JumpLife Prototype
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JumpLife Prototype
Jumplife is a minimalistic platformer. You play as a green square thing!
Since it is very early in development and this is the first game I'm developing, I don't know how everything will turn out just yet.
Feedback is greatly appreciated!
Hope you enjoy it!
If you are interested in the game or it's development, here is my Twitter!
Controls
Keyboard: Arrowkeys and C.
Controller: Left Joystick or D-pad and X(Playstation), A(XBox).
Download
Install instructions
Extract the files and double-click the JumpLifeDemo.exe! :)
Comments
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Good game but levels don't save and you can't go back to another level
One thing i'd like is if the jump button was up-arrow but overall a very good game
Really cool game, I like the blue platforms and the teleports, these obstacles with the level design make it really fun to move around!
Glad you liked it, thank you! :)
Fantastic game! Look forward to more!
Thanks!
This was much better than I expected! I'm looking forward to playing more!
Thank you! :)
This is an epic demo. Already plays great, nice and puzzly
all i could as for is a level editor, and maybe a discord to share levels on
Thank you!
That would be cool! If my programming skills are enough for that I will do it, but I have a feeling that it may be complicated haha
If I have time and acquire the knowledge to do it, I will definitely add it! :)
Really enjoyed the demo! Great work - excited to see how it evolves!
Good:
- Music was fantastic, and fit the theme perfectly (I think saw a twitter post saying you did the music yourself?)
- Mechanics - Really fun mechanics. I really liked the pipes especially. Very clever design how you have to use the pipes multiple times back and forth in some cases.
- Puzzly feel - It felt like it there was more of a puzzle aspect to the levels that you might not see in other platformers. Having to plan ahead to figure out the order to do things in was fun.
- Art style - I love the minimalistic style. It all feels very consistent too.
Potential Improvements:
- Spacebar for jump :) My keyboard doesn't have dedicated arrow keys, and WASD+C was kinda awkward
- This might just be personal preference, but the controls felt very "slidy" to me. I think I would prefer it without the momentum which keeps the character moving forward after lifting off of a key. To me, it makes it hard to land precise jumps etc.
- I agree with the other comment about possibly showing more blue blocks at once. Some levels did just become trial and error until I memorize the location of each block.
Thanks! Yes, made the music myself :)
Ah, I understand that, yes maybe spacebar should be jump, I just feel that it can be a bit clumsy, but in the full game I will probably add so that you can choose the jump button yourself :)
I'm going to experiment with the blue platforms and see how it works out!
Thanks for the feedback!
Really fun game to play and speedrun !
Good Point :
- Music
- The minimalistic art-style
- The level design is AMAZING, you got a awesome potential !
- Speedrunning
To improve :
- Menu, exemple : you can't launch the game and directly speedrun, you need to finish the game once
- A memory feature, so the game remember your pb even if you close game - Blue blocks are cool and original, but maybe they make levels too linear.
Ideas : The game is clearly disigned for speedrun, so why not add splits directly into the speedrun mod ?
Really cool discovery ! (My pb is 01:45:14 if anyone want to challenge it !)
(PS : Sorry if bad english, I'm french and 13 so...)
Thanks for the feedback!
I'm glad you enjoyed it, and got the speedrun WR haha :)
Beat it! it was really fun game. I know this is a demo, but as a full game what if it has a metroidvania type of style where you can get double jump or glide abilities as you pass through certain levels
Thank you!
I am probably going to make it very simple because it’s my first game, but it’s a good idea! :)
Been playing it for a short while. Here's my feedback so far:
I love:
- The music - it's very engaging!
- The visuals, effects, graphics look polished
- Mechanics are easy to understand and fun to play
What can be improved:
- We only see the next upcoming blue block. In cases where there is a combo of 3-4 blue boxes that we need to jump onto, almost always I will keep dying until I have the entire sequence mapped and only then will be able to plan the jumps. It would be better (at least for the > 2 combos) that we can see 2 blue blocks in advance which will allow me to plan in real-time.
Will keep playing and update if I have anything more.
Well done on the game!
Thank you for playing, and thanks for the feedback!
I will try that out and see how it works out! :)