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A jam submission

Getting Over It Together with... Myself!View game page

Solving platformer puzzles together with the 2-second-earlier version of yourself!
Submitted by DrCarlLuo — 1 minute, 53 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#3753.7043.704
Overall#4273.7563.756
Originality#5693.7893.789
Presentation#6973.7753.775

Ranked from 71 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
**PLEASE READ THE GAME PAGE FIRST!!!!!!!**(some known issues listed there)You join together with your past self to solve problems!

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing art

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing audio

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Submitted (1 edit)

Super clever idea! It's a bit rough for me, I would've liked a little more easing into it. I was stuck on the tutorial for the longest time. I finally beat that only to get stuck on the next level haha. I really how you taunt the player by putting the exit so close yet impossibly far away.

Oh, also! Love that your game actually saves progress. I'm not sure how much use it'll get from a game jam but the thought is very nice!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much! I will definitely make this game easier in a post-jam version :)

Amazing game, smart, fun and challenging puzzles.
Congratulations on the great work!

Developer(+1)

Thank you very much for the nice feedback :D

Submitted

nice art, interesting idea, and well implemented. Good job

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the nice feedback :)

Lovely.

Developer

Thanks :D

Submitted

Very cool and fun but a little frustrating. Not unwinnable but I wish it was a little easier at the start and then it got tougher but again not unwinnable. Plus the game is fast that it is easy to get back to where you were so maybe I just need to gid gud. I thought some of the puzzle elements were so clever it made me feel dumb when I actually figured it out...which happens a lot to me...lol and it is a fun spin on the "clone" idea. Nicely done!

Developer

Thank you so much for playing my game :D I will definitely reconsider some of the designs and make this game easier in a post-jam version cuz I really want this game to focus on the puzzles instead of platformer skills :)

Submitted

Very cool levels you built here! Required thinking, precision and speed, I enjoyed it! It was quite tough though :D 

Developer

Thanks for the nice feedback. Happy you enjoyed it :)

Submitted

Super unique concept and game! A lot of jam games I see do very well in art, or music, or juice, but lack interesting mechanics and design. There is a ton of super interesting design here, especially for 48 hours. The music and art fit the gameplay without getting in the way as well.

For a jam game though, the difficulty curve is quite steep. You do introduce mechanics bit by bit and you do a very good job at minimalistic hands-off tutorials, however the timing-based puzzles require painstaking precision and patience from the player. I kept playing because I was so intrigued by the concept and designs, but after many deaths I just didn't have the patience and I could sense the game wasn't getting any easier. That being said, there is an audience for this kind of game even if it is this challenging. I can sense that maybe the difficulty was a deliberate design choice, I just wish the difficult curve was even more gradual so players like me who do not play as many puzzle games could enjoy it in its entirety. From the game page I see there is a lot I didn't get to, which in my book makes me appreciate the game even more.

Half an hour is a long time for a jam game in my book. The length is not an issue, but the question of balancing polish vs content is what really matters I think. I feel like if you had halved the scope of the game but spent more time on smoothing out the difficulty curve then I would enjoy the game even more.

Nonetheless I think this is a phenomenal submission for 48 hours and I think when it comes to originality / design you should rank very high. 

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for such a detailed feedback! I definitely made a fatal mistake of the difficulty in game design. I intended to combine the puzzles with some elements from those action-based platformers, but it turned out that this just backfired. For an action-based platformer that requires precise action and timing from players, the puzzles kind of break the flow of the game. For a puzzle game, the requirement of platformer skills may keep bringing frustration to players. I will definitely reconsider some of the designs in a post-jam version, cuz I really want this game to focus on the puzzles instead of platformer skills. Again, thank you so much for playing my game :)

Submitted(+1)

Nice concept! Plays well, looks good. Kinda reminds me of the old flash game "The Company of Myself". A bit frustrating though, would've preferred some more relaxed timing in certain spots. Also, in the levels where you had to escape your past self I was in such a hurry I had to ignore the new story texts when I encountered them. I do like how the story was implemented though, and I like how you used level design to create a multitude of variations on the mechanics, as well as the changing behaviour of the past self.

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much! The difficulty of this game is definitely a problem that I should have paid attention to during the jam. In a post-jam version, I will definitely try to fix this problem cuz I really want this game to focus on the puzzles instead of platformer skills.

Submitted

Ooof ^_^;  I am pretty bad at platformers so I just couldn't live up to the execution required, but this is definitely a nice puzzle setup and I like the figuring-out required.  Others have already said how the difficulty kind of messed with them as well so no need to go further into that feedback I think ^_^  (Personally I couldn't even execute the second challenge in level 1 T_T  lol )
Thanks for making it! ^_^  Even though I couldn't do much I did have fun puzzling it and trying for a bit.  Cheers!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for trying my game :D I will definitely make this game easier in a post-jam version cuz I really want this game to focus on the puzzles instead of platformer skills :)

Submitted

Controls feel super good, and levels are well designed!
I like it!

