A Step Away

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.46
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.65
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.81
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.29
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★36%
Play as some kind of adventurer wandering through an ancient temple, with the aid of whatever space-bending artifacts he can find.
Made with Construct 2, GraphicsGale and SFXR.
WASD or arrows to move, and X key to open a rift.
Enjoy, and any feedback is appreciated!

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Comments22

CustomPhase
CustomPhase24 Aug 2014, 22:49
cool! i liked it a great deal, altough sometimes character gets stuck in an infinite death loop.
capsizedmoose
capsizedmoose25 Aug 2014, 02:11
Really good idéa! i like the difference between the worlds and I also really like the graphics for the "warpgate".
I just wish it was a little bit longer!(but it's a gamejam, so it's understandable)
7Soul25 Aug 2014, 02:18
I enjoyed it, the level design is quite good. The moment you realize that that seemingly innocent spike pit is actually a passage was a nice touch.
Like it was said above, dying is very glitchy. And I didn't knew what the golden key did because I went straight for the upper path first, but then I decided to backtrack and found the ending
bobrocks25 Aug 2014, 03:50
Very nice game! I did get stuck in a death loop at one point. I was in the "dark" world, jumping to the next vertical screen, then dropped into the screen below. I really like the concept for the game, I could see this being a good full game.
Manou25 Aug 2014, 08:57
Nice execution and graphics !
geometrix
geometrix25 Aug 2014, 13:41
Nice idea, but feels unfinished. Also a bit buggy: I got trapped in an endless loop of death by being stuck in a wall or something.
colludium25 Aug 2014, 14:36
Nice work and good graphics!!
sP0CkEr225 Aug 2014, 19:57
I enjoyed this game. The mechanics were very clever and they tied in with the theme nicely. Great job.
PixelMonkeyauthor26 Aug 2014, 10:24
Thanks for the feedback! The endless death loop was something that I did notice, but I couldn't really think of a simple fix for it. Generally it was in locations that you could open the rift while the death animation was playing so you could escape, but it's definitely something I'd fix right away if I do anything more with this.
zatyka
zatyka27 Aug 2014, 23:26
Excellent level design and implementation of theme. I too ran into the death loop a couple times. Holding X when coming back to life seemed to keep me alive long enough to get to safety.

I though the subtle passages was a very good choice. As a player, it's always fun to come to a dead end, ultimately figuring out an out-of-the box solution.

There's definitely room for expansion and polish. Never-the-less, what you have it quite good. I wouldn't mind playing a longer version of this game. :)
Canyon28 Aug 2014, 11:50
This games great, I got stuck after a few minutes in. But this is so good!
ElectricSeagull28 Aug 2014, 16:21
Really clever idea nicely done. I enjoyed it a lot and wish there was more. Like others have said, dying is a bit glitchy.
I thought the guy was Paddington bear for a while.
SeriouslyCrunchy29 Aug 2014, 14:03
Really fun idea, I didn't realise to start with that the 'altars' refilled your rift power. Death loops were a little frustrating but prob only way to fix that is by checkpointing at altars and that would be a pain to implement.
Menesetsu30 Aug 2014, 16:35
cool game, remind me super meat boy, when I tried to pick up the timing to swith dimensions. It was hard and I died many times :)
mrexcessive31 Aug 2014, 18:36
Hi there. Great idea, nice start of an implementation. Got stuck in endless death loop trying to do the jump up where you have to go up instead of right for the first time. Good to see Construct2 being used again. Good job!
Kyatric
Kyatric1 Sep 2014, 23:02
Nice "Guacamelee" like "two-worlds" mechanic.
A bit hard to handle at first, but soon enough it does the job.

I managed to find the ending chest thanks to a comment.

Overall a nice little compo game, congratulations on a cool entry !
Dietrich Epp3 Sep 2014, 01:52
Wow, this is great, a real gem! I loved the level design, and the gameplay is very elegant.
metalchouchen3 Sep 2014, 02:18
Nice works. I just got some bug with jump and collision when I change plan.
vividhelix
vividhelix3 Sep 2014, 03:43
Sometimes gets stuck and dies, but other than that, great execution, I liked the finite nature of the portal thingy..
jukimv19865 Sep 2014, 02:20
I got stuck in the vilified loop-of-death too. But nice game, the mechanics work great, the graphics are neat and the audio cues good. Great job!
Sunflower
Sunflower5 Sep 2014, 12:38
Pretty cool implementation of parallel worlds mechanic, quite different from typical application seen in many other platformers. Also, liked the Metroidvania-like exploration. There could be more of that, but again, timespan.

On a side note, I love the "seemingly innocent spike pit" expression (not yours, one of commenters'). XD
SecondDimension
SecondDimension5 Sep 2014, 19:58
I know there are a few bugs but they didn't impact on my enjoyment - this was pretty much a perfect game jam experience: it was short but packed in some good level design, interesting mechanic and nice graphics. I enjoyed figuring out the whole spike pit thing as well

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