Glad you had fun! The art was my department and music was 3N_Music, check out his stuff for more! The ladder death bug was on our to-do list, but we ran out of time!
Oh yeah, the creepiness of the snake was a lot of fun to establish! I actually just discovered that bug myself a while ago, but after the submission period.
Thanks CreativeMouse! The atmosphere was a high priority, and thought that by considering how we wanted to feel we could create a better game. Thanks for the review
The gameplay wasn't too bad, but I agree with many of the things @Panda-S0 said. The gender button should definitely be with the other controls and having keyboard use instead of drag and drop would be a major control improvement. All-in-all though solid submission for a solo dev in 48 hours. Keep up the great work!
So happy you liked it! You've got me imagining this first person horror where around the corner a snake twice your size locks onto you and the sheer panic of fleeing with haste.
Glad you enjoyed it! We didn't have enough time to tweak the movement before submission, but it was on the list of things to do. When trying to come up with the initial idea, I knew snake would be fun because everyone's played it, but I wasn't sure how to add a unique twist. Turns out horror fit pretty good and the soundtrack from @3N_Music created the perfect atmosphere!
Thanks flugudu! We were considering how to do instructions for the game towards the end of the 48 hours and @Bartkk suggested we do the instructions as images, to avoid translation issues and the game could be played internationally. They were one of the last changes we made, but thanks for the critique! We'll keep it in mind when we can update the game again!
Sorry you didn't enjoy it! The spring shoes recharge certainly could have been communicated better, we simply ran out of time. The snake knowing where you are and relentlessly pursuing/coming out of nowhere was the idea, to give it more of a horror vibe, similar to Mr. X in Resident Evil. During playtesting, we found it too easy if the snake didn't follow at all times. It is also possible to outrun him, moving diagonally allows you to do so and the levels were built with loops so you could get around him. While the controls weren't perfect (again running out of time), we expected players to toy around with them as you would in any video game.
Its a starting point for a cool game. Personally when I started doing development I wanted to work only in 2D because I understand that 3D is a bit more challenging, plus its easier to create custom art assets for 2D over 3D. Don't beat yourself up about it, the purpose of the game jam is to test your skills for where they're at, not where they're going to be. Just keep on developing and you'll get better with time!
It fits the theme for Roles Reversed, but play is very difficult as the enemies continue to pursue while completing click and drag tasks. Art for the play area is quite dull but perhaps that's the intended feeling? The tasks have oddly rendered screencaps instead of graphics, which pulled away from the feel of the game. The sparks would be cool as a particle effect for completing a task, instead of being distracting constantly on screen. Constant movement was alright, felt like moving as a spark on a wire. Enemies were creepy and footsteps sounds made good time pressure, but I wasn't able to complete many puzzles since they constantly pursued.
Thank you! I actually was thinking we use text, but our lead dev @Bartkk suggested that we use images to have tutorials, so it was internationally friendly!
The snake was by far the hardest part of functionality. I think we went through three(?) different pathfinding methods before settling on one that worked for us. Glad you enjoyed it, it was our first jam!
Thank you! All the art was done by me in Aseprite! Adjusting movement was something on our list, but we had to prioritize functionality towards the end of the jam.
