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Help Jim the Duck escape Farmer Jeb's farm in this entry for Metroidvania Month 22
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Can you impress partiers and avoid bouncers to become the...Life of the Party?
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Help Tommy get back home by playing chords to progress through this metroidvania. Made for Wanna x Yam Jam 2022
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Shapeshift your way through this fun, yet simple metroidvania using powerups and movement mechanics
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A thief has stolen your King's family heirloom! Embark on a quest to bring it back!
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Explore an alternate realm to collect the four pieces of the Alchemist Orb and use it to escape.
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Kami: The Great Guardian jam comments · Replied to Joseph_MorMar in Kami: The Great Guardian jam comments
Hey! All good here. I didn't check my time, but i would say just a little over an hour and that's because I was using a keyboard instead of a controller. It took me longer to adjust to the controls because of that and the occasional wrong key. Not a big issue to me. They were mapped well.
I wanted to record entries again, but I've been sick and I didn't want to be coughing up junk and voice being off while trying to review.
But yeah, to me the design changes between Meteora and Kami were spot on. I hate to ruffle feathers with feedback that may not be fun to hear, but its important, and you keeping that in mind really made a difference!
As for the last seed, that's exactly what I was doing. The puzzle made sense, I just couldn't get my projectile to that final leaf.
But yeah, congrats again on a great entry!
Kami: The Great Guardian jam comments · Replied to dan.collins.dev in Kami: The Great Guardian jam comments
I do have one critical piece of feedback now that I'm thinking about it. This doesn't count against your score, but you should make sure in future games that you can't access different menus at the same time. I noticed I was able to pull open the map when a different menu was open. It may have been a powerup message, but there was brief moment of panic where I didn't want to give up on the game because of an inconvenience being close to the end. Thankfully, I had a pretty good idea of how you handle menus as another Godot user, so I was able to get myself unstuck between overlapping menus.
Kami: The Great Guardian jam comments · Replied to dan.collins.dev in Kami: The Great Guardian jam comments
Like a couple of your previous entries, pretty sizeable content, but I think this may be the best that I've played of yours. I remember last time, I had some issues with the game feeling like there were rooms that existed for no particular reason other than to make the map bigger. I didn't get that feeling at all this time around. Theme was very clearly implemented. Obviously hit the metroidvania mark, which has never been a problem in the past. I did notice that this entry had significantly more enemies than previous entries. Its not a bad thing, but you do run the risk of placing enemies in unfortunate spots for the players. I saw a few spots most notably the first save room you get to. Theres an enemy on the right side next to an entrance. I got hit by that a lot. But thats an easy mistake to make. My first room has the exact issue because I forgot to remove one enemy too close to the door.
Overall, a fantastic entry. Unfortunately, it shows I already rated you? So that probably means there's a game out there that I need to find because i rated on the wrong tab.
Also, I couldn't figure out how to get that last seed. There are three leaves that you grow and the seed is in the top right corner of the room. Otherwise I would have got everything.
Overall, a fantastic entry. Unfortunately, it shows I already rated you? So that probably means there's a game out there that I need to find because i rated on the wrong tab.
Also, I couldn't figure out how to get that last seed. There are three leaves that you grow and the seed is in the top right corner of the room. Otherwise I would have got everything.
Thanks for playing! Yeah, the boss's cooldown was intentionally longer. But you're not the first to mention the rest of the enemies cooldown, so I might have to adjust that. I've been avoiding jump sfx because generally, jump animations are feedback enough to the player I think. But since this game is more playful, a jump sound wouldn't be a bad idea to at least try out. And there actually is a wall slide sound, but I made it to quiet apparently.
Once I finish up some work, I'll get to your entry! Thanks again for the feedback!
Noaptea Terorii | MVM Classicvania jam comments · Posted in Noaptea Terorii | MVM Classicvania jam comments
First off, I love the Castlevania 2 vibes. It was my introduction to the series, so I'm a big fan. You used external art well. I also really liked how you implemented the stair movement. You clearly have a good starting point.
To improve this entry for SMVM, these are the things I would think about implementing:
- I would increase the walk speed a little bit. The sprint speed felt perfect, but walking was just too slow in comparison.
