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Frenly Bond (Kenney Jam 2024)'s itch.io pageHow does your game incorporate the theme?
The game is about two friends who are connected to each other physically. So they have a strong connection, both literally and metaphorically. Their bond helps them get through obstacles in life.
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Great mechanic ! The only nitpick I have is the controls, I think using shift to switch is kind of annoying, in my opinion space would've made more sense. The level design was also pretty clever !
Really neat :) I love the mechanic with the expanding and jumping! Awesome submission :D
thank you for playing :)
The main mechanic was quite engaging! Expanding and shrinking to get across platforms make your game stand out from regular platformers, and it corporates well to the theme connections. Keep up the good work!
thank you! i had so many puzzle ideas i wanted to incorporate relying on the expand/merge mechanic, but obv i ran out of time :D
I love how the instructions say 'in life'! very fun and cute game, loved this! the mechanics are simple but go a long way, very well done!! congrats
thank you for playing :)
Very fun game, I found the expanding/shrinking to be very satisfying!
At times the collisions felt a bit unfair, e.g. to jump through a 2 tile gap you have to be lined up pixel perfect which can be frustrating. Also I thought the key in the second level was placed a bit unfairly since you just have to take a leap of faith there to find it and perhaps (like me) fall to your death and start the level again.
But there's also a lot of charm in the little jank, e.g. triggering the flag sound over and over again by expanding into it and shrinking back^^
I was surprised to hear "Believe Me" by Fort Minor play at the end screen there, or at least I think that's what it was xD
Overall very nice game and cool take on the theme.
thank you for playing! your game captain kenney is amazing btw :D i had so much fun.
yeah, there are issues with collision boxes which i didn't have to time fix. Level 2 was only halfway done when i realized i only a few minutes to submit :D so i had to abruptly place a few platforms and the final key.
i actually didn't realize you could trigger the flag sound multiple times, thats pretty funny
end screen music is https://opengameart.org/content/menu-music
I like the theme idea of having a strong bond of friendship helps establish connection. The game concept is really cool, and sure the game is simplistic but doesn't lack in variety. However in that second level, I wasn't able to get past the big platform above even if I expanded the space between the 2 friends. Also, some of the hitboxes of the platforms aren't correct set but it's not necessarily a huge issue. Anyway, this is a really good puzzle platformer kind of game. This was a lovely entry indeed!
thank you :) you're right, collision boxes could use a bit more work. i wanted to design more levels with more interesting puzzles, but i ran out of time. i only had the chance to work on it for 1 day.
btw, you're supposed to jump down through the holes towards the end of level 2.