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A jam submission

RootBoundView game page

Connect with the forest. Make some friends.
Submitted by Div Sharp — 8 minutes, 38 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Music#813.6233.800
Sound#963.4323.600
Overall#1133.7193.900
Story#1362.9563.100
Fun#1373.5283.700
Aesthetics#1473.7193.900
Mechanics#1663.4323.600
Theme#2303.6233.800

Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How many people worked on this game in total?
1

Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
Yes (For music and sfx)

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Comments

Submitted

This was a lot of fun to play! it was quite challenging, so the power ups felt even more valuable when collecting them. I was able to collect 3 of the power ups and defeat one of the bosses but I got stuck under one of the mushrooms when I flew into it while I was flat on the ground. I'll probably be coming back and trying again. Overall, this was an awesome game!

Submitted

I like the idea and how well it works. Only got the flower, then died 20 times and I'm not up for that tonight xD

But what I saw I liked very much. Yes, graphics are basic but they work.

Biggest brainf*: Running left at first. Who does that? xD

Submitted(+1)


After collecting Eon character teleported into the wall. Overall I liked the concept and gameplay. Sometimes camera was frustrating because there wasn't spikes/thorns visible under the screen. As I caught a bug and needed to restart whole game - I'm upset that I wasn't able to check all the pals that can be connected to the main character. For future Jams I suggest author to sacrifice the content amount in an advantage of polishing. Yes - level sizes and connection type amount impresses but lack of checkpoints/saves, settings menu (to adjust volume at least) hits same hard as other things impresses. With more polishing it would be 5* from me!

Submitted(+2)

This has to be my favourite game so far! Use of the theme and the quirky animations and music it's great!! The screen transitions could be a annoying as I would fly off the screen into waiting enemies and knowing if I should be able to make a jump or not wasn't always clear, but unique skills attached to the opposite ends of a stick is very cool idea, I really think this could make for a great game, definitely worth continuing!! :)

Submitted(+1)

The overall game felt really good. I looooved the animations you got when you got your abilities. I couldn't make it past the first part unfortunately no matter how many times I jumped, I couldn't get on that first platform since the stick didn't jump high enough. Maybe it's a skill issue xD

Developer

Thank you for the comment!

Please send me the screenshot of the part so that I can change the level design to make it easier or navigate you further. I didn't really playtest the game with anyone, so the levels are a bit wonky.

(+1)

really liked the gameplay and theme implementation. easy 9/10