oh wow, this hook feature is awesome!. I had so much fun playing your game :D

Neat entry! I actually had a really hard time with the controls, and before I understood I could sort of jump right after hooking for a huge speed boost, I was quite clueless. I also noted that the hook naturally went to the right while not pressing any directional key - it would be nice to have it shoot towards where you're facing. That said, the art was gorgeous and the music was top-notch. Nails the sensory criteria. Nice job!

Ok that one was really fun, I love it. Graphics are also really charming, and the music is a banger oh boy, but I kinda already expected that since I was already familiar with Orange's work from Discord x3

I actually don't really have a lot more to comment on it, it's just cozy grapple fun really. I took a while to figure out the controls, but once they clicked I really just went wild, it was awesome. Altought I might say that the level design felt like it was made with the "grapple-pull-momentum-jump" in mind, but I don't really think this technique was really tutorialized anywhere, or at least not that I noticed. I can't really tell for sure tho, I grasped it pretty quickly so it was just natural that I abused of it the entire game lol, so I have no clue how it feels to play witouth doing that constantly. When I discovered how to do it I went "Aha!", you know? Like, it felt like it was supposed to be something more advanced. (Or that's just an effect of me playing Celeste's last level before it, idk, it's a possibility too, because you know how that level goes right? xD)

Nitpickys tho: I am really not a fan of how the glide is tutorialized with blind jumps. Like, this way it felt like the glide was a bandage for them (Because there are indeed a few blind jumps here and there, even if not enought to be bothersome) instead of something you'd use for actual challenges with it, but fortunatelly this concern was momentary since you actually made me use it properly later on.
It also felt like it was a little impossible to avoid taking damage sometimes, not really sure how to explain why tho (I do believe I may just suck tho). Like, the first health upgrade near where you get the punching, is it even possible to get it witouth taking damage at all? I tried a few times, but it didn't felt like there was, unless I'm missing a way to cancel the hook pull that I didn't realize.

Ohhh just remembered while writing this too, for some obscure reason, if I'm not constantly holding the left key, the character will always throw the grapple to the right, regardless of wich direction I was facing, wich was really annoying sometimes, making me take free damage and messing up my wall climbs. I was playing on web tho, wich you mentioned that could be potentially buggy, but other than that it was pretty smooth.

And I guess that's kinda it, I recorded my run too so hit me up if you wanna see it (I actually played the game twice because the firstt time I took the upper route on the last floor, so I tought I could've missed something on the lower route, but when I got there I didn't really see anything so I guess it was just two completely normal runs lol. I still only got 80% tho, legit no clue where the last item is).

I also really like some of the scenery, the trees and flowers looks very pretty, just tought I'd drop this here x3

I had some trouble understanding the grapple (i ended up smashing the button most of the time to go up).

The pixel art is really cool ! I think there is a cool potentatial after tweaking the controls.

Congrats !

Absolutely adored this! The level design does a great job of gradually teaching the player the mechanics, and there are some incredibly well designed precision platforming sections. I did initially have a tough time getting a hang of the grapple, but after playing around with it enough, I was able to have a good enough grasp to make it through the game.

The gorgeous pixel art, calming yet energetic music, and lovely galactic floral aesthetic all worked together to create a beautiful and unique atmosphere. After finishing the game, I am already excited to dive back in to collect all the secrets I missed out on. Altogether, a tremendous piece of work. Great job!

Must admit I struggled with the grapple mechanic... I found using the arrow keys  seemed to not work (at least for me as they seemed to fire off the grapple no matter what), I suspect it's more of a me problem then the game's, but it was still something I was struggling with.

Beyond that I was blown away by this entry, both with the game play and gorgeous graphics!

