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Jorge122 days ago

Great game! I'm having fun with it, and it's challenging to get all the stars but fun.

I want to provide some feedback:

A better way to restart/retry a level is needed. When you want to get all the stars, you end up retrying a level many times. Opening the menu to do it, then moving up two times, then pressing A, waiting a little bit, and pressing A again, is too much. Maybe you can add an option when you die to just press A to continue, or hold B for a second to restart the level.
In level 14, the platforms that you move with the crank at the end of the level are too difficult to align. They're too separate and move at a different pace, breaking the flow of the level. It's like that section in particular is way more hard than the whole previous part of the same level.
In level 15 I don't know if it's really possible to get the time star. The level is long if you want to get all the coins, and even if I thought I was fast enough, it turns out I needed to do it in 1 minute less. It's too much of a difference. Maybe I'm missing a shortcut?

Solocodo121 days ago

Hi Jorge. Glad you're enjoying it, and thanks for the feedback.

* Tough one this, I'll have to have a think what I could that is quicker - maybe even just changing the order in the menu so that restart is first - actually not sure if I can even highlight it by default. I wanted the player to have a bit of control so it shows the level card and you decide when to start the timer - which for a no death run can be multiple clicks to just get going again, I agree.

* Again, it's true - getting the setup for the moving platforms is hardest on this level compared to the rest. I wanted the movable platforms to be a bit organic and although it's hard to know, there is actually a large range for the jump to fall on to the second platform nearer to the exit. Might be worth adding another static platform so you get a second chance to go back and edit the positions on the crank

* The stars are awarded in any order, you don't have to get all three in one go. You can do the coin run star first then go for the time/zero deaths. I was going to put in a 'master mode' which required getting all three stars at once but it would require way more testing of the par times.

Jorge121 days ago

Oooh, and I was retrying all the time trying to get all 3 stars in one run on each level xD

Now that I know this, I can finally replay lvl 15 just trying to get the time star :D

Solocodo120 days ago

Hehe, sorry that's not explained but I didn't want to make it too difficult so you can play levels at your own pace, get the coins first and learn the layout then go for zero deaths then fast time or whichever order you want :)

As I said, I may do a master mode in an update which would switch the levels to need you to complete all stars in one go, but that needs some deep testing to make sure everything is possible with the current par times. Plus I would need to think of a reward for doing all the levels in master mode.

Jorge117 days ago

All stars collected. Not posting the image at the end to prevent spoilers.

Great game! It was really fun, one of those that makes you start cursing but retry over and over again.

Solocodo117 days ago

Woo! Glad you fully completed it, hope some of the later levels kept you on your toes for the zero death run 😁

Thanks for the feedback.

The last level was much harder originally but even I found the challenge got to the point of not being fun, so I toned it down a bit.

Good to hear people can get through it with a bit of perseverance 😊

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