Toodee and Topdee

What an incredible way to combine two incompatible genres. I love how two distinct genres come together to create something more than the sum of their parts. The game feels solid and looks great. The music finishes it off. Very well done.

Wow! I'm impressed, it's overall the best game I've played in LD41 so far - I love the concept and your take on "incompatible genres", I wish I had this idea :D

The game feels very polished - movement, controls, all feel just right. Great game.

Love the idea, really well executed. Controls are a bit sub-optimal on a non-english key layout (when Z and Y are swapped). Transition between views makes it always clear which one you are. Love it

Wow! Really fun, an amazing art style, and an awesome usage of the theme. I want more!

The movement and controls felt smooth and nice. Great combination too :-)
Got to about level 4 before I rage quited, but it was fun :-D
Nicely done, great job!

Excellent stuff! The combination of the genres is great, and I love the way the puzzles are designed to work with it. Pretty good music too, and I like the graphics. I'd point out that the performance is irregular at least in the browser version (especially as Topdee), and that the enemies as Topdee are fast enough that puzzles with them are difficult to do without switching back and forth all the time, but excluding those kinks, it's an amazing game, and a success in every aspect. (I'd honestly buy something like this expanded to a full game)

Yeah, okay, this is the coolest thing I've seen on here

So many novel game strategy decisions, you get to be the platformer's guardian angel when you freeze time and move the platform for him

The art, fx, audio, theme, everything is just on point. didn't see ANY bugs either. great job guys

Uh, wow. This is extremely clever. Hats off to you.

There's a lot to like about this game. The art, sounds, and mood are cute, enjoyable and polished to fit its desired theme. The movement is smooth and the interface is simple. The levels are clever and the core mechanic of the game (the switching) even more so! The control scheme is also very easy to use. I'm really impressed with every aspect of this game. You guys knocked it out of the park -- fantastic job!

Impressive and cute game! I felt engrossed by the story aha.
I need to try again on a windows comp, the browser version is too laggy for me :p

I love this! And was so much fun. Awesome concept, and you can expand so much on this. A very clever game.

Super awesome!

This was an awesome take on the jam theme. I think you really nailed puzzel design. I was particularly impressed with the visual effects of switching between top down and side scroller. Really very executed!

Great job. Was fun to play

I fucking love this concept. It is so original and so incredibly well worked out. So so good. Good job man. Only nitpicky thing I have about this game is that the characters move ridiculously fast (might be something delta time related? On my buddy's PC every thing is moving way slower making it a lot easier to play with the characters). Never the less, amazing game and amazingly well worked out. Didn't find the semi colon though :(

Yeah I figured it out what causes the super quick movement of the characters. It has to do with the monitor that the game is played on. Played the game first on my 120hz screen, and there everything is super quick. When I try it on my 60hz screen, the speed of the characters is normal. Maybe you can fix that in a post-jam update to your game? afaik that's completely allowed. Really cool game, still!

Thanks everyone!!!

@Sun-Parlor-Studios whaaaaaaaaat!!! I didn't know the hz of the screen can affect that! I'll have to check it out. Thanks!!!

Other than the movement issue, which I think you should fix and reupload. lol, it's pretty great! The swapping mechanic is really really smooth and definitely unique. Nice work!

Nice, polished screen, fun to play, good game mechanics. Would recommend. :smile: I like the level design quite a bit.

Very smart game :) I'm not very keen on puzzle games but this one kept me interested! Cool music and concept.

Good idea, nicely executed ! All the mechanics are very instinctive and well designed. It way be a little too punitive though.
great job !

Awesome game, the only thing is that it took me some time to understand the freeze mechanic when you jump and then switch the character :p
Great job !

Super interesting concept, and very polished!

Truly very nice. Enjoyed this one a lot and so far one of my favorites! Everything just works and the puzzles done in very understandable way. The Blue one reminds me one of Happy Tree Friends characters :) Really good job! Love the Ending!

Great mash up, a very literal combination with the story, the "switch gameplay" is classic in a way, but using two different genres in this way was innovative and made for some really interesting puzzles. Played it all from start to finish, never got to hard, but still had some real challenges. Great game!

The idea is 4/5 but execution pushes it to 5/5! It feels like a fully fleshed out studio game. Difficulty curve is masterfully crafted. I love your take on the theme. Great job!

This is fantastic! Very smooth, great idea, great gameplay. I can't really think of anything I don't like about it!

So cute! Very fun

Really fun! I enjoyed being able to somewhat be able to cheese the platformer mechanics by moving the boxes! made for some interesting puzzle elements.

That is definitely a take on the theme i never saw coming! Fantastic mechanic! It works amazingly together

Really nice concept. The movement speed felt a little too slow for me though. Interesting level design.

Hey this was a really fun game. Super good concept and super polished gameplay!

