Wow this was great! It was really interesting to play your game and compare the differences with mine since they both share a main grapple mechanic. The physics simulation on your rope is really cool and I love how it can interact with the world. All the polish you put in is great, everything fits so well together. I do wish there was more of an indicator to see where your grapple was targeting. Overall great work though!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Authenticity (or, Creativity in use of resolution) | #7 | 4.667 | 4.667 |
| Overall | #8 | 4.295 | 4.295 |
| Graphics | #9 | 4.424 | 4.424 |
| Gameplay | #11 | 4.091 | 4.091 |
| Audio | #16 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
Ranked from 33 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Themes
No. First time 64x64 was hard enough for me =)
Tooling
Aseprite, Audacity, and Godot. I tried out Godot Rapier Physics for the first time in this game.
Comments
9 days ago(+1)
Appreciate your critique. I can totally see your point!
I think it comes down to what the game really wants to be. During development, I was constantly torn between making a fast paced "against the clock" game, an exploratory "let's find all stars" game, and a skill based "repeat until lucky" game. In the end, I opted for exploring a mix of all these for the game jam entry =)
But you're right. For a full game, it should be one of those, and commit 100% to it.
Hope you still had a bit of fun playing the other levels!
9 days ago(+1)
I guess this is a matter of taste. So maybe a configuration option? It's noted for the post-jam version.
Appreciate your feedback!
Ha, the deadline of the game jam didn't allow for larger levels! ;-)
No, you're absolutely right. I thought that small levels, each focusing on a new idea/mechanic, would give the most variety and fun for (game jam) players.
I like the idea of a well designed larger level though. So I might add one in the post-jam version. We'll see.
Appreciate your praise a lot, thanks!
11 days ago(+1)
I played it a bit more and I think I might have been a bit too rash about the physics… they work well once you get used to them - which is part of the gameplay mastery progression I think…
I can’t quite put it well into words… maybe more than the gameplay physics themselves it’s maybe the affordances, the little quality of life things around gameplay that might make it feel a bit rough….
For example a tiny bit more predictability / preview with regard to where your hook would land if anywhere (like a little aiming cursor that shows where it would attach to if you pressed the button now…)
And I’m not expert on this at all but maybe some kind of grace periods (coyote time or what it is called?) on certain action timings… But maybe they are already there and I’m just too bad at reflexes…
Anyways I finished the game now on my second playthrough and enjoyed it quite a bit after all :)
Hey, thanks a lot for your detailed feedback. Appreciate this a lot!
The aiming of the hook is indeed something I'm not fully happy with. I wanted it to feel very natural, so that you don't really have to think about it much ... it should just "magically" choose the right grapple point. It just sort of works 80% of the time =)
Your idea about a cursor is interesting. I'll experiment with that for the post-jam version.
I also agree with your other point about the coyote time. The behavior when you let go of the rope is physically correct. However, it would feel better to have the player move away (sideways) much more, I think. Will iterate on that a bit more.
Great to hear you enjoyed your second playthrough =)
14 days ago(+1)
Absolutely!
If you haven't died a thousand deaths, you haven't swung well =)
Thanks for playing!
15 days ago(+1)
Great to hear you appreciate the polish. It required (too) many late hours ... but I'm super happy how it turned out =)
Thanks for playing!
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