Love the pico-8 engine and the option to add a silly hat is peak game design. Originally I thought you had to collect the flowers but then I read the description and realized the point was to escape. This is a very cute puzzle platformer and I think some music or SFX would be appreciated. But overall great entry!
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FREN & fren's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #2103 | 3.138 | 3.138 |
| Style | #3420 | 2.931 | 2.931 |
| Overall | #3455 | 2.897 | 2.897 |
| Creativity | #4674 | 2.621 | 2.621 |
Ranked from 29 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?
Fren, the player character, changes in size (scale) by using statues found around the world
Development Time
48 hours
Comments
Beat it in about 4 minutes. Nice and simple execution on a 2 scale platformer.
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The Last ScalerMuch respect for working in pico-8! The level design was well executed, there were some nice little challenges without being enough to bail, and the cross-overs were a very neat touch to keep interest up. Nice work!
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StarFactoryQuite a satisfying little puzzle platformer. I always enjoy this style of map/maze where different screens are accessed through different routes. Nicely contained and cute! I thought the mechanics of advantage/disadvantage of each character were well-balanced in the puzzles, too. Great job!
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DudestackLovely puzzle. Fun interpretations of the posibilities and limitations of big fren and smol fren. You have a great little level with music, art and controls. All I can say is FREN!
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Gecko CrescendoNice to see a Pico-8 game! I liked the extra interactions from the player resizing, like falling through clouds when big. The cross-screen jumps were fun too.
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Bobby Gets a Bglad you liked it! fun fact, the clouds were originally going to be sorta like a death-plane when youre small in case you miss a jump, so that way you wouldnt have to backtrack and try again, but then i was reccomended to make them solid, and that turned out way better!
and yeah, i use pico 8 a lot! just wait till i publish one of my picotron projects, theyre gonna be much bigger >:)
Cute little game! It was easy to pick up what to do. I did feel like the puzzles relied on remembering where I had just been which was a little difficult. I'd be interested to see it with more puzzle elements that could be solved within one screen.
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