Square in 10 seconds or less

by caresle
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.95
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★1.98
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.02
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.23
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.33
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.25
Help a square to complete a levels in less than 10 seconds or he will die

Controls:
Arrows Keys : Moving
S: Jump / Start playing

Comments15

Xorel
Xorel3 Oct 2022, 03:28
Really like bite sized platforming levels, super satisfying to just 'ready go' and shoot towards the goal. Liked the tileset as well!
Pennycook
Pennycook3 Oct 2022, 03:31
I played to the end -- some of those later levels require some pretty precise positioning!

The controls were a little unusual. Even after reading the control scheme here, muscle memory kicked in and I tried to use Space to jump. :laughing:

I also think things are a bit quiet, and the game would feel a lot better with some simple sound effects and music. I've had a lot of success with the following:

- Generate simple sound effects: https://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html
- Write simple music loops: https://www.drpetter.se/project_musagi.html
- Download CC0 sound effects: https://kenney.nl/assets?q=audio
- Royalty-free music loops: https://soundimage.org/

My recommendation is to put placeholders from one of these places into the game as early as possible, so you don't end up with a silent entry. You can always replace them later!
Emmatw4 Oct 2022, 20:11
Really cute game! The puzzles were pretty nice, the third level was pretty challenging. I would have loved some more levels!
LDJam user 238552
LDJam user 2385525 Oct 2022, 00:10
I enjoyed your game, I liked the mechanics and that it wasn't too punishing. I would have played more levels which means the experience was enjoyable!
NomadicRockMan
NomadicRockMan5 Oct 2022, 00:17
Nice simple game! Would love to see some coyote time as I had trouble running and jumping off of platforms. The floaty jump was also fairly annoying first, but I ended up liking it because it allowed for some interesting maneuvers in the later levels.
puyo
puyo5 Oct 2022, 23:33
Good entry. I wish you did character art instead of the white square, as the rest of the art is great. As above, I would have played more levels too, but glad you did have a difficulty curve in there. Well done
Gorr
Gorr6 Oct 2022, 14:11
Great pixel art, I like it. I wish there were more levels
ping788 Oct 2022, 01:00
Nice little platformer. Very well made levels. Well done!
FoggyDude
FoggyDude8 Oct 2022, 12:08
Short but effective, a nice game for sure!
LDJam user 233659
LDJam user 23365910 Oct 2022, 02:25
Decent number of bite sized levels, pretty nuanced control and level design and nice level art. Only thing is, I wish that there were more of it, great stuff!
JesusOnWheels10 Oct 2022, 02:27
Had fun, I wish you could do smaller jumps by holding jump for less time so you be more speedy, but overall you executed the levels very well. Good job!
candlesan10 Oct 2022, 06:09
Spot on with the theme. Level design followed a lot of platformer norms. Environment art is really good.
TinyLittleStudio
TinyLittleStudio13 Oct 2022, 09:48
As others have mentioned; the controls scheme is a bit unusual. The controls are also fairly slow. The visuals are nothing special but I would have liked a bit more visual representation of what is dangerous and what is not. Other than that it is a solid little platformer. Good job!
LDJam user 250825
LDJam user 25082514 Oct 2022, 21:35
Neat platformer, the tileset looks great! The core gameplay works well and has a nice progression of difficulty in the levels.
jk5000
jk500016 Oct 2022, 08:40
This is a super simple and okay little platformer. It could have used a bit more gameplay, but what is here is pretty good. Some sound/music would have been great.
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