Great puzzles and mechanics. Really fit the theme and it is fun to play !

Nice ending too ;)

I love the atmosphere of this game! It's somber, but not sad. Dark, but not grim. Reminds me a bit of Castlevania if it was puzzle based instead of combat based.

The mechanics are solid, and fit the theme very well. Also this might be a hot take, but I disagree with people saying the ghosts take too long. Watching the ghost make all the mistakes you did makes you contemplate how the mechanics work, and what can be done with them. It teases you with the idea that if you whiff a jump, you'll be watching yourself mess it up again, and works as a motivator to nail it the next time. It gives me a bit of a speedrunner mentality that I want to try to make the most efficient run that I can, and that every life in the process matters.

Overall it has very few issues, and a lot of great things going for it! Well done!

I said I'd play it tomorrow but was intrigued, also one of the few games that's run well for me. (I've held off rating a lot just because a lot of unity webgl games don't seem to run well for me, but I'm aware it's a me issue).

I think it's pretty fun and even has potential as a speed game with a lot of movement to optimise to clear the levels quickly.

My main complaint is the collision detection (might be a me issue though). Without being particularly close to edges, I wouldn't be able to jump and simply fall down. I also got stuck once on a platform. But the main mechanic has a lot of potential, there just seems to be a few small bugs, like the position the spikes freeze in on one of the levels weren't consistent for me on the next life, where they'd stop in a different position than I'd stopped them previously.

Sometimes waiting for the ghosts can get annoying, especially when having to set up a puzzle again due to slipping off an edge. Maybe some kind of rewind mechanic to make a death not count to prevent that for puzzles that require multiple ghosts being set up?

I really liked seeing ghosts playing the game, just watching myself figure out the puzzle in replay is hella fun.

I did complete all the stages with only one ghost in play (you can complete the 2 level with no ghost), but I really like that you have an option to make the game basically easier if you use the second ghost. The puzzles are clever though somewhat easy to exploit but nonetheless they were fun to figure out. The game can easily be expanded with more levels, moving elements and even abilities for player...

The movement in general feels fluid, but the jump seems inconsistent sometimes. Like in the third stage jumping up to the platform with a button in the middle was difficult, also got stuck in some places so I had to reset the level. In the 3 level I got clipped through the world by the first moving platform, good thing you made thicker walls otherwise you could skip the whole level with this. And like others have mentioned getting stuck was an issue in some cases. Plus coyote time for jumps would be nice.

The sprite work is nice, though adding some bloom and darkness would add a whole lot to the feel.

Animations are on point for player and other elements. Liked when the camera focuses on your ghosts while they walk out. AND the camera zoom animation when you enter the third level.

The thing that I liked about the first level is the idea that you can't really mess up the platforming, cuz otherwise you would miss the window of when ur character is standing on the button, so making levels where you don't have a choice of standing infinitely on the button would make for more puzzles where you have to be frame perfect with your current life and ghosts. And I'm sure you can expand the game much more it's just one thing.

And the ending is pretty cool, though it would be even more impactful if you cut the music and just had a sudden silence.

Overall I really liked the concept. Thank you for making this great game!

The ghost mechanic is clever, it didn't always seem to work perfectly, sometimes I was waiting around and they never seemed to show up and then when they went ahead of me, sometimes they got to the puzzle too quick, even though I tried to make it so they stood on the buttons for ages before killing themselves. 
Personally I don't think it needs a tutorial, you get to your first death very quickly (although I don't think I saw a ghost the first time, but on my second death there were 2), I think there might have been a delay in the first one coming out because when the game started the music was so loud I was checking for a volume control then turning my computer volume down. So maybe don't "record" the player until they're out of the door?
Speaking of doors, I think you had to go too far into the door to trigger the next level, the first time I went up to the door and nothing happened so I went away and looked around and then I went and looked at the instructions again and really only triggered it by a fluke. 

Several people have mentioned the room with the 3 platforms. I could not solve this one. The button for the platform that goes up to the suicide spot is on the other side of the room so I could not figure out how to activate that while being on it with a different version without being able to kill myself.

I also had a problem with sometimes my jumps not registering, I thought it was that my spacebar has been used and abused testing all these jumping games (and making my own) but someone else mentioned it too when you're near the edge of a platform. If you're using " feet" collider, maybe make it a little wider, give the player a little more leeway/generosity.

