Between Worlds

by eduardo
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.67
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.57
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.59
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.96
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.72
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.30
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★50%
Four worlds are connected; you can travel between 2 each time; you can travel to a different maps if you reach that thing that looks like a house; You can't travel to somewhere where there's a wall.

Control:

Arrows or WASD; UP or W to Jump;

X or L to switch between worlds;

M to mute the music;

Bugs:

Sometimes when falling, you can pass through the walls.

Sometimes you can't switch to another world because you are too close to a wall in the current map.

(I didn't use any engine in this game).

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Post-Compo Version
- Fix bugs
- Fix some level design mistakes
- Juicy map transition
- Player sprites
- Walk sound effect
- Better Gravity
- Better performance
- New Music
- Bunny hop jump (hold to jump higher)
- Controls improvements

Genres: puzzle
Tools: Bfxr, Box2D, libGDX

Comments40

handkor25 Aug 2014, 22:06
I love how you show the alternate world in the background.
pxlcoder
pxlcoder25 Aug 2014, 22:07
Good take on the theme and fun to play!
someone999925 Aug 2014, 22:10
Pretty fun game. The jump and switch took me a bit to figure out, but it was very satisfying to solve that puzzle.

Nice job!
Fanatrick
Fanatrick25 Aug 2014, 22:12
Good but spent most time on randomly roaming spamming spacebar. There is a bug where you jump outside of the level
http://i.imgur.com/ioySsnQ.png

Good conceptual material, enemies or hazards would help.
OFF
OFF25 Aug 2014, 22:12
Real nice game but i'm a little bit lost by the level design, i'm not sure of where i have to go.
For the rest, the graphics and the sound are amazing(like Thomas was alone in speed way), the idea works pretty well, even if i'm not sure of "how" and "why" it works.

But i can stay hours in this kind of maze.
Dasginger25 Aug 2014, 22:14
Nice, simple idea and good execution. The whole game has a nice feel to it, I love the graphics and audio. I could probably play this for hours if there were enough levels.
brokenbeach25 Aug 2014, 22:14
Seems like you put a lot of effort into level design. Visually, the game is great. Nice simple shapes and colours which I'm a big fan of.

I did however, encounter what seemed to be a problem in level design, where I was stuck and couldn't switch between worlds, no matter where I went.

Aside from that, really cool game.
SaintHeiser26 Aug 2014, 07:44
What the hell is going on here?
Visually looks pretyy good but I can't understand logic of connections =(
Noah Ratcliff
Noah Ratcliff26 Aug 2014, 20:09
Wow! Great use of the theme, nice presentation, and fun gameplay! Music was a little repetitive, but it was cool how it got quieter when in one world.
Eduardo
Eduardoauthor26 Aug 2014, 21:12
@Fanatrick it was a known bug, but now it's fixed. thanks!
Eduardo
Eduardoauthor26 Aug 2014, 21:17
@Noah Ratcliff it's a short music, i didn't had time to make longer.
tjxx27 Aug 2014, 00:48
Interesting concept and a little addicting. Nicely done!
AdamHarte
AdamHarte27 Aug 2014, 02:30
Very interesting. The last few sections seemed to be quite a lot easier than a few of the middle part. Well done though.
gandalf120927 Aug 2014, 03:19
Very cool! Very neatly designed!
zillix
zillix27 Aug 2014, 05:46
very impressive! I love the compact level design all on one screen. the music and simple art style were fantastic. great work.
nesis27 Aug 2014, 06:45
Nice game mechanic, though a little confusingly fast-paced at times you start to get used to it. For those with slower reaction times / poorer memories of the two world layouts, it might be good to slow down the transition between worlds - eg slowing time or pausing time while one fades in and the other fades out. Good range of challenges derived from one mechanic :)
Zolmeister27 Aug 2014, 07:45
This game is fantastic! Great idea, and well executed. Good job sir.
thecolorhacker27 Aug 2014, 08:09
I find the game to ge charming, with good mechanics and graphics are great as well.I got stuck in a room in which you continuously fall. Good work!
miotatsu
miotatsu27 Aug 2014, 09:35
I like it! However, there was no sound for me. I'm running Firefox 31.0 on Linux
Eduardo
Eduardoauthor27 Aug 2014, 15:52
@miotatsu I'm on linux too (ubuntu), i tried firefox 31.0 and works great. I'm using howler.js to play music and sound effects, and it have a good browser support. Maybe you hit "M" and mute the music?
Eduardo
Eduardoauthor27 Aug 2014, 15:53
@nesis i want to make a juiciness version, i'm working in this now!
Aomeas
Aomeas27 Aug 2014, 17:41
That's well linked to the theme and the gameplay is good! I ended up getting stuck too ^_^"
mrexcessive27 Aug 2014, 17:50
Hi there. Love the idea, especially the way you can see both worlds at once. Good sounds and platform physics too.
Alexandre Szybiak
Alexandre Szybiak27 Aug 2014, 19:59
Good idea and perfectly executed, I think I got stuck at one point, the "switching world" button wasn't working anymore.
fizzd27 Aug 2014, 22:18
Wow, nice level design and I like how the background music becomes low-passed in a different dimension!
Fazz
Fazz27 Aug 2014, 23:11
Great concept and game mechanics. I liked the music too. Would be a really interesting one to develop further. I'm sure you could build some really elaborate puzzles with this as a base.
Two Scoop Games28 Aug 2014, 04:04
I liked the screen wrapping and the overlay of the different maps a lot. Good colors too.
Z.B.G.E.
Z.B.G.E.28 Aug 2014, 16:28
Nice entry, the mechanic worked well and the graphics are quite polished!

I managed to finish it - I'm not sure though, since I reached the "The end" screen, but it suggests there might be more to see... Except the player seems to be laggy and there's nowhere I can go. I'm left curious and eager for more ^^
Xanjos28 Aug 2014, 21:34
Pretty good take on the theme. I loved the rather minimalistic design and I really liked the whole switching worlds mechanic.
jsspiegel29 Aug 2014, 01:03
Really nice game, love the mechanic!
Eduardo
Eduardoauthor29 Aug 2014, 02:44
@Z.B.G.E. that "the end" screen it's the last of this game, the message it's a clue about a possible sequence, i have some more ideas. :)
anssipe
anssipe29 Aug 2014, 08:02
Quite polished for a 48h entry. Good puzzles, nice graphics and the theme is used very well. Cool little game. Pushed me to finish every level. Great job!
markusfisch
markusfisch30 Aug 2014, 15:29
Very nice game! I like the clean but detailed look. And it's really fun to play! Well done!

Also, I like that little black hairy rectangle guy of the post-compo version. Perfect match!
zatyka1 Sep 2014, 17:57
That was fun. Nice job blending active and inactive worlds. Aside from the generic player-box, I really liked the visuals you choose.
spotco
spotco1 Sep 2014, 20:27
Pretty nice indie platformer (I definitely had the "switch between worlds to solve puzzles" idea as well when brainstorming).
Didn't like the sections when you needed to switch world mid-jump and were only in a 1x1 space.

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