I agree with the tutorial stuff, a new simpler tutorial is literally the second thing on my to-do list. As for the controllable jump, I think I tried messing around with it a long time ago and it ended up interfering with other mechanics, but I'll definitely take another look at it. Thanks for checking it out!
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Cool! I'm really excited to play more. I finished the whole demo and only have one lollypop left to find. This is one of the highest quality games made in GBStudio and every single thing you're doing shines.
I can't wait to see the other worlds since this forest one already looks so good. I'm taking notes at every screen to improve my own graphics. And I love the characters and personality that shines through
Some other critiques after finishing the demo:
- The boss music doesn't feel very dramatic
- I think charging the boo jump could stand to be faster
- I got confused where I could walk on the map after level 3
- If possible, indicating that the player collected everything in each level (or not) on the map would be great. Like maybe a check mark sprite or something
- It starts off very challenging. That's a choice but I wanted to let you know in case you want to start it off easier
- While I'm a fan of the music used for it, it'll likely get replaced with a new track in the future, along with most of the other songs since I'm just using free stuff at the moment.
- This is to prevent the player from flying over everything, although you can still do it in some of the slower-running areas which I can't really work around but I'm fine with.
- Updating the map visuals is on my to do list already, I will take note of this when I get to it.
- That's a great idea, the next build will also have an area to view all of your collected candy in the world in a menu.
- The next build will have new more polished level layouts, (I've already made them) that are more forgiving, but I'm still aiming for a bit more of a challenge than most games.
Thank you for the feedback, I'm glad you've enjoyed the demo! I can't wait to get the next one out because it'll be such a step up from this. (I find it to be pretty rough in comparison to the new current build lol.)