I think your idea will be accepted but some can disagree on that. I hope they give a bit more room for creativity in the pixel art style. About the theme I guess that being more connected to it will award you with better score. Again, I'm not one of the hosts but that's my guess.
Wow! This game is the best and most polished game I've played so far in the jam! The music, the art, the controls and just everything clicked to me and kept me playing!
Very nice executed game! The goal of the game is very simple, although when I didn't aim correctly the ball it would take a long time for the ball to stop completely so I can try the level again.
Maybe you can add a detector that if the velocity of the ball is low and there are no nearby checkpoints or coins, the friction will get bigger.
But overall really liked the concept and the vibe of the game! Great job!
Thank you for the comment! Some of the upgrades do not work properly because I didn't have time for all of the bug fixing but after the game jam results I will fix all of the bugs and do some polishing.
Really nice and cool game idea! The art is really good and the controllers are slippery as a spaceship.
One thing that is missing in the game is using the fact that you are able to gain tons of momentum and move really fast.
The first levels which I played in where precise focused but I did enjoy more in the first level which I could navigate more freely in. And also, there's a bug when when I do with some momentum, the momentum keeps and I seem to always fly away to the red zone, and after a while the game just crashed.
I really enjoyed the graphics of the game and the music was good. Although the bit kinda caught me off guard - I had to see which arrow does what and decide which move will not kill me according to the map that generates. All of this process takes some time and there's not enough of it.
