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[[update]Cube Dash X V32(0.3.22)]

There's the beginnings of a pretty decent game here. All you have to add is a "restart" button when you die so the user can keep playing without reloading the page!

Sahakus777 responds:

press to flag. i will add this in v33

[BallFrog Demo]

The game shows a lot of potential, but the execution comes off as more frustrating than rewarding, let me explain:

The idea to roll the frog instead of more conventional movement controls is not a bad idea, but the issues crop up when there's any obstacle that needs to be swung over or passed. Building momentum and swinging are very hard, at least for me having played the game for a solid 30 minutes or so.

Any time I try to "swing" like I'd expect to I lose all momentum, confused over how I'm supposed to maintain speed. Rolling the frog while attached closes the distance, the thing you did just before to build up speed. It ends up confusing and frustrating in a way that doesn't fit at least my intuitive sense of how the character would control. Likewise climbing a ledge from below is such a frustrating task that I simply stopped playing after seeing another ledge that needed traversing.

My last point of feedback is that it would be nice to let me just hold down LMB to release the tongue and let go to retract it.

**Edit**

Updated my score as, once I was told I was supposed to kind of bounce/bungy across the levels instead of swinging, the game became much more enjoyable.

rhys510 responds:

Swinging is pretty hard as that is momentum based but if you roll while attached you can yoyo up and down so you can roll up the sides of obstacles and walls.
We will take your suggestions into consideration for future games, thanks for the feedback :)

[Plug In]

You're on to something great here! The level design is clever and pragmatic while still increasingly challenging, and you don't shy away from teaching the player lessons by throwing in some curveballs!

My only feedback is that the presentation could do with more animation and life! The cable is very dynamic but the rest of the animations, including the protagonist, are very limited. I could totally see buying this on steam with some polish.

Matimoo7 responds:

Thank you so much for the feedback <3 it's really motivating. Glad you enjoyed the game!

[Sams school]

I can honestly say I played it through! It's short but all the classic tropes of locked doors and keys are there.

My feedback?

1. A little more subtle music, or at least the ability to mute the audio.

2. There are 2 kinds of keys that I could gather? Something to tell them apart would help, like separate colours.

3. Keep it up :)

Spongescratch1 responds:

i will try my best!