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Did people find the button navigation intuitive.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1127204,"author_name":"Gordo McSchnordo","author_uid":"gordo-mcschnordo","epoch":1744082168,"text":"very cute! only issue was when i beat a level and pressed left or right at the end i wouldn't be able to go back to the selection anymore w\/o refreshing. Q for quit\/home didn't work either.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1127258,"author_name":"Joel Davis","author_uid":"joel-davis","epoch":1744082867,"text":"Very nice. Lots of personality and charm comes across in few pixels and colors. I could see this turning into a chill downward puzzle game, i hope you keep working on it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1127286,"author_name":"oliver_day","author_uid":"oliver-day","epoch":1744083218,"text":"@gordo-mcschnordo I thought I'd fixed that (I'll have to try in other browsers).","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1127510,"author_name":"Poshaus","author_uid":"poshaus","epoch":1744085848,"text":"If I press too hard one of the buttons the music completely stops.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1127831,"author_name":"oliver_day","author_uid":"oliver-day","epoch":1744090989,"text":"@poshaus what browser are you using? I could not replicate that in chrome. ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1131240,"author_name":"BatTheCat","author_uid":"batthecat","epoch":1744125092,"text":"pretty nice classic, i enjoy it","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1131268,"author_name":"tailchaser","author_uid":"tailchaser","epoch":1744125260,"text":"Looks promising, I hope we'll see post-jam version of this game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1131286,"author_name":"Koolruz","author_uid":"koolruz","epoch":1744125360,"text":"I also ran into the same issue as Gordo - I had to refresh the game after every level.  I'm on Windows Firefox if it helps :)\n\nAside from that, this was really charming and refreshing little game!  I really liked the audio\n\nAs for whether folks found the button navigation intuitive, I had a hard time with it, but I'm not sure how much of that came down to the refresh issue!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1131332,"author_name":"P3ngui","author_uid":"p3ngui","epoch":1744125640,"text":"Do it get it right? There is no goal and nothing to do but to jump down, restart and jump down again?  \nThe looks and mood is cute :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1131349,"author_name":"Pilarius","author_uid":"pilarius","epoch":1744125785,"text":"a bit confused what to do and why i have to click tab when reaching the bottom. Just falling down and reach the bottom? I like the music and vibe ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1134688,"author_name":"oliver_day","author_uid":"oliver-day","epoch":1744148800,"text":"@koolruz I think it could be the way I'm allocating. The library I'm using doesn't seem to support firefox\/gecko browsers that well either.\n\n\n@pilarius, @p3ngui Unfortunately yes, I didn't have time for a more complex goal as I was mostly busy Saturday\/Sunday.\n\n@pilarius it should open up the menu automatically when you reach the bottom if you aren't pressing any other buttons.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1143305,"author_name":"milq","author_uid":"milq","epoch":1744303876,"text":"Wow! It honestly looks promising! The graphics were really well done, and the music was perfectly chosen (by the way, what's the song? I love it!). The fact that it uses procedural generation is no small feat, it clearly took a lot of work and effort. It\u2019s a shame you couldn\u2019t finish it, because it had so much potential. If you ever decide to complete the game, let us know, I\u2019ll play it, and I\u2019m sure many others would love to play it too!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1143492,"author_name":"Buni","author_uid":"buni","epoch":1744307415,"text":"It took me a little time to figure out the controlls and what I have to do, but I like the concept of the game :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1145456,"author_name":"Oddmes","author_uid":"oddmes","epoch":1744373122,"text":"Good luck with the full featured version :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1145484,"author_name":"dhim","author_uid":"dhim","epoch":1744374023,"text":"I liked the music and the art!\n\nI was confused by the controls at first because \"ASD\" doesn't work until you press click at first, maybe it's just an itch.io thing. So maybe a splash screen would help engage in clicking.\n\nProcedurally generated floors are great, but sometimes I would just fall from the beginning to almost the end in one go. Maybe having some sort of rewriting grammar like :\n|---- --| => |----   |\n             |-- - --|\n\nAnd then either having a template for a level or rules to create a simple level that ensures no direct path, then those are transformed into more interesting levels.\n\n\nNot being able to move during the fall is a valid design choice, but that means the player should know the consequences of falling and have some sense of choice on where to fall. Otherwise, the game would be a bit meaningless.\n\n\n\n","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1145815,"author_name":"kuboi","author_uid":"kuboi","epoch":1744387838,"text":"Super cool artstyle and music, very cute little game:) I just wish it was more challenging, adding some hazards\/enemies would really help the gameplay I feel","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1146260,"author_name":"Wouter52","author_uid":"wouter52","epoch":1744401275,"text":"Cute little game! But I don't think I got the whole idea, if so please correct me so I can play + rate again:\n\n- There is not really a chellange in this game. It's just falling off platforms and going down to start the next level\n- The music is fun and fits to the graphics, I like the style\n- I love how there is an end screen where you reach Ama :heart: \n- Somehow I find it very cool that the web version remembers which levels are cleared when reloading the page\n- The webversion did not really work for me. I realize now that I use ZEN browser (which is Firefox in a trenchcoat), the ENTER key did not register for me\n- I did not really get the screen that shows up at the end of a level (or pressing TAB), and A and an E and an arrow?","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1150635,"author_name":"Eugenik","author_uid":"eugenik","epoch":1744604108,"text":"Nice games I had a fun time grandma did too x).\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1151500,"author_name":"LeReveur","author_uid":"lereveur","epoch":1744661439,"text":"Nothing more to say than Wouter52 (well, a little less to be honest, as I use genuine FF and not a FF in disguise :P).  \nOh, maybe that I would like to test a post-compo, at least to see what you had in mind before life show-up and ruin your LD","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1155066,"author_name":"kaba","author_uid":"kaba","epoch":1745127308,"text":"There's something irresistibly charming about the art style - great use of just a handful of different shades!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1156228,"author_name":"Emmatw","author_uid":"emmatw","epoch":1745348248,"text":"Very cute game! I loved the minimalistic art style, the character was adorable. It definitely has some great potential, like others have said just adding some challenge to the game would make it more engaging, but other than that I think it's a really nice entry!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1156621,"author_name":"vangrail","author_uid":"vangrail","epoch":1745409402,"text":"I liked the music very much! 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