issue I guess. I really think this game needs a restart button or some way to exit the level, I wanted to try the other challenge levels but couldn't because I got stuck on 11. Other than that it was fun and with some polish could become really solid.

Submitted

I love the simplicity of this game, no frills just speed and skill. I think the visuals almost work on their own, maybe with a little more feedback from the audio. Good job!

Submitted

Gave some live feedback, but all in all, a simple game, with a simple idea and some simple shapes, with a simple BGM track, but it's all packaged in such a nice, smart, and neat way that I found challenging and fun and it left me feeling very satisfied having not only unlocked my first challenge level, but I managed to beat it. Excellent and elegant, good work.

Submitted

I do  enjoy the grappling mechanics but I think the level progression is a bit too fast (skill  issue on my end)

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2532605701 for around 2hr24min to 2hr36min

Submitted

the simple graphics here are actually a strong point in my opinion, it really proves that the concept has the legs to stand on its own and makes it all about the focus and not about the flash!!! really had a fun time as it was a mix of real time precision and puzzle solving!!! 

Submitted

good interpretation of theme

Submitted

Good game, but graphics need little more work and Iam not sure how to get past level 9 -> the dash doesnt really lauch me high enough and even if it did, I still have to pass huge chunk of a red floor, but good job. :)

Submitted

You had me at grappling hook! I was really surprised at how much mechanical mileage you got out of this. Good job!

Submitted

12 was too difficult for me :(

Developer

:( thats a shame.

In which of the parts did you get stuck?

Submitted (1 edit)

The level was divided into 3 sections. I was going through the ceiling on the first part with high speed to come out of the bottom of the middle section and try to reach the ceiling, but my speed was never enough. I just read this now : "If you like it at first, please install the executable; for some reason the webpage version of unity has some troubles with the physics of the game. I'm 70% sure the more challenging levels will be almost impossible."

I didn't read that and played the web version, so that might be why it was too hard

Submitted

Cool game, enjoyed it. A restart button would be a lot help in reaching S ranks

Submitted

The grappling feels very nice but i feel there can be some issues determining which point you are hooking from

Submitted(+1)

Nice! I enjoyed playing it. I like how the grappling hook loops around the screen too

Submitted(+1)

This is a really fun and satisfying game. I really liked how new mechanics were introduced each level. Great work!