Loved the idea of falling into other levels, but I eventually quit out of frustration (maybe it would be better if it didn't start at the beginning all the time, but from where you got your last "pebble" from on that level, or something) :P
I didn't get any audio. had fun playing though :) pretty challenging jumping on the tall 1-wide pillars. seemed like the newgrounds flash wrapper was causing it to skip the main menu?
I loved the mechanic of switching between levels, but didn't enjoy restarting them each time. I feel like if where you fell through one level would affect where you came into the next level, would avoid a lot of frustration. Also in terms of level design, could have an 'easy' path to get through any area you've already been through, but wouldn't have any of the gems on it, so those would still be skill based. nice job!
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Cake&Code29 Apr 2012, 02:19
I don't see how this ties into Tiny World thematically and also really got tired of starting each world off from the beginning, I think Fireblend's comment about starting from a checkpoint of some sort would be a really good feature. I realize that the coins can be skipped and gotten in a different order so you'd have to find a way to make checkpoint optional or explicit/avoidable.
The jumping sound really got annoying after jumping so many times but I think with a bit of volume-lowering and some background music it would be alright.
The idea of falling off of one world and into another was really cool and I think it's darned innovative. Well done with that. The controls and feel are also really nice so it feel like a solid platformer.
The only other thing I would suggest would be some kind of indicator of position when the character is off the screen vertically as it is a bit difficult to intuit the falling location after a jump way up there. But that's a gameplay decision and I eventually did get used to not seeing my character's position.
Hope you can find some time to polish this gem up! :D
[Comments and ratings from this account come from various team members] Unsure if I liked falling into the other levels or not. Graphics quite cool, sounds could use a little work. Was a little hard to control in places and a bit frustrating not being able to try again straight away. Not bad other than that though. Good work for the 48!
It seemed like your classic platform game until I fell into a pit. Then the idea made true sense to me. Although it can become fustrating, the innovation factor and classic gameplay makes it shine!
Like the others already said, some checkpoint mechanism would be a great addition. For the rest I really enjoyed playing it. I did not have the patience to complete all the levels though.
Whoa! That was about as perfect as you can get! Normally I would say you should have a jump button separate from the movement buttons, but for some reason this felt right. I loved that you never die, you just fall into the next world. And I also like starting at the beginning of the level... it reminded me of the old school games. I really can't think of anything to improve it... maybe add music?
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The jumping sound really got annoying after jumping so many times but I think with a bit of volume-lowering and some background music it would be alright.
The idea of falling off of one world and into another was really cool and I think it's darned innovative. Well done with that. The controls and feel are also really nice so it feel like a solid platformer.
The only other thing I would suggest would be some kind of indicator of position when the character is off the screen vertically as it is a bit difficult to intuit the falling location after a jump way up there. But that's a gameplay decision and I eventually did get used to not seeing my character's position.
Hope you can find some time to polish this gem up! :D
Unsure if I liked falling into the other levels or not. Graphics quite cool, sounds could use a little work. Was a little hard to control in places and a bit frustrating not being able to try again straight away. Not bad other than that though. Good work for the 48!
Normally I would say you should have a jump button separate from the movement buttons, but for some reason this felt right.
I loved that you never die, you just fall into the next world. And I also like starting at the beginning of the level... it reminded me of the old school games.
I really can't think of anything to improve it... maybe add music?