Score: 7
"Cool idea. a few"
date: May 8, 2008
Woo! Finally managed to complete the 8 levels, with a 'unicorn power' rank in level 1, 'the internet' on level 2 and gold medals on levels 3-8. (I replayed 1&2 to improve my rank but not 3+)
This certainly seemed like a novel idea and I really wanted to love it.
Your graphics are sumptuous. I love your patterns in the walls, the backgrounds and the style of our avatar is so cute!
The music is well chosen and lovely to listen to - I specially liked the music for level 8. It would have been nice to have specific song titles so I can go and download that last song more easily, but enh.
Anyways, now we come to the level design.
Level 1 was near-perfect in terms of introducing us to the various game mechanics and level 2 took a tiny bit of head-scratching but was a nice level of difficulty. Level 3, however, really brought it down for me.
I had to retry a whole bunch of times - having worked out what I had to do, the boxes would often fall into a place where I couldn't get them out of. It just seemed a needlessly frustrating way to get used to the physics.
I would have maybe liked to see a 'pull' option - perhaps map 'jump' to the up button, then use space to flick switches and if pressed by a block, she'd grab on and pull if the opposite direction is pushed. Being able to pull would also have made level 6 more enjoyable.
I'd also suggest you maybe make the physics more 'forgiving' somehow - certainly making the forklift trucks more inclined to stay upright with a box on them.
The remaining levels were all pretty varied and fun. I would have liked to see some levels with a more puzzley bent - it seems like there's still a lot of level ideas with the foklift truck scenario that you hadn't explored.
I think you should have had some better ending - the current ending just feels like you ran out of time or something - I think a harder last level, or some sort of 'boss' or something to give the game a 'full stop' would have helped.
The 'puzzle' with the steps and switches was a nice change of pace, but felt like it was leading up to something rather than a conclusion.
It's a great game and both the idea and the in-game visuals and audio are great. Ignoring level 3, it was fun while it lasted. I'd love to see it improved and resubmitted with more levels though.
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