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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #217 | 4.201 | 4.201 |
| Overall | #572 | 3.844 | 3.844 |
| Enjoyment | #717 | 3.669 | 3.669 |
| Style | #1461 | 3.663 | 3.663 |
Ranked from 169 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Half the things you can do are about changing the size of game border, or borders.
Development Time
96 hours
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Suh a sweet art style. The variety of sections is also nice and creative. Good job!
Thanks for playing! the 2d engine really made it hard for me to apply some effects orz. Maybe next time I'll try 3d : )
Wow I absolutely adored this, pretty difficult at times but all the more rewarding for it, definitely gets full marks from me. Only issue is that the game doesnt fit on my screen and fullscreen mode is buggy too, but the wonderful ambience and the backgrounds make up for having to use the scroll bar constantly lol. Really well done and a unique take to stand out among all the other shrinking/growing platformers.
I'm so sorry to konw you have to scroll the bar to play the game. Maybe rescaling the browser ( or downloading of course ) will help! Glad to konw you like it! A compliment from an excellent game designer!
Really well put together game, lots of polish, well done!
Thanks for playing! Hope you like it!
Wonderful idea and wonderful game. Excellent job! Really enjoyed the puzzles. need some polish on movement and other than that it's great. full rate from me.
sorry to frustrate you with the bad controlling orz. I really regret letting it go instead of trying to polish it. Thanks for playing! I hope you had a good time!
Although admittidely qute rough around the edges, this game is very creative with it's audiovisual choices! for example, i would've never thought of using a bird chirp as a jumping sound but very surprisingly works out!
Sadly i didn't manage to finish the game, i struggled when the puzzles started becoming more skill based.
Can i contact you anywhere (ideally discord)? i kinda wanna try participating in a game jam with you, i like your ideas that much!
I'm pretty honoured! sorry to frustrate you with bad controlling!
I'll try to add discord in my profile. In fact I never checked that app since my account was created lol.
I dont konw if it's ok to change social id so i just put it in my profile!
Really smart puzzles. Nice one!
Thanks for playing! I'm really glad you like it!
The metaphor of border is illustrated really well and I like the use of color in each background, initially I don't know if I succeed in the right way or a bug but it turns out it is the right solution :) Also the jumping is not the same height if you want to jump off when you move forward and caused some frustruation. Got stuck in the level where it seems you have to scale and jump at the same time, wish there will be a playthrough video to have a look at later levels.
Thanks for playing and pointing out the main problems! It's soooooo true that I really should have fixed the controlling. ( yes in later levels we need to scale and jump at the same time. but even I often fail. ) In fact we can skip the level if interested in the later ones by pressing p! (strange key choice)
Thank you for the information!
Very creative idea and level design. The game has a good difficulty curve to it as you play it requires you to have more knowledge about movement and skill, scaling up and down the square. Really good job on your submission
Thank you for playing! All these features can be seen in GMTK channel lol, though i cant understand all of the videos
This is a very creative and innovative idea of using scaling as a means to noclip player out of the box and reach the end. I thought I broke the game when I was like I no clipped out of it, but then I realized that's exactly how you want us to play the game. The level designs are pretty cool as well. I love that you designed it in a way it's impossible initially but is doable if we think it through.
Great game. I loved it!
I'm sooo glad you enjoy it. And you really point out the core of the game! Thank you for playing and the cheerful word!
This game is an awesome example of making the player feel clever. It felt as though I was breaking the game, even though it's exactly how we were meant to crack each puzzle. Smooth gameplay (I bet making the expanding and shrinking mechanic so smooth was tough), beautiful and relaxing tone too.
I got stuck on 14 and haven't managed to work it out yet, but I don't want to skip it! Perhaps a tip...?
Otherwise only feedback I can think of is the hitboxes felt slightly awkward at times - like I was only just making it, or only just not making it. And jumps were eaten a little when you jumped against the side of something. But neither mattered, really unique puzzle game!
Sorry to frustrate you with bad controlling and tricky levels orz. 14 is hard both in puzzle and controlling. need to jump and scale at the same time to get to the ladder. then easily jump to the blue box ( scale it to the smallest ). Then again, shrink to get higher and jump and scale at the same time to reach the heart.
the key is to jump and scale the same time. A tricky one ; )
thanks for playing! Hope you enjoy it!
Not at all, it wasn't frustrating! And thank you, I managed to do it!!
It was tricky but once I got it it's quite reliable. Great fun
So glad you like it! Hope to deliver better journey in my next game! ( or still this one expanded
Very different to anything I've played before. Didnt quite get some of the puzzles, but I'm sure they made sense :D
Thanks for playing! Eat the Sun is also innovative and fun! And it controlls the real border lol. Sorry some levels may be frustrating and I gave up to build tips system orz
super cool concept and quite innovative in my opinion, the controls are well chosen, the graphics remind me of those of "Blackthornprod", I like it. And finally the game fits with the theme. Great job!!
Thanks for playing! I'm so glad to be a reminder of Blackthornprod : )
I really don't know what to say about this. Using scaling to noclip the player out is creative, but some of the later levels feels way too hard, or probably even impossible. Safe to say that it was a weird experience.
Glad to know you tried the later levels! Sorry the levels are frustrating ( But absolutely possible ) I'm happy to make weird games and thanks for playing and pointing that out! : )
this is an amazing game
ive seen several games just barely/forcefully fitting into the theme but this one deserves a spot on the video! the core mechanic is very well designed and implemented.
i first thought clipping through is a glitch but then realised thats the main sauce of the game! very impressive
high numbers for you!
edit: loved the sound of shrinking and growing! and dont be envious lol your game is an S-tier puzzle game!!!
Thanks for playing! I'm so glad you enjoy the game! I wanted to compose but could make a good one. The shrinkings sounds are in random pitch but turns out fine! ( I dont recognise the notes even I just said i tried to compose lol ). Hope I can see more of your works in the future!
Super great platform scaling puzzle game, and the level designs are very well designed, Great job!
Thank you for playing! Glad if you like this game!
loved how what would usually be collision and physics problems at the boundaries were turned into actual puzzle solutions, very clever !
Thank you for playing! I can see this is really a key feature now lol. Glad if you like it!
Best puzzle game I played in this jam! Simple but effective mechanic!
That's really cheerful! I'm so glad you enjoy it!
I like the simple aesthetics of the game. It's really creative puzzle game. I am stuck at levels 18 and 20.
While level 18 is hard to solve(I have skill issue. lol.) I can't find the way to solve level 20. I couldn't see any heart and when I tried to go sideways the player was just gone.
I'm so glad you enjoy it! Thanks for playing the game through and using the skip button lol ( 21 is a tricky one, we need to listen to know where to go. And the player gone is a sad bug )
I lost patience at level 14 but it’s a nice take on the theme and the game is really polished, good job!
It really scared me when I thought I saw u lost patience at level 4 orz. Thanks for playing! I really hope you have had a good time here!
Really fun puzzles! Sound design was really tight, well done!
Thanks for playing! I'm really glad you like it!