Known WEBGL bugs include an unintentional audible click sound whenever pressing a button, and the music starting up later than intended when changing scenes.
ignore the fact that it took several more months than it should have due to college decision copium, AP test studying, and my terrible frustration with my own code, but ITS HERE NOW, and that's all that matters
just a little rant, I love working in pixel art and this seems like a really big and fun jam to be a part of, but i have to study for PHYSICS and SPANISH so i cannot. everyone else have fun when May rolls around though!
Hi Kaleb, I played your game and the graphics look really cool! I can tell you put a lot of thought into how each character looked, and you did a good job with that. I agree with the other comments that the game is a little unbalanced. I assume that the platforms are randomly generated, because it is infinite, so because of this the player sometimes has no choice but to fall a long way and take damage. I enjoyed the alternate mode too, but I think there's a bug - I never lost health in that mode. It might be because everything knocks you away, so the game doesn't register the hurt collision. Good job with this submission, keep going!
Plume pond is such a cool name for a studio! I'm sure you've heard this a million times before, but I was so impressed with the art, sounds, and ambience. The screen effects are so cool and everything together makes the game feel so eerie.
Although the gameplay is based on needing to explore with little resources and information, I feel there is too little information and too much responsibility on the player's part. I have to remember which paths I have taken, which path I want to take, where the red blips are, all while trying to use my sonar as little as possible, which results in me holding a directional key until I hear my drone hit the wall or I encounter a new red thing.
Additional information could be useful, such as faintly lighting up paths that have already been traversed without needing to use sonar - as if the drone 'remembered' where it went - or some sound queues to indicate you are nearing a red blip. The haunting and desperate atmosphere still earns this game a high rating. Good job!
Not a lot of people make mobile games, so congrats on taking on that challenge. The game concept works very well with this theme, but I do agree with some of the other comments that the game balancing is a little too difficult. I don't think I ever got past 10, even after many runs. Cool art and music!
Very nice, polished platformer game. Art and sound design is on point. Movement was very slippery at the beginning but getting more upgrades made the movement feel very good. Such a big team you have! Good job.
I remember watching this yesterday on that guy's stream! I played it through myself and I had a good time collecting the keys and trying to remember where I needed to go to unlock the right doors. Good work on this game jam.
Thanks for the feedback! I only started making music this August so I'm still learning haha, and yeah the shells may be hard to find, its hard for me to playtest when I know where they all are already. I'm glad you liked the art though!
I like this a lot, especially the spike in difficulty from levels 1,2,3 to 4,5,6, definitely got me panicking a little bit, but sometimes the depth of objects can be confusing because everything is the same color and also neon. Good submission!
As an avid fps guy this was pretty cool to see, you don't see a lot of action FPS genre in game jams. Played through the whole thing and the different themed dream levels were a good design choice, but I noticed that most of the enemies could be defeated by running in a circle, which was true for even the final boss. I think adding a ranged unit or increasing the attack speed for light enemy types could make the game more difficult. But definitely a unique and memorable entry!
Thanks! I really like how the art came together for this project. I even had to do a little research on underwater plants to get the deep sea atmosphere right(tall kelp only grows near the surface).
I love the artstyle, and the game premise is really unique to this jam! It was fun frantically pressing left and right to dodge flying objects, and this game idea is really well executed.
