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A jam submission

Ascend DeathView game page

To Jump is to Live... To Fall is to Die... But in Death comes Opportunity...
Submitted by joeyt0542 — 6 hours, 40 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Visuals#3843.4003.400
Overall#5752.9002.900
Theme#6442.7502.750
Creativity#7162.7002.700
Enjoyment#7482.4002.400

Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

Fun platformer, I'm terrible at it :'( could do with a meter or visual representation to show how much you've charged your jump, I also found it a bit awkward to have to be pressing the direction when you start the jump instead of being able to press it while you're charging your jump. I like that you get powers when you fall, nice way to reward trying and failing.

Great work on the art and sounds! Unfortunately I was a lil too bad at the game XD
Regarding my experience, I found it to be a bit challenging! I didn't give up right away but it was a little frustrating not being able to make it further than like 4-5 jumps, although it's potentially a skill issue for me. 
Here is stream vod if you're interested in my playthough! https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2586763702?t=2h6m1s

Submitted

I really liked the idea for the game, but I suck too much to actually play it xD. The controls on the web version definitely didn't help, but my lack of skill was clearly a bigger issue.

On the other hand, I really loved the pixel art, especially the clouds and the tileset. This may be a small thing, but these were the best done bricks I've seen in a while.

Also,  I found a small bug, where you get stuck on slopes next to the wall and on the edges -> the game thinks you're still falling I suppose.

Developer(+1)

Thank you for playing!  Yeah they are some bugs like that due to the time crunch, but thank you for the compliments!

Submitted

Nice work! I implemented  the same mechanic of holding the jump button to jump higher. Congrats!!

It would mean a lot if you could rate my game too! https://fernando-ferreira.itch.io/death

Submitted

very cool I enjoyed!!!

Submitted

saw ducky fall down a lot on stream.


gg

Submitted (1 edit)

Really challenging 2d platformer. Cool entry! :)

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted

Vibes of Jump King, fun stuff. Rage quit a few times, but then I suck at playing games. Great job!

Developer(+1)

Thank you!

Submitted

The game is definitely similar to Jump King and i can feel the infuriating gameplay. I obtained the double jump and passed the first level after about 10 minutes. The second level I gave up, unfortunately. The collision is truly unforgiving and pretty rough to actually get in between two platforms. Also, I don't know if it's intended, but there are certain platforms where if you charge your jump on the very edge it'll make the player do a super jump to the side and bounce around which I thought was funny. :)

Developer

Thanks for playing!  I understand it can be very challenging and I need to get better at scaling difficulty.  The super jump was not intended but due to the time crunch some things like that happen but I'm glad you found it funny.