I'm very impressed with the solid game juice when jumping and dying. The sound for jumping should've been for hitting the ground with a more "boing" type sound when actually jumping, that's a tiny detail tho. I think failure is still failure so I'm not sure how strongly the theme is represented, but the game is very fun and requires fair skill. I enjoyed it, the one thing gameplay wise I'd say is that I had no idea where the red squares would appear, it doesn't feel very fair when I respawn because of hitting an invisible wall that injures me I couldn't have predicted at all.
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Hope-less (jam version)'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Simplicity | #37 | 4.278 | 4.278 |
| Sound | #67 | 3.778 | 3.778 |
| WOWIE! | #85 | 3.759 | 3.759 |
| Topic | #119 | 3.870 | 3.870 |
| Fun | #139 | 3.685 | 3.685 |
| Creativity | #226 | 3.611 | 3.611 |
| Visuals | #231 | 3.630 | 3.630 |
Ranked from 54 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Ah, I see. That kind of ties into the theme that way. The issue with that though is your fail state is reachable by your success state, i.e. dying to reveal the squares, and also dying by hitting the squares. It's a little dissonant. It's a tough theme to create a tight and well designed challenge for, we struggled with it for our game too but yeah this is good stuff all in all.
Really great! I love the mechanics and it's really polished and good. It's simple, and has a good theme.
also minus points for spontaneous death
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TOTALLY NORMAL PLATFORMER GAMEIncredibly well polished, the level design is excellent, the dying mechanic (if you die too many times you have to start over) is great, over all my favorite game from this jam.
10/10 would feel hopeless again
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Quantum LoopWhat a neat little game! Loved it! Was really fun to play
extrmeley polished
This is extremely great for the first game! Great job
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SkeleButsuI love the block reveal and the jump animatio. The game is fun and looks good
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I Return StrongerIt's pretty good, but the character can sometimes feel a bit clunky, they're just a bit too large. Otherwise, it's super smooth, and the sounds and music are great! The idea isn't super unique, but it fits well! Great game!
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Robo-Sapien, Learn FreedomIt's pretty good, but the character can sometimes feel a bit clunky, they're just a bit too large. Otherwise, it's super smooth, and the sounds and music are great! The idea isn't super unique, but it fits well! Great game!
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Robo-Sapien, Learn FreedomIf you make it more clear when you are about to die this game could be a masterpiece.
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Peace In FailureControls are snappy and juicy. Game´s mechanic fits in theme, but it is not fun if you have no clue where you die
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Wizard O´ Three PiecesSuper cool idea, just one thing: why are there limited lives in a game where dying helps you progress?? I stopped playing because I had to start over several times. Otherwise, great concept and the polish is nice
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