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A jam submission

Change is NecessaryView game page

You need to morph to win.
Submitted by MarkeMark1972
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun To Play#102.9002.900
Sounding Good#132.9002.900
Looking Good#143.0003.000
Theme Relevance#172.8002.800

Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

I really like the scene transition, which appears like a mouth chomping down! The music in the title screen is nice, though it does call attention to the fact that there's no music during the levels.

As mentioned by others, I also had the problem that damage does not reset between attempts, so once the damage bar is full every reload immediately ends in failure.

I got to level 5 before this happened, and up to that point the concept of changing only appeared once, when turning into a telephone. Which is a neat idea, except the only purpose of turning into a telephone appears to be that you must then turn back to the usual flower vase to progress to the exit.

Speaking of the exit, as has also been noted by others, there's a problem where the collider(s) do not match up with the visuals. It's entirely possible to do what appears to be a safe landing only to explode immediately. I'm not sure why the sides of the exit are as lethal as the moving obstacles and was very surprised when, at one point, I was able to land on the regular ground with only a bit of damage instead of instant death.

From what I've seen of the first five levels, they're all very similar in design. This could actually be advantageous giving the concept of controlling a shapeshifting object, if only that was leveraged earlier on. For example:

Begin the first level as a flower vase as is the case right now. That's fun and a bit weird and perhaps a little bit of a reference. Then, in the second level, start as a different object like the telephone. (This gives the player the feeling of "Oh, this is different!" instead of "Oh no, not again!") In the third level, start as a larger object (ideally not the same object from either of the first two levels) and shift to a smaller one when encountering a narrow gap. This way, rather than starting as the desired shape and being forced to switch back and forth, you can show off how shape changing is beneficial to the player rather than detrimental.

Structuring the levels this way can give a sense of progression through more complex gameplay, as well as increasing difficulty. Since the game is called Polymorph and the concept is shape changing, introduce that very early and show how it makes your game unique. :)

Developer(+1)

Wow Satinel! What amazing feedback. I will take onboard everything you have mentioned. I'm planing to continue working on this concept and your input will help the level progression so much. 

Submitted(+2)

I enjoyed the game, but a few frustration points kept me from waiting to keep trying.
Mostly the hit boxes not being quite aligned, and the landing was realllyyyy touchy (which might be a good thing). 

Would definitely come back and play an update version :)

Developer

Thanks for the review. I will definitely be doing more work on this game, so I hope you do come back to play future updates. I will be fixing the problems you raised very soon.

Submitted(+1)

Awesome to hear it, I personally love coming back to a game jam game and applying some feedback. Cleaning up some bugs and the like.

Submitted(+1)

Cool idea trying to use different shaped rockets to clear different obstacles, brought me back to the days of playing space flight simulator. Trying to get through the moving walls was a bit frustrating especially the horizontal ones. i cleared four levels before encountering a bug where it seemed after dying to damage, the pop up asking to play again would repeatedly come up when trying to play again, Overall good job!

Developer

Thank you for the feedback @marz640. I knew about the damage level bug but noticed it too late to fix it. You are right about the difficulty level, it needs to be less frustrating to play, I only managed to get the level 6. :D 

Submitted(+1)

I was not expecting a mars lander flower vase!  The gameplay was challenging and fun at first.  

There are some things that should be improved that make the game frustrating to play (nit picking).  I think the hitbox of the vase is larger than what the model shows.  I kept dying when it looked like I cleared an obstacle.  Clearances were a bit too tight anyways.  I kept dying when I wasn't moving.  I think the health and player model didn't properly reset after each attempt.

I did get to level 4 where you introduce swapping your model to solve different challenges.  I would play through more of the levels if I wasn't so frustrated.

Developer

All very good points @excit. Thank you for playing my game and taking the time to give feedback. It is a very frustrating game and I need to fix the issues you mentioned. The game has potential and I plan to continue building it.