Once I got used to some elements that felt a bit ambiguous (the thorny bushes and the climbable surface), I enjoyed the game a lot. Very nice presentation overall, really solid entry. Congrats!
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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Gameplay | #22 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
Overall | #56 | 3.917 | 3.917 |
Soundtrack/SFX | #62 | 3.806 | 3.806 |
Interpretation of the Secondary Theme | #88 | 4.083 | 4.083 |
Gameboy Soul | #107 | 3.861 | 3.861 |
Graphics | #131 | 3.833 | 3.833 |
Ranked from 36 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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The main character enters a Halloween world full of monsters in a Gameboy to save his brother.
Please, use the exe version for now. I left the web version (because, you know, it's for the lazy) :D. Currently, the web version has a slight bug that imposes an outline that looks like a lighter color, which is not true, because the entire game uses 4 colors.
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That was fun! Some of the graphics are a bit hard to read (those extra enemies in the final boss caught me off-guard!), but the art and character designs are charming. The gameplay is competent and fun; I especially like the boomerang game console!
Some of the sound effects are a little loud.
All-in-all, good work!
While it feels more like the PC and home console platformers of its time than a GB game, I still had a lot of fun to the point of beating it. What might be lacking in refinement here and there, it makes up for it in sheer length.
Loads of fun! Some of the hazards come off as background, but I was having a blast blasting ghosts
I really liked the game. There was a surprising amount of content and it really felt like a complete game boy game. Good Job!!!
very smooth gameplay. I love the snappy jumps and weapon throw, which also comes back like a boomerang. I do appreciate the checkpoints because even though i am a decent platform player, i died a lot. Also i really like how you can not pick up candies when you have 5 of them, it makes it a safety candy pickup if you need one without dying.
Great job! I actually featured your game in my livestream review:
Very cute 2d platformer :) I particularly liked the way the thrown weapon bends back towards you, which gives you a new way to hit monsters.
The web version has a little bug and sometimes make a outline (which seems to make exceed with the 4 colors), it was not possible to fix it in time, so you need to have that in mind while playing on it on web.
In the exe, however, the bug doesn't occur. (Left web vs right exe)
Left web vs right exe.
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