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This was a blast to play! It was tough getting a hang of the controls at first but once I did, it was super satisfying going from jump to jump and wall to wall. I love the whole last third of the game the most. I only wish GG had more lives to get used to the controls a bit more in the beginning without too much of a punishment. Amazing game!
Nice game but also too frustrating for me (As I'm bad with this kind of games).
As others pointed out I would like for your attack to block/destroy the projectiles. Also I thing Coyote time would improve the gamefeel.
Still a really nice game and good work for 2 weeks, keep at it!
I really love these kinds of games that give you a lot of movement tech, and then hand you a ridiculous challenge. It reminds me of Celeste a little bit. The movement is really fun to play with, and the fact that the stains can track you while your running is sick! Forces you to switch up your approach to certain jumps. I think you did a really good job with this one!
Pretty nice and challenging game and as someone else mentioned, it DOES remind me a bit of ghostrunner xD
Nontheless, there are still a few things I would like to point out since these kinda made the gameplay a bit whacky:
- Depending on where gigi is currently standing, sometimes i do wanna just launch straight forward, but its really hard to aim since gigi blocks the whole view. What you could do is that the camera zooms in besides gigi to give the player a little more view of where they aim
- I had no issues with the stains oneshotting you, but later on after reclaiming the artifact there were quite a big number of stains on the way back which were over time more annoying than challenging. you can't possibly keep track of every single bullet and everything also one-shotting you WILL frustrate players over time. My recommendations would be either reducing the number or making that if you dash into a direction, you block/destroy bullets in front (you still can be hit from sides, behind or somewhere else)
that also brings me to the next issue which happened quite frequently. Blocking/destroying Bullets would fix this instantly though. And thats the frequency of the attacks from the stains correlated to your launch speed. Many times I launched myself at stains and last second they barely get a bullet through and since i was in front of them there was no chance to evade that. This will also frustrate people if that happend frequently especially since defeating the stains is a requirement to progress further.
While I was also suggestion reducing the number of the stains in the endgame, since that would make some passages too easy I would rather increase the speed of the stains chasing you back. That would get pressure into the players and mistakes can be punishing. This would still spice up the difficuilty and make the game challenging but still fun instead of frustrating. While we aren't removing all stains but rather reducing the numbers so bullets will still come your way.
Well enough ranting I do think this game has big potential to be a solid and fun game after some polishing xD
Reminds me of Ghostrunner. It might be a bit hard to see where I'm aiming but it was a fun game.
Thank you! The game play was largely inspired by Ghostrunner! Yes, Gigi often blocks the aiming reticle.
Super solid with the game mechanics! Was super fun launching myself and running on walls!
Unfortunately couldn't figure out how to get past the first big jump. Maybe I had to kill all the stains to get a double jump crystal or something?
More check points would be nice too
Thank you! Yes, the first two zones require you to kill all the stains to progress.
Very fun! Camera turns a bit awkwardly for me, but that might be because I'm playing on trackpad and not a mouse. I love the idea of launching yourself and running on walls.
Thank you! Yes, the game was designed with a mouse in mind, though I'm impressed you can play with a trackpad.
Fun game, but it's a bit annoying that stains one-shot you. Also the stains charge attacks the same time as you try to launch into them.
Thank you! Yeah, the stains will immediately charge as soon as they see you, I might add some delay before they begin charging.