Okay, this time I really think I’m done. I added an intro and an outro, fixed some bugs, and changed the way scoring works, and tweaked gameplay a little bit. I also added a windows executable. Cheers! 😀
Great little game! Pretty standard fare as platformers go, but it's minimalistic and it's fun. The movement felt a bit off, but I got used to it soon enough. Would've been nice with more levels =)
Is there any way to get the topmost coin of the arrow at level 5, btw? I tried and tried but couldn't get it.
Very good. The game is hard because of the non-constant character velocity and the narrow platforms you have to land on. The interface is annoying at times-- the dot next to the menu options doesn't line up, the "You Crashed" and "Game Over" screens can't be skipped, and the player character's bounding box is wider than his feet-- but these problems don't detract significantly from the game.
Very cool game! The controls and handling were precise and you had to control the guy carefully in order to beat the levels. Would have been cool with diffrent types of ground, like ice for example.. I've reached the end of level 4, I will try to get further soon :)
Not very innovative idea, but very fun and it fit the theme well, good work :)
Nice minimal platformer. Barely beat it on first try. The 'final score' seems to have a bug as it said I had 0 points? Anyway, most others have pointed out the tweaks needed with movement mechanics but I got a handle on the controls soon enough. I couldn't get the top two coins of the arrow and I think that is where I died the most was falling down blind to try and land on that itty bitty chunk. ;)
Well made basic platformer. Putting even the sounds into one file is totally wacko, so extra points for that. :D
The graphics did their job and the sounds were nice, without being too annoying. Some spots in the levels were designed really well. The main problem with the game is that there isn't really anything we haven't seen before.
Everything being in one file saved you two points where I was in doubt ;) More levels would have made another one. I actually really enjoyed it (platformer lover here :) ), but it could be more innovative. Solid entry.
This is crazy fast! Yet somehow, I only rarely missed what i intended to do. Not sure how that's possible, but it seems to be. Still, I wish it ran about half the speed, because the main challenge in this game was my nerves and stress from expecting to fail (I'm assuming I'm playing it as intended, and it's not just running super fast on my computer). I did manage to win eventually, but level 4 was rough.
Anyway, it's a good job of being minimal, but it is just the basic platformer, so no innovation there. The graphics, black monsters on a grey screen, totally reminded me of the original Game Boy.
Finished it on my second attempt. First time through I got stuck on level 3 or 4 I think, the one where you have to go right-left-right. Bottom part had a few tricky jumps, and it was hard to get used to the controls. In general I think he moves a bit too fast and slows down too quickly. It's as if the game is running too fast (I get 60 fps btw). In Mario and other established platformers, you generally have a lot of intertia so that the character keeps going left or right for a bit even when you let go of the keys - especially while jumping. In pixelman you slow down to a stop within just half a tile or so, which makes it very hard to land on small platforms. So a few tweaks on the controls and some more varied enemies & environments/graphics would have improved this a lot. Maybe for PM4?
Nice platformer. I thought the controls could use some work though. Way too quick. There was almost no room for error with jumps. Gets hard especially when there's enemies around.
I had a bit of fun with this one. It was certainly minimalist on innovation .. a bit more there would be nice. The graphics were minimalist, but I think the game would have kept my attention longer if they were minimalist in a more interesting kind of way.
All in all though, the engine seemed pretty decent and solid, so not bad :)
Is there any way to get the topmost coin of the arrow at level 5, btw? I tried and tried but couldn't get it.