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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #78 | 3.654 | 4.143 |
| Gameplay | #119 | 3.150 | 3.571 |
| Overall | #123 | 3.465 | 3.929 |
| Originality | #127 | 3.528 | 4.000 |
| Music | #140 | 3.024 | 3.429 |
| Art | #146 | 3.276 | 3.714 |
| Black and White | #178 | 4.158 | 4.714 |
Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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What a cool interpretation of the theme! I was drawn in by the name but stayed for the gameplay. I think the first level is a tad too difficult to serve as a tutorial and there could be better signposting in general (there could be a kind of a rail to show the trajectory of platforms + a clear sign when the mouth is about to bite).
Still, this is among my favorite games in this jam. You did a great job!
Thank you! After finished the game I realised that I should have put some anticipation frames in the mouth and some symbol in the end of the platforms tragetory, but I completely forgot it in the middle of the jam D:
I'm not a big fan of platformer games but I realy liked yours :D
Thank you so much :D
this game is so unique mechanic and the art work is so simple but so cute in the same time! but sometime it feels overwhelm from 4 buttons cuz my brain is too small. Nice work!!
Thank you so much for your review!
Wow this game is a hidden gem! The mechanic is one of the most unique I have seen (sort of like Braid but more integrated into the environment). What I really loved to do was to make the time go back and forth to the beat of the music like I'm a DJ scratching a disc, when I was on the rotating platforms with the spikes on the bottom in order to stay stable.
The only criticism of this is with the moving platforms, I think if it was to truly be a loop then the transitions would be less abrupt. As in the end and the beginning of the loop should have the platforms be in the same position, so that it truly forms a smooth loop. A good example would be the spiky rotating platforms. I also think the graphic at the top indicating the loop is sort of distracting, but it gets the job done.
Thank you so much! The moving platforms have the same inicial and final position is a great idea! I already know how to make it's scrip when I think about it, and maybe, make the platforms the way that is now as some destructible platforms (like if they are destroying themselves in eachloop) I could keep both mechanics in the game... Thank you again!
THE GOOD PARTS
The idea for this game rocks. I really like it a lot and this interpretation of the theme was great. The challenge is there (it really demands some attention from you because you have to keep track of at least 3 objects in the last 3 levels). The art was good too, it felt easy on the eyes and looked great throughout my whole playthrough.
The most praisable thing about this game is its core mechanic and the interpretation of the theme, IMO.
THE BAD PARTS
There’s no reason for this game to not be a browser-based one. I think this is this jam entry’s demise. Literally, go to Unity > Build Settings > WebGL > Switch Platform > Build and that’s it: this game would have 10-12x more ratings this way because the truth is NOBODY wants to download and execute a file that they don’t know what it contains or does. I was kinda hesitant to run it on my end but since I had already answered your comment on my game saying that I was going to review it I ended up playing it, potentially compromising my system in the process; otherwise [if I hadn’t answered anything before checking this game’s page], I would have thanked you for your time and your rating and moved on to another game.
With a great challenge, comes great precision demands. If you’re going to expect me to slow down time, jump, wait a couple milliseconds, jump again, accelerate time, risk being hit by a spike, jump, slow down time in the air, land and wait for a couple milliseconds, jump again, accelerate time, land on the platform and immediately jump to safety (this being only half of the level) then you BETTER… YOU BETTER HAVE CRISP CONTROLS AND PHYSICS. The controls in this game are OK but they are overshadowed by the demands of the level design. If you don’t have time to polish your controls with coyote time, some “stickiness” to better handle slanted platforms, corner correction, etc (which is perfectly understandable due to the time constraints and this being a jam entry) at least lower the difficulty a little bit. Don’t take me wrong, I completed the game but once that difficulty spike came I died and died and died and died like this was Dark Souls + Super Meatboy + Clunky Controls.
I want to clarify on the clunky controls part for anyone that reads this. The controls/physics AREN’T really clunky, they are OK/good enough for any other platformer game but for THIS ONE they FEEL subpar [after the difficulty spike, of course] and it’s all because of the difficulty of some levels; a lower difficulty would have left me barely without anything to say on the bad parts thing because, the way I see it the person that developed this game had an objective and it hit the mark correctly, but this little detail made one level in particular feel a little bit frustrating.
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CONCLUSION
This game is great. Its idea feels good to play (save for some scenarios); it feels rewarding to complete it [I recommend everyone that sees this to give it a go and try to go past level 5]. Some polish here and there, or some straightforward difficulty adjustment would have made it a nearly perfect jam game but its greatest shortcoming (not being a browser-based game) is, understandably and sadly, stopping a lot of people from enjoying this magnificent jam entry.
thank you so much for your review! Yes! I wanted to build a browser verson for the game, but when I build it, some weird errors occured and the folder that was exported was empty, I research in the internet for a couple of time and couldn’t understand why this was happening, but I must see it before the next jam to build it properly. And about the controls, thank you again, I’ll polish more them in the next game, I was felling that the controls wasn’t good enought too, because for me, this mechanic only makes sense with hard levels, but as you said, with hard levels you have to have really good control, and I will improve them!
Thank you so much again for your review! I’m trying to make a lot of gamejam games to improve myself to try to make and release a platformer game, that I’m working on, soon in the future, so I liked a lot your comments about the controls, now I know the first thing that I need to focus on my next project to build a better game :) and sorry about the browser version.
I made it! What you said about the browser version made me keep thinking... So I research until I found a way to export it! (it was an error involving the update of the MacOS, pyton and the unity 2020 by the way, something crazy hahahaha) but most important: I made a browser version! I have to thank you again for your review, without it, I would not have found this answer for this strange error.
I really liked this game! I kinda wished that there was a small warning when the "chompers" enemy is about to bite, but overall. Really good game!
thank you! Good ideia, maybe some animation frames before the bite could really help.
Why not for linux? :(
Sorry, I don't have how to test in Linux to see if it is working as intended.