Thanks very much for the kind words :)
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Thank you! I’ll record a play-through at some point, most likely after refining the gameplay with feedback and further play tests. Glad you liked it!
Just finished the game and loved it. Really challenging ending where I was cursing the game at times. One challenge towards the end where I needed to jump and release ‘J’ at the same time felt at times like I was doing it correctly but the game wasn’t responding. I’m sure it was just the inconsistencies in my attempts and not the game, but perhaps some fractional second of forgiveness from the game would relieve the frustration in those moments. On my second play-through I also enjoyed the distortion effect when you activate ‘J’ or ‘K’ and it made me wonder how you achieved that. Are you using any of the popular engines?
I had a lovely time playing this game. Short and sweet, quality level design and also a great use of both the theme and limitation. You’ve made a great entry, congrats!
Thanks for the appreciation of the idea and for the suggestions :)
Hey thanks for the challenge! I enjoyed that the gameplay itself ‘Transformed’, looks like we were on similar wavelengths with that idea. I noticed that when I went into the first boss battle, if I didn’t buy a weapon then I was still allowed to proceed but it seemed like I wouldn’t take any damage at all, so I was stuck and needed to reload the game. When I bought a weapon, I received 2 weapons (sword and bow) and then would die with 1 hit from the teardrops. I managed to beat both bosses with a bow, I couldn’t figure out how to use the sword without taking any damage myself. I was also hoping that the artefacts would be useful later or counted in the success screen.
I have some ideas for minor upgrades to the game, for instance the static instructional text could be dynamic based on what the player has bought in the shop, so there’s no “If you bought a weapon…”. Maybe the guard can even stop you from entering the boss battle if you’re not equipped, something like “No you’re clearly not ready”. I’m sure with more time and testing the issues I mentioned above would have been addressed as well.
Nice entry, well done!
Tiledentity (Jam Version) jam comments · Replied to Robert Doman in Tiledentity (Jam Version) jam comments
Thanks I gave it another go and had a great time. The music is engaging, really adds to the rush to finish the drawing. I didn’t notice at first that the rectangular block had only 2 states and I was trying to rotate it until it filled the left side instead of the right. I think that’s the only shape that can draw differently depending where your cursor is inside the cell. Did you consider making that behave like the others and rotate twice to fill the opposite side of the cell instead? Great entry, I quite enjoyed this!
A really fun challenge where I feel like I’m learning on every death! Reminds me of the feeling I had playing Celeste. I like that the checkpoints are spaced apart so that there’s a consequence to failing. There was one point so far (where you need to fall below the screen height and then catch yourself in time) where I was frustrated the first time I died because that wasn’t my fault and I lost my progress up to that point. In that moment I learned, “ok the game will set things up so I have to fail sometimes to learn”, instead of “oh, I didn’t realise that was the solution, now I can do it!”. Really great platformer, art and animations are fantastic and the music is pleasant, don’t mind hearing it on repeat at all. Well done, I’ll take inspiration for my first attempt at a platformer soon.
This game is challenging and offers some great replay value with the powerups in the shop. I struggled at first when I was using a keyboard and then I realised it controls comfortably with controller. Even after switching to a controller I had difficulty with the bosses and I may need a few more tries before I beat the game. Great entry, I’m thinking a pixel art platformer might be my next game jam entry and this one is a good inspiration! I noticed there was some hit-detection glitches when you’re standing right next to a block and shooting at it. I got myself into a few death-by-box-reappearance mishaps due to that quirk but aside from that the implementation feels well done. Congrats.
Winner! Thanks for the fun.
This is a simple, well-balanced game and very addictive! I’ve made it to Empire and I need a break but I can’t stop myself from continuing. Great work balancing the difficulty, I’m curious to know whether you followed an analytical method or if you found a good balance with practical tweaks and testing.
Hi there, looks like the downloadable file is for Windows only. Do you have a Mac-compatible build? Thanks
Hi friends just putting a call out there with ~10 days remaining to please do what you can to give your fellow entries a review especially those who have reviewed your game. The more feedback we share, the more accurate the results and also we’ll all improve together. I’ve played some awesome games so far, well done everyone!
This is quite a remarkable entry for the jam! Really great use of the theme, the choice of the frog to be the first transformation seemed like a nice homage to Super Mario Odyssey. The animations were smooth and the controls were responsive. The 3D rotation effect is really nice, you captured the sense of depth well. Overall seems like a great idea and great implementation. Very well done!
Cool mini game, I enjoyed that the decision tree was illustrated as physical movement and that it affected the character’s appearance. Did it also affect any of the progression values? It would be an improvement to have a clearer link between gameplay and the decisions made. Nice interpretation of the theme, well done.
