I love the sound effects and art style, but I found the perspective very disorienting. I also died many times due (what I felt was) the overly sensitive controls. Overall, great visuals/audio and core concept, the execution could just use some work.
Great art style, story-telling, and humor! But, the perspective of the game is really hard to discern...there's no feel of depth and it's really hard to know which height your character is in. Looks like I'll have to adjust a little to get through the game, I really want to see the rest of it!
One of the best entry I've seen ! I couldn't find the way to beat the boss, but I had a lot of fun ! I tried to hit him with fireball and try to water his face by jump over him. None of these worked :(
Apologies for the perspective/orthographic camera issues guys ~ it was intentional. I know, it sounds maniacal that I was laughing while I designed parts of the levels that looked like you could jump across to, but I hope death won't be taken too seriously in this game. As for controls, kinda the same deal, hahahaha... Thanks for the feedback!!
This is great. It was impossible to ever be mad about dying when the character said "Ba-dum, ba-dum!" or "Embarrassing..." when he respawned. The graphics are also good, nice cartoony style, and the transition between shapes looked good.
Most beautiful game I have seen so far! You wouldn't think the game was made in a mere 48 hours. It reminds me of old platform adventures like Head over Heels. Looks and moves very polished. There is the thing about the perspective of course. But maybe if you added some shadow it would already be clearer.
Excellent graphics and sound. Very fun. Lack of shadow of character, or something, creates confusion in depth perception... tricky to judge where you are
I really like the concept of an isometric platformer! Only issue I have, the jump button is WAY too sensible. I kept jumping over blocks instead of on them :( Other than that, very charming, and amazing job with the audio!
The style is this is really great. I think if the avatar had a shadow it would make some of the jumping portions a little less frustrating. Lovely jam.
Loved it. The tone of the game was really funny and the mechanics worked really well (even though it was devilishly hard to figure out where in space the platforms were located).
Such a whimsical little game. I kept falling off platforms due to perspective, and the controls didn't want to cooperate at times. However, I enjoyed the transformations and their different powers. The voice acting was pretty crisp and humorous as well.
This is a very good game. My only complaint is that it was sometimes quite hard to gauge your jumps. Other than that: nice graphics, nice use of powers, challenging obstacles, entertainingly melodramatic plot. I had a great deal of fun beating it.
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It could have done with a more rewarding ending than just the "you have won" screen, but I appreciate the fact that you put an original song in there.
Love the Soundtrack and Art Style. The camera position is very frustrating, because i died overly without know where i trod. I would like to collect the checkpoint and finish the game, but i don't was able.
Concept and mood are awesome. I love how the overall artwork looks like! Hm... Good intro music beat. Voice over! Character is funny! Animation is smooth. Badam Badam. Pretty humorous!
The only thing I would say is review your jump controls. They sure take a bit to get the hang of (inherently because how the perspective is laid out) but it feels odd. (The player stays in the air for too much maybe? - I don't know)
Good game. The character is interesting, but physics and controls are weird. If you press the arrows with a normal force and jump, the character goes really far. Congratz anyway!
Controls are quite awkward, I was constantly falling down and dying, sometimes because I couldn't see where I'm going to jump, sometimes just because I was too clumsy....
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Pixelboy_856 May 2013, 15:38
Nice animations and sounds. The different shapes and abilities are great. I found the level design unnecessary difficult. It was frustrating most of the time. It doesn't feel very satisfying to get through an obstacle with the ball, reach a checkpoint and fall to death instantly, because there is a pit closely after it. The game doesn't seem to benefit from the orthographic camera too much, it feels rather disorienting.
fun quirky game, it got difficult at times to tell perspective though. Failing jumps is fine but when I have no idea what i did wrong(was i too short too far up or down?) it gets a little frustrating.
hahaha! excellent. As everyone else has been saying controls are pretty infuriating(maybe tighter movement (more friction) so you dont slide all over the place would help? Overall though, really excellent game. I like the brutal level design, especially those escher-esque drops. The characters are damned adorable. Well done :D
Once again, thanks for the feedback guys -- I'm working on a proper sequel and have taken out the orthographic camera, while tightening up the controls, A LOT.
The character also projects a shadow now, and there's a mini-map. Levels will be puzzle-oriented as opposed to itself being a disorienting puzzle, hahaha.
I like this a lot. the audio was pretty sweet if you ask me. I think i would have liked to see a bit more design go into the boss fight, cause it can give you a 'stuck' feeling. but, you know, game jam... so overall, great!
The web version takes quite a while to load. Controls are toast on some non-gaming keyboards. This particular keyboard can't read up, left, and space simultaneously, so I was stuck just past the first checkpoint. Will rate later when I can do this on a gaming keyboard.
OK, now that I'm on a gaming keyboard, the controls do need work. You have a great, fun game here marred in controls that you're constantly having to fight. And there were a couple Nintendo Hard parts where you just have to blindly jump and hope you make it. Still, high scores for a fun jam game.
Sorry you had problems :/ -- I didn't even know there were keyboards that couldn't do all those keys at the same time. Is it a common problem? I just figured WASD+SHIFT+SPACE was standard. It's concerning to me as I still want my game playable with a keyboard. I suppose I could add Q or E for angular movement. I put up a post-jam link to the sequel with new controls and the original map included.
@prelucid yeah, it's common for non-gaming keyboards to have issues like this. The cheaper the more likely. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollover_%28key%29 I don't blame your game, I blame the cheap keyboard I was on at the time.
Just kidding xD, love the game, well done!