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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| NES Feel | #1 | 4.844 | 4.844 |
| Overall | #10 | 4.211 | 4.211 |
| Graphics | #11 | 4.313 | 4.313 |
| Gameplay | #15 | 3.875 | 3.875 |
| Audio | #24 | 3.813 | 3.813 |
Ranked from 32 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Very cool game! A little difficult for me (I'm bad) but fun to play! Flacer's graphics and animation are amazing :).
100% authentic - if you told me you uploaded a long-lost NES ROM I'd believe you! Everything right down to the feel of the jumps is perfect. Those insects sound like they're screaming in agony for sure.
This is a really great game!
Love the feel of this one. The start screen has the perfect feel and the controls very authentic. :D
Love the aesthetics which greatly represents the early nes era of games. The audio of the enemy's death got quite a jump out of me though lol
very authentic game! just a few gripes - the audio is super loud, especially the sound effects. i had to mute them sadly. and the second is the default control map of arrow keys + xz, which is awful on qwertz keyboard with shrunk up/down arrows. wasd is bearable though. overall pretty good though, even if it may not cater to my tastes. well done.
At parts during development I kinda worried about the sound volume, though didn't think about it too much bcuz I turned the volume of my computer down. What is your computer's default volume? Also this is the first time I find out that there is a keyboard that has Z on a completely different placement lol
i’m used to my computer audio being on the lowest notches at all time, especially since my headphones tend to boost the volume a lot. being in a call with the rest of the team, the game made it pretty much impossible to hear them though
Ooooooh, very nice submission. All round awesome. A few of the details that I loved
Really awesome stuff. Top notch. keep up the good work fellas!
Awesomeee! The NES-difficulty really shines through, and I could see fans of retro games appreciating that authenticity. The requirement to get 100% to clear the stage was an interesting choice; while it does add a layer of challenge, I felt that just reaching the top would have been a satisfying objective on its own. The gameplay and level layout was quite engaging, but I found that having to hit every single gear slowed me down a bit. The platforming elements, like dodging and jumping, were the most fun part for me. As you'll see it wasn't until my first run's end that I discovered the whip attack.
Visually, the game looked great! The graphics were spot-on, and the music and sound effects were well done, though the whip sound effect stood out as louder and more intense compared to the others. There was some audio doubling with the jump sounds too. Overall, I had a good time with my run, and there's a lot of promise here! Fantastic work!
This feels like it came right out of 1985! Amazing job
It totally looks and feels like I'm playing a game released on the NES. Best NES vibe in the whole game jam. The character control is a bit cumbersome, but that's exactly how I remember NES games – slightly frustrating. :)
I loved this game!
The characters are fun and the gameplay is very like early NES games like Donkey Kong.
But I found a bug on stage 2 and got stuck between these 2 rollers in the corners of the screen (the collider fell a little bit and I couldn´t move and had to wait until the timer ended)...
Uh oh. Yeah I did encounter something where the player character does get a bit weird when colliding with both turning gears, but I didn't feel like fixing it bcuz I felt there was more important to deal with and I needed to get it out. But thanks for pointing it out!
You can improve the game after the jam ends (I´ll do the same with Horror School).
Yeah bugs happens a lot in jam games.
But your game is pretty cool!
Great game! One of the most authentic to NES feeling games I've tried so far in the jam.
That one part across the chains with the beetle was so rude, I almost gave up on my ability to get further, but I managed to get through somehow! (not even gonna talk about the difficulty in level 3)
Movement was stiff in all the ways that I'm glad most modern platformers avoid, but perfectly encompassed that classic arcade-y vibe. Whipping felt snappy and satisfying to defeat enemies and activate gears with.
I do wish it came with a way to pause, as sometimes I felt myself wanting to take a break between attempts, but the timer is pretty tight in stage 2 especially to step away from. The death audio for enemies was a bit shrill and could maybe have been toned down a little.
All in all though, really well done!
Thank you very much! My advice for the chain part in stage 2, you can whip right after you hop off the chain, but time it quickly
I did manage that while experimenting with the controls, but it felt a bit too tough with the timing for me to get consistently, and with all the climbing back you have to do if you fall, I didn't want to risk the time loss.
By climbing to the very top, of the previous chain and timing it right, I found enough space to squeeze by it, which given the very purposeful feel to the previous chain lengths I imagine it was set up so to do just that as well. So kudos to having multiple solutions to puzzle around it based on personal preferences and strengths
Super cool submission, makes me want to make something like it, feels very nes, love the inclusion of a 2player mode (although i couldnt figure out how to select it)
Great work!
Thank you! Also, much like arcade NES games like it, you press the select button to select the 2 player mode
Fantastic game. I would only change 1 thing, have the difficulty start lower. while high difficulty is perfectly fine. the difficulty should start low, and ramp up gradually. I gave it a 5/5 on everything except for gameplay which is 4/5. Excellent job
Neat game, feels very early NES game. I have some annoyances with the physics and controls, but they really are annoyances that a lot of NES games have so in that sense it feels perfect lol. Game looks and sounds very accurate, though I do not like the sound enemies dying makes. Only thing missing that this type of games would usually have is getting an extra life after a certain amount of points.
Ayy thanks! What don't you like about the enemy dying sound though? Is it too high pitched? Also I would've added getting extra lives but
1. Was running out of time
2. I don't fully know how it works in those games so idk how I would program it lol
Yeah basically just it being a high pitched screeching noise
Great inspiration to a classical arcade game. The gameplay look like a nostalgic old school game. The level design is good but not perfect.
This third stage ;)
I had a lot of fun playing this one, it looks and feel very good and very NES.
Thank you!!