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A jam submission

Notepad AceView game page

A simple 2d speedrunning platformer racing through your notepad.
Submitted by ThisIsRob — 21 hours, 6 minutes before the deadline
Rated by 17 people so far
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GitHub repository URL
https://github.com/Robert-Riordan-UCD/GitHubGameOff2024

Game description
A simple 2d speedrunning platformer racing through your notepad.

Theme interpretation
Secret mechanics

Wildcards used (optional)

Small Palette

Limit your colors to 4

Speed Run

Make time the enemy

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Submitted

Fun stuff! Required some grinding but here we go. Still did some sloppy dashes and could still shave off some fractions but beating the dev is enough for now.

At first I didn't really like it but still decided to go for a faster run and stumbled on the secrets and it really clicked and grew on me. The controls (for pad) still were a bit mysterious to decipher even with the instructions which I guess isn't bad at all considering the theme.

And gotta agree with you on bisect at least, it's awesome for finding the regression points. But no love for blame, it's my favourite!

Oh shit, now I realized that there are separate trophy categories on the leaderboards. Back to the grind!

Yeaeeah, nope. Got at least the second spot on all but that final trophy is draining the will to live out of me with the inconsistent annoying wall clips and getting stuck or getting screwed by the invisible dash delay. On my first time through, by the way, I got it without knowing about the dash at all.

The hand drawn aesthetic is great but the sound was a bit lackluster. So little effects and they seriously lacked oomph and variety. And even the visuals had some not so great looking quirks like the corners and massive amounts of copy/paste. Would have looked so much better if you had drawn bigger chunks of the level by hand and not just small tiles.

The physics and controls overall were pretty good but could still use some improving. The collider being there for only about top half of the "single blocks" was quite annoying as there was a discrepancy between what it looked like and what actually was there. And double clicking the sticks happened by accident for me before even finding it and it first made be think if I completely broke it somehow. Only now I realized that it could be done with double clicking too cause when finding the note about it (and all the time playing after that) I just kept pressing both of the sticks just like using both shoulder buttons for dashing.

But obviously more content would have been nice. Running the same level again and again with the same objectives really got kinda stale a bit fast.

Good job! 👍

Submitted(+1)

The art is carefully crafted. I love how the background pages have some kind of development notes drawn, until I carefully observed some of them 😉. The sound effects are perfect, but a fitting bg music could do better. And I was blown away by the leaderboard! You use something called SilentWolf, gotta research. The levels are well-designed, and the secrets are just awesome, especially the last one!

Nice game, congrats!

Submitted(+1)

I like how the hidden mechanics are only optional and not required to use in order to win, it weirdly makes them  feel more special to learn. They are only there for replaying players who wants to set a lower time on the leaderboard.

Submitted(+1)

Incredible art! Great game :)

Submitted(+1)

Enjoyable speedrunning platformer

Submitted(+1)

I love how it is on a note book, and how the character is a stickman. I would find it easier if the arrow keys were used, but it is awesome!

Submitted(+1)

Really nice plaformer with great aesthetic. Good level of challenge, playable but not too easy. Particularly like the spring-loaded checkpoint flag effect. Sadly I didn't find the secret mechanic(s) to get the cup, but I enjoyed it all the same! 

Submitted(+1)

Fantastic entry, love the aesthetic, and the controls feel tight and satisfying. The details in the background are very cute as well and serve the vibe of the overall product. 

Loved it. Well done! 

Submitted(+1)

Cute little platformer, too bad there is no music, could have improved the whole experience

Submitted(+1)

Really nice entry. Platfoming was done great and finding other mechanics would change the way I approach the level. Only complaint is that it was so short :(

Submitted(+1)

This is really one of this entry where the theme makes it hard to do a good review without revealing too much. You did really great. The secrets are really fun to find and the aesthetics really serves what you tried to achieve. Congrats.

For a little time I will enjoy being 2nd on the leaderboard as I'm sure this will not last, and continue to wonder how Rob did to complete the level in just 10 sec :P

Submitted(+1)

Good entry! I really liked the paper aesthetic, animations and backgrounds were very well done.

Submitted(+1)

Great use of the tool tips! Once I connected my controller this all made a lot more sense and was a ton of fun. Thanks!