The Ascension

The dark room was really confusing, but otherwise it's very good.

Loved it. It felt good, it was good. Great music, art and narrative. Really liked the concept and wish you good luck on the final version of this. If anything, would have liked the hitboxes to be more defined.

Somehow this reminded me The Talos Principle. Maybe because the voice guiding you. I loved the sound design, the way the pitch changes. I didn't got all the endings, played twice but didn't figured out. Great entry, one of I most enjoyed this GM48. Very good work! Congratulations.

The maze like levels can be frustrating, but that is the whole theme of the game I suppose so I can't knock it too hard for that. I think the game could have benefited from having more abilities or actions to take other than just jumping. Still, very pretty title screen.

I think the game needs some playtest and some adjustments after those playstest. Not for away from becoming a good game. Great artstyle. Felt like a game that was "as finished as a game can be in 48 hours."

Every game is improving a lot, keep it up.

Best banner for a game on this website, everyone should take an example to make it at least a little nice like this one.

"Congratulations. You completed all endings."

This game was incredible! It's not very often that games this impressive come from just 48 hours. This is something I would love to see more of one day.

The art and music were definitely the best parts of your game. Everything was animated so smoothly (I love how your "friends" just wander around aimlessly, sit down and glance at the screen!!!) , and the music fit the mood your game set wonderfully!

The sound effects... are weird. Jumping sounds get bothersome really quickly, especially when trapped in between two invisible platforms. Also, the sound those soul-eater things make? For some reason, it lags my computer. Horribly. I think you have it playing on top of each other too often.

The gameplay felt like a mix of Cave Story and Kid Icarus ("Kid Story"?), just without combat. That alone amounted to the ideal challenging platformer. However, the amount of invisible platforms occasionally made the game a chore to play.

Keep up the awesome work!

Oh yay, I'm not too late haha!

So, I really enjoyed your game, especially the great pixel art/animation, controls, music and overall atmosphere! The gameplay was frankly not the best (relative to the little time you had it's still good though!), and the huge invisible walls especially just weren't too much of fun to get through, also there were a few really tricky jumps that quickly get a bit frustrating (though maybe some players like that). The pixel art is gorgeous though, as well as the little story. The subtle change of the character sprite with every level is such a cool feature, I loved it! (I'm not sure but I believe it was also mentioned by the narrator near the beginning? Maybe even cut that out, because noticing it yourself is such a cool mind-blow moment hehe. just my opinion though). Also like I mentioned the 8-bit-music was really pleasant to listen to and worked great for the atmosphere.

Overall, really nice work, keep it up!

Well that was really good. I found the 3 endings, and even if some hidden stuff feel too arbitrary, I still had fun searching around.

About the gameplay, I think the biggest problem is that there isn't some forgiveness frames or whatever they're called when you run off a ledge. It can be a problem especially in the secret path, as there's some tricky jumps there.

Also found a bug in the last room, the voice didn't activate when it should have and it started in the middle of the speech. The black things didn't appear and I had to alt F4 to quit :( No idea what I did, I think I was waiting on the righ of the room.

This game was nice, although at some points it lagged horribly for some reason D: Thank you for putting up the map on the game page, it made it a lot more bearable to finish the one bad room. I liked the animation of the player and the sound effects most.

Overall, a great project with shining polish on it! The art was amazing, and the sound effects (especially that of the omniscient narrator's voice) were bang on.

I did have a couple of qualms, these being the extensive use of invisible paths( which are very rarely a good design choice and more often than not lead to a frustrated player), and the lack of any new or interesting mechanics.

However, the art, sound, narrative, and story delivery left me reeling and impressed regardless. The last few rooms delivered so well in both character and horror that these alone made the game shine.

I loved the project, and I can't wait to see what you do with your skills and with what you've learned from this process :)

Oh you little devil. You got me well there with all that ascension thing, considering the theme was quite the opposite. Well done.

I tried to get more than one ending but I couldn't manage it.

I really appreciate all the polish that when into the art, sound, and story. However, I wish the method of progressing through that story and discovering the different endings was a little more enjoyable. You quickly find yourself playing a game of just jumping at every wall until you find the one you can go through.

Thank you for posting the labyrinth cheat sheet or else I wouldn't have made it to the see that awesome ending! Love how everything looks, controls, and sounds. Also I love that it tells a story and has multiple endings. Really great work! Very impressive for a jam entry!

Nice work on the game, the idea was really creative and things got interesting when I didn't make the first jump! The art is very well done, particularly the title and logo art. I thought the intro control screen was a nice touch as well.

I never made it to the secret ending but I think I will be coming back to try and find it. Good job and great entry!

I've tried a few times and am only missing the secret ending, that last gif in the description is so tempting. :(

The game looks great (in fact I'm inclined to believe all your art does - even the animated icon for the game is simply breathtaking!), the music is fitting from beginning to end and the story kept me on my toes. Love this narrator archetype. The gameplay is the only thing that doesn't truly shine by itself, as others have also stated, but overall the polish and attention to detail among everything else I mentioned left me no choice but to give my highest rating yet. :)

Nothing short of incredible for such a short timeframe!

Beautiful game! I loved the discovery of the gameplay, I really thought I found a bug! Music is awesome. Visuals are awesome. The theme is awesome. The music is awesome. But I got stuck at the maze lvl. I feel like I explored everything, and I wondered if I missed something when falling from too high, not being able to reach the proper end?

Beautiful and immersive game with a really cool take on the theme, got frustrating in some parts, and level design is probably its biggest flaw.

But it's still one of the best looking games in the jam, and it has a really deep story going on for it too.

I got all three endings, and seeing the hidden one is what made me give a 9 in art, You shouldn't have hidden the coolest tileset that well.

The graphics are very nice and the music is great. I like the interactions with text and how the visuals and audio get darker as you progress. However, I didn't enjoy the gameplay much as it relies so much on navigating blindly. Other than that, though, it's fantastic.

First off, congrats on your first finished entry, you did a great job.

The art is cool and the game is polished and well-made, especially the little touches to the text.

Interesting twist in the gameplay, I thought I found a collision bug!

When you can't see the platforms the gameplay becomes a little dull. You can start to kind of form an impression of where they are but I was stuck for too long and gave up.

Overall, a solid entry, I might come back and try to find that hidden ending. Good job!

Nice game, love the story, narrating and concept. Only got one ending but it felt nice the disobey the narrator and end up in that pit of misery. I also loved that I changed appearance as I ventured forward. All in all great job!