Im not a gamer. This game is meant to be hard as frick! And its my first game this year! I BARELY play games and yet it took me 2-ish hours to reach level 14 with my mom's crusty dusty office laptop. Alas, it got too laggy for me to finish the 14th level (though im totally gonna finish this on another laptop cause so doable!). Once you get through level 5-8 through PATIENCE and time, you'll get to enjoy it! Level 8 was the level I died the most (like 40 times). Level 13 is second but it was my favorite level! Feeding the Enorms was cute! The level where you do a short loop (level 12 i think?) took me a while- but I realized I could just do a diamond path instead of a circle path for that short loop! I was very happy to find that it worked.
I didnt finish the game but small tips: -TIMING is important. Keep getting caught? Try turning a tad bit early/late. -DONT BE AFRAID TO DEVIATE from the path/line just a little. Dont let those question marks scare you!
- You dont gotta follow the gnorms' path shape down to the pixel cause thats how I found out that:
-YOU CAN MAKE STRAIGHT SHARP TURNS ON SMALL CURVES or LOOPS.
-(A small technique too is not tapping the buttons. On the "Dont be too fast level" you can hold then release instead of tapping.)
-Keep on trying!
Small things I liked: The gnorms chatting in the bg of that one level. I also find it funny that Gnorms take cutting corners as a GRAVE offense. The Enorms' faces as they eat the crop!
It's a nice game and I like the concept, but I feel like it's a little bit hard. I would move my character slightly out of line by accident and the whole group would just swarm me. It gets sort of annoying later on.
Also there was small bug in level 11 I think, where sometimes when I throw my plant at the big gnorm, another gnorm would throw a plant at the same one and pick up the sweet sap thing at the same time. It doesn't really affect the gameplay that much but it did confuse me when I was playing.
So, a few things. I find the game fun, however I have a few annoyances with the gameplay. I find in some parts that you are physically unable to catch up to where you were supposed to be. This is extremely annoying, as you know where you are supposed to be, but you can't move fast enough. In the traffic section, I find that you don't have enough time to react to stop, and have to play the level over a few times to get the hang of it. have the stop whistle whistle a bit sooner. and for the final one, there is no room for error at all. At the very least, you could've put an indicator of where you are supposed to stay in. at most, you could've given a grace period of a second or so so that even if you just go diagonal at the turns, it isn't a game over. I like the game, but I find it to be annoying to play. 4/10
Why do the Gnorms attack using swords and I can't retaliate? I hate these things. The gameplay is nice, but the Gnorms... I don't want to play this. I can't play this.
for some reason, when I downloaded the zip game for Windows, and extracted the zip file, and double clicked the .exe, it just did the little spinning cursor thing for a few seconds and it did nothing! What shall I do?
I had a lot of fun with this! I was surprised watching your dev log that you thought you wouldn't perform well in the jam. Just having a game that looks all around like a finished product is a huge accomplishment that's worth being proud of, but this game here is very nicely polished in all of its aspects (the sound design stands out) and I'll be recommending it to some friends to try. Also, I love (the) Gnorp Apologue as well. Nice work!
Lovely game. From its concept to the seamless integration of the theme "aberration" , the captivating art and music, every aspect is exceptionally well-executed. :)
My only complaint is the spike in difficulty on level 14. A potential solution could be to implement adaptive difficulty, gradually expanding the tolerance margin after repeated attempts.
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NOT IMPOSSIBLE! PATIENCE IS KEY YALL
Im not a gamer. This game is meant to be hard as frick! And its my first game this year! I BARELY play games and yet it took me 2-ish hours to reach level 14 with my mom's crusty dusty office laptop. Alas, it got too laggy for me to finish the 14th level (though im totally gonna finish this on another laptop cause so doable!). Once you get through level 5-8 through PATIENCE and time, you'll get to enjoy it! Level 8 was the level I died the most (like 40 times). Level 13 is second but it was my favorite level! Feeding the Enorms was cute!
