Thanks for playing :)

Thanks for playing :) Controls could have been more intuitive, as buttons layout and visual feedback are not aligned. Palm tree was also made to shrink island bit more, it is 8 tiles only, not regular 3x3 ^^

Thank you for playing :)

Yeah, controls will be my doom here xD It would have been really easy fix, just add more key mappings. As game uses few keys, there could have been simultaneously many different mappings without problem.

Now during jam my mind went on lock with controls like "I can't do it any better" (wrong). I had fixated In WASD type of layout that I didn't consider WQAS or similar.

Original idea was slow paced game so current controls wouldn't have posed as much of a problem, but idea changed, so should have been controls.

Thanks for playing :) Actually I tried to make surface on top of island where I draw shadows. I didn't want shadows be drawn in water, but be only in island area, so with surface and masking I would clip water out. I had few issues with them and I was like 'game looks good without them, so why use precious time' ^^" (island is drawn just by stacking same shape in different sizes)

Yeah, my mind was fixed on WASD or directional key layout during jam, I didn't consider other kind of layouts. It would have been easy just add other mappings working at same time. Thanks again ^^

Thanks for playing ^^ I wanted it be clean and simple, I also restricted color palette I worked with. Troll though uses same colors as it has from very first Troll game (and crab uses Troll hair color). (: Good for you, controls feel unintuitive for some, but I could have avoided that by making other key mappings available

Thanks for feedback :) Yes controls are wonky, and as afterthought I should have done different mappings. Never occurred during jam I don't need follow directional or WASD layout, too late for now ^^" I wanted gameplay itself look clean, so I didn't want show any effects (like "+10" ), just end score. I think it's more important how many waves you passed ^^ But it's not clear how you get points then, so after jam I added how they are calculated, so you can try get high score. Monkey (throwing coconuts) on palm tree, which you need to hit off was one idea.

Thank you for playing :) There are 19 waves, though last ones are near impossible. I haven't heard anyone else beating this game yet ^^

Thanks for playing :) 15 is good, I think it takes a small break there with one crab and then madness ensues. It's really hard after for couple of waves and I think 19th should be last one. I have managed to pass all waves only twice. Isometric movement is problematic as arrows do not reflect same direction as in-game. Later I had few thoughts how I could have made it otherwise, like QWAS, or numpad 1,3,7,9, or just mouse clicking. In last Troll game I had "tank controls" which would have been too slow for this game.

Thanks for feedback and noticing those small things ^^ The source project is available for download, you can see I had some palettes and leftover things I didn't delete midst jam, as I was planning this as survival game. I planned to have night and storm.

The code is messy, as I was planning to do other things with it first, and then turned for current game. Many just-get-it-work things ^^"

Thanks for feedback :)

I made it be by holding, just because it was easier than buffering inputs, though that wouldn't have been too hard either. Without buffering pressing bit too early would not make Troll jump. Now you can keep hitting palm tree more easily ^^ I tried to make shadows in game, but didn't get them working way I wanted, therefore I scrapped them. Also I thought no shadows fit more in artistic style, as not having grid lines. But these things I might revise in post-jam version, which I'll post later.

During jam I also made animation for Troll sinking, but it was bit too 'brutal' ^^"

Hi thank you for your feedback and thoughts :) HTML5 skipping/stacked waves is unintended effect from porting, which is not present in Windows version. I should have playtested HTML5 version longer, but I tested it only one run and was "okay it works". Never thought restarting room could cause issues like this ^^"

Of course the Troll is new, art needs to be done in 48hours :P No reused assets from previous one. For drawing I took reference as I wanted it to be similar, bit of continuation from previous game. Though initial idea of survival game was scrapped. If you took closer look, Troll now blinks eyes and when hit looks at you worried ^^ Grid movement code is also different, but I unnecessarily made it as '3D grid ' position ^^"

(edit. emojis work on phone, not in computer)

Thanks for feedback :) If you look at Troll, he blinks eyes, and if you get hit by crab, he looks at you bit worried for short time ^^

Controls with keyboard in isometric games are bit hard to make, but I didn't want to use mouse either. And 'tank controls' would not have worked here. Maybe using numpad (which everyone does not have) or letter (but not everyone has QWERTY) could have worked, as choosing them could be positioned more in direction of world movement. But I thought easiest solution was normal Arrow keys.

