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[aliceffekt]

ZerozShadow and I teamed up again to try to make a platformer in the lines of LIMBO. We made this in two days ( 1 day code + 1 day art ) .

The game is about "not believing what the game design is telling you". We hope you will enjoy this

Press R to respawn

Press Esc to leave









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[Carrie Nation]

Oh jeez aliceffekt how on earth do you make such brilliant stuff so quickly?

Anyways I'm playing it right now, just got to the part where my mother tells me that 45 degree objects will kill me.

My only complaint so far is that some of the text is really hard to see/not lit well enough.

Besides that, I LOVE LOVE LOVE the aesthetic.

EDIT: Just finished it, some tricky jumps in there. But all around I loved it, the broken buildings and street lamps and just... everything about the world was so cool.

[deathtotheweird]

I thought it was very cool. I didn't play Limbo though, so I dunno about the connection.

Music is nice and creepy too. You guys sure have made some cool stuff lately, don't stop 

[PleasingFungus]

That was really good!

I'm not sure that "kill your player with surprise deathtraps" is the right lesson to take from LIMBO, but it certainly worked here.

[mokesmoe]

Really fun.
Also, I managed to get up here, where I assume I'm not supposed to go, as there are no spikes if I fall off the other side.
(If it's hard to see, I'm just above the words: (Follow the lights I left you.")

[deathtotheweird]

I was able to jump up there too, it was a glitch I think. I could never reproduce that same jump though, only once.

Happened when I fell off the side and hung on teh wall a bit and then jumped and my player jumped high enough to get up there.

[Melly]

Another very interesting game. I like the way you use deaths in it, though you should make it somewhat obvious how to restart. It's confusing and I honestly thought at first the only way was to close the game and restart it.

The aesthetic is brilliant, though that's the usual coming from you. And this time you added some audio. It sounds pretty brilliant as well and perfectly complements the atmosphere.

The platforming physics could use some work. You're always getting stuck on the sides of walls as long as you're pressing against them, and if you hold the jump key as you land on a platform that's high enough you tend to jump again immediately after. These things keep the platforming from feeling smooth, and actually make a few jumps a little harder than they should be.







These three jumps are very problematic. Thanks to the platforming issues I mentioned all of them are harder to perform than they should logically be. The first one in particular is a frustating pain in the ass to get right.

The camera could use some work as well, as it's pretty jittery as it follow the character, and it snaps/jerks forward whenever you hit a wall. I think that's pretty distracting, and the camera should be smooth as silk.

[mokesmoe]

I actually found those jumps to be really easy. The movement engine felt really good to me, aside from the sticking to walls. Also, you jump full hight without holding down the button, so you don't need to worry about jumping as soon as you land on a higher platform.

I also figured out how to restart right away, but thats just because I played IWBTG, and now whenever I die in any game I instinctively press R.

The way you do the super jump glitch is that you jump up to a platform, and just lip the corner on the way up. You will jump again, keeping you momentum from the first jump as well. You can fall just of the edge of a platform, and then jump back into the corner to do it without a higher ledge, which is how you get to the place in my screen shot

[aliceffekt]

Thanks a lot everyone for your excelent feedback I am learning a lot each time from this 

[Captain_404]

This was excellent. However, I think early on - and especially over any place with text - the lighting could use a little work. I had to really strain to figure out what was going on. While it does come into play later in the game, I still think that early on, and around any text, it could due to at least flicker less.

[neon]

is this the end of the game??

SPOILER:  i get here, then jump onto a ramp and run up into the starting area, where the game freezes as if i've died.  is that what's supposed to happen?

[Melly]

Pretty sure that's a yes Neon.

[neon]

yeah, it was a great game, although the sticking-to-walls mechanics could use some work.  the aesthetic is great and makes me want to play with unity.  nice job aliceffekt.

[zacaj]

Is there any controls besides jump?  I cant seem to get anywhere past the main platform and the one to the left, and Im sure Im missing something

[aeiowu]

I can't get past that "follow the lights" platform either. what gives?

[Melly]

The game is not always as it seems.

Try different paths.

[zacaj]

Is it up or down?

[Hangedman]

When deceived, disobey.

Aside:
Excellent stuff, ika. I love the cracking of the buildings in the background, and the subtle use of colour.