Rewinds

Oh damn, Baku always have said what I was going to say :U But sounds were nice, the player was bit squished. The game was nice, but there were some level design flaws, which had really annoying jumps, which caused to wait for the rewind. It was good game, I just gave up on the last level ^^"

It's a cool idea and I love time loops, but I feel like the rewind wasn't really exploited, and a simple respawn wouldn't have changed anything. That being said, I gave up at the start of level 5, so maybe you did something here..

I have a lot of issues with the game though, mainly revolving around things that people mentioned earlier, so the wait and level design. So:

• There's no real reason to use Z to jump, I know it's kind of a norm to use Z and X but that really doesn't make sense, especially since Z isn't at the same place on every keyboard (X and C usually are). Anyway, just try to provide options, here we could be jumping with up or space too.
• I don't know how you tested your levels and if you had a "cheat" to respawn instantly, but yeah, waiting for a respawn is really boring at first, then extremely frustrating, because...
• most of the level design revolves around trial and error and perfect execution. Sometimes you miss a jump 1 second into the level and it means you have to wait. Other time you HAVE to sacrifice a run because there's a switch you need to activate. The first level have some really tight jumps, and the second asks you to know exactly when to use your jetpack.
• Which leads to a big thing to avoid in games: the "walking dead" / unwinnable state, where you have to continue playing but you already lost, whatever you do.
• There's like two or three jump where there's a platform just above your head and you need to jump at the exact spot just before falling. you should really avoid these kind of situations in platforming games is you don't have a decent "coyote time" thing (for example those jump are really no problem in spelunky)
• The bug turned feature is still really a bug, and just before that wall, I got stuck in a moving platform and could move. You should totally get rid of bugs like that, no matter how "smart" you can find use for them. (also even knowing you had to go through the wall, that part was still an issue for me).

Aaand that's the character limit.

Love the game and the music however I feel that the first level is a little bit hard mixed with the odd hover mechanic that triggers sometimes in place where a jump should be haha.

Very cool idea (like, very very cool!!), unfortunately bogged down by bad level design and a slow "respawn".

If you mess up a jump, you basically just have to sit there and wait until your timer runs out, which takes a while. And with all of those leaps of faith, unescapable pits and collision bugs, you end up sitting and waiting a lot.. :(

I wish you could just press a button to instantly rewind time.

I thought this was a pretty clever gameplay mechanic and it fit the theme well. The greyscale graphics were a little tough for me to tell what was what, but I understand the limitations of a time-crunched game jam. I really appreciate that you implemented the time-reversal visually as it was very cool and satisfying to see my actions play out in reverse. Overall good job!

Alright, so this game was decently enjoyable, and revolved around the theme well, however, I do want to make a few points discussing the gameplay and level design

A) The stuck in wall glitch: I've read your responses to the feedback, which I appreciate you giving. But I don't appreciate how you used the glitch as a feature due to how un-intuitive it is. While I did discover the glitch multiple times, not everybody might have, so using a glitch as a feature which we are shown in the first few levels to not help us at all, but harm us, doesn't make much sense.

B) While we do respawn every ten seconds, falling into a pit is pretty frustrating, especially if you just gathered a coin. It is not very enjoyable at points where you fall into a pit on multiple restarts, and each time wait out up to 10 seconds just to get back into action.

C) The gameplay is based on trial and error, which while it isn't usually an issue, in this case it is because there is no respawn button, every time you press a switch or do something else that'll allow your character to pass on the next life, it is pretty annoying to then, like said in the last point, wait out the whole time to then continue.

Overall, I do quite enjoy the concept itself, and think it is pretty innovative, and I think the music works well with the art. Also, I like how the art's style differs from most art made for the gm48. I did enjoy the game to an extent but I wish that there was more consideration put into the level design.

I like the idea of the game, it feels like a mixture between 10 seconds ninja and braid. The idea is nice, and the execution of the rewind and the level designs are really good too. However, I think the game is too hard (i don't know how many levels the game has, but I was stuck in level 4 or 5), some jumps are just so precise that one mistake and its back to square one!

Nice one! I like these kind of games with a simple mechanic and a complex room building.

This is a pretty good game, it really fits the theme. The main problem I have with it is that it is just not very motivating to try to win the levels. The levels are designed to make you mess up the first time, so you end up going through parts of each level multiple times before progressing. Every time you get stuck in a pit, you have to wait out the rest of the time to restart, so a lot of time is spent doing nothing. Also, you can get stuck in moving blocks, which wastes even more time. Overall I think the game concept and main mechanic are very good but the level design doesn't really make it fun to play. EDIT: Nice, I will make sure to check out your page!