I wish I'd been able to solve that room and see the rest of the game. Maybe you need to do a walkthrough video!

Thanks for the game. It was a great experience, though I got frustrated in the room with three platforms and nowhere to kill yourself (well in the top right... but I was not getting there either)

I had the same bug with getting stuck. happened both times on the left of the platform. I made screenshots of the position. There might be something with the colliders that allows it to get stuck. 

I also looked into your project and sent you a pull request on your git repo with suggested changes to make the jump check at the front and the back of the sprite. It relies on two transforms (theoretically you can just calculate them, but your sprite goes a little beyond the collider, so they might need to be a little outside of it. 

I also suggested some small changes where the project would get a bunch of Null reference exceptions when not starting from the first level and when the player is not spawned. Take a look at them if you like them. If you have questions about the suggestions, I am happy to answer them.

Anyway, it was really fun to play. Great work with it.

Was really impressed when I realized there was a ghost mechanic involved. That must have taken some research. You definitely put some thought into how the puzzles should unfold and they were fun to solve. Really enjoyed the visual aesthetic, it lead to a good pairing with the music.  

Id recommend having a way to skip to the next character rather than wait for awhile and killing yourself to make the next character accessible. The character movement felt a little stiff and having unreachable platforms felt a little frustrating. I also tried the game on my controller. It was great to see the movement was implemented, but I think you forgot the jump.

Well done overall!

Wow this was great. I don't really play a lot of 2d games. But this one felt amazing. The Player controller felt just right (not too slippery and yet not stiff, with the right amount of gravity). The game mechanic of dying and seeing your previous self is amazing. I am not sure if this is a common game mechanic, but I have never seen it before and I must say I think its amazing. Also The music choice is really fitting.

I did encounter 2 bugs:

1) not being able to move next to the moving platform (my player character could look left and right but it was stuck).  

2) My player wasn't respawning after it had died.

But you probably already know about those seeing as you mentioned it in your description. 

One thing I noticed was that when you try to jump too close to the edge of a platform that your jumps wouldn't register. (Which was what caused many of my deaths.) I feel like adding a bit of coyote time would improve this. Overall great job loved it.

Played and rated.

I think the mechanic used fits well the theme. The overall look and feel of the game was great.

My only downside would be that the ghost mechanic takes a long time to setup, as we don't have control over it.

Great work :)

wow! I really liked the idea of the game but it had some issues with platform heights and I didn't get to finish the game because after some deaths I didn't respawn and when I refreshed nothing saved :/ other than that I loved it and it really felt good but maybe you should add some text or something to the tutorial so the player knows about the ghosts and stuff but also just figuring it out is fun so idk, thanks for the fun experience.

Hi there, Tried the game really like the music and art work had a really nice retro platformer feel to it. 

Only had a couple issues with the game:

1. Either the jump physic or the height of some of the platforms were too high but it many attempts to get on a couple, To the point where it was quite frustrating.

2. when I got to the 3rd or 4th Level (picture below) after spending some time getting the platforms in place and using first ghost to hold buttons, I went to kill my self to respawn a new ghost and no characters respawned at all,  Was left stuck and not able to carry on.

Apart from those issues the game was great and I really liked the ghost mechanic and puzzle aspect of the game. Also the difficulty increase between each level was done well and game was very intuitive without the need of pop-ups or tutorial. Well Done! 

Wow, the mechanic is super awesome! Its really cool!
Furthermore it is accompanied with a good level design. I liked like new functions were gradually added through new rooms

Also good smooth animation and nice visuals)

There was one problem when I stuck between moving platform (with spikes) and floor, but was managed to jump out after a while.

I have some suggestions, but they are more about further development, than about changing current behaviour:
Adding some  narrative or metanarrative to rooms: it could be additional motivation to go to other rooms, besides new challenges and game complition.

The visuals and art are really good, but maybe just a little more different tiles for walls(and other things) will add more varighty

Anyway the game is greate, I hope you will continue the project after the jam:)

Okay that was weird, I think it sent 2 comments at once

I think there was an issue where there was only one scene that kept playing. Was that supposed to happen? If there was something else that was supposed to happen, I couldn't figure it out.  Aside from that, that was a really cool mechanic, using your past lives to get ahead. It was a lot of fun. The art was cool too!