Absolutely fantastic. This is a perfect example of a Jam game. Great simple visuals, stunning music. Im very impressed. The platforming element was great too. SHort and sweet.
Stunning audio, great oldschool graphics. The reflex based gameplay isn't anything we haven't seen before, but it is executed very effectively. I think conceptually a blowgun is an unusual one, but I'm not sure it's unconventional. Still, the challenge of manipulating the blowgun was pretty fun!
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TaoPhoenix20 Apr 2015, 05:22
An interesting decision not to have "game-enders". There seems to be no life counter and no time limit. And I think this is a good thing for this one! It's hard enough that even having a bunch of lives would get really frustrating!
It also seems to be pretty generous on "save states".
Fun little platformer!
I agree, if there's a post-compo version, try to tune the fine mechanics of sprite placement. I'd also make the art slightly less jaggedy for the terrain - maybe a bit less "grass and vines".
Sweet garphics and chilling sound, would have been even greater with a bit more polish ( Fullscreen button, tutorial) Really nice little game otherwise.
Physics got some issues that makes the character stucked onto walls. I guess this is a common problem with games made with Game Maker.
Music is cool and calm. Maybe a bit short.
Sometimes the distance between the ground and the ceiling is too short and because of that you can't jump over killing arrows. But thanks to the unbalanced enemy generations sometimes enemies disappear freeing the way.
Looks and sounds wonderful. I played through once without reading anything not knowing I could shoot and didn't need to. So I played again and found it much harder the second time knowing i could shoot lol.
That was cool, really good mood and nice pixel art (loved the music). I didn't see we had a weapon so I finished the level without it, then I read your description and made it again to see the weapon : pretty cool :D
So short I wanted more. But that's a good thing because the platforming physics are spot on, graphics are great (love the grass/vines tiles) and the music is nice and friendly. "Charming" is a great word to describe this game!
Very nice game. The art syle is pretty cool even fs I sometimes can't recognize if the tiles are platformes or background elements. The music is very soothing and the sounds are fine. Nice checkpoint system.
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Any chance for a web port maybe?
It also seems to be pretty generous on "save states".
Fun little platformer!
I agree, if there's a post-compo version, try to tune the fine mechanics of sprite placement. I'd also make the art slightly less jaggedy for the terrain - maybe a bit less "grass and vines".
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Really nice little game otherwise.
Physics got some issues that makes the character stucked onto walls. I guess this is a common problem with games made with Game Maker.
Music is cool and calm. Maybe a bit short.
Sometimes the distance between the ground and the ceiling is too short and because of that you can't jump over killing arrows. But thanks to the unbalanced enemy generations sometimes enemies disappear freeing the way.
Super short, would have liked to play more.
Ultimately really cute game.