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A jam submission

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Only one sprite was used to make this tough and tricky Splatformer. Can you get to the end of the level?
Submitted by Amanda Duarte (@malory_womandev), Janegamedev, Coronel Panqueca, stevenmira — 1 hour, 12 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#4983.8103.810
Originality#5123.8813.881
Adherence to the Theme#5784.0484.048
Design#6083.5003.500

Ranked from 42 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted(+2)

Well done! I like really like the concept and the execution. Love the section where you are able to guess the trail only by trying to avoid the red triangles. Give a good sense of suspance and sadisfaction.

On a minor note, the first screen does get a little messy after a few attemps.

Good job!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+2)

Very cool, I really love the take on the theme as well, such a good idea! The music was really cool, had a lot of fun trying over and over. I will say that there could be a little more feedback for when you hit a spike, at first I was a little confused at why I was starting over.  Really great job!

Developer

Yes, I wish we had some cool animation for dying)

Thank you for your feedback!

Submitted(+2)

Music and visuals are great, but what about other things? They are incredible, I love this smooth and responsive movement, nice level desingn and the core idea of the game. Well done!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much. I'm happy to hear that movement was good for you. We was little worried about it.

Submitted(+2)

That is amaazing, loved how last moves get repeated 

Developer

Thank you for your feedback!

(+2)

What an amazing game! Congratulations to those involved.
Developer

Thank you!

We are really glad that you like it! :D

Submitted(+2)

Well, first of all, nice music! The game was really hard, and it took me about 2 tries to understand what was going on, but yeah, I understood that!

Developer

Nice! Thank you.
We really needed to do the tutorial, but we was out of time.

Submitted

Yeah, it's fine!

Submitted(+2)

Good game, I like it! And it is interesting to investigate this invisible level.

But it will be too sad, if there will be the only one level in future.

Developer

Thank you!
We are thinking about add some levels and new color in future.

Submitted(+2)

Good  and rather challenging entry.
Visuals are simple but perfect for this type of game . Neons always go pefectly with Electronic music. Nice combo there!
Do you think ghost triangles could be of a different color? or a bit dimmer? It might be just me but I get confused at starting.
It might be just me but I would have included check points. It's too challenging sometimes, but on the other hand, that's the fun part of it, being challenged.

I did enjoy it quite a bit.

Here's mine if you can spare some time playing it. Many Thanks:
https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2019/rate/463337

Developer

Thank you!! Yes, we will defenetly make some checkpoints later

Submitted(+2)

WOW! I absolutely LOVE this game! I love the art style, and the audio is FANTASTIC! The concept you have here is incredible! I love how you can essentially help yourself out, and decide when to use your pulse. This is an incredible strategy-platformer game where you can choose to either hold your breath and take a step into the darkness, or use that one-time-only pulse and possible regret it later. The only thing I think this game needs is some checkpoints, and possibly a tutorial as well. Other than that, I'd say that if you add some more levels, you should release this as a full game on Steam! I'm serious, the concept is incredible and the execution is top-notch! Amazing work, I really hope you get featured in the video! :D Yo got a 5/5/5 from me :) Keep up the amazing work!

Developer

Thank you very much for such a comprehensive feedback.
We are really considering such an option and perhaps in the near future we will be engaged in implementation.

Submitted(+2)

You're very welcome :)

I'm glad to hear that! I am looking forward to playing an extended version of this amazing game :D

Submitted(+2)

Neon style with a great EDM background music. In combination with the gameplay, brings fun.
In my opinion, the only thing I would add are checkpoints. 

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much. 
Our team actually thought about checkpoints but our votes was splitted))

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

Wow, I love this game. This is one of the best I've played so far, I looove that you made something visually compelling with only one sprite.

I wasn't entirely sold on the "dark level" idea until I realized that you got to see what your past lives did - that's super cool and adds a whole new layer to the game! There was a genuine suspense and curiosity in exploring the dark level, and I think you're on to something here. Maybe after the jam you hide extra "impulse" pickups around the levels, providing more exploration and a chance to play with that mechanic more.

The player character felt a little clumsy, and I'm not sure it was registering all my jumps, so that's a spot that you could focus on re: polish!

Check out our game Einnsámr too :) https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2019/rate/463168

P.S. - I'm a game audio professional, and I do declare that those are some phat beats if I've ever heard 'em!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for such feedback!

Submitted(+2)

One sprite is pretty hard to try and make a game with haha, nice work with this ;)

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+3)

Original game with a lot of potential .It mix very well a lot of ideas related to the theme (only one level , only one sprite ...).

Well done !

Developer

Nice to hear. Thank you so much!

Submitted(+3)

Single sprite - nice! Second game I've played that uses that idea (I thought there would be lots more to be honest!). The use of one sprite makes the levels quite easy to read once you know what all the colours etc mean - it's a really nice clean design. Good fun too - I liked the past self mechanic!

Developer

Thank you so much!
I actually thinking mb to add more levels with some new colors. But it will be next time)

Submitted (1 edit) (+3)

Very clever platformer! Well done. 2nd game I saw that used a very cool light mechanic. Damn, wish I would have thought about something like that :D

Developer

Thank you so much!

Submitted(+3)

Oh that was so good... Very clever using past attempts to light your way for future ones! Graphics fit the theme of the game well and the music was bumping! Really enjoyed playing this!

Developer

Thank you! Lovely to hear it

(+3)

control worked fine for me...  am liking it so far... 

don't you think a metal music would be best suited for this game... 

all the best for the rest of the jam
return the favor by Trying mine and leave your feedback: https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2019/rate/431948

Developer

Happy to hear it. Thank you! 

Submitted(+2)

The controls were a bit unresponsive at times but as a whole it was an amazing experience.

Developer

Yes, сontrols defenetley need to be improved.
Thank you!

Submitted(+3)

Really fun game. Liked the music, seems very original, really goes far with the theme. It's really satisfying to be interacting with my past version of myself like this. The level design is superb, I really don't have any gripes with this.

Okay actually I have one: The game also has a font as well as the triangle sprite, nd I consider fonts to be sprites. That's not enough to lose the five-star theme adherence though.

Developer

Thank you so much for your feedback!

Submitted(+1)

Is it me or the controls are not really responding?

Submitted(+1)

I've had that happen a few times.

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