Oh, it does feel like tinikling dance, now after I googled what it is. How I coded waves, it was easier to make walls of crabs than diagonal ones. I might redo that when I work on post-jam version, so I can make more easily different kind of patterns.

Hi thank you for feedback :) I know controls may feel unintuitive, I playtested it for non-player. The isometric + arrow keys does it. Now later I have thought, maybe using numpad or alphabet with corresponding directions could have worked. Too late it for now :p

Music or sounds are my weak points ^^"

Thanks for playing and feedback :) Yes, in isometric controls are bit wonky as direction is tilted.

Avast thing is problem with Game Maker games in general, it likes to sandbox them and restarts them but later. So in this case it's Avast ^^"

Thanks for playing :) As for this game idea I wanted clean and simple, and having extra things during gameplay would have conflicted also with art style.

As game rule 'Stay inside bounds' does the job, which also conveyes idea of small world. Having depleting health from crabs would have 'muddied' this, and I made aware decision against it. But some punishement was needed, so game puts you in mercy of luck, which is a risk. With good play you can avoid this, but luck can be on your side too.

But my original jam idea was about survival game, with Troll looking around the island and finding new things in this 8 tile area.

Thank you :) Indeed, small island and lot of crabs, not ideal situation to be in. Hitting the palm tree gives you extra points +10 per hit :) I wanted to add a monkey there, but I wanted polished overall game. I may have had enough time for it, but probably wouldn't have time to finish it.

Thank you :) Last ones are pretty hard, I don't think anyone had really beat the game yet ^^"

Thanks for playing :) Sometimes you get lucky and survive, which is relief. Yeah, you shouldn't hold SPACE all the time, it was really just for debugging purposes, and good only for first waves, which are slow. Keep hitting that palm tree to get some extra point ;)

Kiitos ^^ I am no musician or other way audio orienteted, therefore I mostly go with simple melody and try record few sound effects. For splash effect I threw water from glass to larger pint, managed to wet my mat in the process :P Crab effect is just my using Fiskars in quick manner and then speeding it up.

Thank you :) In isometric game it can be hard to control character, sorry about that ^^ It was graphical choice, I thought it looked nicer than plain bird view. For retry, hold SPACE for first few waves to speed them up. Also hitting palm tree gives extra points ;)

Thanks :)

In previous game I had "tank controls", which people didn't like ^^" I don't know any other ways than these two ways for controlling grid basement movement. If one could move freely though, then of course normal updown-leftright would be better

Hi thanks for playing :) Yeah, bug happens because of HTML5, which isn't present in Win version.

Hi, thanks for playing :) You can speed up waves by holding Space (I'll update info), and Waves appear twice as fast. Though using all the time also causes crabs being closer to each other, so it's good only for beginning.

You get more points by hitting palm tree, the beginning rounds are good for getting extra points from it.

Hi, thank you for playing and remembering my previous take :) I wanted to go with storytelling, but time wasn't on my aide, therefore more simplistic game. You can see in source some leftovers of it, like palette for night and storm. Game has ending screen, if you can't get past 19 waves, just open up the source :D (edit. okay, ending might not initiate, just checked. Oh no I made last minute changes, might broke it :s)

The bug is HTML5 only, which I noticed after upload. In Windows version I made throughout tests it works well. I tested one run in HTML5 port and thought it works. Didn't consider restarting room could cause issues. You should never trust HTML5 export :'D

Thank you :) Lot of time and hacky code were used to get smooth results ^^

Thank you :) I wanted polished looking game, which then caused gameplay idea change radically as time went by. You can see leftovers in source code that I had ideas of night and storm, survival idea. Well I would have made Android port also, but Peter had removed submission for mobile ports. Maybe because none uses them in GM48