Developer

Thanks :D

Submitted (1 edit)

Brilliant game design! Really makes you think about getting the timing right for moving & pressing buttons. The challenge is also just right, that you have to be precise in traversing your character.  I also like that every level has different spice & variation to the mechanics to make things interesting (I played until level 3 but watch your video to find out the other mechanics)

Developer

Thanks for the nice feedback. Also thanks for spending some time on the videos :)

Submitted

Clever twist on an old mechanic. I like the way thr rules are constantly shifting too. And it got lovely presentation, and good controls, however...

It's waaay too hard for me! I always say that if you're making a puzzle game where the puzzles fun comes from figuring out a solution, once you've worked out that solution it should be pretty easy to perform it. Even having watched the walkthrough I think I'd never be able to perform most of the solutions!

I really loved Getting Over It with Bennet Foddy (clearly what this game's namesake is). That was hard, but not in a puzzley way. It was just a skill you had to build up through practice and repetetion. I got over it with Bennet Foddy, but I don't think I'll ever get over it with myself!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much! I will definitely make this game easier in a post-jam version cuz I really want this game to focus on the puzzles instead of platformer skills :)

Submitted

Nice Game very clever puzzles.

I didn't get to finish it myself (too hard for me) but i saw a lot of it in different stream & the level design is pretty good.

Good job. :)

Developer

Thanks :D

Submitted

Really fun game. It reminds me a bit of Celeste when fighting Badeline :). You made some really interesting puzzles around having a lagged behind ghost. That was super neat. 

I'm really impressed by the size of the game. I haven't gotten past level 3 yet but I'll definitely play to the end!

Congrats on such a nice game! 

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the nice feedback. Happy you like it :)

Submitted

Fun game with interesting ideas :] The only problem is the crushingly hard diffuculty and hard controls.

I suggest making the player jump how much the space key is pressed rather then a fixed amount that way it could be easy to make little jumps :D

Overall i would like to see this game worked on nice job :]

Developer

Thank you so much for the feedback. Definitely gonna fix this problem in a post-jam version.

Submitted

Beautiful game! great art and great music and sound effects! It starts off a little tricky but it's worth trying over and over because of the great atmosphere!

Developer

Thanks :D

Submitted

I really enjoyed it and I'm by far no skilled platformer pro or something even close but it was a challenge in a way that really kept me going - added to my collections! <3

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much! I will definitely make this game easier in a post-jam version since the focus of this game is the puzzles instead of platformer skills :)

Submitted(+1)

I died like 100 times. No exaggeration. I'm dead serious. And I'm really not into rage game.

...

But yet, I didn't quit. 

That's crazy man! The game looks SO Gorgeous :O! The visuals, the music, it creates such an atmosphere... almost melancholic. It made me wanna try. Again again and again. The story behind the game is also beautiful man. In your description, I've seen that level 3 was harder than it was meant to be but still, I beat it.

Because even if it's just a game, if I didn't, it would have meant that I wasn't able to be run away from my past... and I REALLY didn't wanted to give up on this note!!! >:(

Lol, by reading my comment, you might think that I had a bad time but it's the OPPOSITE way around. That was beautiful. Damn.

"Game are meant to be fun". A fun game is always a pleasure to play, sure. But games can be so much more than that.

And here... in this game, I saw ART. Great job man!

Developer

Damn, man, I really wish my English could be better, so that I can express my respect and gratitude to you properly. I didn't mean to make this game this hard, truly. If I could do more playtesting during the jam and add more checkpoints in the game, people would definitely be able to experience my entire game without the agony of dying over and over again. I feel so sorry right now.

Again, thank you, man. You really made my day. You made me feel that all I have done these days is worthwhile. It's really so kind of you and I hope you had a lot of fun in this jam :)

Submitted(+1)

Fun fact, english isn't my main language either man X)! I actually learned a lot from YouTube. As a programmer or even a computer scientist in general, you have to be able to express yourself in english to be able to learn a lot and share your work with as many people as people. That's why we keep learning man! :)

As for your game, naahhhhh it's not too hard. It's exactly where it's supposed to be! X)

In some levels I was really impressed because you made just the right level layout to make it impossible to complete with an unintended way at the perfect distance! Not too close but not too far either. That was great!

And as for me, yeah X). I also really enjoyed this Jam! That's my first one but I'm glad I was able to make a game and submit it in time! And ratting games is actually way more fun than I tough it would be! I've been doing this since Tuesday X).

I wish you luck going forward dude! :D

Submitted

This is a nice one. Great setting and great fit to the theme, I really enjoyed this game and the idea! Nice job!

Developer

Thanks for the kind words :D

Submitted

Amazing game. Youd did a great job in the game jam, I liked a lot this game. Really interesting and challenging. Great job!

Developer

This is awesome to read. Thank you so much for commenting this :)

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