I am loving the art direction for this game!

Reminds me of Super Paper Mario, with the characters looking like paper cut-outs with vibrant colors that pop! And Maylee's health bar reminds me of the "flip" mechanic in Super Paper Mario as well. The enemies all look cute too!

And the voice acting was a nice little touch to the game as well.

Also, another nice little touch was the pen/ stylus grabbing the player and placing them back into the beginning of the platforming section.

Also, the police chase was a great addition! Definitely getting some BattleToad vibes from this section (even the blinking/ flashing obstacles that eventually spawn was a great addition)

I am happy you had a checkpoint for this area, since I lost the first time, trying to understand the controls, accidentally wrecking the car in the process.

Some feedback I would give would be around the controls. Maybe adding a variable jump (tap for a small jump, hold for a long jump) would help to better avoid some of the enemy attacks + enemy collisions.

In addition, the player attack hitbox seems a bit small, where the enemy hit boxes feel a bit bigger. Just some small tweaks and it will make a big improvement!

What caught me off guard, was the "Caught The Criminal" art after catching Marine. Not sure if that was a placeholder or those were the original character designs before they got changed, but the art was well-done regardless.

I hope to see more of this game, would love to see Maylee busting other types of criminals, maybe a different criminal per level, with their own level gimmicks/ quirks.

Anyways, good luck with the game jam and looking forward to playing some other games from your catalog! (I have my eyes on the "Heart Clash" game.)

Hi! I just played the game, it was fun! I liked the art, feels like a homage to Paper Mario. 2D and 3D art blend together well.

I noticed some things that maybe could be improved though:

* Combat gameplay: it feels clumsy and it's almost impossible to hit an enemy without being hit yourself. As a suggestion, I think that the hit animation could be faster, when you hit an opponent it could be knocked back and/or increase the attack range.

* The obstacles warning in the car race were difficult to understand and I could never truly get advantage of it. I won because I memorized the patrons after a few tries.

* It's difficult to understand how to beat the girl criminal. Once I reached her, but I didn't know what I was supposed to do, so I kept on the race and got to the final goal. But that was a "trap" of the villain and that sound kinda weird? Like, what is the trap? 

I hope these feedback helps you guys to polish the gameplay in these or future games.

Good job!

I was impressed when I first opened the game. The visuals really are the standout here; the mix of 2D and 3D looks great and matches well, and the bright, bold colours are very appealing. The audio isn't standout like the visuals, but it's pretty good, and voice acting always adds to the perceived production value. Overall it gives a good initial impression of a polished game.

The platforming stage was a bit of a mixed bag. The level design is pretty good, although it's very short. There's a good variety of mechanics on display. The jumping I felt okay, but I didn't like how close some of the jumps were. I wish it was a little more forgiving. The combat, I just feel the timings don't work. Your attack has a short range and long windup, which makes it feel almost laggy and makes it hard to get a feel for. There's an invincibility period, and enemies get stunned, but the timings of these in combination with the long attack interval mean you're going to take damage anyway unless you've planned ahead. Maybe I'm reaching, but I feel the idea is to prevent the player from spamming/stunlocking, which I get, but I don't think the alternative is really better. It feels clunky and frustrating. On my second try I got a feel for it enough to pass the stage, but I feel this could have been better.

I wasn't able to get past the car chase. I think the concept here was interesting, but to be honest I don't think it works at all. I sort of get how it's supposed to work- you see the red outlines and move to dodge- but there isn't enough depth to really tell where you need to be, especially when multiple obstacles stack up, and there isn't enough time (or, crucially, a predictable amount of time) between when the warning appears and when the obstacle appears. If you had more time to get through the level it would still be a bit of a drag, but it would at least be doable. I honestly don't think I could do it even if I was willing to keep attempting it.

It's minor, but I did find it annoying that 99% of the game can be played with the keyboard alone, but the buttons to start the car chase need the mouse.

Another minor issue is that the voice lines don't stop and instead stack up when you quickly skip through dialogue.

I'm not really into the narrative style or tone, but I think it does a good job of what it's trying to be. I like my games grittier, generally, and this one's more cute and whimsical, and that's fine.

I really wanted to like this one, even with the flaws there's a lot to like about it, and I think it's 90% of the way there. I'm not sure about the car chase, but I think if some values were tweaked and it was just generally made more forgiving the platforming section would be better. I have to mention the art again, though, because it really did stand out well.

