The game doesn't save the progress.
Reviews for "Deeply Lost"
Aesthetically speaking this game looks fantastic. The visual style is unique and goes with the music to create a consistent theme. Not much more to say on the subject other than that you did a fantastic job.
The gameplay is where I found the game to be the most lacking. I like the level design and puzzle elements, but the intersection between graphics and gameplay is really messy. You say the collision with the player is a box, but since the box is invisible, the player is left guessing as to just where they need to stand in order to avoid enemies. Combined with how much larger the graphics are than their hitbox and certain elements that obscure large sections of the screen and the player is left really struggling to navigate levels that shouldn't be hard to navigate.
There are also instances where the collision just DOESN'T work. I noticed in at least one level, holding the down and left buttons allowed me to skip through a wall, and in another instance, having spikes activate while I was standing on them broke the collision and allowed me to move through walls until I popped out from inside of them. Combined with the aforementioned issue with obstructive graphics it made the entire collision system feel like an "anything goes" kind of deal, which would be fine in a casual platformer but is infuriating when navigating tight spaces and hazards that force you to restart a level.
I can't help but wonder if you either played and tested this game with placeholder graphics and added in the art at the last second, or if you didn't have any beta testers to warn you that this would be a major pain point.
I think the best solution to this would be to make the entirety of the game tile-based. This would preserve the puzzle and timing mechanics the game currently has and allow the graphics to largely remain the same (I suspect the messy graphics are part of your artistic vision so I don't think it makes sense to change them,) but eliminate the issue of being just a few pixels off while trying to avoid hazards.
It's a really solid concept and the integration of story, aesthetics, optional objectives, and solid puzzle mechanics showcase a very high level of effort, but unfortunately all the guesswork that comes with invisible collider boxes gives this a fatal flaw in terms of quality of life.
Alejandro-X-Azul responds:
Thanks for the feedback and the complements, Yes I knew that the collisions and hit boxes were going to be a deal because as you said, most graphics are bigger than their hitbox not way bigger but just bigger, the reason for this is because graphics change a lot and are a little fuzzy and have many shapes that just don’t go well with the structure of the game, see, To make the levels I used a square tile tablet, let’s say 4x6 depending on the level, this helps to settle a structure for the level, each tile is reserved to each object in the level, this is good until I add the drawings which have many shapes which make it confusing, I understand, for example the main character is very tall but his hit box is a perfect square so I placed the hitbox above his feet to make it appear as it is all about where he is standing at so the head and shoulders don’t collide with anything, I couldn’t change the character at much to be smaller for his hitbox because it would just look bad, legs are supposed to be larger then the stomach and lastly the head, I removed his neck to make it smaller but did not help much. Now to solve this issue I created a second character which is the blue guy (you unlock him with 18 stars or someth) this one is smaller and fits better because his head is close to his feet in fact, he is an alien octopus xd. Now, something I did not mention in the description is that the chracters hitbox square has a small circle inside, this circle is the one that interacts with the enemies, the enemies have their own circle as well, this is due because a squares distance from its corners to its center is different than from its sides to the center, so if it was only square to square then standing diagonally towards the enemy will make you collide with it easier than standing close next to him. So only the square is there to collide with the levers and the ground(clouds) but the circle inside is for the enemies
As for the rest, yes there may be certain bugs in some levels where you can pass above the grounds but it would be helpful if you stated which level is it to correct it
Thanks for your time
And also thanks for appreciating the effort it takes to make games on flash, some users don’t understand how limited is flash 8 and how painful it is to make games there
esta genial el juego!
Alejandro-X-Azul responds:
Gracias irene
excelente juego
Alejandro-X-Azul responds:
Gracias br
Excelente ñ, el mejor juego del mundo :3
Alejandro-X-Azul responds:
Gracias br Por apoyarme