Cool! The shadow mechanic is really smart because it eliminates any guess and check but still makes you question every platform. The games presentation is good, but I feel like some of the hitboxes where a bit unfair. Well done!
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Shadows are Real's itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Theme | #57 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
Innovation | #135 | 3.625 | 3.625 |
Game Design | #321 | 3.417 | 3.417 |
Fun | #352 | 3.292 | 3.292 |
Overall | #400 | 3.271 | 3.271 |
Audio | #777 | 2.625 | 2.625 |
Graphics | #900 | 2.667 | 2.667 |
Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does you game fit the theme?
Everything that doesn't have a shadow isn't real, it doesn't affect the world.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
I made everything myself (else to some built in unity features, for example, rigidbodies), using unity and audacity. the font was made by InkyType on dafont
Comments
Cool game! Concept was pretty cool and I loved the lighting effects. My only gripe is the movement; It's a bit sluggish, but otherwise, it's a pretty great game!
Nice little game! I really like your take on the theme and the tunes.
Apart from the controls which have been mentioned already, I'd only want to see settings for sounds/music and more levels.
Good job!
RATED!, really good idea, but the controls is kinda unresponsive sometimes, eitherway a really great effort for this game jam, good job!
also, would you kindly help rate mine too? I'd really appreciate if you do, Thanks!
https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-7/rate/1415313
The core mechanic is interesting, you have to look at every wall and roof so you don't hit the real one, and you apply it twice at the end, pretty smart use, good job. My only complain is the movement is too sluggish and it feel like on ice.
Hey, I just played your game. It was pretty innovative. I came up with an idea of getting stuck in the mind when the theme for the jam was announced but this one was really brilliant. Please be sure to play my game and rate it! Thank you and good luck with the jam.
Very good game design and mechanics! It would be nice to see more levels.
Thought the visuals with the shadows was pretty cool and the puzzle-like nature of the game despite being a platformer was very interesting. I did feel like sometimes having coyote time on the platform jumps would've been nice but I'm sure time constraints played into that. Nice job!
Its a very good idea i like it a lot, super nice visuals, good music, good game, good job dude
The shadow idea is really unique but I think you should have stick to lighter backgrounds. Darker backgrounds make it harder to notice the shadows. Well Done.
I found the concept of paying attention to the shadows really unique and creative, and I think this project can grow into something really big!
I only had two issues:
1 - In my opinion, the camera is placed way underneath of where it should be, as half of the screen is being occupied by the ground. Placing the camera higher up, or placing the levels into a lower height would make the game less "claustrophobic", giving the player more space to look at and to you more space to build different kinds of levels!
2 - I think there could be a "Restart Level" key in the pause menu, because there is a level in which you can get stuck if you jump over a certain wall, making you having to restart from level 0 again!
Not your fault though, as making a whole game all by yourself (including the music!) must have been really tough!
But yeah, after I finished your game, I wanted to play more levels, which means I really enjoyed the gameplay!
I love this game, the idea is cool and it looks amazing. I do wish that the player was a bit less floaty and more responsive, though. I would love to see more levels of this!!!
Nice one. Love the mechanic, background and the music. And you even have a tutorial o_O
Really great mechanic! Also i made lots of attempts to jump over those first red balls on 4th level, jump is a bit short
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