Portalshift

by rakowu
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.93
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.29
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.88
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★85%
Welcome to Portalshift!

This is a puzzle plattformer which I created for the 35th Ludumdare.

How to:

You are a small creepy creature called Steve.

Steve has abilities to change himself through the help of magical portals.

One form makes him agile, strong or even slimey...

Help him conquer all the stages which he - who knows why - wants to finish.

Each stage has up to 3 coins, collect more of them to unlock new stages.

Controls:

Use the arrow keys left, right and up or W, A and D to move/jump.

Have fun!
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Bugfix: Coin, Wallrun, Physics.
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While I created this game, I'm also part of a two man army called ZRGames, we create games for fun.

So if you enjoy Portalshift or other games,

please visit or text us on the following channels:

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E-Mail: [email protected]

Genres: platformer
Tools: Construct

Comments38

h2n0
h2n018 Apr 2016, 12:54
That was a really nice little game, Good job on the puzzle mechanic. However. The camera shake while climbing the walls allows you to pass through areas above the character like on level 4, you can skip the second coin and by holding right and up pass through the ledge to the finish block. Brilliant little game though that one "feature" hasn't affected the rating I gave.
grayhaze
grayhaze18 Apr 2016, 13:00
I had a lot of fun with this, although the level layouts seemed a little random in places. The W, A and D keys didn't work for me at all, so I used the arrow keys instead. Good work! :)
Jupiter_Hadley
Jupiter_Hadley18 Apr 2016, 15:41
I like the little portals making me into such awesome little aliens! I included it in my video compliation series of Ludum Dare games, if you’d like to check them out :) https://youtu.be/NeUaByS_1JI
Zanktus18 Apr 2016, 16:44
I enjoyed your puzzle game. I was able to cheat through some places which I shouldn't probably, but anyways I really liked what you created in this short time!
VictorDoval18 Apr 2016, 17:32
Great art and very fun. Thanks!
laFunk18 Apr 2016, 17:34
The mechanics are good and the aesthetics work. The game could improve a lot with better level design though! It's a bit convoluted/random. Keep it up!
Wevel
Wevel18 Apr 2016, 18:28
Amazing music, nice levels having the different portals works well
tanis
tanis18 Apr 2016, 19:16
Very nice for your first entry! I like moving around with nice little aliens! Well done!
murraya2
murraya218 Apr 2016, 19:18
Nice little game. Very rough around the edges though. Platforming mechanics don't *quite* work as they should. Makes level four very painful, so I ended up giving up there. Finding the secret coins was super fun though!
Max Amaden18 Apr 2016, 19:22
Nice little puzzle platformer. Keep up the good work!
hugheth
hugheth18 Apr 2016, 19:22
Really nice changing mechanic :) The music reminds me of the old AoE games
Hempuli
Hempuli18 Apr 2016, 19:49
I love the sounds of the angry blob! The controls and platforming were pretty finicky and tough to use, but the level design was interesting and I ended up beating all 5 levels. This could be very very nice with a little more solid physics engine. :)
qu218 Apr 2016, 20:41
Nice game. I especially like the different feel each character has (the weight of the red one is great). Well done :)
Adipson18 Apr 2016, 20:47
i like the purple pouple's style lol
Rakowu
Rakowuauthor18 Apr 2016, 20:57
I thank you guys for all that feedback. It's great. When the jam has finished i'll keep working on the game and bug fix all of it. Also i'll create a Mobile version of it :)

Thank you community
Been
Been18 Apr 2016, 21:18
I'm terrible at precision jumping and couldn't finish stage 4, but I really enjoyed the rest of the game. I like how distinct the different creatures look, not just the colours, and the animations looked really nice too.

Can't really think of much to fault. The only thing I can maybe come up with is on stage 3 when you're in the pit full of blocks, I hadn't touched the pile on the far right, and I had to wait while they were destroyed one by one before I could progress instead of just ploughing through them. That's pretty nit-picky though and hardly a major issue. Nice work :)
Rakowu
Rakowuauthor18 Apr 2016, 21:22
I'll apreciate every info about bugs :) thank you
rahulparihar18 Apr 2016, 21:33
Really nice game and puzzles. The levels are great, also beautiful piece of music. :)
meganukebmp
meganukebmp18 Apr 2016, 21:36
Fun and cute little game. I like the character designs.
BrianSChung
BrianSChung19 Apr 2016, 13:11
Crushing through the blocks on level 5 was very satisfying.
Digitaldude555
Digitaldude55519 Apr 2016, 13:18
Pretty good game, enjoyed playing it, really love that background art with the brown cubes or whatever it is, the later levels are a lot more well built than the first two. It would have been good to start with levels showing the abilities of them each individually and then together in my opinion. Anyway good game you built.
glaze_9619 Apr 2016, 13:42
Yay, got all 15 coins!

This is a really great idea for a full game! You should continue working on it!

The dark music really sets the mood!

Hope you had a fun time making it =)
Rakowu
Rakowuauthor19 Apr 2016, 14:03
i had a great time. I'll kepp working on it and make it better. also more levels maybe more creatures etc.
Windmill Games19 Apr 2016, 17:35
Very fun game with cute animations! My favorite so far has been the climbing level, jumping from wall to wall with Steve. The music sets a good mood as well.

I'm glad to hear that you'll be continuing to develop it and will be looking forward to seeing it be further developed.

Great job!
Goutye
Goutye19 Apr 2016, 17:45
Pretty cool game! Even though I managed to pass through the platform with the green stuff in the 4th level to go to the exit. Bug? Had fun so, great job!
PowerSpark
PowerSpark20 Apr 2016, 00:25
Not bad, I found the same bug h2n0 found with level 4.
kahrzdn20 Apr 2016, 11:52
Nice with all these different type of mechanics!
AnaGF20 Apr 2016, 11:57
Nice job, it is funny to play with shapeshifting portals. Audio is good too
APantaloni
APantaloni20 Apr 2016, 23:18
Nice puzzle game! Completing the levels is easy, getting all the gems not so much! Not a big fan of the background graphics but the main character is cool :)
Karai17
Karai1720 Apr 2016, 23:19
Great LD entry! Could have been more fun with better controls.
CasualCat21 Apr 2016, 08:59
The game is good overall but I think some polishing could be done with the graphics and level design. Often I would find myself thoughtlessly finishing the level without interacting with all of the elements that make the level. I don't know if it was supposed to be one of those things were there are multiple ways to win, if it was it didn't feel that way. But the shape shifting element was pretty creative, and the portals were well done. The controls and platforming was good for the most part. tl;dr - good game, needs polish
MintArcade
MintArcade21 Apr 2016, 22:36
Very nice mechanic. Good use of theme. Controls is very nice, especially for platformer nubs like me :D
Tijn22 Apr 2016, 21:09
This game is pretty cool! I'm amazed how much you got done in the short 48 hours of the compo, as not only does the art look quite detailed and there's sfx and music, there's also quite a bit of content! The coins are a clever way to have some extra replayability. Very nice all in all, well done!
Katamori25 Apr 2016, 22:40
Simple execution, but creative! The visual unity is missing but I'm not blaming it in case of a 48hr game.
rnlf
rnlf30 Apr 2016, 09:42
Beautiful art style! I like the game mechanics and it was cool to smash stones as the red guys. The blue guy was a bit hard to control, so that I kept falling down in level 4 and had to start over several times :-(

The music was nice to listen to and the overall puzzle design was easy to understand but still challenging to complete. Good job!

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