Pretty cool game, had me thinking hard right out the gate!
Reviews for "Leap of Life: Alone"
liked the puzzles made think :)
Good level of challenge, nice job!
This is just my opinion, of course.
On the one hand, excellent graphics, controls are tight, nice mechanics overall.
On the other hand, hitboxes are way too unforgiving for a puzzle platformer (between missing keys and slipping off small platforms, some levels become pretty tedious); the level that introduces portals places four of them, indistinguishable from one another, "just for fun" (you chose poorly, loser!); there is a level that introduces two mechanics at the same time (falling blocks and hearts); last but not at all least, the mechanics are a mixed bag. "Lose a life every time you fall on something" is a clever idea, that you already used in the first Leap of Life, so you needed new stuff for a sequel... and this new stuff is a pack of very standard mechanics. This would be perfectly fine, even great, if the game was a bit more forgiving: sometimes, you see the solution right away, but have to execute, and the time it takes is a bit frustrating; other times, you want/need to experiment, but a few tries can be needed just to actually do what you wanted to do, and a few more just to check that you did stuff right. The last levels feel out of place (no hard puzzle, just precise platforming... sometimes frustratingly so, what with these red platforms of doom that do not give you any hint about when they will take life from you?..).
I enjoyed this game, but I cannot help but feeling frustrated as I think it was very close to being excellent. It just seems that you could not choose between "atmospheric puzzle game" and "demanding platformer", which is weird because the visuals and music scream the former.
Don't get it wrong though: definitely following you.
for a puzzle game the key hitboxes are pretty unforgiving, and it's also possible to slip off a platform if you land on its edge. the puzzles themselves are ok though