First of all, I really like the 2D sprites x 3D background, they blend together well and set up a good vibe. Also, the pen grabbing you when you fall is a lovely detail.

The characters were very cute, I love their designs. I expected to see more of them throughout the story so the lack of a proper ending was a bit of a shame.

The only things that took away a bit of the fun to me were:

1) jumping, for some reason I couldn't always jump over the pipes and when I first played I got stuck for a few minutes because of this. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but I don't know if this was a bug or if it's intentional. Jumping over the projectiles was a bit hard too, specially since you had to get near the enemies to hit them and they'd shoot you right when you were close, which killed me multiple times. I understand that not everything has to be easy, but the fact that you have to either jump or run away from the projectiles/enemies made it a bit unavoidable to lose some HP, and I ended up reaching the minions almost dying more than once, though this was probably a skill issue from my part.

2) the car minigame... Once again, it's possible that I'm just bad at it, but I had to replay this minigame more than 10 times. I probably broke so many traffic laws that Maylee became a criminal herself by the end of the game. My car fell into the abyss once but I don't even know how this happened (it's not a major bug, just made me laugh a bit, in a positive way). Making the car jump never failed to give me an adrenaline rush because sometimes it would backflip and land safely and sometimes it wouldn't. I'm making jokes about it now, but it got a bit annoying by the sixth time I tried. The main issue is probably the camera and the 3D/2D aspect, it made things harder to understand in this part of the game but worked well before.

Still, it's a cute game, congrats to everyone who worked on it.

I've been watching the art progress on this one, and it's as adorable as ever! All the sprites and characters are polished and cute as button, one of the best looking games of the jam for sure!

The voice acting was a nice surprise, adding a lot to the already polished audio experience.

I wish I felt as strongly about the gameplay. The platforming itself is fine, but the combat was difficult in a way that felt unfair, mainly that the attack range was so short that it was extremely hard to hit an enemy without taking a hit yourself. I did make it through that stage in one try, so it wasn't "too hard" per se, but it felt unsatisfying.

The car chase scene is such a cool idea, and I love it in theory, but I found it really frustrating. That one took me many, many tries and I almost gave up. I did get it in the end, but I feel like it could use a re-balance. I think one thing that could possible fix most of my issues with it would be to keep the player car locked to the left side of the screen. That'd give more time for the player to react when something comes at them. The obstacle warnings are a good idea, but when accelerating you're so close to the right edge it feels hard to dodge.

Overall this is a really cool game, and there's tons to like about it. I think with a little extra adjustments to the gameplay, it'll be one of the best games in the jam. Aesthetically, it's already there!

I absolutely love the visuals! I'm kind of in love with Marine and Maylee is waifu material too. My critiques would be the gameplay and Nattland Interactive describes the issues I have with it very well. I understand why you left it as is but for me, it was quite frustrating.

I have said it several time in discord. I really love the graphic. It's very lovely, colorful and energetic. The music is fun and It's a bonus to have voiceover for a game jam submission.

For the game, i agree that the attack range is too short concerning the character can't move when attack. And I am stuck at the car chase section. The persepctive amd the foreground fence makes it difficult to tell which lane the obstacles are on. The reaction time is too short when accelerating. Maybe the only way to pass the level is to memorize the whole sequence? 

I really dig the concept of a Cop Magical Girl and ofc the visuals are 10/10, love the game (Specially the vehicle chase part cuz it brings back old memories). But it makes me wonder... Who Polices the Magical Police?  🤔

I was drawn the visuals immediately and was never disappointed with the aesthetics. The platform element was easier just to avoid the enemies until the end when I needed to fight the last two minions on the level.

The chase scene was a little hard to determine which of the red danger icons was blinking to predict my next course. It took a little while to get the hang of ramming.

The biggest problem was I wanted more game once it was done! Good job!

Very cute artstyle!

Our main feedback when it comes to gameplay is to be a bit more generous with hitboxes. For example make the player's attack larger and make the enemy's damaging boxes smaller. It was quite difficult to hit the walking enemies without getting hit yourself.

The arc and timing of the jump was good but it could do with a bit of extra height, jumping over projectile attacks required fairly precise timing.

Neat way of telegraphing what obstacles would come up in the chase scene, nice one there!

Overall a cute experience, good job!