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A jam submission

Lightless - Only One LightView game page

A 2D platformer about using shadows to your advantage
Submitted by FireGreeks — 3 minutes, 6 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#2464.0534.053
Originality#2984.1324.132
Design#3743.7893.789
Adherence to the Theme#3784.2374.237

Ranked from 76 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

Your game really has a lot of potential, and the light color mechanics are both amazing concepts on their own, yet could pave the way of a bigger title!
In my opinion, the levels need a bit too precise jumps, and the bottom-right green lightbulb's shadow on level 6 doesn't make any sense, and works against the concepts of the game. At the beginning of the same level, the first walljump is a bit clunky, since going perfectly up makes you bump the platform. Also, collisions with the walls make you enter them a bit, making you blink in and out of the walls a bit, which is just details at this point.

This game is really original, creative and perfectly matches the theme. However, I will still have to deduce a star in design due to the lack of polish and the presence of a few bugs, leaving still a near perfect rating!

Developer(+1)

Thank you soo much for our contructive feedback! Apreciate it! And your right, the two things I spent least time was the movement of the player and organizing and planing the levels. I will try to improve the game after the jam using all your good points! Thanks alot!

Submitted

Really original concept!
It's minimal aesthetic is strong and tied together.
Very impressive level design, well thought and hard game!

Developer

Thanks alot! I really appreciate your feedback! <3

Developer (1 edit)

For the few who are going to play now, use SPACE to jump and not W/UP_ARROW please!

Submitted(+1)

Cool and original idea! Good job! :)

Developer

Thank you sooo much :) 

Submitted(+1)

Pretty good little game, interesting idea that the player can't double jump unless there in the light. there where moments I was able to turn multiple lights on at the same time. Will say switching could be interesting if selecting a light was tied to a arrow keys, or each light had an assign button. That could lead to puzzles where players need to switch between lights on the fly in game. Again solid little game.

Developer

Yes, there are few bugs leading to multiple lights turning on... Thank you soo much for yohr feedback :) 

Submitted

and thank you for the feedback on my game as well

Submitted(+1)

Really cool game. I liked the solid shadow idea, but absolutely loved the double jump in light mechanic. Adds loads of depth to the lighting system. Great job here!

Submitted(+1)

Really great game. I found the mechanic of the double jump to be a bit irritating, however I loved the idea of the green light and its shadow being solid. Great work!

Developer (1 edit)

For the few who are going to play now, use SPACE to jump and not W/UP_ARROW please!

Submitted(+1)

This idea is really fantastic. The green light/solid shadow mechanic in particular is incredibly innovative, I don't think I've seen anything like it, awesome job!

I wish there was a way to scroll through the level and see what lights were coming up; it felt like for some of the longer levels it would take me a few tries to just see that there was a light coming up that I needed to click. It also felt like the double jump was a little unresponsive, but that might just be me being bad.

There's a lot of really great design here. I really like the mechanic of turning a green light off, and then immediately turning it back on once the shadows are beneficial to you. Excellent work!

Developer

Thank you sooo much for your feedback! You're indeed right the double jump, I only implemented it correctly for SPACE (forgot to to add the W/UP_ARROW), but it should workd perfectly fine with SPACE :)

Really cool concept!

As others have said, platforming could be a little tighter but it's a great idea.

I would love to be able to cycle between the lights with my mousewheel so I don't have to aim for them and click while platforming!

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

Thank you soo much for your feedback! Mouse wheel is is indeed a good way of chnaging the lights, Thank for our advice

Submitted(+1)

Nice and interesting platformer. I like the idea and the level design looks good and the polish is very good for a game made in 2 days.

The only complaint i have is that the physics are weird at times and the controls sometimes are a bit unresponsive, most notably the double jump that works just fine with spacebar but using w or up arrow sometimes doesn't actually register. this doesn't break the game or anything so i'm not mad about these issues.

Overall, pretty good.

(+1)

I'm impressed, great concept. I don't think I'm good enough for a speed run... but I managed to complete it ;) Thanks for playing our game too.

Developer(+1)

Wow! Only three have managed to complete to my knowledge, 4 now! GG! Thanks for taking your time to complete it :)

(+1)

Once I started, I couldn't give up lol Quite addictive to get through. Smart level design too especially toward the end. I was a bit concerned the lights would just going to be to illuminate the play area but double jump, wall jump and solid shadows, and having to change them mid jump really added a challenge.

Developer

Thank you sooo much! I really apreciate it! <3

Submitted(+1)

Great game, well done. The slope for the decelaration might be a little bit to slow in my opinion, it feels like you are on ice. Nice job otherwise !

Developer

Thank you soo much for your feedback! Its true though, I didn't really take much time for the player's movement... I should have made more reliable. Thank you again

Submitted(+1)

It feels like a fresh concept for a platformer and the clean visuals mesh really well with spooky sound design. Well done! ^^

Developer(+1)

Thank you sooo much for your feedback! I apreciate it a lot! ;=)

Submitted

Cool idea! The level design is also well made since it doesn't start super easy or super hard and gradually increases the difficulty.

I managed to turn on two lights in the first level, I don't know if that was intentional?

Overall very good! Best of luck with the jam

Developer(+1)

No its  abug that happens if you change light when its flickering sometimes.. Thank soo much for playing and your feedback!

Submitted

Nice idea. Unfortunately, the double jump did not always register correctly for me. Also many times i jumped into a white/green light and it turned to the wrong color at the wrong time :(

Also since you're using unity, consider releasing a browserplayable version. For lazy people like me, playing in the browser is more comfortable^^

Developer

Yeah! I planned to do that, but as you can see over the game name, I submitted the game 3 minutes before the deadline... Thank you soo much for playing and your feedback. I'll try to improve it after the jam!

Submitted(+1)

The game concept is brilliant. I like how one simple mechanic is used in a few interesting ways.

Submitted

loved your gamed. delicious juice!

If you want to please check out our game as well. We would appreciate it :)

https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2019/rate/462544

Developer(+1)

Already did. Played, rated and commented! Very good game! :)

Submitted(+1)

I liked a lot the idea of just one light and how it changes the mechanics in the game! The green lights and their shadows were my favorite part. The jump and the double jump felt a bit off at times but all things considered this game looks really promising.

Submitted(+1)

Cool gaame! enjoyed it a lot ^-^

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