After School Afterlife

I play it before game jam, the ambience was soo good!! Also the music keep u playing to the end haha

Art & atmosphere are both very nice and keys easy to take on.

Overall a small game but with a big big heart!

Keep the good work!!

Lovely game! Love the music and the cute little animations to the beat.

Cool idea too - everything fits together really nicely. It really has that strange (but rather cool) mixed feeling of almost being a celebration/party, but also something being... wrong? Off? Not quite right? Festival of death I suppose! Well done on making such an atmosphere!

Had a little issue in the last level - thinking I missed a trigger for the ending level to actually start (probably moved during dialogue or something?). So the game soft locked and I was stuck in the level with nothing happening! Here's a gif: https://gyazo.com/9a799bd3c7f505e161fc90b2c09d5b0d

No worries though - not a big deal. Loved the game, hope to see it expanded on! (With even more music and little puzzles!)

Awesome theme, great music and art, love the mix of rhythm game and platformer. Good humor too. Overall a great entry! Team Mini Bunnies does it again! :)

I love the mood and the nods to Peranakan culture! The atmosphere that was created from the get go and the UI set the tone for the player that something special was ahead. The artwork and items contained in the levels made me feel like I was in a celebration for the dead and for those in the afterlife. I enjoyed the mechanics of exploring parts of the map where you are making blind jumps. I felt it added to the suspense and to the tone of the game of exploring what could be the unknown in the afterlife.

The music was excellent and really match the levels. I did run into a situation in the first level where i cleared the second checkpoint and not the first as I missed what I needed to do. So i kept dying and going to the second checkpoint until i realized I had to backtrack. The text bubbles sometimes got lost in the elements of the background but I was still able to understand the message.

Well this is just stunning. From the atmosphere, the variety of the gameplay, art and sounds, and even the theme incorporation, every aspect really makes a solid contribution.

I really like the different goals of each level, and the variety they bring, but funnily my only complaint is sorta variety related. There were a couple consistency issues, like using the mouse pointer for the menu when it isn't used in-game, and the third level not using the beat changing mechanic.

Really good job, really full-feeling and nicely wrapped up game.

Fun game; it brought me back to my original gameboy days. I liked the changing light/dark(haunted) concept, it added a layer of complexity to it. I liked how accurate the controls were. Even something as simple as using arrow keys can sometimes feel awkward, but I thought this was excuted nicely. I also enjoyed the theme, atmosphere and music. The second level seemed most difficult to me, as making a simple mistake meant having to get all 3 money bills again. To be honest I was hoping for more levels when the game ended! Great job.

This was great. Every aspect of it seemed so thoughtful, from the art, music, gameplay, theme, etc. I loved it.

I did the stream earlier (like 4 days ago), where I did comment game more and I think atleast one of devs watching. But to leave short feedback here too:

Lovely pixelart, had lot of variety, which is good. Also I liked variety of gameplay and bit of humour. I think cultural aspect was well implemented in art and music.

Here is vid. https://youtu.be/P-r0wmUQe1g?t=2460

Absolutely glorious! As it would have already been a great experience, I loved those more stealthy Peranakan culture references you put out there (and which I would have totally missed without the notes). I think they leveled up the game’s already high immersion state and steered to pay more attention little things visible on the scenes.

I loved the soundtrack. Hulda’s bg music was also a killer so have to say that your composer is making a really good job.

Can’t wait for your team’s next jam entries.

I love how welcoming the game is despite its "darker" themes. The art and music definitely help in that regard. There's a lot of effort put into details and it's almost a shame the game is so short because you barely have the time to notice it.

As I've said I love the inspiration of the game, you really cared about sharing and it shows. Plus the mechanic reminds me of my farourite level in Fez so that's nice :D

My only issues with the game are pretty minor. First there's the text that doesn't scale that well and is pretty hard to read. Some spites also hide part of the text in one or two places.
Second issue is the lack of informations on platforms. Not to indicate where they are in the other world, but to know once you're on a platform if it'll disappear or not. I think it's in level 2, at the bottom there are like 3 platforms, the first one doesn't disappear, and the other two are from each world, but the 3 platforms look the same. It's only a problem the first time you get here, but since there's no checkpoint for each paper it can be a little punishing :D

Anyways, that's of lot of text for something not that important. I really liked the game. Also I don't really know why but I always loved the concept of a jiangshi, so that was an instant +1 on the icon.

