I love this idea, and the spritework is incredibly charming. The jump is perhaps a smidge floaty? There were times when I jumped and then noticed myself waiting to land. I think I would have really loved a checkpoint system, too, rather than having to start from the start again on a death, but that's maybe a me thing! Regardless, well done!
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The Awkward Age's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #75 | 2.927 | 3.182 |
| Graphics | #84 | 2.843 | 3.091 |
| Overall | #91 | 2.801 | 3.045 |
| Gameplay | #95 | 2.341 | 2.545 |
| Authenticity (or, Creativity in use of resolution) | #96 | 3.094 | 3.364 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Themes
Time Is A Construct.
Tooling
Unity, Aseprite, Audiocity.
Comments
First off, congrats on your first game jam! It’s a cool concept, but I did have some feedback regarding the gameplay:
Readability could use improvement: damaging tiles like spikes should be visually distinguishable from normal terrain, like a different color or high contrast. The brown horizontal bars look more like platforms than the actual platforms. The collectibles like the key and gray rectangle thing are pretty hidden against a mostly gray background.
Also faced a few bugs:
- I can jump infinitely against certain walls as the kid (like the first wall on the right of level 1), doesn’t seem intentional
- Blocks can’t move through the gray rectangle collectible
- You stick to walls by moving into them midair, which it kills your momentum. Happens for doors and blocks too
- The platform to the right of the seesaw on level 3 seems bugged
- You can get stuck on the button in the bottom right of level 5 as the teen(?)
- Putting a block in a teleporter makes the sprite disappear but the collision shape remains
- I couldn’t play through level 5, the level design felt really convoluted, especially since it also introduced a new mechanic (teleporters). Also, one of the levers on the right wasn’t accessible
You probably already knew about most of these, but I hope it helps. It’s still pretty high quality for your first jam entry. Nice work!
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BitDJLike the art style and the color palette of your game. Nice!
The game mechanic with the different ages/sizes, coupled with the buffs, opens up interesting puzzles.
What about improving the controls a bit more? I feel that this would elevate the game quite a lot.
Had fun playing this =) Congrats on your submission!
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SwinglingThanks so much for the kind words about the art style and mechanics!
Regarding the controls — I couldn't agree more! As a developer of the game, I’m actually actively working on upgrading them at this very moment. I really want to make them feel perfect.
Could you share what specific parts feel a bit off to you right now? I'd love to hear your thoughts so I can make it even better!
Interesting game. I really like the concept of the character aging and getting different abilities. Nice work!
Submitted
Until the Light Fades
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