Fun demo! It looks and feels great to play. I wrote down a list of bugs (MacOS) I encountered, as well as just some thoughts I had while playing.
Bugs:
- Going back from the options menu by using the B button causes a soft-lock, showing just the main menu backdrop and not the menu itself.
- Loading indicator icon is out of frame on MacBook Pro (16:10 aspect ratio). Although the indicator does display correctly.
- After getting the first key the game froze (seems to be related to the animation unlocking)
- Opening the pause menu and closing it made the controls stop working. Interestingly the button icons still update based on which input I last press.
- Spamming the skip-cutscene button as the game starts resulted in a black screen
- At this point I switched to my Windows PC to continue playing.
General feedback:
- Giving Magnus’ a “voice” would help characterise him and make him more expressive. (Think Banjo Kazooie or Celeste)
- Adding a crouch button would do nothing for gameplay, but it would give the player something to do while waiting for a big block to move, or a screw to screw.
- I often found myself just pressing the first switch I case across without much thought. I imagine this behavior could be exploited to poke some fun at players who do this.
- The audio is currently just ok, it does the job just fine, but it's missing a little something. Music is good though, fits the game well.