Great colours and music! 

Really enjoyed this one, nice work David :) 

Narrative was compelling, loved the colours and animating background effects. Choice of music and sounds paired up well with the game. Controls felt good and responsive, although it did take me a surprising amount of coordination to use the mouse and keyboard effectively haha.

My only critique would be that I did find the chase after learning to wall jump a bit too unforgiving and got stuck there a few times, would have been happy to respawn at the last door/checkpoint.

For a one man game jam effort, great job!

I tried. I really did. I struggled a lot with the wall jumping but then sort of got it but the mouse requirement made it impossible for me to finish the game because I'm a keyboard player and I just couldn't do the final section. I would have preferred that you had to jump and touch the mouse points, rather than need a third hand to linger on them. My sense of frustration was immense and I'm disappointed that I couldn't get to the end.

I really liked the idea of the game - the story and the use of colour, plus the music was well chosen. I also though the struggle mechanic fitted in really well.

Well, dang! This is one of the best ones I've played! The platforming mechanics were all the mechanics I tried to achieve but better and more! The fact that you were able to make a complete story that tackles such serious issues with good gameplay in three days is amazing! Well done!

Loved this, you really taught me some things about connecting emotionally with the player. A lot of feel packed into a really small package. The gaining self-love kind of theme was really great and reminded me a lot of scott pilgrim vs the world which was also super cool!!

On the gameplay front I struggled a bit. I found it very challenging, frustratingly challenging, but I'm not much of a platformer guy. I did appreciate that the respawn points didn't set me too far back but ultimately I couldn't finish it.... Until I loaded it up again and tried again cuz it was so damn cool!@!

The comeback mechanic was great but the timing of dying in the pit felt random which added to the frustration of how challenging it was for me. Maybe a progress slider or a sinking effect to show the player how close he is to dying when he falls in the doom pits and is struggling to escape.

Wow wow wow wow wow. Such polish, so much juice, all them feelings. Well fucking done! 

I would describe this as Thomas Was Alone meets Super Meat Boy. The visuals nd particle effects and narrative and sound effects and music and level design all come together so beautifully. The one thing I must criticize as game design teacher, is the controls. For most purposes arrow keys and spacebar worked fine but you cannot complete the last section without an extra hand for the mouse. The only way I could complete was to switch to WASD and mouse for jump and have my boyfriend play :D

I would personally change it so that JUMP is on W and ARROW UP to not have to stretch my hand and brain that much while PANICKING because of all that exciting ATMOSPHERE! As you can see, I still have not recovered. This gonna win something.

I remember a talk by someone once who said that you should always try to make the player feel the same as the character they are using. I could feel that a lot of the time. Your lighting and story added, and the sound design felt on point.

I'd be super interested to see how far you could take it and what you would change (graphics-wise) with more time...

Nice!

What an awesome game! Loved playing it. The game was pretty hard, but not too hard, a really good challenge, which I love in a platformer. Love the gameplay mechanics, especially the struggle mechanic, bringing yourself back from the brink of death is awesome. 

Cool background story too. It's very difficult to address emotional issues like depression/grief in a game and I think you did it very well.

Congrats Dave!

Seriously enjoyed this, well done!

Love how the gameplay and the transforming environment reflects the story beats. Like deeper, honest themes,. Very human and relatable. Know how difficult it can be to pour your heart out in a creative work.

Also, very nice sound design :)

You managed to pack a lot of potency into a small package, which means you judged your scope accurately.  I was very ambitious with my entry and my story suffered quite a bit for it. 

The game turned out to be quite challenging in terms of gameplay.  Liked the 'struggle ' mechanic. 

Some critical points:

Some puzzles are actually easier using the 'struggle' jump instead of actually facing the puzzle (the teleporting platform in my case). 

Also, the game has a real sudden rise in challenge (where hands really start chasing you).  Couldn't finish it, which was a bit disappointing as I really wanted to see the conclusion of the story. That being said, I've always been terrible at platformers lol! 

All in all,  very polished and captivating game. 

P.S. Sick intro :)