a little difficult the last level, but I finished it lol

I love how this game uses all of it's mechanics to the fullest, level design was great (especially the last level). Only complaint is that the controls were a little buggy, however manageable. Great game!

Of all the "player controls level instead of the protagonist" implementations, this one is really well-polished, and could even be a finished game in my opinion! I didn't need any tutorial, I could just get started, and everything was super intuitive. Congrats on an awesome game!

Really cool idea!

I feel like the player could be a tad faster to make the experimentation loop quicker.

I couldn't quite get past the last level, but had lots of fun nonetheless!

Liked the game, nice idea there :)

Amazing level of polish! Reminds me of different topdown robot instruction games, but this is a different perspective ;)

This game was a blast to play! Not too difficult, and the last part was really satisfying to pull off. Though it's good that it was the only "long" puzzle of the game, because waiting for the player to reach a point where they died last time to redo can get a bit frustrating (in a longer game!)

Great job!

Excellent idea and incredible execution! I love the "painting" mechanic and that each color has it's own uses, that you yourself can decide. The fact that you give the player all of this control and yet still manage to make the game challenging is quite impressive, well done!
I don't even have too much feedback to give, apart from a few UX issues with not being able to deselect an action, but that's very minor.

Oh and, the choice of music and audio was superb. Fantastic work!

This was a very nice take on the level builder genre I’ve seen so many of. The justification around making a tutorial was very creative, and the mechanics were fun to play with and had to make you think a bit in advance. It was a lot of fun to play!

Wonderful game!! Loved the idea of coloring in the level and "coding" the squares!! Kind of reminds me of LightBot but at the same time its extremely unique! Excellent idea, and excellent execution! Will definitely be looking forward to future versions!

5-5-5

If you want to check out another indirect control puzzle platformer, check out our game!

It's cool how the game is based on the concept of reversing the tutorial: usually the most dreaded/boring part of the game, but this jam entry manages to make it quite challenging! I do wish the player had a smarter AI and wasn't just a robot, but of course time limitations during a jam can make that next to impossible. The only real issue I ran into was the player occasionally glitching and dying when there weren't any enemies touching them.

Really good idea to have the instructions colour coded, makes it easier to understand for sure. This could definitely be fleshed out into a full on platformer puzzle game. Great execution, good job! 

That was a really cool game! I love how you set instructions for each color and then paint them on the level. The art is awesome as well. The only bit of feedback I have is that it would be really nice if I could edit stuff without the player restarting from the last checkpoint. But I understand you probably did that for technical reasons. Overall, excellent game!

This game was an absolute delight!
It felt really good to play, and the concept itself worked incredibly well. While I feel like I've seen elements of this game in other things before it, I've never seen it done in this way, and it lead to an amazing experience that I would love to see more of!
Thank you for sharing this game with us, and I wish you both good luck in the jam, and your future endeavors!

I think my time was 9 minutes something. I got a little annoyed at the final checkpoint waiting for the guy to go through the whole thing over and over. A fast forward button at least would've been good.

The puzzles were a bit on the easy side. I never really felt challenged. But it's hard to do a puzzle game for a jam. Makes me wonder why so many people decide to do them 😅

Other than that though, it's quite well made with a cute aesthetic and polish.

Wooow, the presentation is excellent on this, all the little details, like the checkpoint screens, fireballs, hand cursors. I also love how the game integrates well into the itch page. I feel like the idea of "you play as the developer" is a very common one in this jam but you've made a very enjoyable interpretation of that idea with a cool twist. the puzzles were fun and the progression was good, the tutorial for "The tutorial" was also easy to understand.

Also here's the time for my attempt to get through the game.

That was phenomenal! The polish was really on point, and the whole feel of the game was quite cute. The gameplay was really satisfying. I didn't encounter any bugs that stopped me from enjoying the game, and the level design was really great! Really great entry, there isn't really anything I can think of to improve on. Given the time span, the entry felt pretty much perfect.

One of the best game of the jam! Loves the idea and the execution. Art is good. With some additional levels it can easely be a completed game! Nice work!!!

Very cool and polished game.

The final gauntlet feels a bit long during all the trial and error, but the final result was very much worth it.

Really cool game! The music and sound effects were nicely implemented with really nice artwork as well. The last level was definitely a test of everything you've learned previously in the game, but also very rewarding. This game has a lot of potential!