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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #10 | 3.701 | 3.701 |
| Overall | #21 | 3.669 | 3.669 |
| Theme | #21 | 4.015 | 4.015 |
| Graphics | #24 | 3.955 | 3.955 |
| Fun & Game Design | #33 | 3.657 | 3.657 |
| Originality & Innovation | #140 | 3.015 | 3.015 |
Ranked from 67 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Really polished game. It felt good and had really appealing graphics. Well done!
Thanks for playing our game! We appreciate the kind words!
Awesome game! Almost every aspect is finely executed. Just add mobile controls ASAP, I'll really love to play it. Nice job!
Thanks! We are adding mobile controls in the next update.
Huge chance part of this is just a skill issue on my part but I had a really rough time getting anywhere. The game is quite punishing. The presentation is really nice and I also love the music!
Suggestions would include checkpoints (unless I'm so bad I never reached one of them haha), more health, more forgiving hitboxes (the spikes in particular feel like they can pop you from simply scraping them from the side and it feels a little bad to die that way) and some kind of way to track your height progress. The vertical resolution makes me feel like it's one of those mobile games where I want to set a cool score by seeing how high you can go :)
Overall I like this idea and with some tweaks you've got a really fun game here! Keep it up. I read you're working on a full version and I'd love to see it!
Thanks for the thoughtful feedback! We fixed the collision maps for the spikes and are now evaluating ways to balance the difficulty. Check points seem to be the most requested feature so far. In regard to a score, we intially wanted to add a height score but ran out of time. Although we are now considering a score influenced not only by height but by defeating enemies as well.
We are currently working on the game and we'll address many of this issues in the next update. Thanks again for playing our game!
Such a fun game! The visuals and sounds are great! I struggled with the 1 hit death, the challenge made it rewarding when you kill an enemy, I just found it very punishing when you die after 1 hit , but maybe i need to get better! haha.... Very polished game and would definitely play again, great job !
Thanks for the feedback! The difficulty will be better balanced in the next update. We are looking at adding a health bar, a checkpoint system, or a combo of the two.
absolutely polished! I can't play until the end, but the arts so smooth and the mechanic is cool!
Thanks for playing our game! The difficulty isn't well balanced in this preview release, and we are working on addressing that in our next update.
AWESOME!
Thanks for the kind words!
Good and hard game. Got it to
the placewhere the purple enemies arethe place with the spikes and the arrow up. My rating: Fun 4, Audio 3, Graphics 4, Idea 4, Theme 4Thanks for playing our game! We appreciate the rating.
Please also try my game - Tower 15. Can you get to the 15th floor and beat the boss in the dark night?
I played it yesterday and left a rating.
Ah, sorry, I forgot. Well, I played your game because you gave me a comment.
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Thanks! Glad you liked it!
The game is incredibly fun, the level design is excellent, the music and art are amazing, and the progression is very enjoyable, congratulations :)
Thanks! Glad you liked the game. Feel free to leave us a rating, we really appreciate it.
Love it! Get this game on mobile and it will be great! It does get slightly repetitive though, but overall it's a really good and enjoyable game!
Thanks for trying out game. Glad you liked it. We are adding touch controls in our next update. Our goal is to turn this into a full game, with more enemies, levels, etc.
Exciting!
Nice artwork and very upbeat soundtrack to keep ya going :)
Thanks! Appreciate the kind words. We are turning out project into a full game.
i like it the art is beautiful
Thanks for playing out game! Glad you liked it.
This is a very good vertical platformer. very well done!
Much appreciated! We are working on making this into a full game.
Great job! The graphics are really well done and the movements feel smooth to control.
Thanks! We appreciate the kind words!
Man, what a great game! The movement feels really smooth and satisfying, and the pixel art and sound are excellent. Really impressive. I have to admit it's a bit difficult for me, but that's probably because I'm just bad at it haha. Great work! :)
Thanks for playing our game! I'm glad you liked it. In regard to the difficulty, you aren't bad at the game. We made a mistake with the collision boxes for the spikes which made the game difficult to complete. But our next update fixes that issue.
[Rant-on]I really hate when people use the tiles as collision boxes[/Rant-off]
Great entry btw! I really couldn't get past the spikes with arrows part, tried more than 10 times! But besides the rant I think the game concept is ok (who doesn't love a jetpack?) and the animations are excellent. Sound feels really appropiate and the parallax effect is nicely achieved. Is the art yours? Really liked it! Congratulations!
Thanks for the feedback! We created all the artwork and code during the 9-day period. While I'm a digital illustrator, I don't consider myself a pixel artist. At least not an experienced one. So, creating the character and all the animations was a bit daunting and took up a lot of my time budget. But making the main character look and move well was a priority for me. I wanted players to enjoy controlling him.
In regard to the tilemap collisions, was it specifically just the spikes or did you not like the use of tilemap collisions for the platforms too? You'll be happy to know that our next update fixes the spikes and they now have better and more forgiving collision boxes.
Also, that specific location where you got stuck is probably the hardest section, especially on a keyboard. We are going to redesign the level in our next release. Our goal is to make this into a full game, with several levels, guns, enemies and bosses.
Thanks again for playing our game!
The Metal Slug vibes are real and that alone is a massive compliment! The retro art style and music combine perfectly to create that classic action platformer feel, and the fact that each enemy requires a different approach keeps the gameplay constantly engaging. The jetpack mechanic is a really fun and unique twist on the vertical climbing theme. The developer's responsiveness to every comment — already fixing spike colliders, exploring checkpoints and health bars — shows real dedication and professionalism. With those updates this is easily full game material and it sounds like that's exactly where it's headed! Feel free to check out my sky platformer too 😊
Thanks a lot! The comparison to games like Metal Slug is very humbling. I'm glad you enjoyed the game and thanks for playing!
Cool game! The controls remind me a bit of the Metal Slug series 👍
A few things I would change for accessibility reasons are:
Reducing the size of the player colliderA few checkpoints along the way
More than 1 health (I died sooo many times) 😓
I like how you made it so that each enemy had to be dealt with in a specific way, while also adding some platforming using obstacles.
Well Done! 👌
Just being mentioned in the same sentence as Metal Slug is a massive compliment for us! Thanks for the suggestions. We are balancing the difficulty for our next release. The major issue with the spikes was that it used a 16x16 collider which took up the entire tile. We initially used a tilemap for the spikes and used the default collision box (which cannot be edited). We fixed that and are now using a custom collision shape that aligns with the shape of the spikes and is more forgiving.
We are now exploring either the use of a health bar and/or the addition of checkpoints. I want the game to be challenging and to give the player the feeling of accomplishment when they pass a difficult area. So, we are leaning more towards adding checkpoints (it's actually the most requested feature among our players).
Thanks again for playing our game!
love the graphics, love the gameplay and love the concept! this game is really fun and challenging to play, but makes me play more and more 😮
We appreciate you playing our game! Thanks for the encouragement.
I lost a lot... in section spikes whit the arrow at the end, I almost all the time touch that spike at the corner.
Still incredible work, feels very polished. I like the player sprites and how simple it is to start and play.
I really liked good work!!
Thanks for the feedback! We are balancing the difficulty in our next update. The spikes are too unforgiving in this build.