Into the Void

Hard game. The game could be a little easier and get brutal on later stages. I got stuck on the 2nd XD But I had fun playing. It is well done in all aspects. Very good work!

This is a surprisingly incredible game! This is one of the few gamejam games I've really wanted to complete all the way to the end.

Sure, the graphics are nothing to write home about, and the sound effects were relatively basic, but they don't take away from the experience at all. The music was wonderful (especially when you beat a level), and the visual effects were satisfying as well (although maybe tone down the screen shaking a bit?)

The mechanic of being able to pull yourself up on a tether is something I've never seen before, and it's a wonderful idea. The game's difficulty might be too hard for some players, but without any real penalty for dying, it made for a great challenge.

Also, I couldn't help but think of that old Game & Watch game "Octopus" where you're a diver pulling treasure out from the bottom of a lake while avoiding a big'ol octopus. Maybe that's just me being weird.

This is a nice, smooth, simple, satisfying game. Excellent work!

Very good game, good idea, and the gameplay fits extremely well with the theme.

Two little complaints : there's a little too much screenshake for me and the keyboard layout isn't that great (and I would have loved to use a controller for this game).

I think you nailed the theme, it really felt tied to descending more than most games in the jam. The ascension was incredibly difficult for me, the twitch timing was pretty unforgiving. I think easing into the level difficulty would have helped quite a bit. But it was a beautiful game.

Great work.
I think it says a lot that I was able to persevere through the difficult last level. I'd say that being able to accept my many failures were my fault rather than bad controls or poor mechanics is a sign of a well made game. Although the first time I made it to the bottom of the last level I was expecting the void wall to be able to block the turret completely, but the wall hitboxes are small enough that there are angles it can shoot through and kill the player. Which it did :(
Also, I'm not sure if the cable takes longer to recover than it seems, but I got the feeling that the more you use it, the shorter the duration that you can use it gets. Sometimes it seemed to break less than a second after using it even though it started out white.

I don't want to say how much time it took me to finish the last level.

Really good game though, there's a lot of stuff going on here, and most of it is great, I loved the idea of the cable, there's a ton of things you can do with it, and while the level design wasn't perfect you managed to pull (pun intended) some of it off.

The art is good, music too, nothing exceptional, but still.

Holding the fire button with no consequences is a design trap most people fall into, if there's no bad side to it, why would the player ever let it go (Maybe it could overheat, kinda like the cable).

But the game was fun, and interesting, and fun, and it had a nice take on the theme, and did I already say it was fun? 10/10 on gameplay.

Yeah I like rush you get after getting the flower! Very creative, fun to shoot stuff, and so satisfying when you make it to the top. My only complaint is that it gets too hard too quickly. Like even level one is just barely beatable - would have been nice if the void had been slower in the first couple levels and then picked up.

Update: I didn't realize there was a jump until I read your comment. Playing again and yeah much easier hahah!

I love the mechanics and it's a great fit for the theme. But the art is a little bland and the game feels a little unresponsive, like it's missing a little juice. But overall it's a great entry, good job!

Hello! This is super good! Greats sounds and graphics, and it fits really good with the theme! The decent was challenging and almost puzzle like, because I tried to carve the best way in preparation for my ascent. I had a blast!

So this gets pretty hard very fast. I tried the level which introduces turrets maybe about thirty or forty times before quitting. It's too long is the problem for me. Descending into the void for a minute or two then dying to an errant shot followed by another minute or two of descending through parts of the level that I've mastered already so I can get to the hard part. Checkpoints would help. Superb game though I'm just talking about that because I just quit playing it just now and I'm still frustrated

I don't think I have had a adrenline rush like I get when after taking the flower then I have had in a while. Love this game!