Sir, congratulations, because this might be the best game in the jam.
Gameplay mechanics that match the theme of the Game Jam? Check. Upgrades that make the progression more fun? Check. Listing your amount of remaining battery and time loops used to encourage more optimized playthroughs, increasing replay value? Check. For real, if this game had a ranking sytem, this would have absolutely destroyed the competition. I would have most definitely tried to get an S rank.
I noticed the game doesn't have that many ratings compared to others, and I think I know the reason why: this game lacks charm. This game is mechanically really well thought out, but the game doesn't have any charismatic characters, it doesn't have an art style that stands out, and doesn't have any interesting dialogue.
In conclusion: despite this game being filled to the brim with greatness, creativity and originality, its lack of charisma will unfortunately might cause its downfall. I wish you the most of luck with your next Game Jams.
It's a pretty cool concept and impressive to have figured out the level design! Although it felt a bit like there was not quite enough leeway for learning/making mistakes - felt like there was one route that *just* got you to the next upgrade and had no room for error. Which meant a lot of frustrating re-starting!
Hey. thanks for mentioning the level design - that was a significant challenge for this game.
I completely agree with you. The bottom left upgrade specifically is a bit tight on remaining moves.. I should have added some ice in that final corridor.
Wow this is a solid game! Cool mechanic... in the end, I was only able to get 4 crystals although I really enjoyed this puzzle/metroidvania game. The writing was simple and combined with the music, it created a very cool scifi aesthetic.
The one thing I wish is I could just rewind the game a few moves instead of having to completely restart, though perhaps this is part of the challenge of the game :)
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Sir, congratulations, because this might be the best game in the jam.
Gameplay mechanics that match the theme of the Game Jam? Check. Upgrades that make the progression more fun? Check. Listing your amount of remaining battery and time loops used to encourage more optimized playthroughs, increasing replay value? Check. For real, if this game had a ranking sytem, this would have absolutely destroyed the competition. I would have most definitely tried to get an S rank.
I noticed the game doesn't have that many ratings compared to others, and I think I know the reason why: this game lacks charm. This game is mechanically really well thought out, but the game doesn't have any charismatic characters, it doesn't have an art style that stands out, and doesn't have any interesting dialogue.
In conclusion: despite this game being filled to the brim with greatness, creativity and originality, its lack of charisma will unfortunately might cause its downfall. I wish you the most of luck with your next Game Jams.
You should take a look at the *code* for the game... so much charm there!
Jokes aside... I appreciate your feedback and I'm so happy you had a good time with the game.
Absolutely marvelous game. Well done!
It's a pretty cool concept and impressive to have figured out the level design! Although it felt a bit like there was not quite enough leeway for learning/making mistakes - felt like there was one route that *just* got you to the next upgrade and had no room for error. Which meant a lot of frustrating re-starting!
Hey. thanks for mentioning the level design - that was a significant challenge for this game.
I completely agree with you. The bottom left upgrade specifically is a bit tight on remaining moves.. I should have added some ice in that final corridor.
I personally disagree. I think the final upgrade has just enough leeway to be challenging while still not being frustrating.
Wow this is a solid game! Cool mechanic... in the end, I was only able to get 4 crystals although I really enjoyed this puzzle/metroidvania game. The writing was simple and combined with the music, it created a very cool scifi aesthetic.
The one thing I wish is I could just rewind the game a few moves instead of having to completely restart, though perhaps this is part of the challenge of the game :)
Great work!
i truly liked the idea and the mechanics of the game, even the music is well done actually this actually deserves 5/5 tysm for this nice game