Jelly and Shelly's Treasure Hunt

At first I also thought I got stuck in the seaweed, until I read Kwis' post below >.<

I wish the death plane in level 3 (I think - the level where Shelly needs to bouce on Jelly a few times to get down to the chest, anyway) was further down, since the first time I bounced just one too many times and Jelly was pushed down to the edge of the screen, immediately dying >.<

Shelly's controls were a little hard to get used to, sometimes I'd accidentally press Space to jump, resulting in Shelly falling to their death >.<

All in all, I did like the game though! It was very cute, and nice use of the theme.

• Initially thought the jellyfish got stuck in the seaweed. An indication on the first level at least would have been welcome. Or at the very list, state it in the description of the page, I thought it wasn't intended.
• The game feels very floaty and a bit slow. I wondered if it was because it was running slower on my computer, but both the html and downloadable version ran at the same speed. EDIT: I mean, like, too floaty: it feels unnatural and weird
• The impacts (claw snapping, turtle eating) felt disconnected from the game: The hitbox is huge (give it an appropriate visual effect to match it) and the turtles just drift away when you snap them. A visual effect on top would have been good to properly register a hit. I personally also like to give an impact sound rather than just a whimper.
• The second level got me giving up because it was a bit long and the game was a bit slow, so it wasn't very encouraging. You shouldn't give "kinda puzzles" there. The bubbles pushing the jelly fish to the turtle adds a difficult i'd expect on later levels.

That said, the game is cute and it's fun how the characters get new costumes in further levels. Also, it stands true to its gimmick and gives it coherence (crab, jelly fish vs predators, turtles)

Really well done!

• It was really fun to see the character costumes update as you went through the levels.
• I didn't expect the sea turtles to be as scary as they were
• The last puzzle with the bubble tunnel going into all the sea turtles was really cool.
• I appreciated that the first level was where I learned everything I needed to know for future levels.

The only thing I would have wanted was a reset button for the "stuck state." Jelly got caught in some seaweed when I first started playing, and I had to find a way to kill Shelly to restart the level.

I usually don't like the slower physics based collisions (I'm assuming they were using GMS's physics engine, but I could be wrong) but I really liked how everything came together for this game.

Art/sound/music added to the immersion/setting in a positive way.

Great work!

EDIT: I got that shelly could cut down the seaweed to free Jelly. I was referencing a point where I had Shelly was further in the level when jelly got stuck, and Shelly could not make it back to cut jelly loose, and I had to use a "Death Hole" as you've named it :3

Collision seems to be the main problem with the game, however the fun mechanics and gameplay make up for that drastically.

the music is well suited for the game, however after multiple listens gets a tad annoying - possibly add more variations.

The art style was also a highlight, reminds me of flash games on a school computer for some reason - however maybe a varying sand texture would make it more appealing

This is a nice fun little game. I tried it alone at first and it seemed challenging, but with a second player it was a lot of fun. The unique move mechanics that each player had really made it fun. I like that you have to cooperate with your companion to make it through. It was challenging but pretty fun! I had a few bugs like getting the jelly stuck a few times but nothing that really hindered play. The art was cute and I like the music too! Nice game!

Cute art style! I like the premise, definitely need 2 players though as it seems I have two left hands. I encountered a bug where Jelly got stuck on the corner of a block though! <-- My bad it WAS seaweed! I can't make a new comment though, but I did increase the rating.

YES this is brilliant!

I really like the design of the two companions strengths and weaknesses, they felt very different and complimentary and the undersea theme was a great way of making those strengths and weaknesses very clear and satisfying - Of course the soft jellyfish is defenceless but can move freely! Of course the hard-shelled crab is invincible and deadly but has limited movement!

I love the attention paid to art, level design, obstacles, music, sfx and animation - a very well-rounded game for 48 hours!

Edit - Also the HTML5 version was smooth and bug-free! Not an easy achievement :o