I can't get past the sponge part
Reviews for "Escape3"
I love the graphics, the music is good. The gameplay might be amazing? I don't know, I feel like I'm missing something - you can only change character when you touch? Then how do you advance? You can't jump when you're stacked.
CrounchyBrothers responds:
When you are splitted in three a "mini" character can jump on an other and give him control and so you can move two characters at once... jump again to control the one on the top.
I like the art for the game, the clay animations, and the premise, but I'm finding problems with the gameplay:
- The game requires that you split up into three separate characters and, at times, jump on another one to move both of them at the same time (you can only switch between characters by touching them, making this necessary when you come to an area where all three must reach the same location). However, the jumping is unpredictable when two of them are stacked up together. Sometimes when you jump with two stacked, the top part will jump without the bottom or it will try to jump and only vibrate in place and sometimes it works fine. The only time it doesn't work at all is when I use the spacebar. Am I missing a mechanic? Why can't the combined character jump?
- It's often times difficult to recombine them. I've stacked them on top of each other many times with nothing happening. And then, other times, it works. I even rearranged them so they were in the right order to recombine and it still doesn't work.
- I also ran into a problem with the character glitching through platforms, causing them to either fall to their deaths or get separated from the others and make it impossible to get all three together again.
- When pressing the R button to restart, it won't restart. I even went to the pause screen and pressed it and all it does is make the screen shake a little.
- Whenever a character dies, the screen goes to black. It doesn't restart.
- Going back to the main menu in game takes me back to the logo with the white background, but it won't progress any farther, forcing me to refresh the page.
- I ran into a problem where they are all touching each other and none of them will move. Observe:
http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/593fa68e975c593d1dfa6fff77cea78d
I was able to replicate it with even worse results; this time, they're not all touching.
http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/e07e1f990dedbba4efa674e7c763e814
- Why does the spacebar work as a jump and an action button? In a game where jumping is the primary method of solving puzzles, it would be a good idea to have those two separated so that players aren't jumping when they simply want to use an ability or activate something.
- Why don't their powers stay with them when they recombine? The only way to lower one of the platforms is for the middle section to step into the water and get heavier. However, once the platform goes down, there's no way for him to come back up while he's heavy and the others can't follow since you can only switch between them by touching. I even tried to keep the other two character on the platform, but the middle section would just jump on top of the others.
- It's too easy to get permanently separated from one of the characters, making the rest of the game impossible.
I'm not sure why I seem to be the only person experiencing these problems. I'm using a Mac, but I tried this game on both Google Chrome and Safari. In any case, here is my advice for the game:
- Make it so you can switch between characters by pressing a button, like 1, 2, and 3.
- Make it so the combine sequence activate easily or perhaps only activates when all of them are touching and a button on the keyboard is pressed.
- Make activation button and jump button two separate things.
- Make it so you can jump in the big.
I'd really like to see more of the game, but I can't progress any farther because of the problems I mentioned. I still wish you luck in your creative endeavors.
I love the art design and the game play feels unique but it has some big issues that make it hard to play, First if you sperate and jump on another part of yourself just right you can get stuck with no active unit to move around and have to restart, moving units to jump can some times switch units unexpectedly, and if you die you get a black screen that just sits there playing music. Fix the bugs in game play and this could be a fantastic game.
Well I was really enjoying this. Unlike many I had no problem figuring out the water in the roots and the light on the eye but I am now completely stuck with the leaf head where it says I can hover. Nothing jumps high enough to get up the platforms, it isn't hovering using any of the controls and I cannot go anywhere, that is THE most frustrating thing in a game ever, when you have got so far and then it becomes completely illogical and you are stuck. Very disappointing as I was enjoying it but as there is no walkthrough and I have just read through all the comments and this isn't noted I will be closing the page, really annoying!