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A jam submission

M3at-Al PietroView game page

Very hard platformer game where you will simulate the advent of a cute spherical being inside a particle accelerator!
Submitted by marcoDev, MichelaMel, Enrico Asili, Meriados β€” 4 hours, 1 minute before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay#333.1503.150
Aesthetics#353.3503.350
Overall#353.1633.163
Sound#363.0003.000
Theme#483.1503.150

Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted(+2)

Crazy entry here! The game has potential but I think the weakness plays around the difficulty. It's hard indeed, and that's not bad, but it has no learning curve. That can cause most people to quit before beating the level (only 5 scores on the leaderboard when I beated it, and 18 ratings).

You need to use all the game mechanics since the start, and the first part of the level is as hard as the last one. However, once you beat it once you can challenge yourself to improve the time and the difficulty plays a good role here.

I would love to see streamers speedrunning it! <3

Developer(+1)

wow thanks for playing and for finish it! β™‘ Yes we probably must do a "how it works" level but at the start the objective was to create something high challenging  and pleasant to watch! 

Submitted(+1)

If that was the objective then you did it :3

Developer

Yeah, sadly we couldn't use all the days of the Jam to work on the game so we were unable to create a complete game with a proper step by step tutorial πŸ˜” But thank you for sticking with it and congratulation for your result! πŸ₯³ I'd love to see a speedrun aswell 🀣

Submitted(+1)

Happened the same to us, the version we uploaded to the jam it's incomplete, but at least it shows the main idea :s

Submitted(+2)

Super hard but still satisfying when you succeed.
Nice job !

Developer

Thank you very much! That was exactly the response we wanted πŸ™πŸ»

Submitted(+2)

Yep, you're right. This game is SUPER hard. Probably way too hard though. Even "Getting over it" has some easy introduction sequence before it throws you into an unforgiving mess. And it's difficult to know where are you supposed to go and what are you supposed to do. Also, I feel like the ball was a bit too small haha

But overall, it's pretty good. A solid Jam submission!

Developer(+1)

The goal of the game was to be appealing for speedrunners who wants a challenging game but yes, we could have implemented an easier tutorial to make the player more confortable with the mechanics. Thank you for your feedback!

Submitted(+1)

Difficult game, but I liked the mechanics. The only thing is that the static rock rolling sound is really annoying. But good game overall!

Developer

Thanks for your feedback ☺ Sadly we did not betatest the audio due to the lack of time πŸ˜”

Submitted(+2)

This game is very confusing, the difficulty is way too high and the path is not very clear at first sight. I tried to master it but i just couldnt i gave up after 15 min of frustration πŸ˜₯only reached the first checkpoint, i guess.

Developer

Hey thanks for playing! The game as only one route and it's signed with green point to understand where you need to go! What do you mean with confusing? 

Submitted (1 edit)

The player doesn't learn about the bounciness of the meat form until he has to do a move that make him fly across the map without any visibility about where he should go / land. The player falls into the unkown, maybe you don't realize it because you know the map but it is very confusing 

Developer

Thank you for your feedback! Sadly we were short on time and so we couldn't add the feature in wich the map was shown in overview before playing the level πŸ˜” but the extreme difficulty was intended 😌

Submitted(+3)

Game looks and plays very well! Congrats on your submission! ^^

Developer(+1)

Hey thanks for the review! Hope you can finish so you can upload your score!

Submitted(+1)

It's quite hard but it terms of gameplay-wise its good.

Developer(+1)

Thank you very much for playing our game 😊

Submitted(+3)

Really good game, feels very fledged out... but HOLLY did it make me pull my hair out, it's brutally hard hahaha!

Good Job! Very good submission for 3 Days :D

Developer(+1)

Thank you! The goal was exactly that!

Developer

:D Hope you can finish that to sign your highscore!

Submitted(+2)

Love the Gameplay Idea probably very satisfying, if one is good in the game. :D Im not good enough but still very nice Game. :D

Developer

Thank you, yes, with more time we would've certantly created an easier tutorial!

Submitted(+2)

cool game, good job.

Developer

Thank you ☺

Submitted(+2)

Probably the hardest of the games I've tried yet, fun but tough. I know we were very short on time but if you continue to update it I suggest maybe adding an intro level to get used to using the controls a bit. Once you've got the controls figured it's fun trying to get a good score. Good game!

