Aphantasia

I had a good time playing through the game. The level design as it relates to each ability was spot on, the tasks taught how to use your powers, and made experimentation quite enjoyable. Teaching mechanics without a tutorial or text is something I strive for personally, and you've absolutely nailed it! I liked the music and the overall vibes were extremely cozy and chill. Like some others I took the glider back and just flew off to the left; was a bit disappointed there weren't Metroidvania style secrets to revisit.

I do want to highlight some issues and provide some suggestions as well; the control scheme is extremely cumbersome. I cannot understand why anyone wants to make a sidescroller that isn't played with a gamepad. It's just so natural and also lends itself to couch play, which is where sidescrollers shine. Visually, it's a bit of a mess. If you want to scale pixel art, you can't do it all willy-nilly! Using the zoom fixes some of the artifacting on the main character, but then it's too far zoomed in, so pretty much just a novelty. It also becomes quite noticeable that the BG pixel size differs from the rest of the game. For a unified look, make sure every pixel is the same size no matter where it resides in your game. For instance the UI palette and notebook are relatively high res and look quite out of place.

It is an impressive feat for a game jam though! Smooth character controller and a bug-free experience is already a high bar that you've met, nice work!

fun game! cute character!

(just randomly drew a vappy)

I really love how the mechanics and level design really captures how it feels to draw without a strong visual image in your mind. Lily is literally having to leap before knowing where her feet will land. Placing that stroke on the paper before you know if it's going to capture your idea. I'm so touched, I might cry