Ca(n)t Jump
CONTROLS
move with the arrow keys ( left right) and look up and down with (up,down)
R to restart from checkpoint
spacebar jump
be it fate be it a curse, the protagonist for this platfromer was born unable to jump, they will need to descend far below underneath the game, expoloring the bottomless pits that infest platfromers
inspired by Gooseworx, this project was made for the acerola game jam
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Development log
- Update1.1 and downloadable verisonMar 11, 2024
Comments
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The art is very beautiful, and the game-play was not frustrating. You are very talented.
You really nailed a creepy/cozy vibe and I really liked how you took such a simple control scheme and made a bunch of unique challenges with it! Also the art is incredible!
Chat, I'm starting to think they can't jump
When I first opened the page of this work, I thought it was a work with strong grotesque elements and some horror elements!
But when I played the game, it felt cosy, like there was something warm in the abyss!
I especially like that the whole stage has a story and the background is a huge single picture!
It was a very good piece of work, nya!
Glad you had fun :3
The artstyle's amazing. Great work :D
Wow, this game's art is incredible. Music fits really well and overall gameplay is amazing. Good job!
I loved your art. The emotional contrast between the world below and the haven your fellow winged beasts inhabit serves the character's fear of being condemned to forever traverse downwards.
Gameplay feels like it suffered a lot. General locomotion is clunky. I felt like I had little control over the flying ability and kept getting stuck in the ceiling.
The subversion at the end where you return the way you came but with the flying mechanic to change things up was a nice touch.
thanks for the feedback! Controls are definitely something I would go over again, perhaps post jam
Visual style is just beautiful, though I did run into some bugs in the player movement
love this so much love this so much love this so much eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee >W<
Nephew and I enjoyed playing this!
Small bug found, holding the spacebar too long must be increasing the acceleration or y direction too much, because we were able to teleport through entire sections by holding the space bar long enough.
Encountered a bug where pressing space didn't do anything and I couldn't jump (ca(n)t Jump), I could tell it was doing something because the animation froze but besides from that I have no idea.
I love the art and the characters design!
Something that could be improved - when moving towards a wall you can get stuck on it instead of falling which is kinda annoying. but other than that its a nice game
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A very interesting game!!! Can you export as a downloadable version as it seems it being browser only rn affects the performance heavily!
Yes! Working on a desktop build atm
this is very beautiful and i love the gameplay and lvl design and the creatures dialog animations, for me absolute winner and acerola will piss his pants
oh and being unable to jump really fits the "a departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically one that is unwelcome" in terms of gaming
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it! I wasn't too sure about keeping the dialogue in but I'm coming around to it, I think it really adds to the game
i have 10 fps but i like it!