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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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Thanks for giving me such detailed feedback, I really appreciate that! I tried to make this game as polished and juicy as I could, so I'm glad you see it the same way. I agree that some things could've been explained better, your gravity multiplier is lower while gliding. In level 3 it was intentional that one platform was lower then the next, so it empasizes the fact that you cannot jump as ghost. And yea I've heard from a lot of people that my graphics can be improved, but graphics is a bit more of my weakness in game dev.
Thanks again for providing me with such good feedback!
Sorry, kinda forgot to reply. I personaly think the art style depends on the game. For example graphics like thomas had enough would've just not fit this game and I don't want to limit myself due to the graphics. Pixel Art was one alternative I considered, but in my opinion it's just way too slow. And regarding post processing, I did have it, it just wasn't that strong. The bugs in the levels are mostly known, I just don't know why it happens.
Very cool game! It's very well made! It's quite challenging but I generally like that! Couldn't stop trying to beat it! :D
Thanks for playing my game! I really appreciate it that you beat my game! You are the second person to do that. I'm glad you enjoyed my game!
Overall I will say that you have made a really good game!!! I especially love the main character and his amazing funny walking animation. The gameplay idea is overall simple and the game is fun to play.
The ghost idea is cleaver and it makes this game goes from a good to a really good jam game. The music was okay, but part of it was a bit weird and it did not sound very well, but okay music can be really difficult to make. I will maybe recommend you to make a short music loop and instead use the time to make it sound really good.
I had some jumping issue, and I therefor ended stop playing in the first level with a rose. The issue seem to be that the jumping power was not always the same, and I therefor had a really difficult time jumping long enough.
Overall is this a game with a lot of personality, and the unpolished visuals and music makes the game very charming. So this is good jam game, and you can differently be proud what you have made. Well done.
Thanks for the feedback, this jam was the first time i tried to make longer music, since short ones often get repetitive, but I agree that the instrument choice maya not be the best. The jumps do actually have a consistent jumpheight, atleast I've never heard anyone else saying the opposite. You have to hold the jump button for higher jumps, as stated in the game's description on the itch page, but maybe it was because of the webgl build, you may want to try the standalone, maybe that would help. I hope you give it another shot!
Good game! Very good animations and a fairly good idea. But for my feelings the platforms could be a bit "spicier" - if you know what I mean. Over all it's a nice game with a nice idea!
Thanks for the feedback, I already tried to include as much juice as possible (zoom, animations, particle effects, stretch and squash, etc), could you maybe tell me what you were exactly missing?
I mean the platforms :)
I was going to make a joke about how the game is Kinda Good, but it's actually really great! It was fun and I enjoyed playing it. The animations feel very fluid and well made. My one critique is that the platforming tiles could have been made a bit fancier, but I totally understand that you only had a week to complete everything, so really not a huge gripe. :)
Thanks for your feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed my game! I agree that the tiles could've been a bit better, I originally wanted to go with something like a rocky ground or something, but it was a bit too complicated and because of time reasons I couldn't do it. But I'm glad that you liked the rest :) I'll make sure to check out your game right away!
The art style feels kinda weird, great game nonetheless!
Thanks! I guess this is more about personal preference
Kinda good game man lol.
Jokes aside, the gameplay mechanic is really unique and i love the innovation. This is indeed one of the more original puzzle game i have the honor to play in this jam.
I kinda wish that there are some checkpoint as some levels is very long and the difficulty is high, but is managable. Thanks for creating such an awesome game.
Thanks for the kind words! Checkpoints are kind of hard to implement in this game, as it's hard to balance with the death mechanic, so I didn't do that. I also tried to make the longer levels not too hard, so they don't get frustrating. I'm glad you enjoyed my game!
Nice game bro .
I rated you're game
Here is my game -https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-9/rate/1933204
Thanks!
Interesting interpretation of the theme. I like the movement and game design. I personally don't like Soundtrack and graphics (not my style). Besides it was fun and cool game, Good job!
Thanks for the feedback! It's okay that the graphics and audio music wasn't something you liked, i guess it's kind of a preference thing :P some people said that they liked and and some didn't. Thanks for playing my game :D
Nice game and good implementation of the theme! I think the tiles could look a lot better you removed the outlines around each of the tiles, especially the lava.
I really like the level transition, with the bars coming in from top and bottom. I'm genuinely curios how you did that?
Thanks for the feedback! I did the outlines, so it's a bit easier for the player to estimate wether their idea is possible or not, but I guess that's rather personal preference. I did the transition based offbrackeys crossfade video and then I made every bar a single object and moved them accordingly. I'm glad you enjoyed my game :D
The trailer is really good. -1/10 too much red definitely.
simple and fun. Some part is kinda hard for me but then I am not a platformer gamer.
Only one major complaint WHY DO GHOST ME DIE TO LAVA(i assume it is lava)?
Yeah there should have been way more blue in hell xD
And why shouldn't the ghost die to lava? I mean it's kinda hot
The movement is not bad, add better graphics and rework the music)It was difficult to understand the management of the ghost.Good luck!
Thanks for the feedback! I agree that the graphics could be better, but this is a game jam so i didn't mind having mid graphics and I agree that the music can get repetitive after some while. The ghost movement shouldn't have been too hard to understand, I mean everything got explained ingame, could you maybe describe your problems further?
Maybe it's better not to press the space bar, but on the contrary, when pressed, it goes down faster
Thanks for submitting the game to the stream :)
If you wanted to check the vod again in the future heres the link to it (games are separated into chapters & yours is the 9th chapter)
I played the game afterwards and ended up beating it. Just couldnt get the death count since it got cut off due to the screen size
https://imgur.com/a/wzqllQE
Overall a really well made platformer. The addition of the roses are great for people who want a little extra challenge and the levels increased in difficulty nicely. Just the main thing like I said in the stream is some of the mandatory moves are a bit inconsistent to pull off and people when playing typically wont end up running into them naturally
Thanks for the feedback, I realy enjoyed watching you play the game during the stream :) You're also probaly the first person to actually beat the game, that I don't know personally. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Constructive feedback:
Player movement doesn't feels super natural (not a big deal).
The game got hard fast which makes the player want to rage quit. (but i also suck at video games so it might be me).
Its hard to think of more stuff because the game is very well built good job.
Thanks for the feedback! The game did kinda became a rage game, but I only noticed it during playtesting, so I just sticked with it
Found you again after GMTK 2022 xd. Like the ghost idea, pretty fun platformer, although i could say that moving feels kinda floaty, but i don't mind that. Camera work is nice, all the zoom ins, time slowing and stuff is cool. Music starts pretty wierd but later it gets better. Great work, good theme implementation!
Thanks! Long time no see :D, I'll make sure to check out your game later too!
Nice work! Loved the character animation.
Thanks!
Definitely challenging but otherwise enjoyable platformer! Original visual and SFX always gets 5 stars from me.
Thank you so much for the good ratings :D
Cool concept!
Thanks! Btw I wanted to play your game anyways, so I guess this is perfect timing :)
Oh nice! Let me know what you think about it. The dialogue bug is pretty sad, but its a game jam after all, it ain't perfect
I've just finished playing it and I love the graphics and audio, it got 5 stars in these categories, but the game wasn't that originial (reminded me a lot of papers please) and these bugs would intervene the gameplay way too much, which is why it didn't got a that god rating in game design, but still, this is one of the best games I played so far, good job!
A really fun game, congrats!
Thanks!