Slime Well

The compiled version did not work with my controller, but I built the project file with gamepad support disabled so the keyboard would work. The vast majority of my deaths were on the part with two flying things right near the end lol. When they were by themselves it was way easier to play around the randomness.

Here is my gameplay https://youtu.be/-tcce30kmHI?t=5790 It was nice game, nice graphics and sounds, of course music could have been bit better. I think it was well executed and didn't notice bugs or glitches, maybe hit-boxes could be bit more forgiving ^^"

Now main issues of game was blocks getting hidden by sides and bees. Sides hiding blocks makes game more slow paced than it could be and also limits how you can react to game (as in you can't). There was good video about game design using DOOM 2016 as example. In Doom you don't regenate health, but killing demons gives you health (and glory kills more). This encourages aggressive gameplay behaviour instead of careful and hiding, which some fps games suffer from. Now reflect this to your game, because blocks are hidden in sides and player cannot predict what waits ahead, it encourages player more careful approach, which simultanously pushes away from trying to 'speedrun' the game. So 'what gameplay strategy game encourages to', is one aspect you can think of, and is this 'strategy' fun for player. In theory, there is no problem with current way, but for me it encourages playing strategy which isn't that fun (and feels that game punishes you if you try play quickly). (although I wrote long thing about it, it's not that bad as it seems ^^")

I think this is a really cool concept that could nicely be extended! Here are a few things that come into my mind (and might be mentioned already):

• make the sections of the well better distinguishable - after respawning it is hard to quickly get where you were before
• maybe keep the old slime on the wall - that might look cool, especially after a lot of deaths
• show where the spike-blocks will come out of the wall so the challenge is not to slow down, but to get the timing right
• maybe respawn the player right at the wall to avoid death after death after death without actually playing

That being said in the context of a short game jam it is a really nice game! I would like to see more iterations of it!

https://youtu.be/94CrKlVHb7M gameplay videoooo

Died 65 times but made it out in the end. It wasn't bad at all, but I have a few complaints:

• Unable to use keyboard controls if a gamepad is plugged in. I forgot I had this from a previous game, and was very confused about why the controls weren't working for a hot minute.
• The last checkpoint is right above a moving spike block. It is essentially a coin flip if you live or die after respawning (hey, at least that fits the theme)

...wait, speaking of theme, how does this game fit the theme? There's a left and right side of the well? Bottom of the well vs top? 🤔

I think this is a great start for a great game, it's just being slightly held back by a lack of feedback. I don't know how far I've climbed, I dunno where or when the spikey blocks are going to come out and I don't know when I crossed a check point, so progress gets to feel random. I do appreciate the camer being slightly higher than the slime, since it allows me to jump with a bit more confidence, and the graphics and sound all compliment the gameplay beautifully. I think the background rocks specially look really really nice, dunno why specifically but they do.

I really like this take on the theme! It seems so obvious in hindsight. There is really nice polish applied here; especially the way the slime leaves goo wherever it touches and how it slides down the wall when it's falling quickly. I really liked those details.

The music and sounds feel very retro and fit together well.

At first I was thinking "these bugs are bit too big", but eventually I realized how to get around them, and I no longer think that XD

I also appreciated that the duration of holding the jump affected how high you went, it added a useful level of control to our slimey friend.

I think it might have been nice if there was some warning or indication when the spikey blocks are about to come out. On the other hand, since dying is such a small set back, you eventually learn where they are coming from anyway, so knowing the first time is not so critical.

If you were going to make the well higher, I think it would have called for more gameplay elements, but as it is, I think it was the perfect length!

After 90 deaths, all I can say is... really nice game!

PS. I uploaded a video of my playthrough

I like the fact that dying doesn't send you back to the start, and I like the goopy sound effects and green trail that follows behind you when you fall.

I think that the blocks should telegraph their presence when their inside the walls, because at the moment it's impossible to tell if a spike block is gonna come out of the wall unless you already know that it's there beforehand.

Fun game! Controls were a bit iffy to get used to, but like others mentioned, a gamepad did work better in the end! Cool concept, great art! Well done!

This is a neat concept, but the controls were incredibly frustrating. (part of this was the fact that the incorrect controls were in the title card and I had to actually read the description of the page to get the correct controls) I felt like I had almost no control over the slime when jumping which made performing the precision jumps you were asking of the player very difficult. I felt like the difficulty wasn't born from the game but the lack of control.

I gave up after about 15 minutes. The premise itself is interesting, however, and the art is good.

Giving some background story in the description gave a nice start for the playing. Unfortunately the game was quite hard to play already in the beginning and I couldn’t get past the pair of mothlike creatures even though I gave it a lot of try. Checkpoints could have had visible indicators since the progress was a bit hard to understand at first. Anyway it was nice that they existed.

Art was very good but the real gem was the background music!

Cool concept, easy to learn but difficult to master. I made it to the top with many deaths

It took some getting used to the controls, but the platforming was pretty fun once I got the hang of it.

Nice game, kinda hard. Good graphics. In my opinion, the controls should be less sensitive.

BTW you have opposite controls in description (J is release, K is jump)

I thought this was very fun! After seeing screencaps, I was expecting the music to be more gentle and atmospheric as opposed to fast-paced, but I still think it fits well! I definitely didn't beat it, but I could see myself picking it back up again in the future. I think it was a great decision to add checkpoints! I would love it if there was some sort of visual indicator for them. If I saw a checkpoint up ahead and was struggling, I think I would be more motivated to keep at it. Those darn flies are so tricky! :D

This game is so hard Whatever the lowest ranking is, I have probably achieved it :D Knowing where the blocks were would have made this experience a little better. Great work!

The controls were a wee bit hard to grasp, and on my monitor it was pretty tiny, but otherwise it was pretty fun to play and when i could see it, it looked nice.