..at any cost

by igoreshka

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.95

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.93

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.58

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.17

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.69

Patience, hope, enjoy.

Puzzle, Quest, adventure.

Are you smart enough to solve

The Secret of the Mansion?

The story about lonely human, who desire to find the meaning of the castle whisper.

GAMEPLAY DEMO

SCREENSHOTS

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HERO MOVES

- Grab. you can grab any single green brick by holding K (action button). Release the button to release the corner.
- Climb. You can press W when hero hold himself on the corner to climb up

- Jump From Grab. Press jump in the grab state
- Long Jump. Press the opposite movement direction button in the grab state
- Wall Jump. Hold the opposite movement direction button when hero jumps directly to wall

► Start An Adventure!

Don't forget to send me your feedback :wink:

Do You♥ikeIt? :3

P.S.: patience, savvy and skill will be *rewarded*

Tags: #pixel art, #singleplayer

Genres: action, platformer, puzzle

Comments33

Electric Blue20 Apr 2020, 04:50

Graphics were good and I enjoyed playing. The different kinds of jumping was very hard to get used to.

Drachmor20 Apr 2020, 04:52

I'm not sure how contested the throne, but you are, so far, the king of parallax...

CuriouslyCory20 Apr 2020, 04:55

Try as I may, I couldn't get the controls to work consistently. Great graphics and animation. Cool ambience.

Igoreshkaauthor20 Apr 2020, 05:03

@electric-blue, in that hour I try to film a video tutorial, it can help, i think. Thanks for feedback :wink:

Piko Monde20 Apr 2020, 05:06

Okay, I can't pass the first obstacle in the room. I fall down and hit the obstacles.. :sob: The parallax is good, the background is nice, the character design is also superb, the background music is calming.. Everything is good, but it's just not a game for me.. Sorry..

Igoreshkaauthor20 Apr 2020, 05:08

@drachmor, thank you :smile: three-layer parallax is the best solution for quickly creating an atmosphere, I spent about 15 minutes on it, but it seemed to me that their design did not go very well with the general style

Igoreshkaauthor20 Apr 2020, 05:10

@piko-monde oh) just hold the "Action" (K) to grab and press (W) to climb on floor :)

sneakycocoon20 Apr 2020, 05:13

Holy hell, that's some great implementation there. The graphic reminds me of Superbrothers: Sword & Soccery. I'm a sucker for platformer and i must say your run & jump feeling are great! The grab mechanic create some very cool challenge. Especially the wall bounce sequence with grab & long jump. Control scheme is a bit clunky though. Maybe try auto grab?

Igoreshkaauthor20 Apr 2020, 05:14

@curiouslycory, thank you so much :wink:

Igoreshkaauthor20 Apr 2020, 05:17

@sneakycocoon, didn't even think about it.. good idea! Glad you liked it :wink:

slimabob20 Apr 2020, 05:43

Cool! Couldn't tell if there was a death counter anywhere but I think it would be a nice addition because I died a LOT haha.

Igoreshkaauthor20 Apr 2020, 05:56

@slimabob, one counter is exist, just search :smirk: ..and this is the major part of The Secret..

ZevsEHG20 Apr 2020, 07:04

I like this animations and pixel style)

Igoreshkaauthor20 Apr 2020, 07:44

@zevsehg I hope you enjoyed :smile:

Igoreshkaauthor20 Apr 2020, 08:45

@piko-monde, demonstration is ready https://youtu.be/CC9kJReQLS0

egoregor20 Apr 2020, 11:59

Very good animations, art and mood!

Igoreshkaauthor20 Apr 2020, 12:15

@egoregor glad you enjoyed :wink:

Jiri Hysek20 Apr 2020, 13:06

It looks very nice, feels very solid, cool animations.. I found it a bit hard to control, I always end up with frantic pressing all buttons :) It need some practice but it looks and feels really solid. Great job!

Igoreshkaauthor20 Apr 2020, 13:16

@jiri-hysek Thank you so much :smile: I hope you enjoyed :wink:

BOOtak20 Apr 2020, 13:49

Graphics are great, I love the style, animations and parallax effect. I had very hard time nad tons of frustration before figured out how to grab onto the walls. After that, gameplay proces became very fun, but still challenging. Overall, loved it!

Igoreshkaauthor20 Apr 2020, 13:53

@bootak thank you for playing and feedback, I glad YouLikeIt :smiley:

PinballJunior20 Apr 2020, 14:59

Fun game quite tricky at times. I like the pixel art as well. Definitely could be expanded on in the future too.

CodeForJoyCaro20 Apr 2020, 15:30

Looks great, but the controls don't feel right.

FatEagleGames20 Apr 2020, 16:05

Looks great, sounds great, the controls feel a bit weird. But maybe that's because I don't play platformers that often. Overall pretty cool :)

ghostonline20 Apr 2020, 17:24

Good entry, I like the setting and the switch maze you have built. That said, I missed countless jumps, forward jumps and ledge grabs, so my main critique would be the unforgiving controls, at least for someone like me. That said, even with the tricky movement, I wanted to at least complete the game, so you got me hooked properly :) Well done!

Goutye21 Apr 2020, 10:58

Was able to complete the game after countless controls confusion, but it felt great :smile:
Very challenging! Loving the mood! Well done :v:

Hcursino21 Apr 2020, 13:00

I like the graphics and the mood of the game, it really got me hyped into playing it. But the movement felt so unnatural I had a really hard time understanding it.

Igoreshkaauthor21 Apr 2020, 17:32

@pinballjunior, @ghostonline, @goutye giant thank :smiley: your reviews inspire me to create :wink:

Igoreshkaauthor21 Apr 2020, 17:37

@hcursino, @fateaglegames, @codeforjoycaro sorry for difficult controls, I hope you enjoyed :relieved:

Weirdybeardyman22 Apr 2020, 17:45

I love the aesthetics and and atmosphere, the controls also felt really good when I got them right but I really struggled with them, maybe I'm just bad at this game :D

Igoreshkaauthor23 Apr 2020, 09:58

@weirdybeardyman, I should have made the auto-grab, other players also had problems with control. Thanks for feedback. I hope you enjoyed :slight_smile: