You play as a magical red gem that has to escape a ruin, and you only have one day to do it! Controls: a(left),d(rigth) and space(fly/jump).
EDIT:There is one place whwre you have to use the bad collision detection to jump up(it looks like it is one block to high but it is possible). the red stuff is only to help you find your way not to collect.
Short game, it never really got difficult. It seems like you have to use the go into blocks thing to make some of the jumps. It would have been nice with something to make the game more interesting like a boss or some spikes.
At first I though, wow, only 14.7K, the download must be broken! But in fact, it worked. Astonishing.
I like what you managed to do with only so small a download. Also difficulty was a bit high for my liking (tried twice and failed miserably).
Two annotations: First, what others have pointed out, you can move into blocks if you approach them in an unfavorable direction. Second, if you hold the space bar, you don't regain magic charge nor does your descent slow down, while, if you only tap the spacebar in mid-air, you can almost (but not quite - nice balancing btw) hover. It'd feel better to me if you regained charge even when holding the space bar (and then spending it directly on flying again). But that's just my opinion.
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Cake&Code18 Dec 2013, 17:05
Despite the movement overall being a bit slow, I've never played a game with this kind of control. It actually felt pretty cool to go off a ledge and then fly up later on to reach a ledge far off or to tap the fly button and hover at a fixed height.
I really like the jumping mechanics in this! It's pretty unique, and it'd be cool to see it expanded upon further. The art style is really nice as well. I like how the background changes color as time moves on.
I think there's a point that I can't get past, though. The dots lead me to a platform that is to high for me to jump onto, and there's no other platform that I can get on to help me out.
The idea with the charge for going up works well, but there isn't enough diversity in the content. It does require some cool platforming thinking though.
I liked your level design, it was fun making my way around the castle and there were some good little platforming segments. The guide dots were a nice touch.
Quite an odd jumping mechanic, I wasn't sure if I was using it right or sort of glitching it some of the time and the movement was maybe a little slow and floaty for my liking?
The way you used the sun in the background and the sky colour changing to show the day passing and the time limit coming up was cool too.
Nice flying mechanic. Loved how the sun passed on the background so you could see the passing of the day. I suppose i lost because the whole game turned black and i couldn't continue.
The game has so much potentially. Double the resolution, use less aggressive colors, add some basic sounds and add acceleration to the gravity. This would be so litte work and would double the fun. Also the sun could move fluid.
Nice mechanics! But I couldn't jump from on level on the wall to another, becuase there was really big gap between them. But overall-it's very good idea!I like it!
Very simple. There were some physics issues with the player getting stuck in walls and framerates dipping quite low for such a simple game. Good effort!
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I like what you managed to do with only so small a download. Also difficulty was a bit high for my liking (tried twice and failed miserably).
Two annotations: First, what others have pointed out, you can move into blocks if you approach them in an unfavorable direction. Second, if you hold the space bar, you don't regain magic charge nor does your descent slow down, while, if you only tap the spacebar in mid-air, you can almost (but not quite - nice balancing btw) hover. It'd feel better to me if you regained charge even when holding the space bar (and then spending it directly on flying again). But that's just my opinion.
Incredibly rewarding game. Well done!
I think there's a point that I can't get past, though. The dots lead me to a platform that is to high for me to jump onto, and there's no other platform that I can get on to help me out.
Otherwise, pretty neat game!
Quite an odd jumping mechanic, I wasn't sure if I was using it right or sort of glitching it some of the time and the movement was maybe a little slow and floaty for my liking?
The way you used the sun in the background and the sky colour changing to show the day passing and the time limit coming up was cool too.
Nice work! :D
This would be so litte work and would double the fun.
Also the sun could move fluid.