Infiniraft

Very retro, and fits the theme perfectly!

I got old LCD game vibes from this. Very fun! I was able to hit diagonals really easily on my phone screen, so I could do diagonal moves in one go - this actually helped make the game more strategic - you might want to make it easy to do this with buttons somehow. Nice job!

The rafts are really unstable. This game is easy to learn and easy to master. It is fun and fits the theme.

I won! 2:41.

Nice game. Short and sweet, which is probably the way to go for LD. I like retro stuff like this, when it's well-implemented, which this is.

It felt like the game spawned health packs more often when I was low on health, which is a nice little friendly touch, unless I was imagining it.

Good audio and theme usage too. Super solid.

Very well done, this is probably one of my favorites so far! The mechanics are simple but engaging. This would make a good "endless" game I think. It felt a little easy, and I won just after it seemed to speed up. So my only real criticism would be that it's too easy. The music had my head bobbing. Great game!

I finished in 2:29!
The concept of a raft on the water is nice.
I want the river flow speed up gradually.
Well Done!!

@pbg I actually didn't think about diagonal movement, but it does make the game more interesting.

@rogual you're right the med-kits have a higher chance of spawning the lower your health is, it's really cool you figured that out.

@lonewookie I definitely think an endless mode would be fun, and a few people have asked for it. Thank you for the feedback on the music.

@hiko-game I would have liked to have the game change as your run went on. For example faster movement, new types of planks, or different music.

Fun little retro style game! I like it a lot. I can imagine a whole little console of similar mini games. :)

The objective and the controls are immediately understandable. The game is fun and fits the theme well. Risk reward is well-balanced. Good job!

A nice casual game! Simple, easy-to-understand, almost relaxing(!) gameplay! Graphics and sounds bringing good vibes from the past :slight_smile: Solid implementation, too, no bugs found!

classic design! music really gets the mood and the situation fits the theme.

maybe it would be better if the difficulty could alter like more raft from beginning and less to the end.

@nekowei I wanted to have the difficulty increase as the player moved through the level, but I ran out of time.

Nice game! I won in 3.12 minutes. I liked the idea and gameplay. I felt that there were slightly too many times where I had to take damage (aka no path from my current raft to the next one) - I think reducing the amount of health while increasing connectivity would've been better. Other than that, good entry!

I often had problems seeing the broken boards, maybe a little more color would have helped, but yeah I understand that with 8 bits its kind of limitited. But overall I enjoyed playing it and got a time of 2.24! (i sadly missed one coin)

Interesting little game. I didn't really enjoy the fact that I had take damage, and the game was a little bit too easy, but I did enjoy trying it out, well done!

@frogman I agree. I wanted to have a more elaborate algorithm for generating new rows, but I did not have the time. Right now, new rows are created in a mostly random way.

@ildfuglen The game is definitely too easy, and I would have liked to include more types of hazards. For example an enemy that would steal coins if you touched it.
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*Old plank designs: left is a regular plank, and right is a rotten plank.*

@seskon I tried to make the new designs more distinct because I had trouble telling the old ones apart, but I agree that there still needs to be more contrast between the two.

its a nice little game! won in 2.35
the graphics are simple but effective. my only criticism is that the platforms could be a bit smoother coming down. it also might have made the game more challenging if they started coming faster and faster as it progressed. but overall its an enjoyable entry-- very cool!

This is super well executed! Super simple to grasp the concept, but really fun to plan out your route as the planks go floating by! The higher spawn rate on health kits when hurt was a genius move, it makes the game feel SO good to play! Awesome work!

My only criticism is that the water animation makes me dizzy to look at, but I guess I'm the only one feeling it.

Overall it's a simple and fun game.

Well done, nice graphics and audio. However, too slow for my taste. I want faster scrolling.

3.14
Good simple game. And I dont fully understand if it is possible to move through the dialogues, I seem to have done it a couple of times, but I'm not sure?

@flomino I agree.
The platforms are too jumpy.

@nate954 Thank you for the kind words.

@mfauzan I felt the same way at first, but I eventually got use to it.
With that said I would still like to make the animation smoother.

@erikkire Thank you for the feedback, I'll keep that in mind.

@krjemelik It is possible to move diagonally, but it is hard to do reliably.
I did not think about diagonal movement when I was making the game, so it is more an accidental feature than an intentional one.
Because of this I do not feel it would be appropriate to release a new version that makes it easier to do.

Cool submission! I liked being able to move diagonally, a bit more challenge could be nice but overall this is a solid little jam game. Good job.

I really liked the game, it was nicely polished, easy to understand and pretty fun to play. My one criticism is I wish it was a bit faster - for example having less health, less coins to collect and faster scrolling - I think that would lead to opening up a lot of interesting speedrunning aspects. Nice work!

I love Pico-8 games! It's DANDY game! Excellent!

What a nice little retro game. Gameplay, graphics, sounds and music fit very well together.

What a nice game! I liked the graphics and music a lot. love Pico-8.

@exmxpx Definitely would like to have more of a challenge.

@sleepystudios I think you're right.
Thank you for the specifics.

@coolestdoggie Love the enthusiasm.

@flying-dog-fish Appreciate the feedback.

@kristinamay Yeah, the Pico-8 is great fun to work with.
Thank you for the feedback.

An interesting sort of survival roguelike. I find the decision making comes in when you have to parse out a path with the fewest open water or broken raft pieces. Since stepping on the broken raft is the same penalty as stepping into the open water, sometimes the pathway with two or three broken rafts could be circumvented by going right over the water. I am interpreting the broken rafts to be essentially the same, but since they're visually similar one might accidentally step onto the broken raft if rushed forward. I agree that it's a touch too easy, as it seems to offer plenty of health packs when you're critically low. Lots of different design avenues to chase with something like this, to make it more punishing or widen the possibility space with items, different terrain, and so on.

@jonah-srg Thank you for the detailed feedback, it is very helpful.