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A jam submission

ChalkdustView game page

A Grapple-Hook Platformer!
Submitted by I/O, NexGenInsanity, Rafunzel — 47 minutes, 21 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay#383.6753.675
Art#543.5003.500
Music#643.1503.150
Overall#683.3003.300
Creativity#753.4753.475
Theme#1302.7002.700

Ranked from 40 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted(+3)

Loved the chalk art.  Gameplay and mechanics were challenging to me. But fun game overall once you get the hang of it. Not entirely sure I have it down yet. But fun stuff.

DeveloperSubmitted(+1)

Thank you for your feedback, youl get there, the blackboard never forgets... >_>

Submitted(+3)

I like the art style, the game is great, a litle bit hard form me ^^’ Well done!

Submitted(+3)

Amazing game! I love how swiftly the player moves, it perfectly fits the feel of the game. The gameplay is addictive, I kept trying to finish each level as fast as possible, and it took me numerous tries XD.

The chalky art style is genuinely appealing, but it would be even better if it were consistent with the player's design as well.

DeveloperSubmitted(+1)

That was a challenge of mine, because of the pixel size having a chalky man would look very squished and confined. Maybe one dy I will crack that code!

Submitted(+2)

We felt that the character was moving too fast, which felt a little out of place. We also think that the art does not look consistent, the whole environment is drawn in chalk, and the character is pixelated. If you fix these things, then it will be quite good for yourself!

Good job, good luck!

DeveloperSubmitted

Appreciate the feedback, wasnt time to super polish it in the 3 days, but maybe in the future!

(+1)

This was a brilliant game providing challenge and joy and pathos and gravitas and emotional duscombobullation.  I highly recommend it to all.

Developer

Impartial and unbiased content

Submitted(+2)

Nice art ! Gameplay is really fun with great mechanics.

Submitted(+2)

I like this graphic style and sound! It was hard sometimes but I finished it :)

Developer(+1)

Cheers! Shout-out to the phenomenal NexGenInsanity and Rafunzel for crafting a gorgeous aesthetic.

Sounds like the difficulty level hit well for you? I was aiming for a fairly challenging jam game, probably some pain points that we'll be ironing out over time.

Thanks for playing!

Submitted

Some parts were a little annoying but not that terribly hard to make me leave :)

Developer (1 edit)

nice! Yeah been playtesting with a few different folks tryna identify those points, level 2 is a sharp difficulty spike, I feel like this difficulty curve but polished and spread out over five levels would be ideal

Developer

Thank you very much!

Submitted(+2)

Art was very well executed and easy on the eyes, and Sound Effects helped to underpin that chalk-world feel.  Gameplay was great, too.

Developer(+1)

Thanks, we're glad you like it!

Submitted(+2)

Great art, fun but challenging

Submitted(+1)

Nice work! Is it intended that the "ball" that create a chalk-rope are not destroyed after death? Cause this allows you to spawn with a rope that is going across the map, with which you can potentially make some cool plays. 

Developer

Thank you!

So we did notice that bug during development but I left it in for that very reason, it's pretty janky if you don't know about it all I might make it harder to perform, and I haven't found any shortcuts with it yet but I'd be amazed if it didn't break any levels, most likely the third

There's also a bunch of deliberate movement tech in there and I'm curious to see if players find it

Submitted(+2)

Using chalk-drawings as the game-art is an interesting twist on the game, which I quite like. The Game Concept is quite interesting with the implementation of the theme. Nice Game!

Developer

Thanks for playing! <3

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

Great game! The game feel and sound effects are very satisfying :)

Developer

Thank you very much! :)

Submitted(+2)

Wow I love the grappling hook mechanic. Grappling in general is so fun, and you made it work well. I think its a nice challenge but not too difficult either, good job!

DeveloperSubmitted

Thank you!

Submitted(+2)

I really enjoyed this game, it was a bit difficult but this is what it makes even more enjoyable, great work :)) 

DeveloperSubmitted

Harder for those game veterans haha Thank you!

Submitted(+2)

Cool art style. A bit too hard sometimes, but overall really good)

Developer (1 edit)


Thank you!

Fair, I'm a master platformer player who didn't spend enough time balancing the difficulty so I imagine it's wayyy over-shot

Excited to play yours when I'm home!

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

Took me about 10 tries to get over the first spike pit because I’m quite crap at platformers that require mouse input, but it was totally worth it and I only died 3 more times before reaching the finish line :)

I have a hunch that twin stick gamepad input could also work for this game (left for movement, right for grappling), I’d love to give it a try.

Very cool art style and sound effects too!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much!

Submitted (1 edit) (+3)

Grappling hook mechanic is really fun, camera movement makes things kinda funky but overall really nice entry for the jam!

DeveloperSubmitted(+1)

Thankyou, I think that was the only major bug but will be fixed post jam :)

Submitted(+1)

I'll be back when it's fixed!

Developer (1 edit)

Fixed it! Got permission to update this build

Submitted(+3)

GOD I LOOOOVE GRAPPLING HOOK PLATFORMERS. the camera is a little bit weird, and the most notable bug is that sometimes for no reason when the countdown blocks explode, you are still grabing on them. also when you are holding click on something when you die, it does not reset the hook, making you fly across the room still hooked to that platform, also sometimes the hook goes trough stuff for no reason. but apart from that its a preeetty fun game! had fun with it.

DeveloperSubmitted

YES! GRAPPLING HOOKS MAKE THE GAME!
Haha thank you for the feedback!

Developer

Thanks, glad you liked it! And really appreciate the bug report. I addressed most of these in the post jam version (see itch page description) and will definitely keep polishing,

Submitted(+2)

Hey another grappling hook platformer! Feels nice to play and was really satisfying when I successfully made a jump. Nice job!

DeveloperSubmitted

Thank you for the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

Cool mechanic! The camera could be better but really nice game overall!

Developer(+2)

Thank you!
Yeah agreed, it doesn't feel great when you line up your shot only for the camera to move.

With more time and polish I'll definitely get it feeling better.

Submitted(+1)

Yes! Keep it up!

Developer(+1)

we fixed the camera a bit, thanks again for the feedback!

DeveloperSubmitted

Thank you for the feedback, will be post jamming bug fixing :)

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