IceBridget's game Reviews on Newgrounds

[Exhibit of Sorrows]

+ Really solid little game! Loved the atmosphere, sound + interactivity, I want more of this story!

+ The art style is so charming, works very well for the aesthetics!

+ Plus I love spooky games that don't drown you with very loud jump scares, this one was definitely bold enough to be in your face and spooky but did not blast my speakers out!

[Statistica]

What I loved!
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+ Very cute design
+ interesting concept!
+ love the main menu, gives a great first impression

What could be improved
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- the pixel text (and symbols on the control box + options) is very hard to read
- the character animations could use some new revised poses, it feels a little stiff even with the pixel art medium.
- game play was a bit limiting. Interesting concept but needs to be made a little more fun

Suggestions!
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+ add walls to the outside of the world, so the player can't accidentally fall off
+ make the text readable at a distance
+ really polish assets and animations to look impressive as the main menu
+ character could interact with the plus and minus buttons or auto scroll while we control the world around them?
+ a basic plot and some cutscenes would really suit the cute style of this 👍

[Super Sepu Land]

Positives
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+ Jumping is great
+ I like the mechanic of not being able to backtrack that keeps it simple while wanting skill.
+ love the aesthetic of the worlds, very charming

Things to improve
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- the difficulty spikes at the mid-end of the level this means we die and have to replay through the long slog of the beginning level again, this is the biggest turn off for me and probably most players. This would be fixed by adding one of three things:

- lower the difficulty, fewer hazards / hard jumps.
- CHECKPOINTS instead of so many lives - I would have traded half my 1ups for a mid level checkpoint.
- hit points, make it so the player can screw up a couple of times before a level reset.
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Here is a more in depth review of certain worlds/levels
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- World 1 overall is too difficult. The difficulty is killing the flow of the game and just making it more frustrating than fun every time I replay the level.

- Cloud levels are very slow and makes it even more painful when we have to restart them, either make these levels much shorter or add check points.
(+ Maybe make them more of a bonus stage to collect loads of coins and go really fast, than a deadly obstacle course)

+ Levels I loved: World 2 Dimension 8 + 9 was the perfect example of perfect difficulty and motivating the player to go fast through the level!
(The game is reasonable again until dimension 11 where the jump difficulty spikes back up!)

- Clouds 2 needs a lot of fine-tuning. There is a high chance of being thrown into something by accident through the speeders.

+ The football mini-game was pretty fun! Wish there were more of these earlier on

- First Water level, again too difficult - really needs a save point just before the homing coral

A lot of levels flip flop:
Dimension 12 really enjoyed great difficulty!
Dimension 13 really hated it!
And I stopped at 14 because I couldn't take any more.

I would have liked to have got further, but alas I am not strong enough.
Maybe someone can review the last world.
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Overall:
I did enjoy everything on offer, just wish there were midway checkpoints next time! 👍

jupitron responds:

Hi IceBridget! Thanks a lot for playing!
Since everything is done by instinct with very few people giving feedback, difficulty is based on my skill and maybe that's not fair but believe me that I've left out some harder levels.
In terms of flow, I'll improve some levels in some newer games, I'm still learning.

So glad that you enjoyed it, thanks again!

[Giraffe Attack]

Expert mode was insane but definitely not impossible. took me 217 deaths to do it.
Second part of the walrus fight just try to doge the flashing bullets and not the regular ones, there's too much to pay attention to. But It IS possible!

Overall a really enjoyable game, Loved the randomness of the giraffe and the additional rockets each time made me laugh. More insane weapons and add ons for cutscenes please XD
I wish it waas a little longer with maybe a bonus stage for finishing expert mode as it was sooo difficult to beat! but great work jmtb02, this is now one of my favorite games here on NG~