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so. a platformer! it's a bit more adventure than platformer, but it's a platformer all the same.

inspired by many games such as treize, hollow knight, celeste, the other uncompleted metroidvania, night in the woods, and a gmtk theme, this is estimated to be released hopefully by the end of 2022. it's not supposed to be That long of a project,,,

there's a github with many things! • 3.8.2021

all the newest updates and snapshots can be found at the github so check that for latest releases! :D

there's been a few since the last update here. cool beans.

[v0.0.1] wow i am an impatient shit • 24.7.2021

a small patch for the previous beta, with a few suggestions implemented :)

download here for both mac and windows

changes

general ui

• new notification thing when picking up something! it'll remind you to use tab to open your notebook and has a little bounce :D
• auto-pausing when you tab away, hopefully to reduce your cpu usage and also prevent some game-breaking bugs :p
• version number. wow, you can keep track of things now!

app

• now has an icon! cute ehe.

additions

keypress buttons

• updated textures. no longer weird and out of place :)

rooms

• updated the first room slightly to remove a platform - less clanky, woo.

player movement

• you now jump consistently after leaving water! sorry to all those who suffered its terrible physics
• fall speed clamped to a fixed value, so you don't fall too fast.
• smoother jumping! it just feels better now.

lights

• now transparent and less obstrusive on your screen.

notebook

• berry count is add to notebook. the screen looks a little blank - we'll see how it goes
• position of 'map' and 'doodles' tab are swapped, so you get the most relevant info once you open it.

general ui

• berry count removed, moved to notebook - a cleaner interface!

[v0.0.0] first small demo! • 19.7.2021

a month into development. we have some small things :)

download here for mac and windows

features/idk instructions:

• controls: pretty much the same as hollow knight, aka left/right to move, z to jump, up arrow to pick up, escape to quit (should be all explained in the game hopefully it's clear)
• tab to open notebook, and then up/down left/right to navigate. there are currently only two pages and the bottom tab is blank
• move around and pick up berries (yea that's what the small red things are)
• two rooms and water
• the piece of paper you pick up adds to the notebook

things that don't work yet:

• options screen
• the third room is empty, and there's only two completed rooms
• currently no way to spend/use the berries

look out for:

• ease of control? do they feel good
• soon i'll add like when you pick up something it tells you what it is i guess
• any glitches/bugs?
• what do you find cool and like? what's annoying/terrible?

drop me a message on discord at bucketfish#3961 and tell me everything 👍. thank you!