You fit perfectly the genre ; and the transition between platformer and top down is mastered, well done

To me, this is easily the winner. This is absolutely astounding. The atmosphere warmed my heart, I loved the feeling TopDee was always there to save TooDee if something went wrong. The music was amazing, the graphics spot on. I wish all the best to you both in your game making futures!

Great mix of themes. Fun game with tight controls and interesting puzzles. Great submission!

This is a really great concept. My main gripe is that I'm not a big fan of redoing entire levels because of a spike death. Still, the art and music are really great and overall you did so well with this.

This is definitely one of the best games I've played so far - it does a lot with the theme, and creates a super cool foundation for really sophisticated level design. I hope you continue to work on this. The character animations and timing could use some polish, and it might make sense not to put the jump/push button right next to the switch players button (I hit switch players by accident a few times). The music is incredible. I'm going to keep watching this one.

So neat, I love the transition between switching the different worlds. The whole game feels very polished and is a pleasure to play. Well done 🙃

A really interesting idea. When I was dreaming up a combo, I split genres into form and content and tried to match them as badly as possible... But matching the forms? Genius. (My game turned out completely different, if you find the time I'd be glad if you could give it a spin: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/cruise-co)

I'm jealous that I didn't think of this, I love this game! Easily one of my favorite entries thus far 😄👍

Enjoyed the game, beat all the levels, it could be made potentionally longer, because currently it introduces a new mechanic almost every level. Graphics are cute, but controls are bit clunky for the platformer part. Liked the ending conclusion ;D Great job!

Possibly my two favourite genres mixed into one. Masterfully crafted. I feel like the second level should be a lot easier when toodee and topdee are together to slowly ease the player in the more difficult challenges that await. Other than that, you can't fault this :thumbsup:

I played this game on stream last night, here is the VOD:


Thanks for making this game!

Incredible game. Not only is it a great concept but it's executed so well. I would buy a game like this.

So nice of a game. Never played something like this. Really awsome. I first played it on the itch.io and wanted to rate it but could not find the link I posted about it here and someone helped me in a comment to found the link.

Great game!
Only thing is the platforming controls aren't too tight/easy to control, could be a bit frustrating having to restart a level due to missing a jump.

This is probably the best use of the theme so far, as it takes it down to the story level. Controls and gameplay were also very good, but the levels where you have to make platforms for Twodee were way too annoying since you had to reconstruct them after each missed jump.

Very, very, very cool. I really love the switching mechanic, how seamless if feels, and how it changes the gameplay in an instance. Very well done. My only suggestions are: allow space to be JUMP, mixed about having to hold a button to push (maybe offer a toggle?) it works but maybe not having to makes the game a little faster, and may be doing auto-switching when one character has made it to the portal and is no longer needed to complete the puzzles (though this may be too much of an ask :P)

good concept and good execution on all levels.
The characters give a teletubies vibe ^^

Game is a bit cruel, but you will definitely find a public for that :)

well done!

This is a amazing game! It's really fun and very polished. Great work on those puzzles. Good job!

Please, take a look at my game too: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/confessional

Hey dude ! Good job, the game looks really good, the concept is cool, the only thing that bothered me is the speed of Toodee that make him hard to conrtol, overall it's a really good game

Really cool concept ! Good Level design ;)

Great mechanics, excellent use of the theme and level design. This puzzle game has a lot of potential.

An amazing game, definitely high score on inovation since you conbined literaly 2 spaces into a game (2d and 3D in isometric projection). Realy great job! Keep on going, upgrade you game concept even more and you will defenitely see your game on the market, like steam (if you add it, just saying). ;)

Wow, this concept! It's very amazing. It's cool to play, to see different levels and reach them.

But, I have the feeling that the game is lagging because the characters are very slow compared to your gif...

Very cool game and concept!

Hey, this is one of the coolest game I've seen yet. The concept is really innovative.

Implementing both styles in the same game is incredibly bold in the timeframe of a gamejam. Very impressive. The effects are great and compliment everything very well. Well done man, hard to believe there were only two of you working on this!

This game was SWEEETTTTT. Super fun, even for an old guy like me. I have to say the jumps were real.. I made stairs.

Oh my days, this game is amazing! My only critique is that it's quite the penalty if you accidently fall and kill yourself, maybe have a checkpoint system rather than reset the level.

GREAT concept! Good level design and clever little puzzles. Super nice atmosphere and as well.

It did get a bit too hard for me a bit too quickly, and it was frustrating setting things up again after failing a platforming game, but on the other hand it did add to the tension.

This is excelent ! love the concept, love the realisation, music is nice too, rly good experience ! :D

great game loved almost everything about it kinda hard to guess somethings like the enemies and stuff but overall it was a greeat game

that was cool, I really like the ideas and the puzzles that you created

nice peps bro. ;P

Very good and funny story! Game mechanics looks very interesting. Really like effect how world switching. Awesome!

very cool. good work.

Super cool concept! My favorite detail is how the music slightly changes when you switch characters. That was really enjoyable. Also, nice cheeky joke at the end. Made me laugh.

