Shifter

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.15
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.15
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.08
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.90
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.60
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★52%
Platformer with a twist. Shapeshift into other creatures to complete the levels. Press 'R' to restart a level. There is an easter egg hidden in the title screen as well :). For my first LD I'm pretty happy. Everything was made over the 72 hours and all by myself. Have fun!

Controls:
W A S D to move (S activates power)
Up, Down, Right, Left to shift creatures

Comments23

SetArray
SetArray21 Apr 2016, 20:17
Maybe I'm just not smart enough to figure it out, but I can't figure out what you are supposed to do after you shapeshift into a spider. The jump directly above you is too tall to make it onto that platform.
CoderJoeauthor21 Apr 2016, 20:18
Press S while under the platform. It should shoot a web up and you can walk upside down on the platform
SetArray
SetArray21 Apr 2016, 20:19
Yes I restarted the level and figured that out. I just didn't notice it, my bad. Although now I'm stuck inside of a triangular platform. :)
bigbuggames
bigbuggames21 Apr 2016, 20:20
I really enjoyed this one! Two in a row!

Really responsive control, interesting controls, cool transformations and specially...The water surface effect caught me. I also liked the jump animation and the control feedback as I said.

Keep it up!
SetArray
SetArray21 Apr 2016, 20:22
Played it through. I really enjoyed the plot behind it. The relation to the theme was simple but implemented extremely well. Nice game!
KappaIX
KappaIX21 Apr 2016, 20:27
Like the coherent minimalist art style, found a few bits a bit unfair (I'm willing to admit I might have been being stupid), good interpretation of the theme.

Well done!
IvanFon21 Apr 2016, 20:30
I really enjoyed this! The controls work very well, I really love those water physics, and there was a lot of polish to it. One thing that annoyed me was that the red text was a bit difficult to read, but other than that, great job!
A Little Red Panda21 Apr 2016, 20:31
I found the controls to be a bit oversensitive, like every time I jumped over the spikes I landed in the water, which was awkward to get out of without landing in the spikes
dringy
dringy21 Apr 2016, 20:37
I enjoyed it, well done.
CoderJoeauthor22 Apr 2016, 22:01
Thanks guys! Glad I worked on that water effect. Sorry about the controls and glitches (mainly getting stuck in the wall). I had no time to tweak things but I might make a second "post-LD" version. p.s. press P (and + and -) to cheat
AnaGF22 Apr 2016, 23:44
Challenging but cool. When I reached the red statues the game lagged a bit, took it a while to charge next scene, but other than that is a really nice game
Ironhead23 Apr 2016, 23:03
A great challenging platformer with a great implementation of the theme. Controls were solid and the level design was also. Well done!
Fabraz
Fabraz24 Apr 2016, 00:26
Easy to overshoot the intended movement, but otherwise solid platformer with shapeshifting powers.
ProjectX593
ProjectX59324 Apr 2016, 00:47
Really freaking hard haha.
Darenn
Darenn24 Apr 2016, 23:05
I had difficulties with controls, and I don't understand how I can finish the level... I am always out of energy :( But a very good game ! Congratulations !
CoderJoeauthor24 Apr 2016, 23:43
To save energy you have to change back into human form. Different forms use more energy.
Ibzy26 Apr 2016, 06:45
Nice simple graphics and the water physics is ace.
Shifting and movement was nice and smooth. The use of mana was a nice touch to limit how much you could use a form.
Skaz
Skaz28 Apr 2016, 12:53
Pretty close of my entry, liked the turtle! Great game.
You have a UK/US keyboard choice, I would suggest to either add an AZERTY keyboard option, or don't use letters to controls. Maybe a arrows to move / numbers to morph?
CoderJoeauthor29 Apr 2016, 19:14
Thanks! The UK board should be set up for AZERTY. I thought thats what UK style was. If not sorry about that, just got confused
CoderJoeauthor13 May 2016, 00:29
Happy with my ratings! Thanks to all who played and voted!

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