Really innovative idea, but I don't quite get how it fits the game jam theme...
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Game Design | #1 | 4.478 | 4.478 |
| Fun | #1 | 4.391 | 4.391 |
| Overall | #1 | 4.196 | 4.196 |
| Innovation | #5 | 4.304 | 4.304 |
| Graphics | #8 | 4.391 | 4.391 |
| Audio | #13 | 4.043 | 4.043 |
| Theme | #120 | 3.565 | 3.565 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Hey, yeah I know hum it isn't really that obvious. But when you're black you are in the "untruth", then you become white and you are "stuck" in the "Truth". That's why at the begin, the game tells you "when you know something you can't forget it" because once you're in the Truth you can't go back in the Untruth. So the game lies to you by showing you a sort of false level. (Poooof mind blow).
In fact it all should've been told with the text below but I preferred to concentrate my self on designing the levels.
5 years ago(+1)
Hey thanks for the comment. I really appreciate it, like for real. As I'm going to work more on the game it really helps me gets forward. About the dialgue, yeah I didn't put much work in it while the game jam but I'm planning on adding a real lore to the game so I'm going to rework, or simply just work on it.
About the movement, for now I added a small acceleration when you start moving but nearly none when you stop. That let the player be more precise when he just want to get a better position when preparing for a jump but still have that snappy movement.
First I thought having a non-ajustable jump height was the only way I'd go to add that difficulty but you made me reconsider it, going to test this out.
White player in white is also a big questionnable point as it, once more, add to the difficulty and really makes a difference between beiing black or white. I'm aware of the issue and still thinking about it !
And about gamepad/controller support, it's in the to do list don't worry ;D
And finally, thank you for reminding me for the collider going to change that right now ^^
Once again I love to see these types of comments, thank you and have a nice day :D
Very good. Really looking forward for the updates ;) Totally forgot to follow you, but I'm following you now.
Thank you. And I love to write valuable comments to help people improve. Unfortunately, it takes quite some time to write these comments because I usually also play every game until the end which also takes some time. Therefore, I'm not able to give much feedback.
If you need a playtester, let me know. You can DM me on discord FireTotemGames#5227.
Wish you a nice day too ;)
Unity only changes some of the files, here is a good thread: https://answers.unity.com/questions/12341/date-of-exe-build-is-not-correct.html
I've also added a screenshot of the top 2 games. (blue: actual date, red: wrong date) The red marked date is presumably the installation date of unity, and all the data of an new project are stored in the data file, so the others won't change.
In this case, its not the fault of the creators, but of unity.
Definitely the most innovative platformer I've played so far and I've played more than 150 of the jam games. Though, it was quite difficult to precisely control the cube. The music was alright, but the audio balancing isn't great; I can barely hear sfx over the music.
The pausemenu also looks out of context and doesn't work properly. The crt effect was nice, but it was a bit painful to read the text. I also made a game with a crt effect; it's pretty nice as well. Perhaps you can also add saving player progress and a level select menu. Lastly, I couldn't beat the level pictured below.
Hey, thanks for the critism , it helps me go forward even if, in fact, I knew most of these issues. Time got me one these ones, if you intersted I'm still going to work on the game and publish a bigger better version some day. And for the level, you do have 100% in air control so the trick was to go left while the player was falling, not too soon, not too late so you could avoid the peaks. (Well yeah it's wasn't that obvious and the difficulty curve might be a bit too steep ^^')
5 years ago (+1)
Wow thanks a lot ! And hehe yep I'm going to polish the game, create a real story, more levels (hmmm, maybe not 300 ^^') and I'm planning on making a soundtrack for every chapter as I love making music. That said, once again thanks, it means a lot ! (Actualy I'm working on it right now)
5 years ago(+1)
First of all, thanks a lot ! And about the theme, I've explained a bit in the description on the game page but I searched for a less direct way of aplying the theme, like at first the game lies to you by showing you a "false" level then when you become white and the "real" level is revealed. And about that hurting eyes thing, yes I know, I didn't had this "issue" myself. But lots of people told me that, sorta kinda werid.
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