It always awes :smiley: me how many jewels like this can be found among ludum dare submissions :clap: :clap: :clap:

@roaderful True. This one is amazing! Nothing more to say really.

Nice game. It just feels really slow for me.

Brilliant! Nice mechanic, great puzzles, good tutorial, nice music with subtle change when switching between Toodee and Topdee. :heart:

Well polished and with a clear idea well introduced mechanic. Right on the theme. Nice work guys!

Very creative game-play! I really enjoyed having to switch back and forth between the two characters to solve puzzles. I really enjoyed this well thought out puzzle-platformer! Fantastic game!

I got to say, out of the more than 45 games I played, this game is easily one of the best. It has a great self contained story which builds up to a hilarious punch line. Great level design which introduces each mechanic, so that the player understands when he completes a level. Great music and art, which help to blend these things together. Great work, you deserve it. You may want to release a full game of this.

Outstanding! Very well done, and polished, music is absolutely outstanding!!
Nothing more to say or add - Chapeau bas!

PS. Can anyone tell me how i'm suppose to beat this level? I have no idea... :O

You can play our game here:
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/educational-beat-em-up-punches-delivered-with-math

@Bartosz try using the enemy as a friend... (:
And thanks a lot for the comment!!!

Oh my goodness this is.. AMAZING I couldn't get past the level with the enemy's though :slight_frown: But either way it was really good!

Really enjoyable, i really like it, great game!

That's one of the games where you forget it's a jam project. The game isn't just smart, it's actually *polished*. Great work.

Excellent stuff. The puzzles were just right! The cool bit was killing the enemies. Very cool idea and I really love the transition! There were some jumps that were a little challenging, but all in all great game!

Game concept is super cool, pretty good job ! Kind of difficult sometimes, but very good experience !

This game is amazing, I saw it many days ago on a live stream on Twitch, and I just got around to playing it myself, this has to be the best I've played out of all Ludum Dare 41 games so far, you nailed the theme on the head, very well polished, super innovative. Great job!!

Fantastic mechanics, so far the best I've ever seen. The level design is at a very high level, above the level of the jam and many games I know. The art is simple but very nice. I hope to see this game among the best.

I left my rating of your game, if you can leave your feedback in our game, Witch's Escape.

I hope you continue with the project.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape

Awesome idea and a good amount of polish. I quite liked the mechanics, great job!

Amazing! But one thing that frustrated me is the level resetting every time I die. I think you could just respawn the character in his start position, keeping the current state of the level, so I don't need to repeat all the same stuff over and over just because I missed a jump.

5 stars! When I swapped between 2D and top-D to bypass a gap, I felt clever! If you continue to develop this, when I moved with Topdee and ended up in between tiles and couldn't pass through a gap that was one tile wide, I felt a bit ungainly.

Your game is just amazing! Great game design, level design and execution. It felt really good to discover new ways to cross the mechanics and always satisfying to solve the puzzles. I guess you're right in the end. With the proper game design, any mix of genres can work well together.
I loved the tiny bits of humor, starting with their names. The characters look simple drawn but are actually well made and well animated. Graphics in general are simple but effective. Music was also good, it looked so much Topdee was dancing to it in his first appearance. Liked the sound effects as well, just maybe could have more of them.

Please keep up the great work!

I really love your game

Such a top notch game! I came here after playing INSiTU which I found on the front page, and you too had commented on it, claiming your game was similar. Indeed it was! Yet it played quite differently despite the same main mechanic, which was really cool. I guess it was the splitting of characters that did it, since otherwise the entries really were overwhelmingly alike, down to the focus on crate pushing!

Unfortunately I thought I'd bumped into a bug at the same place that @bartosz screenshot above, so I turned the game off. Reading the response to their reply, I realise that the level is actually supposed to be like that and beatable. I was just about to go to bed after playing this one, so unfortunately I'm too tired to restart the game and replay every level up to that point, but I've honestly seen (and heard) enough to have a thoroughly positive opinion of this game. Absolutely one of my favourite entries so far!

I guess, based on the fact that the game had previously built the enemies up as instant death on touch, that it is indeed quite non-intuitive that it should be helpful in the level I got stuck on tho, so if you choose to keep working on this game post-jam it would definitely be great if you could introduce that mechanic more clearly.

Super charming to have a little story to go along with it too. Got a chuckle out of me when it straight out referenced the theme.

The music is amazing! It's just what I'd expect based on the feeling of the rest of the game and reminds me of Scribblenauts.

Graphics are really nice too and it's a super nice touch that the shadows (like of the clouds) move when the perspective changes.

Only real complaint would be the input layout. It was a bit awkward having to completely change my hand position just to restart the level or unpause at the beginning of it. Could do with some work. Also would love to play with a gamepad.

Would play an extended post jam version for sure!

Absolutely marvelous. Fantastic work!

amazing idea, gfx r cool & theres a lot of content. really well done!

This is amazing~!