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i hate this game

the title is very clever, the art is good, i love the way the animations flow with the music. 

the main problem with this game is its level of difficulty and its platforming. if you gave me these same levels with any other platforming character, id be able to do it no problem. but with this guy, he's really slippery and its really hard to control him. this is due to the fact that course correction is not a thing and instead you have wildly going out of control, just in the opposite direction. its also because theres no variable height, jump forgiveness, or jump buffering. a lot of games can get away without jump forgiveness or jump buffering, but this game cant. at such high speeds, you need these features to give players a window of opportunity to jump off a platform. otherwise they only have a single frame or two to make the next jump. you cant expect your players to be able to pull that off.  Also,  not having variable jump height is a BIG SIN for platformers. It makes the character way harder to control.

also it has too many levels. actually, i only say that because its a game jam game and it is way too hard. it requires the player to remember 7 different jump heights and 7 different run speeds, and be able to switch between them at a moment's notice. this kind of thing could take weeks of fulltime training to do properly. no one has that kind of time to devote to a game jam game. thats why i think this game is too long.

anyway i think your execution is phenominal but the concept was not a good one. changing jump height is rarely a good idea in platformers, and ive only seen one in this entire game jam that pulls it off properly. i hope you dont ever make a full release of this game.