How to Po by Decentsauce

How to Po? Easy! Driven by an unhealthy obsession with magic space apples you try your best to survive in a lava filled hellscape. Get ready to Po your way to victory!

*Controls: *
Running: WASD
Grab: Left mouse button/Enter
Jump: Right mouse button/Spacebar
It's also possible to use a controller.
*Credits: *
Game made by: Glenn Verheij (https://twitter.com/GlennVerheij) & Simon Thiele
Original music made by our friend: HappyHappyCloudMusic (https://www.youtube.com/@happyhappycloudmusic)
Changelog:
-Fixed direction throw bug
-Fixed pillar shadow alpha
-Added controller support and keyboard only controls
| Link | https://decentsauce.itch.io/ld54-how-to-po |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/how-to-po |
Ratings
| Overall | 279th | 3.859⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 195th | 3.891⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 437th | 3.5⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 367th | 3.922⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 369th | 3.938⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 179th | 3.844⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 134th | 3.871⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 603th | 3.483⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 59🗳️ | 46🗨️ |
I just find the falling rocks to be hard to predict, the shadow comes late and is hard to see. I think a warning sign underneath the rock, or a much more visible shadow would have been nice.
Good job!
Graphics are nice and clean. I very much appreciate the shadows above the... berries? whatever those collectibles are.
Also, shout-out to the final boss. Gets you some points in Humor category :)
I missed the point to grab the apples...
Although it is specified that the right click is used to jump, I found myself unwillingly pressing the space button instead.
This may have only happened to me but I think it would have been nice to have it as an alternative button.
Overall, great game!
To be clear: I absolutely love everything else about this game, and I'm looking forward to trying a version with a more sensible control scheme, but the wrongly placed jump button makes the game needlessly frustrating.
Game was a bit too challenging (for me at least), perhaps giving the player a health or two so they would bounce once from lava before restarting the level or something would have made it more manageable, but other than that you have a REALLY solid game here, amazing work!
Nice game with good controls and camera view.
As other said, falling off this easily from the level is a bit too unforgiving compared to the imprecise control with keyboard arrows.
I would like to have a bit more control over throwing the buckets, or maybe have an option to just kick them so they slide down the level and spill at the edge, I think this latter might fit better with the tone of the game.
Overall I feel that right now the environment is quite challenging and our control is a bit limited in comparison which makes the game feel slightly unfair.
That being said it's a cute game and a fun experience which got rather scary at the final level :P
Thank you for making this!