I had a lot of fun with this game. Very tense, great animation, and I kept wanting to get better at it even after dying something like 20 times. My only two gripes are:
a. The lava-freezing items only work for a couple of seconds, and it usually takes longer than that to get to them.
b. The platforming feels too pixel-perfect for some jumps, so it can be really unforgiving.
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Escape from the Volcano's itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Visuals | #2 | 4.500 | 4.500 |
Sound | #15 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
Fun | #24 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
Theme | #28 | 3.625 | 3.625 |
Story | #80 | 2.250 | 2.250 |
Music | #123 | 1.438 | 1.438 |
Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Great visuals but at times hard to control. Also, I my crappy elecom gamepad was not recognized unfortunately. Well... I guess I could expect that given it is cheap and crappy. Anyway, if I can make a suggestion, rendering it a little easier at least for the initial sections would be nice. Otherwise, great entry!
Man this game is tough - I made it to the top of screen 3 (I think) before running out of oxygen, I couldn't beat it but it was a fun and tense experience, love the climbing animation and particles looks like you guys put a lot of care into the artwork, one thing I would prefer would be the freeze potions freezing the lava even if they don't land directly in it, I made it through the entire first screen without needing them at all, but having to wait for the lava to reach an area you know it will freeze so you can get the oxygen puts yourself in too big of a risk in my opinnion - Still I had a lot of fun even if I couldnt beat it
You obviously know what you are doing right here. It looks awesome, plays wonderfully(you could easily speedrun this!) and has great sound. Fits the theme nicely and it's fun. The only criticism i have is that when i died it took a while to realize i had to smash some buttons to play again. Overall, a well-made game!
Game don't freeze, after the death animation you must press a key to restart. Due to lack of time we couldn't implement text on screen or menu that tell you what to do. Sorry for that.
For what concearning Chill potions, they were meant only to stop the lava briefly and give you more time to finish the level.
Ty for the feedback, we will do the same.
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