Feel free to check out my game as well πŸ˜‰

Developer (1 edit) (+2)

Thank you, I'm glad to hear that this was the hardest game so far! 😌 And of course we are going to play your game as well! 😏

Submitted(+2)

Really sweet visuals and satisfying plop on the bounces. Agree with just about everyone else that it starts off too hard. Might have been a good idea to start off with a section of just 2 forms and then add the 3rd one a little later. I didn't get very far, but I'll try again when I have more time later haha.

Developer(+2)

Thank you for playing, We didn't have time to make more entry levels because it was fully developed in two days. I hope you'll give it another shot and register your name in the empty Ranking list! 😌

Submitted(+2)

Will certainly do. It's probably only hard the first 10 minutes or so until you build up the muscle memory. I can do it

Developer

Maybe a bit longer than 10 minutes but I bet you'll clear it! u.u

Submitted(+2)

DID IT. Couldn't put a name because web, but my score is 312

Developer

Wow, you really became the first one to finish the game outside the developers!! Congrats and thank you for sticking with the game πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³

Submitted(+1)

Thanks! It WAS a lot of fun once it clicked. Memorizing combinations like when I was on the magnet field and kept tapping DSA quily to keep floaitng slowly. Felt pretty neat.

Developer

So happy about your feedback! Today I'm Gonna play your game as well 😌

Developer(+1)

hey! Niceee! Only 1 over mine! 311!

Submitted(+1)

Haha I saw it! amazing

Submitted(+2)

It was fun but a bit too hard, I got stuck at the part with the 3 magnets at the sloped ceiling, with a smoother difficulty curve and some more visual clarity it would be pretty nice.

Good job!

Developer

My friend, that part is possibly the hardest part of the game! You have no idea how many times I have tried to repeat it but there are various ways to overcome it!

Developer

you mean the end of the tutorial, the one with the magnet launching you upward right? That's just the beginning 🌚

Submitted (3 edits) (+2)

No I meant this part:

After trying again I was able to get a little bit further though

Developer(+2)

Oh, yeah, that's the hardest part for everyone! But really congrats for even reaching that! The majority of people give up way sooner!

Submitted(+3)

Unique idea and good game. Quite difficult and takes some learning, but makes getting past a part more fulfilling! 

Developer

Hey thanks for try it out! We developed this game in order to be a lot difficult! What checkpoint did you arrive at?

Submitted(+2)

TBH, I have fully made it out of the first area yet haha, definitely not my strong suit. I'm going to keep trying and playing to get better and hopefully get 1/4 of the way through.

Developer

Currently there are 5 checkpoints and you can upload your score at the end of the run! Hope you can make it!

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you for playing and commenting! Maybe you'll be the first to put the signature on the leaderboard! 😏

Submitted(+2)

cool concept but it really needs a smoother difficulty curve. It's a lot of information at first and immediately thrown into what looks like a pretty large obstacle. I didn't get far at all, even though I was intrigued by the concept. I think it would help a lot for less skilled players if you started with some really small levels, like- 2 state changes max. Really simple little challenges to get your players used to controlling this being. 

Developer

Hey thank you so much for playing the game! We don't believe in curves and we created the game with the vision of making it difficult right from the start! But once you understand how to do the first part it's almost an autorun and that first part we consider it a tutorial to understand the various basic things!

Developer

Yeah, the beginning was supposed to be the tutorial but we totally failed in our attempt to make it easy! 🀣

Submitted(+2)

Very unique concept! At the start, I was bombarded with a lot of information that I couldn't really remember ahaha. but overall,  cool game!

Developer

Hey! thank you for playing! Yes, the spike curve is a bit difficult eheh, but did you manage to finish the first checkpoint?  ;-D

Developer

Thanks a lot! Yes, there are only 3 keys but the mechanic is hella complex

Submitted(+3)

Pretty cool! I couldn't get very far, but it's an interesting concept, and it looks (and sounds!) great.

Developer(+1)

Thank you, BTW where did you get stuck? I'm kinda curious, was it the 3 consecutive magnets near the crystals after the fall?

Submitted(+1)

Yeah, that spot. You fall down and then they're in a slope along the ceiling. I didn't try for that long though, so maybe I just needed to git gud.

Developer(+1)

yeah, that spot was kinda hell for everyone! 

Submitted(+3)

Cool, but too hard for me...

Developer(+2)

I know you can do it!

Developer

Thank you, BTW could you tell us where did you find it too hard? Where did you get stuck?

Submitted(+3)

Great Mechanics, very clever also love the art style

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much <3