Really cool game, congrats! I can see the inspiration from Jump King and it's great.
The dialogues and general mood of the game are fun and it makes me want to continue playing to see what comes next.
Gameplay-wise, I feel like this is one of the greater games of the Jam.
The game looks nice overall but I think some elements do not respect the Game Boy resolution constraints. As the barbells in the first screen are in diagonal, you need much more than the Game Boy resolution to be able to display them. Also, do the timer in the bottom of the screen fits in the resolution ? it's hard to tell.
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Aww thanks so much! Gameplay was definitely our biggest focus and making sure it felt right with all the specific platforming and such.
And yeah you're absolutely right, I think if we got rid of some of the filler art it could be more to the Gameboy aesthetic/resolution but near the end I wanted it to feel a bit more lived in + full BUT totally get it. Thanks for checking it out and saying such nice things :))