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Pal! Pal! Panic! - GMTK 2026's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Artwork | #1183 | 3.968 | 3.968 |
| Narrative | #2131 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Audio | #2368 | 3.226 | 3.226 |
| Enjoyment | #3200 | 3.226 | 3.226 |
| Creativity | #3486 | 3.484 | 3.484 |
Ranked from 31 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
A clock is constantly ticking down, and you're progressing downward as it does so!
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
see description for full credits!
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
ShroomMage
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This game was epic i enjoyed it alot and I loved the charecter disign and artstyle of the level. Good job
thanks for the kind review! i'm happy you enjoyed it!
super fun but was too hard for me, felt like a noob
glad you enjoyed it, sorry it was too difficult!
Wait, i checked your page and you only have one game?? if this is your first game, you are insane man
Wow, this one was hard! Loved the narrative and art style. I wish the movement were a little slower. Oftentimes I felt out of control of the character, but that may very well be a skill issue. The level design is well structured with optional powerups. I enjoyed that! Congrats!
i appreciate the kind words & feedback!
i wanted it to be a fairly challenging but rewarding experience once you managed to clear it, but i do think i may have made it a bit TOO fast paced! tysm for playing!
Very fun fast paced game. Great job!
tysm!! :D
This is such a cute and well polished game. The platforming is incredibly tight and the level design well-thought out. I especially like the high-risk optional time gains as well as how some of the recovery paths give you additional time to be a bit more forgiving. It shows you put a lot of thought into balancing the difficulty. Well done!
i appreciate the kind words!
i spent a lot of time trying to get the level design to feel fair while also being quite challenging under the stress of the time limit
i'm so glad you enjoyed it!
art is ADORABLE. platforming feels basic but nice, countdown mechanics cool and the obstacles are challenging but fair. great first jam game!
good work!!
thank you so much!!
i enjoyed the backstory behind the game, being an email is really creative and so are the obstacles! excellent game overall, would be cool to have the instructions be a playable tutorial so players can learn the keys in an easier map. great music choice too!
i'm glad you liked it!
& that's a good idea, if i had more time implementing something like that would've been perfect!
Love the art and theme of the game! I really liked how the obstacles were internet/device themed. I love platformers, even if this one was a little fast paced for me, my only feedback would be to have the dash button work with a button I can press with my right hand lol. Great job!
thanks for trying it out! i definitely plan to have more settings for the controls in the future!
This was really good and the art was so cute I loved the game !! Good job !
TYSM :D
The art is amazing and I love the theming. I did in fact occasionally fall through one-way platforms and was unable to finish due to being *bad at games* but I had a great time with this!
thank you so much for trying the game, and don't worry about not finishing! (i may have made it a bit too hard haha)
oh and sorry you fell through the platforms!
Good game, the aesthetic is soooo cute!!! I love how the art is made and the E-Mail pal si so cute! i just wish there was a manual or instructions, cus after 2 rounds i still did not know what to do and it was a bit confusing... Tho, i love the concept and the character. Great work!
i'm very glad you liked the postage pal and art direction!!
i'll try to be a bit more detailed with instructions in the future, in the meantime i'll update the game description to be a bit more clear!
An absolutely ADORABLE game, loved the little E-Mail pal and the aesthetic is top notch. Just wished there were arrow keys or controller support, because the current key layout legit started making my wrist hurt. Controls are a bit too fast for the level of precision required, and you weren't lying about going through some platforms; the tower you had to go up to recover from one of the timer sections is a notable offender. I got a score of 9 with a final time of 50 seconds.
Overall great for a first game, GOOD JOB ^_^
TYSM for the kind words about the art!
apologies for the control scheme being a bit painful for you, i'll try to include controller support in the future!
& it's unfortunate that multiple people seem to have issues with the 1-way platforms, as it never came up for me in testing! i'll have to look into the cause a bit more, but thanks for the great feedback!
and congrats on managing to make it to the end!!
The level design is really cool and fun, I like how there's multiple routes you can take at your own risk, making it a bit confusing the first few tries, but really interesting once you started to memorize it. I just wished I could move with arrow keys too because the controls felt a bit weird imo
i appreciate your comment on the level design!
sorry about the lack of arrow key control! i was limited to only 1 control scheme because the way i programmed the dash mechanic is held together with duct tape LMAO
in the future i'll try to make sure to include both!
This was quite intense! Player character is very cute.
thank you for playing, & i'm glad you like em!
Very cool artstyle and music! The controls are a bit hard to control but overall a pretty fun game! Nice work :)
thank you for the feedback, and i'm glad you liked it!
Really nice entry.
I do feel the controlls need a bit more weight, zooming arond is fun, but its not easly predictible.
The art its really nice and the concept is simple but fun.
Nice work !
that's a pretty common piece of feedback, i'll be sure to keep it in mind in the future!
thanks a bunch for playing!
Very cute artyle, and suprisingly hard. I do wish the controls had a bit more weight, as it does feel pretty floaty right now, and I get it's supposed to be "fast" but there is a balance between "fast" and "loose" in my opinion, still felt decently fun to dash around and find the right routes to go to get the most time possible. Very good for a first time jam game!
very fair points!
I may have gone a bit overboard with the player speed and floatiness, I'll try to dial it back a bit in future games!
tysm for playing!
Really like the artstyle in this one, pretty charming!
i'm glad you liked it!
Really like the art style and narrative.
Only complaint would be if the movement could be tweaked so walking is less touchy and maybe a controlled jump height (like Megaman, Hollow Knight, etc ) would make this *muah* chefs kiss.
Love the base gameplay mechanics, and implantation of the theme
thank you for the review!
I'm glad you enjoyed it for the most part, and the feedback is appreciated!