Stunning

I'll be honest the controllers just didn't quite hook me personally, mainly because the wall jump felt extremely weak given the tall walls you have to climb (saved from when you had 2 walls close enough to each other like in the prologue). Even after I kind of understood it I found myself spamming the buttons so much just to slowly get up a wall and then ending up falling from the edge all the way back (for some reason getting up the edge was the worst when there was no other wall aside, even knowing the extra jump from the grappling hook). Combining this with all the exploring made me feel pretty slow and helpless at times, the controller and map just didn't quite feel like they matched each other a lot. Feels like it could use some polishing on that but it may be a bit of personal preference as well.
That said, I do like the concept a lot and I think the visuals and sound design are really well made, I really like how the atmosphere was conveyed. And for a first time in godot I think this is genuinely a great start!

This is yet another that I'd call a contender for this year. You could, I say without exaggerating, probably take these mechanics and ideas and polish them into a commercial release if you wanted.

Good:

• Pure fun factor is already pretty decent once you get the first upgrade and start learning to use it
• Fun factor shoots up exponentially once you get the glide

Bad:

• I may have sequence broken a bit more easily than intended and am pretty sure I got to a point where I more or less died to escape a room. (But I kept the item which was nice, and it might have been theoretically possible to escape)

I *love* the artstyle and aesthetics you went with here. I love the "nature clawing back" vibe. The openness of the world feels VERY metroidvania. I found myself zipping around all over exploring all the corners of the tower - movement was really fun, and where the abilities you gain will be used are telegraphed well.

Great work, a really solid entry!

The character, tileset, and foliage art is really nice looking. The character animation, while simple, is still pleasing.

The wall jumping is a cool ability to have unlocked so early but it very really difficult to use. I figured I was meant to use it in tandem with the grappling hook (which I did) but it was still more challenging than I thought it should be.

The grappling hook was a cool addition I like it. The level design was nice too, I don't just mean the art I mean the structure; felt like a metroidvania.

Nice entry.

I did it! That was a very visually impressive game, I really dug the aesthetic. The music was relaxing and the space + nature aesthetic was an unusual but cool combination. The energy hook is definitely a cool movement concept, and the other movement mode you get was very satisfying to use, I'd say that part felt the most relaxing (until I slammed face first into some spikes...). I also liked that health regenerated over time, it made the game very forgiving and I wasn't afraid to explore. 

Some areas where I struggled

1. The energy hook is cool in design, but it's very hard to use. The key sequence you need to input to go in your desired destination never felt intuitive to me, and I found myself struggling a lot to climb higher or more complicated shafts.

2. The level was massive and there were only a few memorable landmarks. Having more ways to know where you are, where you've been and where you should potentially be going would be helpful (the most memorable landmark I saw was the path guarded by two obstacles).

Overall it's a good combination of movement mechanics that were fun to use together. Grappling into a big floaty glide was always very satisfying when I could pull it off, and the ending moment was very satisfying, very pretty. Great entry!

The pixel art looks great. The sound effects and music work well together and feel consistent. I think the character design and overall feel of the game. 

Some thoughts:

- The grapple mechanic is pretty fun but it took me a really long time to get a feel for it. Seriously, I think it took me 20 tries to get out of the area with the grapple gun. (I'm not great at platformers, but maybe the timing with the gun is too precise or something). Also the gun seems to always turn me to the right for some reason. 

Great job!

You call this bite sized in the description but this felt massive for a jam game... honestly maybe a bit to its detriment, between the large, very open world and lack of map screen I spent most of my time lost and running through the same couple rooms trying to find any paths I hadnt gone down.

Controls felt great for exploration but not quite tight enough for some of the precision platforming bits. There were several places where I found myself tanking my way through spikes rather than trying to figure out a tricky platforming section.

Good game though! Maybe my favorite from this jam so far.

Game looks absolutely stunning, really enjoyed rockman astronaut jumping! That being said I found level design to be quite confusing and I feel like i did sequence break more than I should, after realising that canceling wall grab into jump gives me a lot of momentum and height, not sure if that's intended. Didn't encounter any in game bugs which is a huge plus!
Very nice entry, also I'm kinda curious, with how pretty the background art on itch page is, why did you go with pixel art, a fully drawn game with your skill would be soooo good i feel. Anyway, great game, keep it up! :D