It feels more like a difficult platformer than a metroidvania I'd say due to the lack of combat. I love the art and the humor! It feels like you're playing through a story and the ending is very cute :)

I really liked the aesthetics of this game! I thought the frog had a lot of personality and the sprite-work on the skeleton character was great. I thought the twist ending was very cute too and really enjoyed how feel-good the game was from start to finish. I also thought the dynamic camera movement was very unique and gave certain segments a tenser feeling which I enjoyed. I do wish there were more "metroidvania" elements to the game, like powers to collect, branching paths to explore, and a bigger world map. The game felt more just like a traditional 2D platformer to me. That being said, I still really enjoyed it! Great job on everything and congrats on submitting!

Here's my feedback video!

Well executed game, the character design is very cute, I got a bit lost in the first level as I didnt knew the collectables would open the door, really liked the ending was expecting something bad to happen but it was heartwarming, good job!

Nice sprite work and lighting! Loved your approach to the dynamic room camera.

Some of the rooms felt unnecessarily empty, which was unfortunate because I otherwise enjoyed your learning/challenge progression.

The cost of failure on some platforming sections was worse than death. Having me repeat the same 30 seconds of slow platforming just to get back to the same jump and potentially miss again is a fast way to kill engagement.

I really like the way you introduce the swim mechanic. Having it be near-unavoidable teaches players it's ok - in a genre where water often means death - early before they need to deal with it. Smart design, well done.

Tiny polish change, having your big skele sprite flip to point in the direction of the next door would've been more intuitive.

I like how each area has its own "thing". Moving platforms, water, etc. It keeps the pacing varied and stops me from getting bored.

I wish some sections had quicker alternate routes back (like the upwards snaking water tunnel), again because repetition without mixing it up kills engagement. The only exception to this is your "Sorry" sign which made me laugh as I returned the way I came.

The section with death by falling and enemies should've taught these things as dangerous as everything up until now has been safe to touch. I've been taught that falling is always ok, so sweeping out the rug in this way felt confusing and unfair. I hope this section has checkpoints beyond the room entrance, as having to repeat slowly going down that ladder after death wasn't fun.

Great ending! Nice.

You were clearly very smart about your scope, sticking to simple mechanics, but executing them well enough to get me to play through the whole thing. Well done!

This game was great! The only issue I had with it was the audio sometimes would break? there was a hissing noise in the level song and sometimes the sound effects were panned all the way to left or right, mainly the jump sound effect.  I also thought the final song was a little jarring but still great work! I love the charm and little jokes at that tutorial. Made me smile. I also liked the hellevator or the water bucket save pretty funny as well. Hopefully it was a reference it Terraria or Minecraft Lol. Great game! Perfect length. One more thing I liked was the game design. Combining all the elements from the first 2 levels into the last one but also adding another element to it. I would love to see more of this game!

Sweet little game! It's the perfect length for a jam game, it took me about 10 minutes to beat it.

It felt great to play as the frog! Got nothing to say about the controls. Going into a door, collecting 4 keys(?) and getting the object created a nice little gameplay loop, and having gameplay be limited to one room really helps with not getting lost.

Art is neat! I have nothing to add on that, just, good art and animations. Music is funky, I like it.

Great game!

When I saw that UP, "W", and spacebar all jumped I decided to spam all of them to see if I could break the game. Surprisingly, it didn't, but what did was the infinite coyote time granted to the player that allows the player to infinitely jump up walls as long as they collide with a wall while falling. Players also have a double jump by default as long as the hold jump for long enough when jumping. Lastly, the screen transitions sometimes bug out essentially softlocking the game, which isn't a huge issue except there are no saves or respawn keys! It has great art, audio, and polish, but I feel like the game needs a bit more challenge to keep the player engaged. Loved the witty wall text!

Cute and simple game, I wished for more hazards though, the tomb wasn't that dangerous after all! Controls worked well except that the ladders were wonky. The game was rather linear, more exploration would have made it more interesting and more metroidvanialike. The art is great!

The frog is super cute! :D

Overall design is great and well-balanced, but the player character is the best. :D Zooming in and out depending on the location is something that at first takes some getting used to, but it is a nice feature. :) 

Great work!

Great game, I had fun ^^

The+

- A frog... which jumps... indiana jump, simple effective

- Indie the frog is well animated and cute, the mummy is cool too 

- Clear and fun tutorial, parodying the warnings is a good idea (the 'sorry...' x))

- Camera work - Game with a beginning, middle and end. can be finished quite easily in about 15-20 minutes 

- the mummy's resolution is funny 

The -

- Small bug when the frog jumps and picks up an object, it blocks the jump animation (removes when I jump again)

Given the way the burial hall is built, could we have stolen the chick's night light and escaped ? 

Love the animations and how his hat bounces as he jumps! The skeleton pharaoh was also really awesome. Really well done pixel art 10/10. The music selection was also really great and fit very well. I just love the charm of this game.

I would have liked to get a few powerups, maybe just to increase his speed a little bit at the very least. It could have also been cool if you could choose which relic to collect first.

A great little narrative platformer with great atmosphere, humor, and artistic direction. Nice work!

Firstly, the lights/shadow, was really cool that you could 'interact' with it. Secondly, I love the camera, how it zoomed in in some parts and away in others. It created a really cool experience. Wilst I have some critiques below, I thought eh level design was great

The biggest issue it had, was it was completely linear, you were basically forced to walk a certain way and there was (with exception to the floating things in the last level) no obstacles at all, just walking and jumping.
It wasn't exactly a metroidvania because of these things ^^^ but it was a fun platformer.
There were some bugs with the moving platforms, I could sometimes double jump + walk across even when the platform wasnt there...
Some rooms were a little confusing, you would leave to the left but then the door was also on the left. A bit of a confusing moment more than a real problem but something to consider.

The art was cool and the animation was great, but I know that was assets.

The art is superb; the character is adorable, and the environment has a great atmosphere. I love the smooth camera transitions and the story where you need to collect the sleep items. Great job.

Hello,

I have been really pleasantly surprised! Wow, such a wonderful entry. Artistic direction, music, visuals effect, animations; all great.

Gameplay is simple, elegant, effective. Level design is very well done. Exploration keeps being interesting and appealing.

Congratulations on this great entry!

Cheers

PS: don't hesitate to try our game :)

The camera and art were pretty cool.  Amazing game

Great great great great. Just great. I love being a frog. Level design was tight and the concept is wonderful.

Small thing I noticed- if you double jump in the Baby Chick area below the moving platforms, you trigger the camera for the upper area and you have to walk back to another camera area to get it to reset.

Big thing I noticed - as I walked into the 3rd area, Indiana froze completely :( the torch on the wall however, still flickering. This was right inside the entrance to the 3rd area (the door that you enter below where the mummy is).

Congrats on a great game!!!!