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A topic by RikOclon created Sep 27, 2023 Views: 93 Replies: 1
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I really like the theme and art style of this one.  The idea of using a space ship to navigate to other planets sounds like it would be hard to fit in a Game Boy, but your execution for this works quite nicely!  While the gameplay seems simple its actually pretty challenging and has a nice difficulty ramp.  I will play more in the future, since I only got about halfway through the second planet before life pulled me away.  Sometimes the collisions felt unforgiving, but other times it made the challenge feel right. It looks easier than it is in that respect..  The jumps have to be timed better than you might think at first glance, and while this is frustrating at first, its not difficult to overcome and makes up the bulk of the games challenge.  I haven't played far enough to know what all is in the game, but I would like to see the levels open up a bit more towards the end ( and maybe that is the case?).  Perhaps more branching paths or more verticality. The battle system is interesting and fun.  The characters, theme, and plot are really fantastic!  Great job!

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Thanks! The platforming sections were more of an experiment with a forced movement mini game than an attempt at making branching/interesting levels, and honestly I think it’s too janky to actually be fun if it had more verticality or larger levels. 

When I come back to Stardiver, it will more likely be as a “true” platformer and not this mini game based one.