This was a great game. It feels real nice to control, but I didn't know that you could chain a jump after the dash for a long time, so I got stuck at level 2 or smth. But good job with this one. Only thing I'd want for the controls is jump buffering, and I didn't really feel the theme that much. Maybe next time you could make your own soundtrack for the game :) (it's just a suggestion, there's nothing wrong with stock music)
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🧊 Meltdown 🧊's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #2 | 3.911 | 3.911 |
| Theme | #4 | 3.696 | 3.696 |
| Overall | #6 | 3.579 | 3.579 |
| Sound | #12 | 3.316 | 3.316 |
| Aesthetics | #29 | 3.392 | 3.392 |
Ranked from 79 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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YOO i got on the leaderboard. but it like glitched. i died in the lava and it just transported me into the next level to thinking with fridges, i didnt take the space ship. Just in case you want to look into thaLETS GOOOOOO 🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊
i need to make this more obvious… in the level with the big lava pit before thinking with fridges… if you are stuck at it for 1 min, a second ship comes to pick you up. were you at that level for a little while?
the “glitch” just happened to be you were at the point of the screen where the ship came from and hit its collider (the collider is bigger than the ship itself, so it hits you before it is visible on the screen)
i should just disable collision on the ship until it arrives at the final position.
thanks a lot for reporting this and congrats on the leaderboard!
ooooo lets goooo 🧊
thanks for checking my game too
if you want one more tip for changing the feel of jumps, make the gravity going down slightly more than the gravity going up, it tends to make the jump less floaty - playing around with those numbers makes quite a difference
do you have any tips for me?
thanks for checking it out and providing feedback 🧊
I went back and fourth so many times on this point you mentioned (allowing or not the player to dash if they just walk off a ledge). if this was a normal jam and a normal game I’m 100% in agreement with you. I wanted to add a few annoyances (this is a flat out annoying mechanic in a way) that would potentially break runs if you make a mistake and walk off without dashing or jumping… so yeah it’s a trade off
I was expecting a lot more comments/complaints about the lack of explanation to be honest, and it’s ok… some people like more explanation, some less.
I think games nowadays explain far too much and leave nothing for players to discover in terms of mechanics and that’s the angle I was coming from.
it’s a matter of taste in the end, appreciate the feedback 🧊
Having a game be less hand holding is good but it should at least hint at how to do a very important move tech
I couldn't even pass the 2nd lvl without checking the gifs and reading more of the description
dash jumping isn't a speedrun strat it's a basic move you need to do for every lvl after lvl 1 so it should be understandable without deeper inspection
legally obliged to also say that this is my personal opinion, but think you made it too difficult for a gamejam where 1 death can make a player quit
this is a very polished game, from the light effects and shadows to the player feeling full of life, unlike many other games in the jam 🧊
i know I'll come back to this game multiple times
the controls are simple - excluding movement, the only things are restarting, jumping and dashing - making it easy for beginners to learn how to play quickly, but you can still do so much using just those three buttons
for example, the fact that once you dash, you can jump again, meaning you can jump over platforms and walls that you couldn't with just a single jump
and also in level 6, i thought the fact you had to press R to escape from the starting area was creative
but if i dashed too often i got a sticky keys notification :/
(edit: just noticed you can use the down arrow instead of shift so nvm)
other than that, i really liked this game
definitely one of my favourite games from the jam, which is why i gave it a perfect score 🧊
144 days ago(+1)
thank you so much for the very detailed feedback 🧊
didn’t even think about sticky keys because I always disable that, but that creates a reminder in my mind for the future to make sure there’s an alternative button in case people don’t want to disable it in windows. Legit helpful for my next projects
144 days ago (+1)
i’m truly amazed by some of the moves in that WR video
incredible stuff
here’s to 55 🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊
144 days ago(+1)
thank you… I’ve been through a lot of insecurity about how much I should explain or let people discover, ended up at explaining almost nothing and trust that people would learn the mechanics if I gave them decent enough situations
feels super good to hear that 🧊 🧊 🧊
OMG! I'm sorry, I must have opened a different game and thought it was yours.
Your game is awesome, now I understand all the rating and comments you are getting. The controls of the ice and the mechanics with cold and fire are very good. The respawn in the checkpoint (in the "ice Portal") is pretty cool. But my favorite part is the almost infinite sprinting! Its so cool to keep dashing to the sides! And the preview of the map is very useful thank you! I don't even have a tipo for you, because the game is a true masterpiece of this jam. Congrats (and sorry again for the wrong comment, I reavalieted the game either :D )
144 days ago(+1)
all good, I had a billion tabs open at times checking out other people’s stuff too, it happens
thank you so much for the kind words 🧊
I went through a lot of uncertainty if people were going to “get” what I was hoping they would about the design
144 days ago (+1)
thank you so much for saying that, i’ll keep that in mind moving forward for future projects
pure oversight on my part
many many 🧊🧊🧊 of appreciation for opening my eyes that smaller screens exist
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