I managed to beat the game with one reliable trick, mashing jump, left click and right click simultaneously. It basically just make me spin and fly all over the place, with "the squeeze" being the only challenging level. It's not really the preferred way to play, and I get low score for doing this. But it might be something to adjust, maybe having cooldown for the hooks so player dont spam it like I did? Otherwise it's very addictive and I enjoy this game very much! :D
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #84 | 3.711 | 3.711 |
| Mechanics | #144 | 3.526 | 3.526 |
| Overall | #168 | 3.526 | 3.526 |
| Sound | #174 | 3.237 | 3.237 |
| Theme | #178 | 3.842 | 3.842 |
| Music | #227 | 3.184 | 3.184 |
| Aesthetics | #293 | 3.316 | 3.316 |
| Story | #434 | 1.974 | 1.974 |
Ranked from 38 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Music: Disco of Doom by Jonas Tyroller, UI SFX: GameDev.tv Game Jam Bundle, Game SFX: Freesound.org CC0 SFX
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Thanks for playing and letting us know what you found, glad you enjoyed it!
What you're seeing is definitely unintentional behavior, but actually it's central to the two speed run techniques that me and the other dev ended up finding :D Instead of jumping, if you let yourself swing but keep mashing both of the grapples, you get a little speed boost from each grapple and can reach speeds way faster than swinging normally. Alternatively, if you aim the grapples at the far wall instead of the ceiling, you can reach insane rotation speeds; Then if you jump and bump the ceiling, you can launch yourself then guide toward the goal. We've been perfecting these techniques, and have gotten times of 2.x or better for every level XD
Neat entry! Took me a minute to get a hang of the movement system. I will say though, for most levels it seemed like I was able to avoid/get away with just using one grapping and timing it with my jumps, so there were less cases where I felt the need to actually use both, especially since it seems to affect your score.
71 days ago(+1)
Yeah, that's great feedback. Especially with the emphasis I put on speed running, a quick reset will be addition #1 once the jam is over!
The Squeeze is probably the hardest level, it's just about staying close to the ceiling with really short grapples close to the player. I'm glad you stuck it out long enough to get to that level, hope you enjoyed it!
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