First Try by Some45bucks
Juggle gems, time, and lasers to make it to the end of the hardest game you can beat "first try"
You are stuck in a loop until you get the it perfect.
This game is hard but remember you only lose 15 secs max.
my record is 100 sec

| Youtube | https://some45bucks.itch.io/first-try |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/first-try |
Ratings
| Overall | 1150th | 3.258⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1082th | 3.1⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 956th | 3.207⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1192th | 3.21⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 895th | 3.45⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 1065th | 2.3⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 986th | 3.214⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 22🗳️ | 33🗨️ |
It took me a while to get rules completely, but after that I actually got to play and proceed. :smiley:
I don't think that a theme is well used here, game would totally work without that going back mechanic. Btw, when you press R during that rewind animation game can go crazy. But the game is interesting and kept me busy for some time, also it was a good time.
Nice entry!
After several attempts, the enemy went into a corner and always ran away from me.

@ninjacatz @monninen yeah, that gem getting stuck bug I tried fixing it for 4 hours before I submitted the game. I thought I did but guess not. The pressing r thing while resetting is an oversight I didn't expect to happed at all. I should have put a cool down on the reset to make sure that bug didn't happen. hindsight is 2020 lol.
@annie-owl @johnnyv @wetburritosupreme my biggest regret with this game is that I didn't explain the game well enough in the game. I glad people made it past the first level at this point
@halfboltgames I think it would be cool to expand the movement and fighting a little more because I think that it's the most interesting part about it, so if I do decide to go further the grabbing and gunning would be the only thing to stay
thanks again
Even once I knew what I was supposed to do, I found it super challenging! But it did feel "fair" in that when I was failing it was my fault, so when I finally got it that was very rewarding! :)
It felt like an intense challenge level that I was being plunged into, but that ended up being fun for me.
Glad I kept going until I got to beat it and make it to the rest of the game.