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A jam submission

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Precision platformer with micro-metroidvania elements
Submitted by yunglem — 1 day, 15 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay#74.3244.324
Graphics#194.5954.595
Overall#493.9413.941
Gameboy Soul#1213.8113.811
Soundtrack/SFX#1293.3783.378
Interpretation of the Secondary Theme#1813.5953.595

Ranked from 37 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game meet GBJam's theme?
You play as a canary spirit collecting feathers of other fallen canaries. Navigate through the dark mysterious eye-infested caves to gain peace.
Adheres to Gameboy 160x144 resolution and 4 colors rule with gameboy music and sfx.

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Submitted

Strange, wonderful, and fairly challenging to boot. Great concept and execution with very tight controls. Impressive! 

Submitted

you found peace in 06:51:04 with 7/9 hearts. you lost your way 1 time(s)
That was cool! The mechanics are fun, the art is proficient, and the character design and concept are charming.

That was a cool GBJAM 12 splash screen!

Great work!

Submitted

A history lesson? In a spooky game?

It's more likely than you think.

/lh

Submitted

Very nice game. The art is great and the platforming is satisfying. I really like the way you get more jumps as you collect more feathers and the small mini-challenges to get more hearts.

It was a bit easy to get lost in the level, but the enemy placements and area design also made it easy to recognize where you'd already been (and not been).

Submitted

Really solid game. The controls are super tight and responsive, and the level was huge! 

Submitted

Very fun game!

Submitted

nice graphics, sound and good gameplay. nice story and cool idea with the graves.

Submitted

Wow. Very well done. Excellent mechanics. Love the atmosphere, music and artwork. 

Submitted

pretty and polished entry, congrats! Loved every minute, except when I got stuck here after getting the second feather:

Developer

oh shoot, that's funny lol. Do you have steps to reproduce? Tried for like 10 minutes and couldn't get up there myself xD

Submitted

I dont know and couldnt get stuck again, sorry haha

Submitted

Excellent fun! I truly enjoyed this one, the art and the camera work are brilliantly done! Satisfying movement and progression too! Some of the platforming and maneuvering can be a little tough in the tight, claustrophobic areas. The parallaxing BGs are a nice touch!

Submitted

Very good game! Getting extra jumps from the feathers is a very clever way to make the player search for them. That one difficulty spike with the super precise jumps was a bit brutal, but it did feel very satisfying to beat. Excellent art, music, sounds, and platforming. Eventually the framerate did seem to dip, but only after about ten minutes.

Submitted

Impressive artwork. Gameplay was solid. Artwork was great. SFX were good, but its a shame the music loop was so short. It got annoying very quickly.

Nice job!

Submitted

Amazing art, loved the dithering! The camera and illumination are really smooth. Very fun to play :)

Submitted

Impressive how you fit such an extremely powerful vibe into such a tiny little bird.

Submitted (1 edit)

I loved playing this game, it is awesome, not so spooky but pretty polished in general, I liked the mechanics, the level design, etc, it kept me really engaged. Music sounds a bit repetitive after sometime, but in general is an excellent entry. And I love the timer to do speedruns.

Submitted (2 edits)

Extremely polished, great level design and art style. Probably my favourite so far, great job!
Btw getting the last heart almost made me destroy my keyboard

Submitted

On of the best entry I found so far. 12 minutes, with just few bad memories brought up by the last feather.

Submitted

game looks amazing, filled with so much charm... not to mention the movement and exploration were on point. would love to see this developed further after jam (˶˃⤙˂˶)


Submitted: Frankenstein Reborn

Submitted

This game is amazing, the graphics are amazing, you just use the jump as mechanic and you create a wonderful game, congrats! for sure one of the best games that I play in this jam

Did I say that the graphics are amazing? Yes I did haha

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much! I love your game as well hahaha

Submitted

This game is really amazing! It reminds me a lot of Animal Well. The story is great! The fact that you're a ghost canary trying to escape the mines and find peace... it makes my heart tingle :'(

The art, sfx, and music all work together so nicely and gives the game a cute feel; I love it a lot.

I managed to escape the mines in ~18 minutes with 8/9 hearts. 10/10 game

Developer

This is such a sweet comment, thank you so much! That's a great time!

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