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A jam submission

The State of MatterView game page

Progress through the platformer levels by changing the state of Matter!
Submitted by david100awesome, TPC — 12 hours, 16 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#114.2004.200
Originality#243.8673.867
Is the graphics 1 bit?#244.9334.933
Overall#273.7783.778
Music#323.3333.333
Gameplay#383.3333.333
Art#553.0003.000

Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

Great game, I liked the art style. The switching between the states was a little bit tedious, but after a while you get used to it (Personally I would make it so the states would be in order, Like: Z : solid, X : Liquid, C : Gas. this way is easier to switch because you go from the Densest state to the Sparsest state. All though it's still good as is). Glad you could participated! ;)

Developer

thanks!

Submitted

Very interesting concept using all the different states of matter, the art and music were really good too. well done!

Developer(+1)

thanks!

Submitted

This was a great romp! The art was charming, the music was catchy and invigorating, and the concept was a clever use of the theme! I played some last night, but got a bit stuck because of screen resolution issues and ran out of time. Came back to it this morning and the controls felt more natural, so I can see how a bigger game could feel good.

It seems like there's some glitch that I noticed in the screen farthest to the right(and in other screens after) where if you turn to liquid in the water shafts, you'll fall through the floor/float through the ceiling and end up "stuck" in the floor.  The player can still move but stuck within the boundaries of the floor art.  Interestingly, you can also jump into the blocks that stop the cone enemies, and then turn liquid to drop back out of them, and it worked as an exploit to cheese that last screen beyond the dash lightning trap. But it did also make me have to restart other screens a couple times.  I think it might have something to do with being tiny mass/density when turning liquid because it didn't seem to be an issue after I changed to big again.

Anyway, fun concept, good entry, great job!

Developer

Really? I didn't know that! Well, I'm glad you had fun, if you were still having resolution issues, you could try clicking the blue zoom in button :)

Submitted

The premise of transforming into the different states of matter was actually quite good.

Developer

thanks!

Submitted

Game of Science… I only have one complain… Why is there a tutorial where I don’t need it and no tutorial when I need it? other than that I like the idea of the player turning Solid, Liquid, Gas, And the enmy is a Gel

Developer

where would you have put tutorial?

Submitted

I don’t know? I just put the tutorials on signs in my game ‘cause I don’t know how to implement them, so I don’t know where to actually put them

Submitted

This is really neat! This style of game isn't really my usual thing (I don't have a very good sense of timing) but the puzzle aspect was fresh to me and kept me trying until progression required maneuvering past a whole bunch of slimes.

Developer

lol, yeah thats a hard part, if you do wish to come back, try setting the solid size to small, and then holding down the left arrow key to get past the first one. After that you are on your own

Submitted(+1)

Very very nice! The concept reminds me of an old game on the Amiga called "Morph", good game!

Developer

thanks!

Submitted

Very nice concept, though it felt annoying to switch between the states with 3 different buttons, the game felt very stylized and responsive. Good job!

Developer

Thanks! Yeah, I thought it might become hard, but its meant to be a slight rage game :)

Submitted

Great game. Really like the overall theme of switching state, really fun. Puzzles where good and the overall length of the game was good aswel. I did find a pretty funny bug when you play the game multiple times, since the music never stops playing, it keeps spawning new ones when you start a new game.
I did think the shop was a bit useless, especially since the shop prices go down really quickly, but it still ahd some fun machanics (Like the pipe thingy). Overall really enjoyed it!

Great game, Keep it up♥

Developer(+1)

thanks! Yeah, i was dead tired last night, im suprised there was only one bug!

Submitted

Ive rated!! its a pretty fun game!! plus, the music is pretty dope!!

Developer

Thanks!