The visuals are AMAZING, but the black screen transition, the slowness, and the long drop could hinder the gameplay experience. Overall, the game is good. Please rate my game as well (Ascent 2: https://itch.io/jam/polymarsxspeedjam/rate/2864099)
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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Aesthetics | #9 | 3.955 | 3.955 |
Overall | #47 | 2.977 | 2.977 |
Sound | #68 | 2.727 | 2.727 |
Theme | #101 | 2.682 | 2.682 |
Gameplay | #119 | 2.545 | 2.545 |
Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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It's a very fun experience, it just felt weird that I was able to move during the start when the game's name appeared on screen, and then my timer began before I could even understand what happened, and I accidentally crashed the game by grappling into a wall and no clipping, but it's still a pretty fun game
Alright, first of all, it's a beautiful game with high quality graphics. It is really polished and fun to play (The sort of 2d bunny hop mechanic to keep the momentum is amazing!!!).
However they are some flaws and some bigger than others unfortunately.
Let's start with the tiny ones :
-Death doesnt reset the timer
-The starting "black fog" with the name of the game is too long and you can still move during it
-Some aspects feels unnatural (especially when you have to jump in a hole and to me this hole looked like a graphic bug)
-No music :c
Major flaw :
-A big crash which seems to happens all the time when you have the momentum of a hook and you hook the roof while your character is against it here is a screen that will help hopefully (last frame before the complete crash)
Despite all this, it's a very solid submission!! Congrats and keep it up!
Gorgeous visuals!!! The gameplay definitely works for the speedrunning skill ceiling, I wasn't very good at it haha but it was quite satisfying to chain all those grapple hooks in overheat mode, nice! Non-overheat and overheat music could be balanced a little better volume wise but they both sound good! Well done guys!!
Great art and sound effects. The game itself was a bit buggy but the aesthetic was great.
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