Kinda bad effort. Either take the time to make a decent game or don't make it at all, but thats just my opinion.
Reviews for "Shape Adventures"
Kolumbo responds:
ehhhh
You're telling everybody that they don't understand what a Game Jam is, but you're the one who seems to be missing the point. Game Jams aren't a crutch and they aren't an excuse. The point of a game jam is to make a game that excels in it's simplicity. Since this is a game jam game (and I do know what that is Mr. Condescending) I'm only going to pick on the things that weren't made bad by time constraints.
The controls are sloppy. Navigating this characters feels more like pushing a puck with a stick than controlling it. And come on, click on the signs to read them? Don't make the player move his hand back and forth between the arrow keys and mouse just to read a bland tutorial. This wouldn't be a problem if there was an option to use WASD but there isn't.
The humor was terrible. I understand that you're trying to mock the yolo crowd but all you did was make the main character unlikable. It wasn't exaggerated enough to be parody so it just came off as irritating, especially during those witless cut scenes.
The graphics could be better, which is to say they couldn't be much worse. Each and every asset is pure blandness. The artist went with a pixelated art style but forgot to include what makes that style good. I've played a good chunk of this game so far and I have yet to see even one thing animated. There is no visual language here whatsoever. The first time I saw a door I had no idea it was a door. When I went through it, I still didn't know it was a door.
If I were to describe this game overall using one word, it would be a toss up between amateur and antiquated. Yes it's a game jam game but so is Receiver and $12 to name the recent and well known. I wish I had some good things to say since filling a review full of ill will makes me feel like a dick but there's nothing in this game that I liked. With or without the time constraint in mind this is a bad game.
Kolumbo responds:
It's okay, I forgive you. <3
Got me playing for a while. It cured my boredom, but it's a bit to easy though so you get 4 stars.
Kolumbo responds:
'too easy' yeah right ;D
the music at the 1st world was kinda boring the rest were ok . but almost made me not to play anymore
the graphics were ok . but you could come on with a more decent character image
the circles were going kinda too fast and you would likely miss it . that could be optimizied for easier play until you can get to the 2nd world or so to make a more progressive challange
the detection seems a bit off the enemy and not dieing
thep could had better name not so stupid names but thats my opinion
considering the amount of the you had to do this will be ok but there could have been better
Kolumbo responds:
thankyou
+Music
+Simple
-Sound effects
-Bugs
I encountered a following bug: While fighting the boss at world 4, you'd why into the wall and get stuck in there
Overall: Playable but still needs some bug fixing
Kolumbo responds:
Thanks.