Amazing game. Difficulty could definitely be tweaked, but it’s really fun regardless. Once you learn how to use the chain jump properly it’s very satisfying to pull off. The charge roll also helps a lot if you know what you’re doing. If possible it’d be nice if the collision was less wonky on moving stuff. I straight up clipped into a pillar at one point, though I was able to jump out of it. It’d also be nice if you couldn’t stick to steep slopes (you could do this a lot on the mountains in the starting area). Overall though absolutely amazing, would love to see more of this.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #31 | 4.343 | 4.343 |
| Overall | #60 | 4.178 | 4.178 |
| Visuals | #111 | 4.441 | 4.441 |
| Audio | #115 | 3.980 | 3.980 |
| Seriousness | #259 | 4.010 | 4.010 |
| Creativity & Theme | #262 | 4.118 | 4.118 |
Ranked from 102 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Game Engine
Unity
Comments
79 days ago(+1)
I'm glad you liked it :)
Yeaahhh moving platforms are definitely something I couldn't get 100% reliable at the time. I think I have them a bit better now but will need to test more. Did you do anything fancy to clip into it?
As for the steep slopes, that was a funny thing from the default character controller and I forgot to add slope "sliding off" so you just kinda stand there like a mountain goat lol. Will see if that should be fixed or if it's fine, not sure yet haha.
I'm glad you enjoyed it :) I tried hard for the n64 vibe and I like that people see it!
As for the walking, it's mainly one of the only ways to move "precisely" or slowly. In most cases you'd roll or bounce around, but in others you may want to slightly reposition or simply vibe somewhere and walk around. Plus I like his walk waddle :D
81 days ago(+1)
Thank you for playing, and I'm glad you liked it :D
Jumping while walking adds an amount of momentum that felt strange and I always overshot my jump
That is true, I mainly had walking as a chill mode or to do small adjustments (since it's really the only way to move "slow"). I'll be tweaking the walking mode if I can in an update postjam :)
The transition into the underground feels really long to me. I assume you're actually falling all that distance?
Yes! You are falling all that way for both the distance and for a loading transition around halfway to unload the overworld (I do this in a few spots). This one is particularly long due to the distance, and to give a sense of "wow I'm still falling, where the heck am I going" haha. I may look into adding a rock or something midway to show progress but I'll see if it fits :)
Checkpoints seem a bit unforgiving in the first part of the underground zone.
Is there a particular spot in the first part that gave you a large amount of trouble? If you want to timestamp it for clarity I have a 100% video on the game page, and if you can say what you mainly had trouble with at those spot(s), that would be helpful!
However, the controller controls felt a little odd to me.
That is actually true, as controller support was a happy accident. When I set up my action maps I did controller keys right at the start then forgot about it until afterward when a friend used them for the first time (since I mainly use kb&m). I'll do a remap for sure!
As for the platforming, I tried to make small "movement" hurdles such as in the underground with the steps up to the temple. I think it's the 2nd step that requires you to know how to chain jump to gain height for getting up there. Or the underground entrance getting the hang of long roll launches, and using jump to get a farther distance via coyote time. Or I often add slight lowering of edges, or slight angles to indicate a jump off point, etc. I may have messed up in a few spots, so if you come across some that aren't great to you, let me know (if you want to) :)
I did not find any cosmetics, I assume I didn't play long enough to find them.
You can come across a few really early on if you know where to look ;) Others are in plain sight depending on the area. But yes I liked adding those, they were fun!
I hope that didn't come off as negative!
Oh this has all been great, none came off as negative don't worry!
Post jam I'll be doing an update with various tweaks, a few starting section changes to better enforce what the basic controller movement can do (and a few bug fixes), and some checkpoint tweaks (+ one additional one somewhere).
I'm glad you enjoyed it! :D The Lost Isles was the final level I did so I wasn't able to tweak the geometry for the camera since I ran out of time. Although I am happy you liked it, I also think it's fun :)
Also, the statue collectables are saved across playthroughs (until I push an update for some reason where itch deletes it), so you can still get the rest if you want to!
I also have a post-jam update in the works with various finetuning, slight starting area changes and general checkpoint tweaks :)
An actual game jam masterpiece. I have no idea how two of you packed in so much content but I loved it. Slowly learning and mastering the movement was so fun and ofc the visuals and music were off the charts. You outdid yourselves. I guess my only feedback is to make the enemies more important to the game, like maybe they drop something when you squash them or maybe some enemies can pose a bigger threat. Outside of that it's pretty much perfect and I hope you expand this into a paid steam release one day.
Thank you for the kind words :D The enemies ended up being more of an atmosphere sort of thing, where you could go and bonk them since they live there, but is optional. I considered making a puzzle with the metal bug (since you can bounce on it) but didn't know of a nice way to do so. I'll see if I can add a lil extra something to them :)
82 days ago(+1)
I'm glad you enjoyed it :D I worked a lot on the controller finetuning with the environment so I'm happy people like it haha. When the jam ends I'll be releasing an update with some tweaks for things, such as for checkpoint sizes and putting an extra checkpoint in the castle about halfway up to be nicer :)
82 days ago(+1)
I'm glad you liked it! For the spinning mechanics, there are multiple! :D Rolling around, roll launches, roll slams, and spin buttons (the ones you have to hold down roll to spin). Lotta spinning haha. Thanks for playing though!
Woah this is the BEST platformer I have in a while! Fantastic work ദ്ദി(៸៸ > ᴗ < ៸៸ )
- The N64 nostalgic visual is really appealing! I love how each area have their own elements and music.
- Fun, in-depth rolling mechanic with many tricks you can do, it's like Mario's jump
- Level design a very good and the mechanics are taught smoothly without too much hints
It has all element needed to be fun to speedrun, but right now I just wanna find all the collectables~ (Missed 2 trophies)
82 days ago(+1)
Thank you :D I'm glad you like the level design! It was my first attempt at this sort of thing so I wanted to go ham with it, and I found it really fun to do. In the post-jam update I will be adding stuff like a play timer and starting area tweaks, so it should be a bit more refined :) I hope you find the last trophies!
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