Unsteady

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.02
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.93
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.33
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.30
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.84
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.29
Another weird platform game for my collection. :laughing:
As usual, I didn't use any engine/framework/library, just JavaScript.


The physics is kind of weird and there are some bugs, but it's still better than I expected.
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Beating the game in 0:43.62:

Try to get to the end as quickly as possible and put your name on the leaderboard.

You can restart from the first level by pressing [R]

Good luck! :slight_smile:
Genres: platformer

Comments26

eptwalabha
eptwalabha5 Oct 2021, 21:49
Nice game.
I especially like the movement mechanics needed to solve the later levels... It was a nice "ah ah!" moment when I found the solution.
Good job on your entry.
piazzabruno6 Oct 2021, 00:49
ha i like it!! really fun and enjoyed the difficulty!
Adrenallen6 Oct 2021, 00:52
Great job on this one! I am stuck on level 7 but will return to see if I can best it. I like how the mechanics play. I feel like maybe he falls a little _too_ fast if you a/d. Almost faster than I could react, but still was really fun. Good job
Zapturk
Zapturk6 Oct 2021, 00:52
Interesting game the balancing is maybe a little too sensitive. Love to see where it could go from here
ModdingMachine
ModdingMachine6 Oct 2021, 00:52
lovely game!
The collision was a bit funky on walls, and the game was pretty tough, but overall a fantastic idea and wonderful execution I enjoyed playing it and after I got the hang of it, it was pretty entertaining. Epic submission!
Geojax6 Oct 2021, 00:55
Well done! Very difficult but also enjoyable and funny. Varying the pitch on the injury sound would -- well, add variety, which could be nice. It was easy to learn the controls and fun to use them.
bassguitarbill
bassguitarbill6 Oct 2021, 00:59
No joke: in seven years of competing in this jam, this is the best game I have played, it's absolutely delightful.
LDJam user 2708756 Oct 2021, 01:01
Oh yeah, baby! On the leader-board! Really clever and novel concept. Well done!
MickyHC
MickyHC6 Oct 2021, 01:03
Great game! Really enjoyed some of the spatial thinking required. Managed to get on the leaderboard too :)
Coelacanth Studios6 Oct 2021, 01:09
pretty hard sometimes, but never felt unfair, the physics were weird, but understandable, the puzzles were clever and satisfying to solve, never felt too far of a jump in difficulty or an obscure solution, overall, great game!
Anark0B3N6 Oct 2021, 01:17
Graphics and sound design are sad.. Now that we got that out of the way, I think this is the game I enjoyed most in all the games I've tried here!!! It took me a little while to get the jist of the thingy, but once I got it damn was it fun!! So beautifull in it's simplicity, yet I could barely quit playing! GREAT JOB!
DragonSheep7 Oct 2021, 03:16
Thank you for helping me realize you don't need to be sober to be a ninja.
Yotamco7 Oct 2021, 06:25
I loved the idea, totally fitting to the theme!! I enjoyed playing it a lot, even if i wanted to throw my computer a couple of times XD. It is pretty hard, cant decide if making it less sensitive would be more fun or too easy... I like the simplicity of it, and the sound effect for when he dies. Still, i would add a bit more color. great game!
cirno
cirno8 Oct 2021, 02:06
Nice game that perfectly fit the theme! I love the level idea that the player can turn 180 degrees to hang on the platform. It provides a new way to use the turning function.
NathanT8 Oct 2021, 05:43
Very nice use of the theme. Took me much longer than 43 seconds, but enjoyed all of it.
Johnsensei
Johnsensei9 Oct 2021, 15:36
Just in JavaScript? That's pretty cool.
Trusty
Trusty9 Oct 2021, 18:47
Really liked the mechanics of this. Led to some good puzzles.
Barney250529 Oct 2021, 18:50
Good take on the theme. Well done.
notApollogising
notApollogising9 Oct 2021, 18:53
most creative game I've seen in a good while. fantastic.

replayable with the speedrunning element and I'd say the mechanics are almost completely nailed down, if you tweak them a bit more I'd say you'd have a great base of mechanics for a full game. lots of levels with creative solutions, level 7 specifically was fantastic. I expected it to be a typical "shoot and have the bullet bounce off the wall" so when I realized the real solution it was a great moment. One of my favorite entries so far.
VirtualMan52
VirtualMan529 Oct 2021, 19:00
Liked the game ! I found it a bit hard at times, but it was still very fun. It fits the theme very well, and the upside-down mechanic was super creative. Nice entry !
GhostOfSheriff9 Oct 2021, 22:26
I could write a whole essay on how to speedrun this game (I beat "the developer" by 4 seconds). It's very addictive if you figure out how to play. This game has quite a lot of depth to master. It's really cool to play.

Sometimes there's a bug when you flip from the bottom up, but the controls haven't changed yet and you're going in a direction you don't want to go. Also when you just picked up a weapon, but for some reason it doesn't fire at the same moment, but fires at another moment at the same time.
NikaZ
NikaZ9 Oct 2021, 23:27
I spend 3 hours to beat the developer record. I proud myself.
guimoliveira
guimoliveiraauthor9 Oct 2021, 23:58
@ghostofsheriff @nikaz Looks like you guys played a lot. :astonished:

0:39.75 and 0:40.76. Great times! I am very happy to see that you liked my game, and had fun playing it.
Strangely, I liked being defeated this time. Thank you for beating my record. :laughing:

However, I will try to regain first place later. I think 35 seconds is possible. :smile:
Removed some repeated entries to show more names in the leaderboard. ~~I hope you don't mind.~~

@ghostofsheriff About the bugs... The first one is on purpose, I can't explain very well, but it's necessary. When you flip it, if you release the key and press it again it will switch directions. The second one I don't know what could be, it never happened to me. Thanks for letting me know anyway. I will try to fix it in the future. :slight_smile:
Apples_mmmmmmmm
Apples_mmmmmmmm10 Oct 2021, 07:09
Insane how quickly some people beat this haha. First playthrough was just under 8 minutes. Really amusing to play, and interesting level design once you start to learn the inversion stuff.
GhostOfSheriff10 Oct 2021, 15:25
@guimoliveira Can you remove these two nicks? This "a random guy" is one of NikaZ's attempts (we're friends from the same team). And the empty nickname is mine.

I can't believe that a time of 35 seconds is possible. I think 37 seconds is what I can achieve, not 35.. But I want to see it.
ELVEVERX14 Oct 2021, 05:56
This was not an easy game, but it was incredible fun and addictive, I really enjoyed it!

I'm very impressed that this was made in just javascript that's a very cool way to make a game :D

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