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A jam submission

The Tricky Platformer(Everything Is Backwards)View game page

Submitted by tmfootballDEV — 2 hours, 21 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Use of chosen theme#243.6283.628
Overall#532.7442.744
Your personal opinion#572.5812.581
Innovation#572.3722.372
Aesthetics (Art or music)#642.3952.395

Ranked from 43 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Title its based on
Everything is backwards

Any pre-made / AI assets used (if applicable)
yes

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Submitted(+1)

ƨbɿɒwʞɔɒd ƨi ϱniʜtγɿɘvɘ

really need a more complete view of the map though :)

Developer

Okay, thanks for the feedback :)

Submitted(+1)

Sometimes you can not move to the left and right. Controls are otherwise very precise.

I like how you turned the common platformer trope on its head, though a bigger view screen would have been good, right now I can hardly see what lies in front of me, making sudden death very frustrating.

Developer

Okay, thanks for the feedback :)

Submitted(+1)

I was raging by level 3 haha. Loved it, good job.

The block got sort of stuck for a second or two in a few places. I'm unsure if this was intentional, I had to jump a couple times to get it un stuck. But still a fun game!

Developer

Okay, thanks for the feedback :)

Submitted(+1)

Good job guys!
perfect fit to theme! Was fun to get use to play like that!

Developer (1 edit)

Thanks bro, we really appreciate it :)

Submitted(+1)

Nice game! I was able to complete almost 4 levels. Gave up at the end haha. I had only one thing to suggest. Maybe in such platformer games you can keep thee camera following the player but if we could see where we are landing more often then it would be real great. Would give a feeling of a precision platformer. Overall really nice job for your first game. Also the jump function you might have put a timer on it. I could  double jump in air if i pressed jump after letting the character jump fully the first time then during the descent I was able to jump again. I don't know whether it was intended or not just thought of mentioning once 

Overall quite a fun and  challenging game. Art was real nice and the music too was engaging. 

Developer(+1)

Ok , thanks for the feedback :)

Host(+1)

The backwards controls were fun to get used to, i've defintiely never had to press down to jump before. Also the food and spikes ideas are neat. The controls are a little slippy and theres a lot of blind jumps but apart from that i had fun :)

Developer

Thankyou so much this is our first game ever and this is the first jam joined :)

Submitted

Fun, a bit buggy

Developer (1 edit)

Ok, thanks for the feedback

Submitted(+1)

You nailed the theme perfectly. The idea of all movement being backwards, pickups killing you, and spikes being platforms are such great ideas.

The execution is kind of iffy. If you're making a platformer, you want the player to know where they are heading. Considering how zoomed in the camera is, a lot of the game is a leap of faith. It's less of a rage game and more a of memorization game. Memorization games can be fun, but they get dull real fast if it's the same stuff over and over and over again.

I found it strange that on one level, I had a double jump, and the next level I didn't. Unfortunately, on the fourth level, I couldn't make that first jump from platform to block. If I still had my double jump, that would've been real easy. But like I said, the double jump randomly stopped. I also thought I could try to get a little more distance with a coyote-time jump, but the water is nearly level to the initial platform, so I died.

This is a really good concept that just needs a few adjustments to be a really good game.

Developer

ok thanks for the feedback :)

Submitted(+1)

The game is sooooooooooooooooo hard man It is just the perfect rage game The camera is so zoomed in the player’s speed is too high like… why What did humanity do to you man Jokes aside The art is beautiful the sounds Are amazing the theme is cool I liked the game

Developer

Thankyou so much for the feedback.We really appreciate it :)

Submitted(+1)

Nice! Found it a bit frustrating that the camera was so zoomed in (Sometimes I couldnt see where the next platform was) But I really liked the swapped controls as a concept. Good job.

Developer

we made the camera like this on purpose to make the game harder, Glad you liked it :)

Submitted(+1)

Super tricky to play! I kept forgetting spikes won't do anything and automatically jumped over them. Good effort 

Developer

Glad you liked it :)

Submitted(+1)

Simple but fun. You might want to pull the camera back a bit because sometimes it's hard to see where to go. I also found a small bug that lets me jump very high and multiple times in the air if I repeatedly press the jump key.

Developer

Okay, Thanks for the feedback :)

Submitted(+1)

Great idea, not so great execution. The inverted controls and game items adapt to the theme perfectly. The problem is that platformers get really annoying if the player gets stuck in places, can't see where he goes, or moves too fast.
I see it is the first game you publish, as an amateur myself I understand your struggle.  I wonder how good your games are gonna get once you get more experience, because you already have good ideas. Best of luck!

Developer (2 edits)

Yes it is our first game ever. Thanks so much for the feedback

Submitted

Simple concept. I think the move speed is too fast to be precise and the movement is quite buggy: can't jump in between pillars, must jump over random blocks with nothing.

Developer(+1)
Thanks for the feedback :)
Submitted

fun platformer game! I ran into a bug in the level where I couldnt seem to keep going forward without jumping but still added to the challenge lol. 

I enjoy the music and your great twist with that fruits killing you and the spikes being safe. really flexed my brain at times. 

Developer(+1)
Thanks for the feedback :)
Submitted (1 edit)

love the concept! Cant seem to double jump tho,, I think its my skill issue hahahaa

Developer
Glad you liked it :)
Submitted(+1)

This is a fun and punishing platformer, it's surprisingly easy to control despite the backwards controls. I like that the spikes and fruits are reversed for what they do in the game too! I got stuck on I think level 4 because the double jump was really inconsistent for me, I could only single jump most of the time and occasionally the double jump would work, but I needed to  double jump to clear some water I think and it never worked for me there. Great job on this tho I had fun playing it!

Developer (1 edit)
Glad you liked it :)
Submitted(+2)

Takes a while to get used to the backward movement but then it gets fun. I like the difficulty and I tried my best but with the camera not showing where I should land made it a bit random where to jump :P

Developer
We did that on purpose to make the game harder.Thanks
Submitted(+1)

A charming game! I do have to mention that I got stuck on flat ground several times. Also a lot of the difficulty I found came from the camera being focused too high above the player meaning I couldn't see where the next platform was

Developer(+1)

We did that on purpose to make the game harder

Submitted

A hard platformer with tricky and a bit clunky movement. After sometime the repetitive soundtrack got a annoying. At level 3, it was impossible for me to beat the game (even though I am a professional Asssportler), cuz I couldn't see the comming objects. A better overview and some self-made assets would be a nice addition. Good job

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