Liked the presentation. Liked the grapple mechanic. Would have liked a basic attack from the beginning. Don't like that there are both keyboard and mouse controls. I'm right handed, I used WASD for movement, doing certain jumps with my left hand when the jump button is the spacebar, is just awkward. I don't know why I keep seeing games in jams that do that like it's a good idea. Anyway, like the setting / themes, don't think I have seen a pirate 2D platformer metroidvania before.
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Thanks for playing and the feedback!
I'm sorry the controls felt awkward for you. In an ideal world they'd be rebindable, but that's super rare for jam games with the limited time you have to make things.
Could you list what your preferred buttons would be for the controls that would make things less "awkward" for you?
Bit hard to say about that, as you're also using the mouse -- unless one of the mouse buttons is jump. The problem is that may hands are getting old, and doing something like moving right and then having to jump as well, is not only awkward but actually uncomfortable to do. It's a major issue for me in getting far into a game, as a certain point I will just give up. And I usually just play PC games with a keyboard and mouse, so if it doesn't work out then I will just move on -- especially for a game jam demo.
Sorry to hear that you have difficulties. For the sake of this game it likely wouldn't have hurt to also use the 'W' key for Jump since we weren't using it for anything else anyway and that would at least avoid forcing you to use your thumb.
For your personal play I'd recommend trying to use a controller if you haven't already. Having used both control setups for testing games I will say that controllers are usually a more ergonomic solution and easier on the hands.