In Air is a puzzle game where you control a character whose weapons of choice are paper aeroplanes. In each of the 5 stages of the game you are given 3 paper aeroplanes which allow you to interact with the various puzzle objects on the map. You can also recover your aeroplanes if you need to reuse them.
Nice work! I liked the take on the theme and the artwork! I have a couple critiques though: 1) I think restarting a level shouldn't count as a death because landing your plane right on those buttons is very difficult. 2) The platforming controls could use a little work, I fell to my death on seemingly simple jumps several times due to the controls. Still, nice work!
I had alot of fun playing this and the graphics were very good. The controls were abit difficult but I liked the way the planes flew in the air.
The last stage had me going for awhile though. So much so that I got desperate and stuck a small sticker on the screen as to where the mouse needed to be to hit that top button. Not my finest moment but hey, it did the job!
Yeah there is a small bug with the camera. It was meant to stop non-map objects from appearing 1 pixel above where they were meant to. It had some odd side effects I guess.
Hi sekaru. I've commented on my thread. Your game is sick. Well done mate. I can assure you though my game is not a guessing game it's a puzzle in the style of hacking
It's a good game, but there are some design choices I do not understand. The movement of the character is very wonky and glidy. His movements are super sensitive and is more or less impossible (for me) to get a good handle on. That in combination with the very unforgiving level design in terms of pitfalls and recovery (ie there is no recovery if you fall down, which I did a lot because of the wonky character movement) made it so that half of the times I had to restart because the character would fall down somewhere rather than not solving the puzzle. I can get behind the idea that you only have 3 planes to shoot. But when their trajectory is so majorly unpredictable, and you aren't really allowed to miss it makes the game frustrating rather than fun. The fact that I can comment on stuff that's on this level is proof your entry is good! :) More planes, stable character movement and a more forgiving level design (in terms of movement) would've made the game even better. Cheers!
I agree with you on pretty much every point there. I felt like more planes were unnecessary since you could pick them back up (at least the ones that you could actually get to). The character was originally meant to be made out of paper like the aeroplanes but we scrapped that idea and didn't go back to edit the physics.
Overall a great game. The character controls were a bit floaty, but the throwing was precise. The last two levels were really difficult because of the perfect accuracy that was required.
Really fun! The levels were a little unforgiving in terms of getting your airplanes back/getting more. Sometimes when jumping there would be weird scanlines/graphical glitches. Would like to see a more fleshed out complete version!
Cool concept! I liked how the trajectory of the planes provided the challenge. My only complaint is that the controls in the air are WAY too slippery. Some air resistance is needed IMO.
Really fun game. Only critique I have is the physics. They seemed...off. It was really hard to maneuver in the air. Great way to use the theme, though.
Solid game! I had tons of deaths on the last level (117 total). There were some issues: the platforming was surprisingly difficult, I fell into the water a lot when I should be home free. The middle button on the last level was a bit temperamental, since the plane would usually come in at a slight downward angle, and there's very little you can do about that without shooting in the middle of a jump (although the platforming across the right side of that level might have been even more challenging). At the start of the level, when the planes drop down so you can use them, sometimes I've already moved, and the planes fall into the water. Just extra plane would make a huge difference on the last level. Also, sometimes it's easy to double-tap R and this counts against your deaths.
Solid concept, good execution, could use a few tweaks.
Really awesome game! The graphics are pretty, and the mechanic is original and well designed. The only two cons I can think of are that at some point it kind of becomes trial and error, and the minimal resolution was kind of awkward (Yeah, I have a 1280x1024 screen. I'm poor like that). In my opinion this would look very good full screen, so maybe you can look into that next time. Also a big plus for the music! Not too distracting and matched the ambient of the game.
Very nice game, I just didn't like the sliding on the ground, it didn't really add anything to the game and it was frustrating to lose the final stage just because of that. Even though I didn't complete the last one, I think I kept improving and I really liked how you managed to create the feeling of throwing the paper plane, it is very nice.
Very nice idea; like many others I got frustrated by the slippery character physics, and I could not finish the last level without cheating, i.e. recording where to aim.
I think you should completely change the rules: allow an unlimited number of airplanes, but reward the player who uses very few of them.
It's great fun and pretty hard. I spent several minutes on it, and after 100+ attempts I gave up trying to finish the final stage (I fail to trigger the switches or fall down every time...)
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The last stage had me going for awhile though. So much so that I got desperate and stuck a small sticker on the screen as to where the mouse needed to be to hit that top button. Not my finest moment but hey, it did the job!
There is a small graphic glitch sometimes where tiny black horizontal lines appear for a frame when camera moves up/down. Maybe a roundoff error ?
Love it. 43 deaths. I found it hard but each level is pretty short so it doesn't feel too bad to restart. The art style suits the game well.
I can get behind the idea that you only have 3 planes to shoot. But when their trajectory is so majorly unpredictable, and you aren't really allowed to miss it makes the game frustrating rather than fun.
The fact that I can comment on stuff that's on this level is proof your entry is good! :) More planes, stable character movement and a more forgiving level design (in terms of movement) would've made the game even better. Cheers!
i was trying to double jump or something
Cranking down the level of difficulty would made this game a bit better, but the lack of innovation can be see from a distance.
Solid concept, good execution, could use a few tweaks.
I think you should completely change the rules: allow an unlimited number of airplanes, but reward the player who uses very few of them.