- Make room entrances/exits more clear to the player. I only learned that there were more rooms because I accidently moved into the right spot. One way you can do this is by setting the camera's limits to the used rect size of the tilemap. You could also just put a placeholder sprite.
- Look into implementing "coyote jump." There was a room where I had so much trouble making it to the third platform. Coyote jump give the player a little bit of time to jump after leaving an edge. Its a fraction of a second, but makes platforming feel much smoother.
- Unless you like it the way it is, I'd advise applying gravity during the air attack. It felt a little off to me to be able to slow fall by continuous attacking
Overall, I can tell you have a solid starting point. I just wanted to add my thoughts since you plan on continuing work on this game. Congrats on submitting!
Thanks for playing!
Thanks for the feedback and playing my game! You're the second person to mention the backgrounds and I definitely agree. I did try to do a background for the forest/jungle area, but it looked so bad that I just decided to go with a flat color for every area. It is something I want to work on, but with my current art skills, I haven't been able to find that balance between background and foreground/rooms. So I decided that a static flat color would look better than something that would make peoples eyes hurt haha
The Repentance of Prometheus jam comments · Replied to ElPasteltoGrunon in The Repentance of Prometheus jam comments
I tried both one wall and both walls. I figured when using just one wall didnt work, it was intended to use both walls, but I still couldn't gain any height. And no problem! I tried to give the best feedback I can. Feedback has helped me get better over the years, so I try to pay it forward.
The Repentance of Prometheus jam comments · Replied to AdrianAcevedoZ in The Repentance of Prometheus jam comments
No problem. I got the whip. My struggle was right after you get the wall jump ability. I switched back into the present and went to the left in the caves and theres this long vertical shaft that looks like the way I'm intended to go now that I have a wall jump. I should have taken a screenshot of the spot, but it slipped my mind.
Ahh gotcha. Ill have to take another go at it, because I missed the key rebinds. And the square's direction isn't such a big deal since you can rapid fire projectiles which gives you enough sense of which direction you're facing. You just have to shoot a lot haha.
I really like the 2.5D style. I've seen entries that overdo it, but you kept it pretty simple yet good looking. Music fits really well. It took me a while to figure out the order of buttons to press to move on. Maybe the stones were a little too vague about the order, but it didn't stick out as something bad. The theme of Echoes of the Past is clearly communicated. You listed time as an additional theme, is there another mechanic that is time based? If not, I think it would be best just to stick with Echoes of the Past because that is definitely communicated through the game.
I made it as far as unlocking the wall jumps, but I couldn't get it to work. I could jump off a wall, but I was under the impression that I was supposed to continue jumping and I never could continue. Is that intentional or am I just bad at the wall jumping mechanic. I'm using a keyboard so that may be whats making it hard. Let me know if I'm missing something about the wall jump, because I'd like to continue.
Based on what I played, the only piece of critical feedback I think I can give is be careful about foreground objects that completely obstruct the player's view. I died to some enemies that were completely obscured and I had no clue that they were there.
Aside from the above, I think its a really cool entry and both this entry and Biker Stories communicate the Echoes of the Past theme really well. Congrats!
I did look at your portfolio and it looks solid, which makes it even more unfortunate that you can't own up to this one. But I've said my peace, good luck with the jam.
Thanks for the feedback and playing my game!
My problem is that you ripped the sprites from the original game. If you had listed them as external assets and just said that you didn't have time to replace them with your own, that would be a whole different story. I liked the intro and was excited to play until I saw the sprites. I double checked to see if you had listed them. You didn't.
This isn't a lack a character on my part. This is about you passing things off as your own, that is blantantly not yours. I believe you did the opening cutscenes which got my excited to play. But just slightly modifying existing sprites doesn't make it your own. I wish you could acknowledge that.
This is another entry this mvm that is really unique. I love the simplicity, yet abstract art. I could tell what was environmental, what were enemies, etc. There was nothing art wise that stuck out. I loved how the water splashing looked and the sense of buoyancy.
I do have a nitpick about the controls being only arrows keys and movement mechanics, abilities being Z,X,C, and A. I'm a "WASD" guy so this setup always makes it a little more difficult for me, but as long as the layout makes sense and isn't all over the place, its not something that affect score.