This game does a stunning job of setting its scene - so much detail in all the unique set decoration, great and fitting music, and genuinely eerie at times.

Great use of the theme too, a few games I've played have done the "two different versions of world" thing but in this game it made total sense and was used in dynamic and clever ways.

All-around brilliant entry, one of my favourites so far.

Very polished and fun entry! It's got something to like in every category. Great music, art, sound, gameplay!

The only minor issue that I had was when I died several times on the 2nd (?) level, it seemed like the switching phase got out of sync with the beat of the music a bit. Other than that, really stable!

Cool game!

PS. I uploaded a video of my playthrough

Flawless entry, great work! Loved the style, art, music, and theme, 10/10

This was a very charming game. The only thing I would have liked was some kind of indication of what to expect in the other world. Maybe it's better this way, but I found myself having to stop a lot of times just to see what's in the next part of the map. It's only really a problem in areas where you need to make blind jumps to land on a platform in the other world.

Pretty fun and charming! The visuals and writing are both nice, and I'm a big fan of the music in this entry.

An immersive and vibrant game that grabs your attention right away.

The storyline is briefly and delicately described to give the audience cultural knowledge so that the game is understandable and gives a bit of a history lesson.

I really like how vibrant the colors were because it made it pleasant to look at / play the game. The music fit perfectly with the storyline as well, which helped to make me feel immersed in the game.

My only gripe is the controls, which is just a personal preference and doesn't affect the game much. I would have preferred for 'spacebar' to be jump instead of the up arrow. The interact key could've been set to 'E' as well, but that's only because I'm so used to it being this way by default in many other games.

I would like to see more levels in the future and perhaps add in the ability to edit the controls or have them changed to different keys. Aside from that, I give this game a 9/10 and look forward to seeing how the game progresses.

Keep up the hardwork :)

A really charming game, absolutely dripping with personality.

This game succeeds with it's really great storytelling, style, and humor.

With that said, the platforming controls felt a tad floaty which led me to losing some progress, especially in the second level.

But all in all, a really great entry. I'd love to see more levels.

Also a huge shoutout to whoever wrote the music. I am not sure if it was just obtained somewhere or if it was made inhouse, but wow, it's awesome.

Great stuff - I really like the art style and all the lovely art assets throughout - it looks like this game was fun to make and it shows - lots of lovely ideas and variety.

There seems to be a lot of this 'two dimensions' concept with this jam's theme, but by incorporating the mystical Perankan culture, this game feels like it goes further than just a simplistic heaven/hell good/bad light/dark division.

I really like your team's idea of developing jam games based on your team members' cultures. I think approaching jams with additional creative constraints that are personal to you and that you are excited about and have your own insight into is a great way of creating something really vibrant and satisfying.

Well done peeps! Really nice work.

Really charming game. Great atmosphere and characters. Definitely my favorite Game thus far.

Fun game, for keyboard users using W might be a bit harder to jump then say spacebar or something, leaving my finger on W made it a bit hard for me to control L/R during the jump and and how long i held it down for. The game allows you to move the person really well in the air.

I do not think the game was too hard, I like how you have to work for some of the things and wait for timings instead of face smashing and holding run through an entire level.

I like the music, I think it would be good to incorporate 3/4 or 6/8 time signatures also in addition to what seems to be the 4/4 base of the few levels.

In a platformer I really like the function of where you can hold UP or DOWN and it pans the camera up and down, I think this would help in the 2nd level where I didn't see one of the monies until I accidently died.

Fun and atmospheric. The biggest problem would be it might have been more fun if you had more control over when the world swapped.

Awesome game! I really love how atmospheric the game is and how it incorporates the theme of 'two sides'. Each chapter having a different gameplay style, all woven with the beautiful music is really incredible. The music really assists you in managing the shift between the two worlds which I found to be very helpful. The mansion is filled with beautiful background pieces that make the world feel full and alive. I couldn't help but stop and stare at the Jiangshi because they are so adorable hopping around even if I was meant to be avoiding them. I felt the dialog was very well done and made me laugh in a couple places. I thought the gameplay was challenging but fun, and I was able to grasp the objectives quickly. All in all, I think this is a very strong entry and I would love to see further development post-jam as this is a theme and locale I would like to see explored more.

Music and visual style was fantastic. I thought it was great and it make me crave donuts!

The music, art, and atmosphere were top notch here! Gameplay was a little unforgiving, but I was really invested in seeing how the story was going to play out, so I didn't mind too much. Great job!