Wow, this is among my new favorites in the jam. Really really great job. Everything felt so intuitive and satisfying.

One thing I really appreciated is how obvious it is when you can/can’t use the tech of clipping the edge of your neck onto a platform and pulling yourself up. The thin platforms immediately shouted “pull yourself up to me” while the thick platforms made it really clear that I needed to do some traditional platforming. Not that big of a deal but I really appreciate subtle design nudges like that.

I really liked setting up platforms with the screwing attachment. There’s something kinda zen about calmly moving a platform up and down, realizing you’re a little off, and slowly tuning it to be the perfect height. Feels like tuning an instrument?

I got the screw head and the claw head and finished the game with ~77% completion. Would love to see more of this!

Also loved the art and the sounds too. I had a good chuckle in the first few seconds when I bonked my extended head into the ceiling and heard that metal clank sound, very satisfying. Really great work!

I’m 100% onboard. I had a few silly bugs where my head would get below my feet, and I accidentally died while riding a claw which respawned me riding the claw but nothing was a real issue since spawning was quick and painless. My only real “complaint” is seeing game I can’t play yet, please finish!

This game's main mechanic of extending and retracting the little screw's head was pretty interesting. Cool way of interpretating your chosen theme. Not sure how much it benefits from being in a metroidvania though; I feel like it's possible that a simple level-based structure would make it easier to make interesting puzzles using the mechanic. Although, I suppose for the purposes of this jam submitting something that isn't a metroidvania wouldn't really make sense.

Interesting how the mechanics were taught mostly wordlessly, with only a couple button prompts and the level design to show you how to do things. The "tutorial" placement for the screw upgrade was done weirdly though, since the button prompt that tells you how to detach from the big screws is placed after you've already had to use it a few times. It actually got a chuckle out of me, since I had already backtracked and used the ability a bunch before seeing that prompt.

The head felt very slow to extend and retract, which is pretty annoying when you're trying to figure out puzzles or fail to make a jump.

"Area not in this demo, sorry :(" was funny, but it did feel a little odd to see in a jam game. I'd assume you're planning on developing this more? The puzzles here were pretty straightforward, so it would be cool to see them get more complex.

Overall, interesting game. Would like to see more.

Very fun game!!! It took me a while to figure out how to get past the first ledge I couldn't jump, I thought I needed to jump and then shrink my neck to increase my jump height, but after a bit I figured out I could hook my head over high ledges to fall sideways onto the places I couldn't jump. Very nice mechanic! Each upgrade was very fun to use and the challenges were very fun to solve, I especially love how you included playtime and completion percentage in the credits, makes me want to play again! 

I did complete the game with only two abilities but I thought you could collect three. I was able to get to the exit with just the screwdriver attachment and the claw attachment, not sure if that was accidental or if the third attachment is for bonus content. Anyway, looking forward to trying it again and I hope you are able to add more when the jam is finished!

One the most creative games in the jam for sure! The screw head mechanic is pretty cool but I feel you really made the most out of it with the screwdriver attachment letting you move platforms. This game was fun and the puzzles were challenging. Nice work!

Such a unique mechanic! Loved the unconventional way the maneuvers feel. I could see a lot of potential in building puzzles. And exploring areas with those mechanics makes it feel very satisfying. Though the retracting and extending take so long that it can be kind of a pain, a quick retract or extend could be a really nice quality of life feature. Needs some good think-y music too. Overall amazing!

This is hands down my favorite game I've played during this jam despite it not even being finished. Ill start with the art, though simplistic it is extremely cohesive, the character is super cute, the tile sets blend together nicely and the outside area with greens added to the color palette feels super fresh and new I love the twisting vines and your background of all the trees. The animations feel like they carry real weight to them, the tiny details of his head clanking off the ceiling with the sparks is great. The level flow is good even without a map. Game design wise the puzzles aren't too easy but aren't too hard they respect your time. The character controller is good with no annoying binds (not to mention this game you can actually change your binds which is awesome for a one month jam). I encountered only 1 bug the whole time and it is debugged by just refreshing from your last save so no issue since saves are placed in good spots (the characters top and bottom get swapped and I can only go up and cant go down with the extender mechanic). Critiques for the future I would say the sound of extending and retracting the neck is a bit jarring. Amazing job my fav game so far (i've played a lot).

The neck mechanic was really unique! I would love to see what other types of attachments the robot can get 

The robot's mechanics were very clever and innovative, I really enjoyed the game and especially being able to use attachments on the robot that do different things. However, I don't know if I reached the end because it said that an area was not available in this game demo. Overall, I loved the game and when the full game is available I will want to play this new area :)

SOLID mechanic! Massive potential and I like what you've shown so far. Someone else mentioned that the neck extension speed could be faster which I agree with, especially since it's the action you have to do most in this game. I also didn't know what the save areas were, but I think you do a fair job of making the distinction between those and ability / upgrade stations. It was never unclear to me when I could do something different.

I really loved this game! Finished in 17 min with 66%. I probably could have backtracked more, but oh well. At first I wasn't sure what to, but that didn't last long. Once I got it, this game felt so clever! But maybe it would be worth it to put a rough image that subtly shows how the main mechanic works? Maybe it's not necessary, but I think it would help with that first barrier. I also think the extend/retract speed could be increased. You have to extend quite far up in some cases, and it's a bit tedious having to wait for it, especially if I mess up a jump and need to re-extend it. I was also a bit unsure how those door things that gave me new abilities worked. Sometimes it rejected me but sometimes it worked? Maybe it's dependent on your current progression, but it would be nice to clear that up. And of course, a simple music loop would really boost the experience.

Otherwise, I really love all the puzzles and how I could get creative with extension mechanic. I'm not sure if it was intentional, but it felt like I did some sort of skip by perfectly aligning the screws in the grassy area to jump up, and that felt really good.  I also liked how the transition from the gray facility area to the nature-y area had a few tiles of overgrown greenery to signal the change in room, really nice!The artstyle is really nice and cohesive, and all the sound effects work perfectly for me. Really great job, and really clever take on the theme! Congrats!