I guess my main critique, and its a really picky one, is that as a plain square, its not intuitive which direction I'm facing. I've used a square before and received the same feedback. It felt obvious to me as the developer, but I made the assumption it would be the same way for everyone else. Thankfully, your character can shoot so, constantly shooting helped in that regard. My game didn't have that so I can see where it would have been counted against me.
And as Jeff said, it would have been nice to have the floaters line up more, but I think my entry also has the same kind of issue.
Overall, this is a great and really cool entry. I definitely think it was well executed and visually impressive.
This was such a unique game. I loved the move mechanics and the concept of traveling back and forth in time as a cowboy and a biker. The art was simple and sweet and you had such a surprising amount of npcs. They really filled out the towns and gave life to it. I really dug that. I like the music, although it would have been cool to have this spaghetti western music when on horseback and biker rock when on the motorcycle, but that not really something I'd count against you.
I'm not sure if I beat the game or not. I got the double jump and the homing missiles and beat the boss on top of the alien ship. It said victory and i went back and forth trying to see if there was something I miseed. If I did beat it, it would have been nice to have a clear sign that the game was over. If I didnt beat it, let me know and give me a tip on where I should investigate next.
Dynamic NPC dialogue would have been cool to have. Stuff that updates after you've hit goal points. Like after I destroyed the boulder, the soldiers were still complaining about it. But that's also a pretty big task considering how many npcs you have in your game. In my game, I couldn't even get around to updating the mayor's dialogue each time you rescued a villager.
From what I played, I definitely enjoyed everything about it. Congratulations on a very unique take. I really enjoyed it!
Thanks for the feedback and playing my game. I wanted to polish the text by adding noise and a cursor to designate when the play could continue, but by the time I reached the polishing phase, I was exhausted and just wanted to make sure the game worked lol.
The Curse of Stulti jam comments · Replied to jeff@redopticgames in The Curse of Stulti jam comments
Thank! I agree with your feedback. If I had put more time into how the map would look overall, I would have had it more towards the middle or desgined around its location rather than outward. I still havent implemented variable jump mostly because I messed it up the last time time I tried and it was a bit buggy. I think it would randomly boost you or something at the apex of the jump. Since then, I've shyed away from it. And the wall slide definitely needs more refinement. First time implementing it, so theres room for improvement haha.
Thanks for the feedback and playing! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Regarding the boss, that was my original intent. But by the time I got to making the boss fight, I wondered if it would stick out as an inconsistency compared to the rest of the combat. So I just said, I'll stick with being consistent. I am working on tweaking it for the SMVM, so I'll probably make that change now that its been mentioned. I also want to add different difficulties. It was set up, but I didn't have enough energy to fully test and balance multiple difficulty levels.
No problem. And yeah, its your game so if you think the arrow speeds are fine how they are, thats all that matters. I just wanted to provide the best feedback I could.
These sprites were directly ripped from Castlevania. The game was uploaded and last updated 23 days before the deadline. I'm all for imitating classics, but there needs to be effort put in. There's a great game in this jam the pulls so much influence from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and I love it, but they actually put the work in, their art is theirs. I can't in good conscience vote for this entry. Everyone else put work into their game, and voting for this entry would be disrespectful to everyone who did the work and made something that they can call their own.
Sprites were probably ripped straight from here.
I really dig the art style and music. I think you nailed that aspect. The main character actually reminds me of Ty Lee from Avatar the Last Airbender. You also included your theme very well. Character movement felt good. Nothing stuck out as being odd. I like that you included a map and it updates accordingly. MVM entries with a small number of rooms can get by without having one, but there's a point where the player can't keep mental track of all the rooms and places they need to come back to. That being said there are a couple items that should be addressed.
First of all, spikes in blind spots. As a player, it feels really unfair. This might be the most noted feedback you receive throughout the jam. And its definitely something you should keep in mind in the future.
The other thing, and this may just be a personal preference, I feel like starting out the arrows you have to use the time slow on should be slower and gradually increase in speed as you progress through the game. You don't want to immediately frustrate the player. With this type of mechanic, (and it is a very cool mechanic) you want to ease the player into the flow of it. After a certain point of progression, step it up.
Other than that, you have a really cool idea that I think you should continue with it. SMVM is going on, so you can take the feedback you receive here and really step up the game's quality and submit whenever the deadline for that is. I would definitely give it another go to see how it improves!
