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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #86 | 3.578 | 3.578 |
| Innovation | #145 | 3.248 | 3.248 |
| Game Design | #165 | 3.376 | 3.376 |
| Overall | #178 | 3.202 | 3.202 |
| Fun | #189 | 3.202 | 3.202 |
| Audio | #258 | 2.982 | 2.982 |
| Graphics | #371 | 2.826 | 2.826 |
Ranked from 109 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
If you die you get a second chance and become a ghost. The end of your life starts a new beginning.
Did you write all the code and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes
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Well done, as a platformer enthusiast I like it very much :) All-in-all a good game with just some minor tweaks in the controls to be more precise and I would suggest having some kind of checkpoints for the more challenging/longer levels.
The audio and game idea was the top tier! :)
Tysm for the kind words :D
Nice play with words in the title, and nice work! Playing this game was fun and challeging
Thanks!
Nice game, quite difficult and has an interesting theme!
I would prefer the controls to be a bit more precise, but I think that's just the matter of opinion :D
Yea , some other people said that it was a bit floaty too
Very Cool and very difficulty. But like it :)
Thanks :)
Really cool! Very difficult but that's alright. One way to counter this instead of having a no damage mode just add more checkpoints. I like the art and music a lot both were really nice! I'm not sure if this is a bug or I was doing something wrong but sometimes when I would hit spike as the guy instead of turning into a ghost and having a lot of momentum I just turned into the ghost and lost all speed. Still I really liked this game good job!
if you could play my game that would be great!
https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-9/rate/1933222
Thanks for your feedback! The immortal mode was something last minute so I didn't had time to implement anything else. Also I don't think that checkpoints match this style of the game, as it's inspired by celeste and also it would'ven been confusing with switching between ghost and human mode
Yeah your probably right.
Nive platformer, had trouble on few levels tho. Try my game out!
Thanks for the feedback, i already did before tho
thx, don't forget to rate it.
had already done it this morning
Thanks!
Nice game, I love the particle effects and screenshakes, It feels very juicy:] keep on developing
Thanks, I'll consider it!
i loved the idea of the ghost. great game overall! (a bit difficult tho :)
Thanks for the kind words. I do agree that it's a bit hard
I loved the concept and the excecution, I just wish that some levels ahd checkpoints
I tried to keep some levels shorter, but i went for a overall hard game
Cool game! The art is on point and the music is also great! Good job!:D
Thanks!
This is a really cool idea, the ghost momentum is a really cool idea and movement as a person feels pretty good compared to some games I've played. Unfortunately my issue does end up with the ghost, mainly its momentum seems random. There were plenty of times where I would do the exact same thing, and one time I would go flying, and the next I would move an inch, which made certain sections a crap shoot if I could make the jump or not. I really liked the atmosphere though, and I appreciate the difficult level design.
Thanks for your feedback, this could be because of the shape of the collider, you probaly had issues with the spikes. Since they have a triangle-like shape you sometimes get stuck there
Actually the spikes felt fine, my biggest issue was with the springboard/trampoline things. I wouldn't move left or right at all and each bounce would somehow be a different height under the seemingly same conditions, so I had to sight read how fast I was moving upwards to know if it was a bounce I could proceed off of.
wow, the atmosphere of the game is spot-on. with the music(sounding like something from a devil's party night playlist), the graphics (kind of gives me rick and morty vibes) and the (smooth floaty) gameplay working in harmony to set the tone of the game just right.
Thanks for your kind words <3
I've seen a few "you die but actually not" games this jam and so far this one is the most unique. I love the ghosts movement and it was fun trying to figure out how to proceed by killing the man (who's name i've forgotten) :D
Thanks for the kind words! I kinda went for a celeste-like level design here, so that each step is kind of a mini puzzle and that the mechancis get indirectly introduced.
The controls are somewhat "floaty", but I really enjoyed your idea of momentum on death, makes it so unique !
Thanks for your feedback, i hope that you could still enjoy my game despite the floaty jump :)
A very unique idea! But the jump felt very slow, which made you feel like that most jumps weren't reachable but somehow they where. And the spring/boosters were hard to jump on(could probably be me ). Overall A great game!
Thanks for your feedback, the jump could be a bit floaty like the others mentioned
Pretty good! Interesting concept with the ghost not being able to jump. In my opinion I feel the person's movement could be a bit snappier to contrast the floaty feel of the ghost, but other than that, I liked it! Good work!
Thanks for the feedback! Yes I agree, i think this would add the game a bit more depth
Liked the music, but it gets hard fast :p (as description says lol)
Thanks! I only noticed it at the end of the jam while playtesting with friends, so i didn't had time to fix it
Nice game, I like the music and ghost mechanic.
Though, perhaps the graphics could be more consistent?
Thanks for the feedback! It was on purpose that the player sprites didn't matched the rest, since he doesn't belong there as the description implies.
Had fun while playing it.
Had fun while playing it.
Im glad you enjoyed my game :), I'll make sure to check out your game too