After a while playing the game, while struggling through the controls that is; I soon started to love the concept of the game.
It's far more challenging than most of your average platformer games on the market; which I admire.
And along with that, the music was astonishing, I would get the game for its soundtrack alone.
I really hope this goes far, as it shows so much potential in the developer.
Thank you for the review! You can check out the full ost from here: jounivaljakka.bandcamp.com/releases
I spiffy game, I love the mechanics and enjoyed figuring out how to navigate both parties through the maze of traps and dangers! I did not love how much effort it took to guide the little platformer compared to the arm though, his controls were considerably rougher on my mortality count. I also admit getting frustrated with spots where the rotation of the arm would take me safely past a death trap in ONE direction but not the other.
Thanks for the feedback!
I think the controls are a bit too unintuitive for the game's own good. Something about using the "Q" "A" and "Z" keys doesn't really click with me (and I suspect that goes with a lot of people), I found that shifting the rotation keys over by just one (WE/SD/XC) actually helped me find the arm controls better suited for my organic mushy head. While the default keyboard mapping doesn't click with me or a lot of players, the ability to change it makes up for that shortcoming.
Maybe some of the frustration with the controls comes from how fragile that white sphere is with every surface it touches, having it break instantly when it touches an otherwise innocuous platform feels cheap and not entirely my fault at all.
A smaller nitpick, but it would be better if pressing "esc" twice took me out of the level instead of having to press two keys.
The game is well made in all other respects, however. It's a cool game, great job.
Thank you for the in-depth feedback!
I really like this concept. I would have given 4 stars but took a half star because the controls are wonky as can be. I'm not sure I could offer a better setup, but it just felt very awkward.
Thank you for the review!
Why don`t you just post the full game on Newgrounds?
Because I'm trying to make a living from developing games. :D
You can buy the full game from Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/569360