A world without a heart is a world without a name. Buried deep beneath the surface lies the heart of the world. Unstable grounds, unstable gravity, danger awaits those who try to take the heart from deep beneath the surface.
The concept intrigued me. But having to start from the beginning with every death, especially when sometimes you can't see death coming, was too unforgiving for my tastes. If there were checkpoints, I could see a reason for the ten-minute timer.
Really hard, reminded me of IWBTG... Like the others said, checkpoints would have been appreciated too, but anyway, nice game, and congrats for your first LD! :p
So the major problem here, and given the above comments I don't think I'm the only one to misunderstand this, is that it seemed at first like the gravity flipping was done by entering certain areas, like traps, this caused me to die many times without understanding what was really happening, you really need to explain to the player that the gravity is flipping on a timer, or it will (and did) just lead to incredible frustration. Once this was understood, I managed to beat it (I think? The game text said something about the 'heart of the world being deeper', so I dunno, if there's a deeper ending I didn't get it). The timer is probably unnecessary, especially in a game where the player has to have patience to win.
Good job on finishing a game though, I'd just edit the information about the gravity timer into your description and people would have more fun with this.
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Lack of checkpoints quickly made me give up though.
The timer is probably unnecessary, especially in a game where the player has to have patience to win.
Good job on finishing a game though, I'd just edit the information about the gravity timer into your description and people would have more fun with this.