Highly frustrating, but quite rewarding at the end, it needs a mastery of the known spider webs physics and the points where they can be placed.

You don't even know which string is gonna be erased with the backward button, or how hight is yamame gonna jump while carring anything, Kisume is heavier than a stone and thats super weird, controlling this with the mouse is also annoying, I know this was created for joystick, but I wonder if it can be adapted for a better keyboard use.

I completed it and it was so satisfying , but there are a lot of physics that make no sense, like bouncy rocks, sprite clipping (while a rock is propelled) and the unability to control exactly where the web can be shot.

Still, I really enjoyed when I understood all of that, the sprites where "ugly" but it also gave that retro feel, I don't like relaxing music in this sort of games, the gameplay screams: "frustration", but the music is like: "relax bro", AND I DONT WANNA (?

this shit is pretty rad!!! i got stuck after the first bit after the second checkpoint and don't have time to play the rest right now but i will later

i like grabbing, i like pushing, and i like toolgun welding and then pushing. the first bit after second check point stopped me for the longest time and im pretty sure i did the not-correct thing (pulling kisume under the top row of rocks using physics trickery) but still cool that i can improve such a solution

i autohotkeyed because default controls were killin me though, rebind options woulda been great

I really liked Alum's Strata Gems so I went in with high expectations, but I won't lie, this game frustrated me a lot. The concept of the mechanics is brilliant, but their behaviour can be pretty janky, which made it harder to understand the solutions, especially when the solutions involved said jank (why does dangling Kisume from a rock place her lower down than dangling her from a beetle??). Combined with having to constantly reset to checkpoints, it made it quite a slog to get through, I spent an embarrassingly long time trying to solve the first puzzle and got really mad every time I had to reset and move all of those rocks out the way. I don't want to be all negative, there were several good puzzles as well, but in the end I had to watch a stream of someone who played the game to figure out the last 2 puzzles.

I feel the more obscure ways to use the string (like how it can pull things off the floor by attaching to something higher up) could have been first used in a basic context before asking the player to apply them in more complicated puzzles. And less jank please, idk why you have to dangle Kisume from a rock in that first puzzle when attaching her to the beetle looks the same but gets you a different result.

Anyway, I hope you found my feedback constructive and not too negative.

A very nice and fleshed out idea, I'm honestly impressed by how satisfying jumping on the webs is!
The challenges are very well thought out as you first think they're impossible, but there always is a way to beat it.
Controls are very good, seem intuitive and sharp too, a good game overall!

This game has an interesting and versatile mechanic - creating spiderweb. It's truly impressive how many ways there are to use it. The puzzles are very good for a jam game, but because checkpoints are pretty rare, I found myself getting softlocked a few times in a puzzle and losing several minutes of progress every time I had to reset and make it all the way back there. The art and music create this eerie mood which is really nice. The controls and UI feel super solid too, which is not a given in game jams.

Finally, it took me a while to figure out that the song title was 'The Dark Blowhole'. Maybe spell it out more clearly, otherwise you'll probably get a very low rating in in the theme category...

I think this is my favorite game in this jam.

Firstly, the web mechanic is fun to use and has so much potential for experimentation and secondly, the level design is outstanding. It almost feels like a full game already!

The puzzles are hard but really, really well thought out! So many times I thought "this is impossible", until I discovered a way to solve it. I also liked the atmosphere a lot.

As others have said, some features could use more explanation and the interactions between objects can be a bit difficult to predict (which object is heavier etc.). Sometimes I was unsure whether it was my idea or the execution that was wrong.

Also, I could not beat the last puzzle. I thought I had to bring a rock to the geyser (since you are allowed to go back down), and spent a considerable amount of time trying crazy things to make that happen. I should give it another try.

Really nice and big puzzle, I like that level is coherent/world connected while having reset function. Physics seems to be really good even if in some places it's simplified, which only helps with some parts. 

My only wish is controls to be more sane (since up is not used - breaking web could be up+place) or more control over breaking web - ability to choose which going to be broken and highlight of selected web (highlight could be added even if no selection added, some subtle way to see which web is last and which is next after that). 

Almost thoguht I stuck at last puzzle until acicdentely noticed that I can attach web to Kisume from quite distance and have more launching power, believe that was not showcased at all and was sudden for me.

P.S. Not sure what song is it based on

Best game of the jam for me. The core mechanic is really simple and extensible, and you get a lot of really nice puzzle and traversal gameplay out of it. Reminds me of Yoku’s Island Express and also the Mirror Temple levels in Celeste where you have to carry Theo around. Problematizing movement is really cool! Could use some more tutorializing around some of the features like string tension (but the fact that that needs to be tutorialized at all is proof of the mechanic’s potential). Nice minimal aesthetic too.

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