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A jam submission

Death is NearView game page

Submission to the WOWIE Jam 3.0!
Submitted by itjustismatthew — 18 hours, 2 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Sound#1393.5423.542
Simplicity#1464.0004.000
Fun#1833.5633.563
Topic#1993.6883.688
Visuals#2273.6463.646
WOWIE!#2393.3333.333
Creativity#4123.1883.188

Ranked from 48 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Music Source
The music is Muriel - Bobby Richards from the YouTube Audio Library

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Submitted(+1)

Very simple graphics but the post-processing effects made it more appealing,  the concept was simple but the death part was inconsistent(you had to not die at most of the orange blocks, but you had to die at a certain one) which would normally ruin a game to some degree, but the text helped.

Bit short but I guess that's quite a lot for only a 3day jam.

Submitted(+1)

really fun a bit short looked great good job

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

Nice clean graphics with cool post effects. Felt like there was a change in the feel of the game partway through. Liked in the beginning where you got the powerup and the level restarted with it to get get past the obstacle but then the map changed. The camera also felt better in the 1st part like older Zelda and Metroid games but was more " free" later on, no real preference just felt like a change. 

Fun game overall I played it to the end.

Developer

Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

the way that walking to death gives abbilities is amazing! great job!

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

Nice post-processing! I liked the core mechanic, but I think it's implementation was a little inconsistent, which made it slightly confusing. :P Sometimes it was clear that a suicide was going to grant a power-up, sometimes not.

Developer

Thank you for your feedback! sorry it was confusing

Submitted(+1)

Nice game and effects, but I can't win

Developer

Glad you liked the effects! sorry you could not win

Submitted(+1)

Nice!  I really liked the graphics.  They were simple, yet the post processing gave everything a nice touch.  I also liked the ribbon of light you left behind as you move, it was nice and satisfying as I moved.  The movement was also really nice, it was smooth.  I do  feel like the mechanic of jumping/moving into the lava could have been expanded though.  The idea that sometimes falling into the lava was good and other times it wasn't was a little confusing and kind of made me lose a sense of control.  It also would have been neat if, rather than forcing the player to go back to that one level after getting the improved jumping, if that was something we could figure out ourselves.  I had a moment of excitement when I realized "oooooh I can go back and go to the one place it said I needed to wait for!" but then that excitement disappeared when I found that it was literally the only place I could go to, especially since with all the changes to the environment I couldn't even recognize the location.  Other than those two things though, I did like the game.  Well done!

Developer

Thank you so much for the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

No problem!  I hope it helps.

Developer (1 edit)

Yes it does a lot! I appreciate it a lot when people take the time to right their thoughts about my games so I can improve next time

Submitted(+1)

I like how it looks and sounds. It also controls really nice. Not much bad to say about it, except I guess missing features due to the time (only a few levels, no use for coins, that kind of stuff)

Developer

Thanks so much for your feedback

Submitted(+1)

Very fun game, not too hard, smooth platforming nice music, all around a pleasant experience. is there any point to collecting the coins?

Developer

Thanks for playing! there was going to be a use for the coins I just ran out of time

Submitted(+1)

all good, just asking, I collected them all anyway :)

Submitted(+1)

Smooth movement, Nice twist with the buffs. Overall really good job! One thing I wish is that the screen transitions were a little faster I found with the speed buff it was quite easy to run off-screen and straight into an obstacle before the camera pans to it. But this is a tiny thing. Well done :) 

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing and for your feedback!

Submitted(+1)

Yes, completed the game :D

Nice smooth controls. And I liked the info on the walls to get some extra info.

Nice and simple. Great job

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

One of the best games I’ve ever played!!! OVER WOWIE!!!

Developer(+1)

Thats very nice of you! thanks for playing

Submitted(+1)

Simple nice game, woulda liked more levels :)

Developer

Thanks for playing! glad you liked it

Submitted(+1)

Cool! Well executed, and fun to play through - short and sweet. I like the visuals as well. 

Developer

Glad you liked it! thanks for playing

Submitted(+1)

Nice game, really fits the  theme.

Developer

Glad you liked it!

Submitted(+1)

Really clever take on the theme! I'll admit I assumed collecting the coins was bad at the start. These twisted jam games are doing a number on my game sense. Really nice work!

Developer

Thanks for playing! Yeah the coins do look like they can kill you at first lol

Submitted(+1)

Nice idea you got there. Playing the same level but with each death you get upgrades to reach different areas of the map.

Unfortunately the level is really small, i wanted to play even more. 

The explanation at the beginning was very helpful to understand the basic mechanics. But at some point you just not say anything to the player and just let him play.

Overall i think the core mechanic is the strenght of this game. Good job.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for taking the time to play and rate!

Submitted(+1)

Love the sound and visuals. Gameplay is fun and fits the topic nicely. Awesome job!

Developer

Thanks for playing and rating!

Submitted(+1)

Cool little game with very fitting graphics! Adding some more variety and making the camera track with the momentum would be the polish that this game deserves. Great job!

Developer

Glad you liked it! thanks for the feedback

Submitted(+1)

pretty simple and nice, its really fun to move around, theres not much to really do, but its fun to get all the new abilities.

good job :)

Developer

Thanks for playing

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