One of my favorite entries so far when it comes to theme interpretation. The shooting mechanic does a great job creating a sense of progress and player power, not to mention the sounds and feedback make it very satisfying to use!

I'm a big fan of the visual style and the music as well. The art might have seemed simplistic at first, but I was very impressed with the way it managed to paint different biomes with such a limited palette. The complete shift in tone and ambience in the dark zone was one of my favorite parts of the game. I also adore the main character and the little room we start and end in!

The difficulty ramped up quite nicely over the course of the game. Some parts were pretty tough at first, but it was satisfying to get to a point where I could zoom through parts that used to give me trouble, and the snappy controls definitely helped. That said, I gave up pretty quickly on both of the bonus rooms (and did also encounter the softlock near one of the secret flowers).

One thing that I felt was missing was a straightforward fighting section or two, since for all its versatility and how powerful you feel with a bunch of upgrades, you don’t actually get to use the shooting mechanic against enemies much! Though I guess the moving crystals could kinda count as enemies? Either way, it’s just something I thought could help tie the game together, but of course a more puzzle-oriented game is perfectly fine too!

Regardless, a super fun and memorable game with a distinct style, great controls, and I’d say a perfect implementation of the theme!

Fantastic. You get so much value out of that single powerup. The game was pretty hard for me. But because the orange orbs can substitute for skill, it just meant trying a different route and coming back later.

SPOILERS:

I unlocked the last blue orb I think but then I jumped to a ledge with a flower and got softlocked in a respawn point somehow. There is a red arrow on the screen where I'm softlocked. I don't know if I'm actually supposed to be here.

I will probably replay this at some point since I didn't see whats behind the blue orb pentagon thingy. And I want to know what the green orbs are about.

Also I loved the fake out in the dark corridor.

i really enjoyed playing and dying in this one!! hehe definitely one of the most minimalistic game in this jam, it was very well executed. really liked it all, it feels GOOD to control the character and use its ability to progress through the map, which was challenging, but with a little patience everything works out. congrats, it really is a great game! (loved the izutsumi pfp btw

Great level design, challenging but manageable platforming, multiple uses of one ability, good placement of checkpoint. All in all great game.

Really great entry! I like your use of the theme for the mechanics specifically, just the one ability. Nice atmosphere, a little eerie. Moving and jumping felt good to me, the precision platforming was difficult but manageable. And it was a good choice to have very frequent checkpoints ( though I guess you had to anyway to refresh your ability lol ). I wouldn't have minded a map, but I found my way eventually. Great work!

Finally a game which is not (only) minimalistic, but there the player is the minimalist! What I enjoyed very much about this jam entry is how you utilized shortcuts. Also it is perfectly fine that there is no map for two reasons:

1. The world is build circular with this little thingy in the middle showing you that you should collect all those orbs

2. Due to shortcuts the player does not need to "play" with a map. (Something which is always weird in modern games like GTA, that they are designed in a way that the player plays the minimap and not the game based on his intuition)

Great game. Be proud of it!

Enjoyment 4/5: What can I say? I had a good time. Pretty delightful overall.

Execution 3/5 rounded to 4: No major technical issues that I can see and feels pretty well- designed and fair all-around.

Sensory 3/5 rounded to 3: The visuals are basic, but convey their meanings. The backing track is long enough to not get repetitive, and sees a small variant

Metroidvania 4/5: Taking just one power and turning it into what feels like 2.5 powers is pretty great.

Minimalism: 5/5 Pretty on-point TBH. Especially the use of the powers. You pulled off the no UI or text thing pretty well, too. Not only am I not complaining now, I also wasn't noticing, or bothered by that fact.

I'm sorry if these comments are a bit more 'minimalist' than some of my others; I played this a bit ago night mistakenly thinking I had it in a queue, then it was gone when when I came back!

Very well made game!

The level design was great, and kinda reminded me of Celeste for some reason.

My only issue is that it could occasionally be difficult to tell walls apart from open spaces in certain areas.

Abshawwwlute ragebate!!!! Died a lot...I mean a LOTTTT.....Genuinely Loved the game and the level design and the art style, [my eyes hurt seeing all the WHITEEE!!!! JK]

a fantastic entry... I saw the same softlock as was mentioned on the main game page just after getting 4th red bullet.... I assume there is still a lot of game left after that, but I have a feeling if I tried to get back there I would just end up dying again before  escaping that area.. (as it was number of attempts as opposed to skill that got me there in the first place) loved it till I reached that point though.. hard but not to the point that stopped me wanting to keep going!

This is awesome! I love the ability, the precision platforming was a bit much for me, but that's just a skill issue lol, you did good executing what you were going for!