This game is very hard to play and it feels very finnicky to roll and jump and dash but it's a super cool concept and could definitely be fleshed out to make a great game.

I have to be honest, I didn't get very far in this game - couldn't beat the second tutorial level. I found the timer really unforgiving and having throw bound to Shift was making the game nearly unplayable. I really like the movement, though, and the game felt very polished. Nice work overall! Might come back to this later and see if I can figure out how to play properly.

I have to agree with everyone else in here about the game's control and character design. I also had issues with the dice but instead of being frustrating, it’s that you can kill any challenge from the timer by just spamming the double jump, it’s quick enough that you can reliably refill your time even with the negative rolls

It’s definitely the type of game that makes me want to see more of your work

This was an amazing entry.

Before I get to what I loved about this game, I want to play fair and note the opposite first and get all of the bad out of the way. It's the RNG. Dice tend to hate me irl, so I'm not surprised they were unkind to me here too. By all means, I do think the dice should have a negative on it, as you said in another post, it'd feel toothless if it didn't, but with the odds of not getting time back being 1/3, it sucks when you're like me and get four "-1"s in a row and die on what would have been a good run. The last level on normal fuse mode frustrated me to no end because while I feel I mastered the mechanics by that point, sometimes the game just commanded me to die. I got stuck on it for the longest time. My suggestion for a fix would be either to have only one negative space (probably the "-1" or heck bump it down to "-2" now that it's the only one there) OR to have the dice be unable to land on the last number it rolled. Outside of that, it mostly just felt like the fuse was tugging on a leash to keep me slowed down as I would have to stop playing to get some extra time. There were some good spots to just let your dice rest and not want to pick it up instantly in the last level, so maybe I was just bad at spotting moments where you should just let the dice roll. In short, the last thing I wanted to do in the game was funnily enough, was roll the dice.

Okay now for the part I actually want to write about, THIS GAME IS FANTASTIC. When the first thing I want to do upon learning the mechanics of a game is lab out using them, you know you've got something special. I'm really glad I chose to play slow mode first as it gave me time to get used to the controls and movement. It's a bit of a steep learning curve, but once you get it, oooooooooooh boy. The tech you can pull off feels great, and I'm particularly fond of doing all of the moves back to back (throw > dice kick > divebomb > regrab > dice jump). Gunjumper is also very cute and well designed and I enjoyed playing as her. The collectibles were also a lot of fun to get as most of them made me feel like I had to use my abilities to the fullest to reach. I made sure to grab all of the powdered donuts on my normal fuse run. Another thing I need to praise is the respawn time. I'm so thankful you took the Celeste approach and just brought the player back immediately. That alone cures a lot of potential frustration. This game was a genuine treat and I enjoyed it quite a bit. 5 stars across the board. Glad I follow you on Twitter and was able to see this on my feed!

Great job.

Also if I can find the time, expect some fan art of Gunjumper at some point! 

Rittzler!! The gamefeel on this character controller is amazing! Even without the die the general feeling of the jump, dash, spin, etc all felt phenomenal. The character design is great too.

I did find controlling the die pretty tricky and unintuitive - I found myself wishing that throwing the die was one static distance and not an analog charge, so that I could get used to the feeling of throwing it a set distance, catching it, etc. I also wish you weren't quite so limited in movement while holding the die - there were many times where I wasn't sure if it was more optimal to basically just dumpster the die while I platformed myself just to call it back, or to actually fight with it to get it to go where it needed.

I guess it felt like the die was more of a hazard rather than an integral part of the moveset, which imo is a shame because the few times I did manage to pull off a throw - dive - catch - double jump - dive - spin felt utterly incredible.

Still a 5 star entry all around. Fantastic work.

I am at awe that this game was made in 48 hours. The amount of tech you can pull off is insane! Throwing a dice, kicking it mid-air, dashing into it then finishing of with a dice jump is such a fun chain to pull off. I even managed to get 2 of the hidden collectibles!

If I had to critique something (aside from the frame issues which you seem to be aware off in this comment section), it's that the default keyboard layout is... really bad. Mapping dash to shift is making my pinkie hurt. Had to switch to my PS4 controller for that last level.

Definitely the best movement system I've seen in the jam so far, the insane stunts you can pull off by kicking the dice around is a rush. You could easily take this game/character into a full game post-jam if you wanted to!

Tried playing it but I had a lot of slowdown. I guess my PC just is a bit weak. Or maybe it's not getting along with Unreal.

i can tell enough hoe much i enjoy this game!!! i love the graphics, i love how it feels to play, i love the sounds effects. i can tell there’s some inspiration from early 2000’s japanese ps1 games. very, very neat game.

it’s admittedly a bit grind-y, as you have to constantly roll the die in order to gain time and that sort of made it hard to progress, which was especially difficult in the beginning where i was trying to read the tutorial and learn the controls. it’s a bit fast and could use a bit of balancing.

nevertheless, stellar game. with some fine-tuning, i would 100% buy and play a full version of this.

A very interesting concept. The dice giving you time back randomly seemed annoying, as it made completing the levels (with the regular fuse time) feel rather RNG dependent. I also had some difficulty getting a hang of the platforming controls and I managed to struggle finding the exit on the third level. I really liked it, but didn't end up completing the game.

I did find it quite tough but the great concept, movement and cute character kept me going! But I forgot the collectible! If you do take this further, I'd say add the ability to bind pickup to left mouse instead, B didn't work for me and shift is quite demanding on the little finger.

This was absolutely amazing! Incredibly fluid movement, nice character design, excellent animation and satisfying sound effects! If I could make one critique, it would be that the "dice" part of the game seems a bit shoehorned-in. Other than that though, the quality of the movement mechanics would be something I'd expect in a full game, not just a game jam game!

Really cool concept, and cute character :). The dice as a timer modifier is really cool, tho it feels a bit frustrating to have punishing dice rolls, tying it to the random nature of the dice makes for a level of inconsistency that i found a bit too high. Though I hope to see this concept pushed further in the future, if that's a plan!

Super cool idea. I loved the character when I saw it and I thought that the idea was super cool. Main thing I am having a hard time with is the tutorial. I got stuck on stage 2 because the tutorial was confusing. I think the concept of this game could be super fun but the tutorial could have used a lot more work. Good job with what you were able to make!

EDIT: i retried the stage 2 and for some reason my brain didn't understand that i needed to recall the dice lol. my rating has changed to reflect that