The level where you do a short loop (level 12 i think?) took me a while- but I realized I could just do a diamond path instead of a circle path for that short loop! I was very happy to find that it worked.
I didnt finish the game but small tips:
-TIMING is important. Keep getting caught? Try turning a tad bit early/late.
-DONT BE AFRAID TO DEVIATE from the path/line just a little. Dont let those question marks scare you!
- You dont gotta follow the gnorms' path shape down to the pixel cause thats how I found out that:
-YOU CAN MAKE STRAIGHT SHARP TURNS ON SMALL CURVES or LOOPS.
-(A small technique too is not tapping the buttons. On the "Dont be too fast level" you can hold then release instead of tapping.)
-Keep on trying!
Small things I liked:
The gnorms chatting in the bg of that one level. I also find it funny that Gnorms take cutting corners as a GRAVE offense. The Enorms' faces as they eat the crop!
This game taught me patience <3
It's a nice game and I like the concept, but I feel like it's a little bit hard. I would move my character slightly out of line by accident and the whole group would just swarm me. It gets sort of annoying later on.
Also there was small bug in level 11 I think, where sometimes when I throw my plant at the big gnorm, another gnorm would throw a plant at the same one and pick up the sweet sap thing at the same time. It doesn't really affect the gameplay that much but it did confuse me when I was playing.
Yeah that's about it. I like how it looks though.
what you wrote makes no sense
I'm on a windows 10 and i OPEN it the right way (extract and open file) and it opens but all I see is a black screen (with music) and nothing else.
me too but instead of hearing music it instantly crashes
So, a few things. I find the game fun, however I have a few annoyances with the gameplay. I find in some parts that you are physically unable to catch up to where you were supposed to be. This is extremely annoying, as you know where you are supposed to be, but you can't move fast enough. In the traffic section, I find that you don't have enough time to react to stop, and have to play the level over a few times to get the hang of it. have the stop whistle whistle a bit sooner. and for the final one, there is no room for error at all. At the very least, you could've put an indicator of where you are supposed to stay in. at most, you could've given a grace period of a second or so so that even if you just go diagonal at the turns, it isn't a game over. I like the game, but I find it to be annoying to play. 4/10
Why do the Gnorms attack using swords and I can't retaliate? I hate these things. The gameplay is nice, but the Gnorms... I don't want to play this. I can't play this.
jess probably didnt think about a fight mechanic so just deal with it (also she wanted to make them fight instead of fleeing)
You would hurt the Gnorms??? D:
No but seriously, not every game has to be a fight game, what is wrong with you people
for some reason, when I downloaded the zip game for Windows, and extracted the zip file, and double clicked the .exe, it just did the little spinning cursor thing for a few seconds and it did nothing! What shall I do?
I had a lot of fun with this! I was surprised watching your dev log that you thought you wouldn't perform well in the jam. Just having a game that looks all around like a finished product is a huge accomplishment that's worth being proud of, but this game here is very nicely polished in all of its aspects (the sound design stands out) and I'll be recommending it to some friends to try. Also, I love (the) Gnorp Apologue as well. Nice work!
It won't properly full screen (I'm on windows)
for some reason the game crashes everytime i click start
for me it just freezes right when the game opens, which is such a shame i really wanted to try this game
which build are you using? Windows, Mac or Linux?
i have a similiar problem and im using the windows build
The traffic needs a cue before it stops and starts. otherwise fun!
Yeah. Maybe the whistle could be a bit earlier?
A very gnice game :)
That was a lot of fun, and I loved watching the development process!
Lovely game. From its concept to the seamless integration of the theme "aberration" , the captivating art and music, every aspect is exceptionally well-executed. :)
My only complaint is the spike in difficulty on level 14. A potential solution could be to implement adaptive difficulty, gradually expanding the tolerance margin after repeated attempts.