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Thank you so much, Jani!

Thank you for updating!

Eyeman is soooo hard!  Any tips ?

Absolutely following :)  Some of the stages have been really difficult, but that might just be might skill level !

Looks interesting. I would consider changing the controls. Ctrl + W in FireFox/Chrome closes the tab.

This was really strange, sometimes frustrating, but always interesting.

The last area, where the character gets smacked around by the Cultivator was the most frustrating part.

The augmentations I did not understand - how they worked or how they affected anything.

Also, at save points the transition between could be a lot faster.

Looking forward to seeing this develop as it is really interesting :)

Aground, maybe?

That was really well done and a really nice size !  

Fantastic :)

Ok, the head with the 010, I thought that was 0 / 0, like I had to collect something.

I would recommend that somewhere you prompt the player that keyboard input is required to solve some puzzles (like entering numbers). That was something I did not realize.

I'm playing through and have only had to glance at the walkthrough a few times. There are some great puzzles in here :)

Thanks so much for the response!

After Esc + R and reinstalling the game here is what I am encountering:

First room (where I can go out of bounds):

2nd Room (switch opens door) :




3rd Room (box shakes when you enter room but nothing else) :

4th Room (North East of Room 3) :



5th Room (South East of Room 3. Head has 0/0 something):

So I am unsure what I am missing :(

Great to hear! I found the end (for now) and had 84% completion. 7 artifacts and I think 1 out of the 3 hear pieces for 6th heart. Also made it into that "You should not be here room" :)

Does this end in the crystal forest after finding Balthar? I agree with your assessment on metroidvania and  classic rogue graphics, it makes for an interesting and enjoyable combination.

That was some fun exploration and some nice platforming. I think I got 4 artifacts. I can move blocks, climb vines and jump. I think I am missing a powerup to maybe turn blocks on?

Everything looks and controls great.

It would really benefit from a map. I am currently hopelessly lost and going around in circles. A map that lets me know where I have visited and what is available to visit would  definitely improve the experience.

Looking forward to the next update!

Hey There! Was looking at this and I am unsure how to interact with anything. Movement is not a problem, although the very first room allows me to go out of bounds - not sure if that is part of a puzzle or something else.  Pixel art looks great!

This has so far been really well executed if the intent was to to create an explorative puzzle solving game along the lines of Myst or Witness.

I think I will eventually need a walkthrough. I keep getting almost frustratingly stuck.

For a first time "full" 3d game this is incredibly impressive... as always.

Thank You for making and incredibly engaging game! I look forward to your future developments!

Thanks so much for the response. Ok,  well in that case I did finish it :)  I think the first encounter in the glitched one made me think it was not the real ending. Great stuff! Really incredible the amount of diverse puzzles you manged to put into Pico 8.  Good luck in the jam!

And finally finished. What a fantastic Metroidvania!  That last level was incredibly well designed with some great puzzles. The rotating 3 room walls was really well executed.

Did notice possession used the Q key, not the key mentioned on the menu.

Very well done mechanics and atmosphere. Best and most original metroidvania I have played in a while.

Great stuff. Thanks!

Thanks for the response! I did manage to get past that. So far I have also gotten the magnet and inverse rotation.  Those angled platforms have definitely been the hardest part so far, for me.

I also noticed on the splash screen (before the main menu comes up) the name says Gear Band. Not sure if that is intentional.

Also noticed the magnet says to press Z, but it is actually, W.

Lots of fun so far after that platform bit :)

OK... so managed to get further up, but then got wedged and cannot move. Is there a reset room button I am missing?  Arg.. going back to the main menu reset all my progress.

When I try to make them more accessible, it make ones further up inaccessible.

Hey there! Any help would be great. I have tried setting them to 45 degrees but still can't make it up and across.

Thanks!

Dash repeatedly on the right side, the purple door should come up.

This has been really fun. Some strangeness happened on a playthrough, as the 3 NPC's were in the very first room, and I started out with the Whisky, Red Ax and Tuxedo. Then got into the loop with the shining of the tuxedo. That was weird and I don't think was supposed to happen, but maybe so?


Some really great puzzles. The Tony mechanic sometimes got a little strange, and I am not sure I fully understood how to completely control the Tigers/Bears to runaway, I think that was due to initial placement?  The rewind and block reversing were both really well handled and Ididn't encounter a single issue. The ice was really well implemented.

Currently I think I have everything available in the inventory, but I am not sure. Is the map a full 8 x 8 grid?  I have no idea what I am missing at this point as the only option I seem to have is a conversation that leads to the shining of the tuxedo. And I wish I had read the intro dialog on a restart because I did not catch the "contine" option..lol.

That is really interesting.  Is the below area possible with just the dash upgrade? I seemed to have tried everything.

Fantastic that you are working on the mechanics still. They were not terrible at all, just not super intuitive. I would rather have just has a single dash button that transformed into the shield dash or something similar.

Resetting the structures - if there was some explanation, or even some resources carried over, that would alleviate some of the current feeling of lacking progress.

This was interesting. It being a demo I am thinking the overall gameplay will be rounds of exploration, then the RTS sections?

The dash-charge jump was a little awkward. There were sections where it felt like I was having to flail a little because the pacing was needing the charge-dash, then just regular dash otherwise you would overjump or ricochet of the edge of a platform as opposed to grabbing it. I guess started to make sense. The end of the exploration section where you had to dash-charge took multiple revisits because there was so little run up. I had tried dash-charging while touching the (wooden?) barriers but you needed a little run up otherwise nothing happened. It started to make sense.

The going back and forth between layers during the RTS sections didn't make much sense. It wasn't really explained.

My least favorite part was the resetting of all the structures I had built after a winning an RTS section. That felt a little defeating, like I was starting over.

Everything looked great and the exploration was interesting. I'll check it back out when further development has happened.

That was fun for a while.  The game crashed when the health fountain appeared after a round. Playing on FireFox.
Last console output was:



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Diamond Man found love with Ruby. Diamond Man defeated a Beast.
Now Diamond Man is stuck with 1 key and has no idea where to go!

This is really interesting and clever.   Would love to see a walkthrough.

Would be great to be able to skip/speed-up dialogue.  The game overall looks great and plays pretty well.  I agree that "E" was a strange choice for firing.

Interesting stuff!  Would be nice if the browser version ran in a non-active tab.

That was getting very interesting when I managed to softlock myself. I restarted and escaped:)  Really clever puzzle design!

This is great stuff :)  One suggestion, when completing a level, automatically highlight the next level on the map to save a key stroke, or accidentally re-entering the same level.

This was a bunch of fun although a little grindy in places.  I completed all quests besides the very last one, defeating the boss (unless there was more after that) due to a system reboot.

I really enjoyed some of the added puzzle elements :)

That was really enjoyable and very well put together. Great stuff!

aH. oK :)  Yes... keep developing this!

Started out decently enough. I wasn't quite sure why the very first spike pit was located where it was as there was no way I could find to clear it without taking damage. 
 

I did manage to find the snorkel mask, although it took trial and error to understand it was a snorkel mask.  

The space bar removing health confused me a little, I guess that was to prevent soft locks? 

Made it to the bee, but got the impression it was not beatable.

An interesting premise and would like to see it developed!

Great to hear :)

Has development stopped or just on pause?

Wow... Good to know. Thanks!

Follow up question. Do the hats give upgrades or are they purely for decoration?

2nd encounter and I get the below. not sure if I have ever seen that level of upgrade early on.