Wow I really enjoyed this game and I'm so glad I ran into it!
I was a bit confused at first but once I understood it, wow it was great and refreshing.
Here's a list of what I loved, which is probably way too long but haha:
- I super loved the way the guy walks - the animations for a stickman are really dynamic and amazing. I don't see this often, much less in a game jam! I spent awhile just moving my cursor around to see his hand turn 360 degrees :P
- Loved the lighting and the fact that you gave the character a lantern that illuminates subtly. Loved the glowing windows too.
- Really loved the mood change when you find the house. I thought it was the end of the game but wow - then the music changed and I was like... no way there's more?!
- Loved the title too 'Steven's kinda pissed' - very unique title which you don't really get the title until you play further but you are rewarded for doing so!
- Music and overall ambience is fantastic.
- Loved that later on, you actually destroy things and there's physics interactions (such as the boulder)
- Liked the particle effects on shooting and the environment props.
- I think the pacing was also great. I never felt myself getting bored and kept wanting to push past the increasingly difficult challenges which scaled well personally.
Some improvements:
- Instructions in-game would be helpful rather than having to read the controls outside the game, but I think you already know this!
- I think checkpoints can be more forgiving. I'm glad that the game has them though! One ice section and a part in the house where you had to kill two baddies and then navigate through a thin column above lava. That section is brutal and could use more checkpoints in between since it's easy to quit out of frustration. But I managed to persevere and the sections after that were just pure fun!
- A part of me wonders if the bad guys shouldn't respawn after killing them as it's easier to die from the platforming mechanics and the enemies become repetitive to kill. Might be just me though!
Great job Justin on this amazing game!