its insane how beautiful this game looks given the game jam time frame, i am speechless!!! this game is such a feast for the eyes! the whole world and the creatures that inhabit it have this cute and playful energy to it that really does feel like it would come from an N64 collectathon, it captures that era's essence so well! i really love the painted look of the environmental textures, it makes the (also good looking) shiny gelatinous water pop out of the environment! i also love our little playable guy (really reminds of chaos from sonic xd), plus the enemies are insanely well designed and animated, amazing work here!
the gameplay is also really fun! although its very simple (just get to the end), the way how the game visually communicates the gameplay makes it so much better! the desperate struggle to jump your way towards the end while avoiding other creatures like the gators and sharks was visually very comical and cartoonishly playful, making it a pleasant experience to go through! there were times where i felt cornered and trapped, but the level segments never felt too long for me to feel frustrated whenever i died. the game is just really nicely paced, upping the difficulty ever so slightly after every segment. my jaw literally dropped when i saw the final segment, again THE GAME LOOKS SO GOOD!
i had so much fun playing this, what an amazing entry, great work!