Just a little platformer I made. Didn't get the usual amount of time to spend on Ludum Dare as normal (On holiday with limited internet and an ancient laptop :p Excuses excuses!) so this one's a little rushed, but pleasant enough!
Controlled with arrow keys and number keys to change form. Other instructions in game. Guide the little paper dude through the levels to reach the exit, changing between different forms to get about the place.
Apologies for all the bugs.
Made with Unity, Aseprite, Paint.net, FL Studio & BFXR Helvetipixel font by pentacom
Gorgeous game! fun to play, and gave a chuckle or too, although i somehow flipped upside down and got stuck in a block and that pretty much ended things.
I usually write the criticism of the game here and have some good to say before, but this time the criticism is not of the game, but more of the game engine and the values of control in it. As all platformers on Unity, this game have really clunky controls. Most of the time I feel that the difficulty of the game came not from the design but from bad controls. I feel that I need just a tad bit more force in my jump, a tad less gravity, a tad less speed as a plane and a tad more friction with the chute (parachute that is).
Also one hit kill is... unexpected. I did not think that this will be a precision platformer. This is again because of the controls.
But good visuals, good animations, good effects and the game is playable! If not for controls...
Very nice game. I really like the juice, the music and the super-cute animations. Controls are not as precise as they could have been. (probably check unity's input gravity setting for this).
Great ideas, but the airplane mode is sooooooo bugged >~< I got stuck two times in a wall and I can't control it (maybe a lack of skill from me ?), Music and pixelart are great !
Nice game and good graphics. I would have liked it if the airplane mode was more useful. It never seemed to have a good use due to the sensitive controls and the gliding mode did the same job in most cases.
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fooify18 Apr 2016, 22:26
The game looks awesome, and plays very well. Great job!
Short and simple, but enjoyable! Given the secret signs, I'm fairly certain you're aware, but I found out you could fly anywhere with just the arrow keys if you mashed 2 and 3 repeatedly, and after a while of trying was able to use this to escape the map in one of the levels.
Love the aesthetic! My only criticism is difficulty curve; the levels get a little too hard a little too fast; a really quick fix would be to add checkpoints as dying later in a longer level can be very frustrating. Other than that, great job!
Great mood and cute aesthetic - a good entry. However I am stuck with controls that seem to me really weird. Overall, I like this project. Well done ++
Whew, this is nice! I think the letter box animations are absolutely adorable! <3 You don't have any reason to be so self-critical in the game! Graphics, sound effects, music, level design is all very awesomely done! Found the plane form a little hard to control. Plain 5/5 in each category, never did this before. Thanks for making this! :)
I really enjoyed the pixel graphics and the flare the lighting added(although I am usually not a fan of smooth lighting with pixels, it worked here). I also like the music, it was suitably jolly. The flavour text was also quite amusing, especially with the little touches it had such as acknowledging the fact you can cheese that first airplane section with the parachute form. What this game lacked is some polish. I think the airplane controlled terribly, but then again that could just be me being bad at games/not getting it. It was a touch buggy as well, but nothing gamebreaking, at least for me. Overall, a great entry to LD 35!
seriously, 48h?! unbelievable! I had just assumed this was a jam entry from the screenshots alone. great lighting, love the paper particles, excellent (and yes why no humour to vote on?)
- LOVE the meta-humor and how self aware it is (genuinely laughed when I read "or you could just use the parachute I guess)
- Very smart thematic choices with your character design
I could point out how hard the paper air plane is to use as a con but I assume you're already aware of this as you referenced it directly in the game, haha.
I have been a fan of your stuff since Slam Jam Bakery and you never cease to impress. Always with the polish, great audio and fun core gameplay. Another great entry. well done!
Seriously: my only real complaint is that it was possible to fall forever, and you have the restart key for that. And yeah, I guess the plane form was kinda useless, but at least you threw a lampshade on that.
Best one I've played so far this LD. WOW. Nice work.
Lovely game! The art style was amazing in my opinion. I also loved the notes in the levels. It was like a mixture of developers' notes and tutorial notes. The airplane mode was extremely difficult to control and seemed a bit pointless to me, but the overall gameplay was nice.
Difficult, but rewarding. Very charming use of the lighting effect (bloom?). I don't know how I feel about the slippery controls, especially given that the player is made of paper and not slime or anying.
Bonus points for a 12MB Unity game! I've abused my SSD so much downloading 200MB sidescrollers that I really appreciate the small download size!
The level difficulty had a really steep curve. I would tone that down a bit, and reserve the difficult parts for bonus areas / late in game stuff. Taking time limitations into account it's a very solid entry. Though, I'm a little sad that there was no fullscreen / gamepad support (doesn't unity give you those things for "free"? -- like effort wise, I mean...).
Love the pixel art and audio, and fun gameplay to on top :) I wish the controls were a bit tighter, but that's just a minor gripe for such a great compo entry!
Really lovely. I had a hard time with the mechanics (well, specifically the paper airplane) but the particle effects, design and general cuteness of everything made me want to keep trying just so I could see a little bit more. Great work.
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I usually write the criticism of the game here and have some good to say before, but this time the criticism is not of the game, but more of the game engine and the values of control in it.
As all platformers on Unity, this game have really clunky controls. Most of the time I feel that the difficulty of the game came not from the design but from bad controls. I feel that I need just a tad bit more force in my jump, a tad less gravity, a tad less speed as a plane and a tad more friction with the chute (parachute that is).
Also one hit kill is... unexpected. I did not think that this will be a precision platformer. This is again because of the controls.
But good visuals, good animations, good effects and the game is playable! If not for controls...
Very well executed for a 48h jam!
One of those games that makes you check twice to make sure it is in fact a compo...
Had some problems with the aeroplane mode though, kinda hard to control.
- LOVE the meta-humor and how self aware it is (genuinely laughed when I read "or you could just use the parachute I guess)
- Very smart thematic choices with your character design
I could point out how hard the paper air plane is to use as a con but I assume you're already aware of this as you referenced it directly in the game, haha.
Nice work!
Graphics and music are beautiful. It's amazing the level of polish you achieved in 48h. Great job!
Seriously: my only real complaint is that it was possible to fall forever, and you have the restart key for that. And yeah, I guess the plane form was kinda useless, but at least you threw a lampshade on that.
Best one I've played so far this LD. WOW. Nice work.
I also uploaded a video of your game on YouTube.
Bonus points for a 12MB Unity game! I've abused my SSD so much downloading 200MB sidescrollers that I really appreciate the small download size!
Can't say anything bad about other things ;-)
Well done!
I wish the controls were a bit tighter, but that's just a minor gripe for such a great compo entry!