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Had a lot of fun with this! Some of the QTEs (hold) should maybe be a *little* more generous with letting you know when they start, but other than that, there's a lot of potential here!

While short, this game is absolutely fantastic. The level design is great, and I'd love to see an expanded version of this concept someday - maybe each new area you enter has its own hourglass to break? However you decide to proceed with this, even just the jam version is incredible.

The gameplay has promise! The difficulty is, I'm not sure the level is designed with beginners in mind, and the camera is not ideal for planning out a route ahead of time. Other games with a similar movement mechanic, such as Tribes, Midair, or Haste: Broken Worlds give the player a wide view of the environment, and frequently allow them to gain height to breathe and plan out their path. With this game, however, the view is very narrow, and you don't often gain a lot of height, which makes getting a lay of the land very difficult.

This idea has a lot of potential! If you decide to develop it going forward, I'd recommend really tuning your level design and camera, and adding a bit of a gentler learning curve.

While the game does feel good to play, there are a few massive issues that hindered my enjoyment of it, at least towards the later levels. First and foremost - slide is tied to the CTRL key. On many browsers, CTRL+D opens dialogue to save the page as a bookmark. This meant that if I mistimed my inputs, the whole game would freeze until I closed the popup, and I would then have to restart the level as I inevitably met my demise. Additionally, wall-jumps did not give consistent height or momentum, making it difficult to get a consistent, muscle-memory run pattern going.

However, it's not all bad! The theme interpretation is good, and the tutorial is very well-implemented. The difficulty curve is also one of the strongest parts of the game, and the pacing was solid.

(As for the slide jump issue, I'd recommend tying it to shift instead. Similar keyboard location, easier to reach for most players, and no risk of keyboard shortcut problems!)

I enjoyed the simple puzzles and the wholesome narrative, plus the art was spectacular! I do think I would've liked to have seen a bit more complexity towards the end, and a little more narrative focus, but given the time constraints I definitely understand the scope.

Hey, that was me! My bad, I'm blind. Both games are pretty good though, so hopefully you both take it as a compliment!

The core gameplay is definitely enjoyable, once I figured out how to properly jump! It also suits the theme very well. I found the bloom and lighting to be way too bright a lot of the time, though, and it made it difficult at times to see where to go. In addition, the obstacle hitboxes felt slightly misleading - some were smaller than they seemed, some were larger. Aside from that, it's not bad, and made me want to make it to the end in one piece!

Great take on an idle incremental game! The pace felt a bit slow at the start to me, but it ramped up nicely over time. I really liked how the sound changed when the sun was shining on the plant, but I felt that I didn't have much input or control at al. Most idle games have some form of interaction other than buying upgrades, but this game doesn't - it's understandable, though, and the game is perfectly okay without!

The game was tough to figure out, and even once I did learn how to play, it often felt like I didn't have much control over what was going on. However, I do really like how the challenge keeps increasing as you clear more and more out of the way. After all, every new obstacle just adds on to the items you're already trying to juggle.

Thank you for the feedback! Unfortunately the jam page doesn't contain the description, which has the controls listed. That's on me, I didn't realize until after I submitted! I'm glad you enjoyed!

I enjoyed the precise gameplay and fast pace, but the jump buffering almost felt too gratuitous? I would let go of space very early and still get a jump. Also, the game crashed about halfway through the second segment and wouldn't let me keep playing. Other than that, I had a good time!

Gotta say, I'm a huge fan of the combo mechanic. Planning out my moves in advance felt really fun, and being able to chain moves was a big part of why. However, at some points there was, well, no way forward, with rocks spawning in such a way that I was unable to move far enough horizontally to get past them. Also, sometimes my move chains were too long, and I got caught by the wave before I was able to finish the turn. Aside from those minor issues, it's a really great experience!

It's cute, easy to pick up, and controls pretty well! The volume mixing is a little loud, and some of the sound effects are a bit grating after a while. Also, some of the hitboxes seem a bit too big. However, the game is solidly put-together, and fits the theme nicely!

Oh, for sure - I was pretty darn rushed at the end to turn this in, but I'll probably add a cover image at some point! I'm not super concerned about maintaining this game anyway, but it's probably a good idea.

In addition, this is more of a minor nitpick, but I feel like the "5+ weapon mods" in the description seems a little clunky. It's a small enough number that it feels like it would make more sense to say something like "x unique weapon mods" or something.

I'd love to see a utility-focused "fence gun." Mortar-style projectiles like grenades, when one is placed it doesn't do much, when two are placed it creates an electric "fence" between them that damages enemies that pass through. You'd have to work out some sort of lifespan timer, maybe? In any case, the weapons lineup is pretty good already.

Came for the visuals, stayed for the gameplay. This game is stunning, I can't wait to see where it goes from here!