Names are Hard

by lerc
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.64
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.22
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.69
This is a simple non-scrolling platformer. Collect all of the pickups to reveal the door to the next level.

You have a time limit. There is a leak and the water level is rising, You can swim and hold your breath for a while, but you have to complete the level before you run out of breathing space.

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Keys are WASD or Cursor Keys for movement. Ctrl or space to jump. There is an introduction level and Two proper levels. I would have liked to have more but level design require playthough which slowed things down qutie a bit.

If you play on Chrome on an Android device you can go fullscreen and use the onscreen gamepad. I haven't had a chance to test it on iOS or anything other than my own phone.

screenshot

Comments11

GreenBoxGames
GreenBoxGames14 Aug 2018, 03:50
I could glitch under the map on some levels but besides that its a decent game.
Araklaj
Araklaj14 Aug 2018, 05:16
Hmm, not sure I understand the water here, it seems.. helpful? Makes getting around easier as you can just swim.
Andrey Ugolnik15 Aug 2018, 01:28
Black screen with a​ yellow line from top left corner to bottom right corner. That's all.
Lercauthor15 Aug 2018, 03:01
@andrey-ugolnik. What browersr were you using? Can you see if there is an error reported on the browser console.
cassowary
cassowary15 Aug 2018, 07:05
The running animation was really nice and smooth.

I found the platform near the bottom of level 2 kind of confusing, since it looked like I could jump up to it but it was _just_ out of reach.

I was impressed by the moving platforms! They seemed to work well.
loveapplegames22 Aug 2018, 17:19
Cute platformer, though the levels are Jet Set Willy style frustrating! It would help to make the movements of the objects less complicated.
Eric Kulbiej2 Sep 2018, 00:16
Your game is very nice to play. The general impact is positive.
As a professional game dev I would suggest... just kidding haha
Nonetheless, if you want to work on this project more I suggest making a difficulty incresing algorithm.
Graphics - very nice. Controls are also working very well.
Maybe you could also take a glimpse at my game? I already enlarged it into a wholesome Android game :)
Andrei93 Sep 2018, 10:09
Nice idea! cool game! :thumbsup:
Trevor Hayes
Trevor Hayes3 Sep 2018, 18:29
I think the platforms should still be collidable under water.
player2point0
player2point03 Sep 2018, 18:43
A very interesting idea. Well done.
candlesan3 Sep 2018, 20:09
Really loved the art. The small detailed animations were great.
The water felt rather benign most of the time, which took away from the sense of "running out of space"
The jump speeds were really nice, and the jump height was good. There were a few times I passed through moving platforms from above, which was a bit frustrating but understandable.

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