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A jam submission

Ghost in the SquashView game page

Where will death take you? A platformer with a unique gimmick.
Submitted by masterofgiraffe — 1 day, 9 hours before the deadline
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CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#784.0004.000
Overall#1893.6363.636
Creativity#2133.7733.773
Enjoyment#2473.4703.470
Visuals#4023.3483.348

Ranked from 66 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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OciaMikeSubmitted351 days ago

Very fun but challenging, the long section as a ghost was above my skill level. Would love to see a volume slider in a future build

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Ghoast
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GaelbertSubmitted351 days ago

Very challenging platformer

the two forms lead to a lot fun level designs

i think to hit boxes for the bats might be a bit to unforgiving

regardless very good job!

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Until Death Brings Us Together
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alliusSubmitted351 days ago(+1)

The phantasmi-shift mechanic is absolutely solid. And it shone through with your level designing. 

I loved the aesthetic (color palette, music, art style. All of it.). 

I don't see too many works with pumpkin based protagonists (maybe I'm not looking hard enough). Was reminded of Billy and Mandy's, Harum Scarum game. If you've heard of that (because pumpkins).

I don't play many platformers. And this seemed to be one of the more advanced kinds. From what I know it reminded me of the rage platformers or geometry dash (that mist corridor part).

It was both funny and emotionally painful to become a ghost, then immediately smash into a cloud wall. But since I assumed you were going for a semi-rage platformer, my frustration was part of the experience. I NEEDED to beat those bats.

Your game forced me to rise above my limits. And I thank you. 

I'm proud to announce, 

I AM the squash master.

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Mid-shift, 5149
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Ineffable GamesSubmitted351 days ago

Really cool idea! Took me a minute to figure out the mechanic but I think I understand. I wasn't able to find the second (or maybe third) pumpkin unfortunately, but still had fun! Awesome work!

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The Crimson Deep
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Miss_VanillySubmitted351 days ago(+2)

I wasn't very good at it but it was fun regardless XD If you were to keep working on this game after the jam I'd suggest having the difficulty ramp up a bit slower

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SEVERANCE
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masterofgiraffeDeveloper351 days ago

I am planning to extend the section between the first pumpkin and the first bat actually.

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ChillitchSubmitted351 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

"I am Squash Master"

^ I swear this should be a meme

The theme you went with was really good. flying as a ghost is a really cool mechanic and its balanced with the cloud blocks that you can die from. I guess my only negative is that its a bit hard to learn in the beginning, because you die so fast as a ghost, the player thinks "Wait what just happened?"

Overall this is a good game.

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Spikes and Switches
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masterofgiraffeDeveloper350 days ago(+1)

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Occular MaliceSubmitted351 days ago(+1)

Neat game but great idea here. Difficult to get through so might want to tweak some of the early platforms so they’re easier. Don’t want to discourage people right off the start. Good job!

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Nine
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BlahzorsSubmitted351 days ago(+1)

Difficult but fun! I have mastered the squash!

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More for Me
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lushiieSubmitted351 days ago(+1)

Tough to hit the dots when you die but a cool idea. Reminds me of Celeste and the gold feathers. Great job!

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Stick to It
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LestavolSubmitted351 days ago(+1)

I quite enjoy the overall mechanics of the game.

It was a more difficult platformer + a kind of funny snake game interpretation for sure. but I prevailed and earn my title of squash master.

I like the music, kinda goes in theme with the retro super duper difficult games of the past. The sounds are also cool.

They thing I didn't enjoy was the set resolution of the game, which was set to be really tiny on the screen without an option to enlarge it, so my eyes felt strained after playing the game. I thought some parts of the levels also feel a bit annoying/unfair too, but maybe that could be curbed a bit in the future.I also thought the parallax background was a bit confusing, since as mountains far away, they still seem to move too fast.

A nice entry overall though, but would love to see some more improvement still :)

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Unnatural Selection
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masterofgiraffeDeveloper351 days ago

Yeah the next update of the game is going to have the parallax move half as fast, not sure why I set it so high. The resolution is set to a static 640x480 because I'm stupid and don't know how to get Godot to scale things up properly lol. I would like it to scale to 960x720 and 1280x960, but I still can't figure out how to do it. Thanks for playing!

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LestavolSubmitted351 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

I think you could take a look at this short tutorial for the project settings in Godot, relevant info starts around 2:00. 

As for the settings on the Itch game page, check the Fullscreen Button in your project edit page. This is my page settings.


Hope this helps!

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masterofgiraffeDeveloper350 days ago

I found a way of scaling it without black bars while still keeping the aspect ratio. Added some border art. Should be easier to play on large screens now.

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ghastlytombSubmitted351 days ago(+1)

this was cute!! i liked the take on "you die, but it assists you" that i've seen in platformers so far, quite creative! 

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sapila: her story
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TomTheForgSubmitted351 days ago

Great game, very creative, i think the difficulty ramps ups too quickly but i have a really good time with this game.

Please rate our game if possible <3.

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Pepito F*cking Dies
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Deleted accountSubmitted352 days ago
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oloiwojoSubmitted352 days ago(+1)

I am the squash master!

Nice tiny platformer. Shift is completely optional is what I learned from reading the controls after instead of before playing

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Cellular Death
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masterofgiraffeDeveloper352 days ago(+1)

Yeah there's some tight jumps and holding shift can make them easier. But you also have coyote time to help you.

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ZivrayeSubmitted352 days ago(+1)

Very cute concept and good use of the theme!

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Papermancer
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MonnotoneSubmitted352 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

Cute concept and art style with some interesting and thematic gameplay! Having two sets of tiles change between solid and nonsolid depending on your current state is a cool idea. Was fun and challenging (maybe a little bit too challenging at times) but I liked it, great job!

Edit: How could I have forgotten the music? I loved it and thought it matched the theme of the game as a whole very well!

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Psychopomp
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TkachovSubmitted352 days ago

Very challenging!

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Reaper’s Sidekick
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notadoctortiredSubmitted353 days ago

Great & challenging game that uses the jam's theme in a pretty unique way.

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Killer Deal - A Sewer Rats Game
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