Incredible. If I spoke French I would be crying right now. Thank you for blessing our French-speaking brethren with the greatest and sexiest story of our time
Hey I get it--I should have considered the whole privacy thing! Sorry about that! I was just curious about the program you used--I should have just asked you that over itchio. I wish you luck as well!
I got through the opening by testing and tweaking the gravity and jump power. I went a bit higher on the gravity and lower on the jump (I think it was in the 150-250ish) range. I didn't recognize that the graphics were default--I don't have much experience with GDevelop. I do agree with you that adding their own graphics would be a great step in polishing the game; the assets don't have to be perfectly crafted but doing their own art or partnering with an artist is very important for making finished product--especially on future projects!
I really liked this game! Would you mind chatting with me over discord? My sis and I wanna learn more about making music for our games and yours sounded so good! I hope it isn't too much trouble!
I haven't seen many games (if any) with this style of humour on here--thank you for making something different!
Great job! I had a lot of fun figuring out which ratios of jump strength to gravity worked for different situations! I feel like these mechanics give this platformer a puzzle element!
I believe this game takes the theme in a very intriguing direction--if we consider a ratio which allows us to complete one situation as "stable" then we would lose stability when the situation changes and our previous combination (or the default one) no longer applies. This would call for us to "re-stabilize" the jump strength and gravity ratios once more to suit the new situation--which requires trial, error, and prediction on the player's end to create a combination which will once again allow us to progress. In these ways--this game is actually quite good at incorporating the theme! As the situation and ratios required to progress are always variable--the game incorporates instability into the gameplay and player experience. Very clever~
I really really loved the situation where the player had to squeeze through the opening with the spikes at the bottom. Through trying to solve this scenario, the player is taught that the gravity is floatier than the jump. Where before we could super jump by maxing both bars, we now require careful calibration--which shows us that jump strength and gravity are mechanically different--it may be slight but slight is significant when it comes to precision platforming. This game encourages mastery, problem solving, and planning! Games like this tend to have more niche appeal but when it comes to indie games--niche is always better!
I'm not entirely sure why some of the commenters in this section (like 2 lol) weren't very helpful or encouraging. I think this game is great and the dev shouldn't abandon this game after the jam--I wanna see them add the shortcuts they mentioned in the comments and additional levels. I had a lot of fun with this game! Keep it up!
Thanks for noticing! We were very careful when we planned this project to set up design pillars and stay within scope!
If you wanna see more routes, you could mess around with the dialogue options now to see what makes the detective more suspicious or see what hurts Mr. Torrence's sanity more but honestly, after the rating period and judging period,we plan to put out a patch that elongates the game, incorporates early game overs, shows the player what options affect which stats, and adds at least one additional ending--keep your eyes peeled!! :D
Maybe just a warning somewhere for ppl who are a bit sensitive? It's hard for me to give any definitive advice since the colour stuff doesn't really affect me.
I really love it as it is now--it's unique and the flashing visuals set it apart! The flashing serves as a great obstacle for the player since it's a bit disorienting--along with balancing ourselves and trying not to bump into the walls, it adds an additional layer of challenge and depth! The fact that you were able to tie the aesthetic and narrative into the mechanics of the game itself is very impressive! Personally, I prefer flashier games like this! If you had a flashing lights/colours/epilepsy warning at the beginning, you could filter out the people who wouldn't be able to handle it while also exciting the people who are interested in that sort of thing!
I believe your aesthetic decisions are exactly why this game feels so unique and the challenge that the flashing colours presents to the player serves makes your game even more fun to play! It's a tricky balance--
Edit: I hope I didn't overstep, I actually really love this game--I rated it all fives
This game is definitely underrated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EPILEPSY WARNING--this game's music and aesthetic are so cool and unique--the game also plays very well!!!!!
Just the right level of challenge without being too difficult! Gave me a migraine but every second was worth it! I'm showing this to my friends! Good job!!!!!!!
The whole mechanic around breaking blocks with special objects is simple and fun! I also think it's really cute that the light switch in the intro screen actually turns off the lights when you press it--what a cool easter egg!
I suspect it was because I did not play it in full screen mode--at a certain point around the beginning during my first run, enemies would be all over me and when I used the breathing attack and timed it correctly, it would go off but wouldn't hit. But that only happened once and the rest of the time, the game played great! I really enjoyed it and I love the aesthetic and sound track! Every other time I played it, I played it in full screen and it played perfectly. Tbh I'm not sure if there is anything you can do about screen related issues like that but just know that it did not affect my rating (I gave it 5 for all categories)
legit the story of this game held me captive lmao--I also really liked that you could skip levels if they were too hard so you could keep up with the story. WE NEED A DEFINITIVE CONCLUSION TO THE CANCER MAN SAGA
Yeah, we wanted to make sure he couldn't truly get away with it lol! I'm glad you like it! You're right that it can be a bit confusing to tell who you are at first so after the game jam I think we'll add an intro to make it a little more clear 😊
Cool game! I really like how it ties into the theme of instability and demonstrates the interconnected nature of relationships and the dependencies we have one the people around us. Honestly clever game design that's crafted around a message <3
If I was suggest anything, it would be make the levels resolve a little bit quicker and add an instant game over for when everyone is shouting (since it doesn't seem like those situations are win-able<--unless I missed something). Besides those two little things, I really love this game--great job!!!!!!!
Clever and fun idea! I also really like the colours! It's so cool since I can play it by myself or with a friend and both are equally challenging--great job!
I really liked this game! The only issue I had was that the game kinda bugged out and barred me from progressing on one of my runs but the audio and sound design was super effective, the art was cute, and the platforming was really fun and felt intuitive. Great game!!!!!!! <3
The game plays well--but I couldn't get past the first map since the dino sped up too quickly which meant that I couldn't see where the platforms were. I did find the dino fun to control tho! I also really enjoyed launching the dino super fast and dodging all of the bee projectiles. This could make for a really sick bullet hell!
This game sounds cool! When I was exporting my game file from GDevelop, It prompted me to choose the file format it would be exported in. I had to specifically export the game for browsers (HTML5). Then I just uploaded to itch.io as usual and checked the "play in broswer" option
