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A jam submission

Polar ShiftView game page

Guide Santa from the icy North Pole to deliver warmth and joy to the festive village.
Submitted by 1ButtonWonder โ€” 20 hours, 16 minutes before the deadline
Rated by 8 people so far
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What category are you in?

Intermediate

How does your game relate to the theme?
I decided on a christmas theme cause it's that time of year, I wanted to create a harsh feeling playing the first part of the game which is depicted by santa on a dangerous journey to the village, once he reaches the village the emotions change in a positive way where Santa delivers kids presents, I tried to make these 2 as opposite as I could.: :)

Specify any and all pre-made assets in your submission.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w_sgKdC5ttoVEF3E9m8YSE91zNgjJ6MMpyF-3_J4z0I/edit?usp=sharing

How many team members does your team have in total?
1

Anything else you would like us to know?
I had fun :)

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I/We agree

Does your game utilize Wolfram Language?

No

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Big fan of the climbing and grappling mechanics - they make the gameplay and platforming feel much more dynamic! I thought the automatic snowball aiming was a cool feature, though there were a couple of times where I wished I could manually aim since it was going for the wrong one. Maybe the ability to swap between automatic and manual aiming could be added?

The small details like the online lb at the end and the controller support are also appreciated :). Nice work!

Developer

Thanks a lot! I learned a lot from making this, glad you enjoyed it! :)

Submitted(+1)

This game is really good! I personally suck at platformers so I couldn't get to the end lol. The sounds were really nice and the animations were also really good!

Submitted(+1)

The game is great! It's impressive you did it fir 3 days! I love that!

Submitted(+1)

Really liked the spider-man santa experience :) No seriously, you implemented so many mechanics without making them conflict with each other. Another thing I noticed and it's something positive so don't worry, is that you implemented so many sounds into the game! It was a nice, cozy platformer experience. Wish you and your entry all the best!

Developer(+1)

Thanks a lot, I appreciate your feedback, all the best to you too!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Game has nice feel to it, the environment, player, lighting all well executed. the mouse controls were bit unusual for me. maybe its because i played it on laptop. overall the game is nice and has good platformer vibe.

I really like that water foreground.

Edit: I played it again with mouse this time its much easier to control. the score how to increase it?

Developer(+1)

The score is only calculated in the 1st real level, the one after the tutorial, currently it is: (Enemies Killed * 1000) / Time played in seconds. There's also some shortcuts you can find ;) Thanks for trying it, I appreciate your feedback :)

Submitted(+1)

it is a difficult game and the controls are really weird but other than the controls it is a good game.

Developer(+1)

Hello,

Thanks for your feedback, I didn't test the keyboard controls a lot and found out they were indeed messed up, I fixed the bugs related to it and changed the bindings for keyboard, It should now play more easily. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, I'll check out your game now! :)