You might want to redesign the first few screens to teach the mechanic a bit better. Show people that jumping causes unexpected spikes to appear by making them appear in a non-threatening area the first time.
Really cool and polished entry. The puzzle mechanic is much better than in games where you simply hit a key to switch worlds, because together with the jump key it forces you to really think about what you are doing. Fantastic work!
This game is a gem. I really like it. The level design, the graphics, it is really cool. Sound get a bit annoying but just because I die a lot. Good job!
Great style and platform feel. Made me think of super meat boy a bit, with the brutality and the wallhops. Couldnt get past the level with the 4 hops in a row though, too hard for me. Well done.
Very nice graphics, simple yet beautiful. The game is pretty hard though - there could be more easy screens before the though parts. Nice idea, i just couldn't see the theme there.
Very neat done platformer. Wish it was longer :) Do a full game with 50 more levels and put it on Steam, it will do well. Might I ask what engine you used?
@Bardikus: We made a custom engine using HaxeFlixel.
@rnlf: There are some tricks to getting good feeling controls. First of all you want to have some amount of early and late input forgiveness. So basically a small window of time where the player can press jump before touching the ground, or press jump after running of a ledge and they will still jump. Also, if you have wall-jumping, delaying the player's ability to become un-stuck from the wall they're on will make it feel much better. Tommy Refenes talks about that very thing in this video: https://vimeo.com/34928357 (at 2:30) about Super Meat Boy. We basically just ripped off those controls because they feel good.
<programmer here> I wouldn't say we ripped them off, but we took a lot of influence from those controls.
There's also a lot of influence from Kyle Pulver's work. He did a good mini-series on how to make controls feel good. Here's a piece on what Ian mentioned above: http://kpulv.com/106/Jump_Input_Buffering/
I'd really like to see some better resources for creating nice feeling controls! There's a lot of things I consider "best practices" that are oft-unspoken. Maybe it's up to us to step up to the plate...
Absolutely amazing but way too short (this is a compliment asking for more!) The world switching mechanic on jumping is something new and so a bit tricky to master but very enjoyable to play. Love the graphics and animation also - nothing bad to say about this game, top marks!
I also created a platformer/Metroidvania, really glad to stumble on yours as it's refreshing to see a new concept like this.
Awesome entry mate, I dont see the unconventional weapon here but I dont care, had a great exp, please let us know if you decide to make more of it, would love to play a little more O_o As an honest critique tho, I felt that the controls could be a little friendlier, had a little trouble with the input on the walljumps, besides that, I really enjoyed the fast pace muscular memory exercise. Neat!
You might want to redesign the first few screens to teach the mechanic a bit better. Show people that jumping causes unexpected spikes to appear by making them appear in a non-threatening area the first time.