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very nice game ! i love the music ,the  atmosphere and narration which really work great together and hook you instantly. i love the artstyle and the environment you play in and the fact that you are a human and also part of the immune system inside the human which is ( a little bit abstract ) but for me personally a nice integration of the theme. the jiggly / bouncy controls feel very nice and smooth. my only critique points would be the 1. -  key bindings. i had to use both hands for controlling the character (WASD) , healing( SHIFT) and dashing(SPACE)   .The first ability i got is shooting (LEFT MOUSEBUTTON) which felt a little bit off when using two hands for keyboard controls. 2. -  the ability system.  maybe it was explained in the beginning and i didnt catch it but when i played got the shooting first and then i picked up another ability.. i guess which the 3 arrows. i didt get how i activate it  mouse buttons didnt seem to activate it. and the last critique would be these narrows spaces i could not fit in :D maybe theres a shrinking ability which i didnt get but that was the moment where i got stuck . All in all for me compared to other gamejams i did in the past one of the best entrys. well done and my respect for working in a 8 headed team. i imagine handling such a big team with different skills and oppinions beeing a challenge inside the Game Jam Challenge itself.

maybe a litte bit too late for the jam but someone told me its hard to understand how to play the game so here a little bit more info: you can see the controls when pressing "TAB" on your keyboard. For the Gameplay itself : there are only specific areas that do  not drain your health you have to stay in them or sacrifice a collected soul to regain health with "space" . the main goal is to get the 2 legendary souls which you find by exploring.There are 2 types of trigger puzzles. The white triggers you have to navigate your boat inside to open a door. the coloured trigger areas you have to put the orb inside which has the same color ( red to red, blue to blue ...) you can pull the orbs towards you board if they are in a certain distance to you. thats basicly all you need to know .If you have collected 80 souls you can get an upgrade by trading souls for coins.  you can also trade coins for souls in case you want to have a "reserve" to sacrifice for health. Hope that helps :)

you can see the controls when pressing "TAB" on your keyboard. for the Gameplay itself : there are only specific areas that do  not drain your health you have to stay in them or sacrifice a collected soul to regain health with "space" . the main goal is to get the 2 legendarys souls which you find by exploring.There are 2 types of trigger puzzles. The white triggers you have to navigate your boat inside to open a door. the coloured trigger areas you have to put the orb inside which has the same color ( red to red, blue to blue ...) you can pull the orbs towards you board if they are in a certain distance to you. thats basicly all you need to know .Hope that helps :)

im sorry to hear that. did you have a stable framerate? 

Hey well done! the game definitely represents the guide theme . nice pixelart style  and also very  challenging. i like it. :)

the artworks looks so cute . nice sounds and level design  very nice game :)

i like the atmosphere and graphics and the implementation of sounds  ! could be a bit longer adventure but well done  :)

nice atmosphere :) well done

i agree with the previous comments very nice eerie atmosphere and i also got the bad ending " HAATE HATE HATE " :D

nice gameplay idea :) did all the level

very nice idea to make a little 1v1 local  game  with this theme . i like :)

i mean how could i not like this game :) i like that you implemented a little dialogue explaining the story and the controls  feel very responsive. very well done ! edit: and the picture of charon looks so nice :)

very challenging and fun game im did the leaderboard map the last part was very hard :D

i really enjoyed playing your game it was so fun and i got all the levels and the last one was quite a challenge but very satifying when you solve it. at the beginning i thought it would be nice to have a button to skip one jump to move a little bit faster when wanted but later on i needed all the time to think. very very well done and Fun 5/5 stars for me

game is fun to play even though my finger hurts from clicking left mouse  button :D and i really like that you implemented a leaderboard. well done!

the gameplay is not very straight forward ( i did not really know what to do) but you did a really good job with the tutorial  which i guess would explain everything.  i personally like games more that are easier to understand but dont explain much so theres this Aaahahh effect while exploring. But overall a nice concept. good job :)

yeah i agree with alice liu. the concept is great. and its a nice mechanic that you can remove tiles with the tools to make a way for the goblins. but it needs some instruction text but the buttons to press. oh and the only button that had a text was the press N to go to next level which did not work for me. 

good job :)

thank you for your nice comment :) im glad you liked it

the artstyle really looks great ! i like the soft and calming music. very nice game :)

i love that apple enemy thingy :)

that intro was funny af :)

"Row Row Row your boat gently down the steam.." i immediatly thought of that song :D cute little game and i agree with the previous comment. very enjoyable soundtrack :) good job

16 % rating :D very engaging gameplay and not easy :) i think you nailed the theme. i like it

i think its a really nice gameplay idea :)

i watched a tutorial for the curves. its easier than thought. i have a screenshot of the editor in unity. you interpolate between 2 points to create a linear motion( a line) and then interpolate from the last point to another to create another line.  when you now interpolate between those 2 lines you get a curve. in the tutorial i heard " Lerp untill you run out of things to lerp " :D

awesome concept. i tested on a notebook with touchpad and my heatrate went up  with those jiggly hands ..but in a good way :D so very nice gameplay , also very relaxing soundtrack and  i saw you used figma as well :) thumbs up for that,too :D

thank you for playing! yes its easy to get through in the first three level. the 4 is a little bit longer and not that easy.  i see why this takes the fun or the challenge away but i think if the levels all were longer than it would be more of a challenge because then its not luck based anymore

the game  has a very nice look and cool music,too.  As a respond to your comment on my entry: i don´t really see the implementation of the limitation in this as well . but still this is a pretty high quality entry :)

Now thats a really nice implementation of a classic video game

Very nice gameplay idea ! and good use of the limitation. maybe its just me but it would be nice if you added an UI Element or something that shows which direction you move next when pressing S and A.  nice work

thanks, im glad you like the controls :)

Nice Clicker Ressource Management Game! Crazy how much functionality this has! You even added  a music player :D

nice game and concept ! You used the sounds very good to make the player feel a little under pressure when the timer is going down.  I did not get the gravity change mechanic but i got through the level anyway. 

i enjoyed the gameplay of this "vertical survivor like" i love the music , very energetic! Game starts slow ( which is good) but you get overpowered too fast. if you do a little balancing and add more upgrades and enemies this could  be extremely addicting.

that is a pretty good implementation of the limitation and theme of this jam. i love that you loose seeds  which represent the health. the atmosphere is peaceful and relaxing which makes this very enjoyable. GREAT WORK :)

Nice concept and  good cohesive atmosphere and graphics! Took me  a moment to get that you can force yourself up with shooting down.I found it very challenging (maybe a little too much).  

thank you :) i see what you mean but i really did not think too much for the game limitation. you go one direction (mostly up) and cant stop or go back :)

im glad you enjoyed the concept. I guess you were a little lucky with just holding W and getting through but your right that in some cases you dont need to do much to impact the game but thats because the levels are very short which was due to the time limitation. and with the game jam limitation i did not overthink  :D you can only go one direction which is mostly up.