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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #319 | 3.259 | 3.615 |
| Presentation | #374 | 2.982 | 3.308 |
| Fun | #459 | 2.496 | 2.769 |
| Theme | #533 | 2.288 | 2.538 |
Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game represent "Slick"?
I wanted to try the most interesting mechanic I could think of (time manipulation) and I think it is pretty slick.
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Time mechanics were super cool! I did have some issue where my game just freezes controls a bit after when "q" is explained. Hope you keep on making more of this!
The pixel art in the intro looked nice. I got a bug in the second section where I couldn't move left or right. I could still jump though, and when I did, the floating platform knocked me through the wall and I just kept falling. I restarted and didn't have that issue again, but felt it was worth mentioning. It was also very laggy in one browser, so I tried opening it in a different one and it ran much better. It was still a bit framey at times though. Completely understandable given the timeframe (and the fact that you created your own engine). I love the time manipulation mechanics. Having my past self doing something to help my present self was really cool. Nice work overall!
I'm always a fan of time mechanics in puzzle games, and this one had some unique combinations I hadn't seen before! Very impressive work for a custom engine!
I really dig the sounds and music! I enjoyed it even though I am terrible at platforming games ;-;
Great intro animation and cover art. What engine did you make the game in? The framerate's very smooth-that's very difficult to do when not using a third party engine.
I did find the game pretty difficult, pressing R instead of T at one point exited the game, and unfortunately there is a bug after the platforming section that completely halts progress. Still, getting this far with you own engine is very tough. Good job.
The engine is my own, it is written in native vulkan/metal/webgl depending on what platform you are on.
I somehow missed that bug in testing : ( was in quite a rush.
i got a bug that got me stuck but i enjoyed myself until then. the mechanics are really clever
I couldn't go through the portal after the platforms you had to use Q on. It wouldn't accept pressing E. Tough to rate the game fairly when I don't know how much content there's after that point. The time warping abilities were pretty cool.
Couldn't run the game cuz error but the thumbnail looks really cool!
I am sorry about that.
have you tried the browser version?
I get 3 or 4 fps in my browser
Cool implementation of temporal copies and reversing time! Did have some issues with interactions and got stuck on the 3rd area. Nice first game jam!
Love the idea and the intro cutscene!
Thanks!
The intro animation was fun, gave me nostalgic feels from older games. I also appreciate that you draw the cover art, gives the whole package more personal touch. As a Captain I decided to go down with my ship. Damn you space octopus!
Yea I am better on paper than on pixels XD