Build a Jetpack

First entry of my challenge to release a game every month for the next 100 months.

Arrow keys to move
When on your raft, press C to open the shop.
Press X to confirm actions.

Website: https://aymeri100.fr/

kozm0naut • 2024-10-13 2024-10-13 16:43

Excellent first entry! Great, fun progression, really nice sound and music.

Heracleum • 2024-10-13*2024-10-13 18:33*

@Yoshiip it's too easy to miss good games here in the BBS. This is a hidden gem, I enjoyed it a lot ⭐👌
Everything seems to be well balanced during the progression.
My first attempt took quite a bit, 43m 37s. Ready to speedrun it again.

A couple of details I'm not sure I got right:

I see you can collect also hostile fishes, not 100% sure if it's when they don't show the aggressive "!"? Otherwise you got hit (and I suppose quality of suit can take more dmg)
I imagine the
Golden statue -which I cared to build in my first attempt when everything was maxed out- is not necessary in a speedrun, correct?

Yoshiip • 2024-10-13 2024-10-13 18:55

@Heracleum Thank you for your feedback, I really appreciate it! :)

Yes, hostile fish spawn with a "!" above their heads. If you touch them, you lose a lot of oxygen. They disappear after about 5 seconds, and after that, you can safely collect them.
And as for the gold statue, it doesn't really have a purpose, apart from being able to say that you've 100% the game. It's up to you whether you want to make any% or 100%. Personally, I think it's more fun to do a speedrun without the gold statue, because then you spend less time farming materials.
Feel free to let me know if you do any speedruns; I'd be interested to know what time you can achieve! I've completed the game about ten times, and my record is around 15 minutes.

taxicomics • 2024-10-13 2024-10-13 19:29

I loved it, the progression works great, it is easy to pick up and very easy to get lost in. I was very curious about the depth, really nice choice for a setting!
My only gripe is that my hand hurts from going up, but it was worth it.

morningtoast • 2024-10-13 2024-10-13 19:57

This is quite fun...reminds me of Ridiculous Fishing which is great! The only thing that took be a bit were the controls. I wanted to press a button to swim instead of Up d-pad so I died a lot at first, lol - Also the P key will pause the game so you don't need to add in a pause control yourself...then you could use A/B button as an alternate for swimming as well.

Really good job with this...I still haven't built the jetpack jet but I'll keep trying. Cheers!

morningtoast • 2024-10-13*2024-10-13 20:01*

@Heracleum - Use Splore more :) It's the best way to browse and discover games without always having to dig through the BBS. Things do get buried easily and quickly.

I wish folks would publish more of their games to the BBS instead of going straight to Itch and skipping the website. Discovery on Itch is difficult in general whereas Splore provides a baked-in audience ready to play.