Marcel goes to visit a friend 1.2

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Marcel goes to visit a friend 1.2

by ghettobastler

Cart #marcelgoestovisitafriend_v1-2 | 2024-03-12 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA

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Help Marcel reach their friend to chill while the hero is away!

This is my first take at making a platformer. I spent all my time and effort on getting a character controller that felt good, so the story and visuals are very bare-bones (pun not intended but let's roll with it).

Controls

• Arrows to run
• O/X to jump

The music can be turned off in the pause menu

Tips

• The longer you press the jump button, the higher you jump
• During a wall slide, you can detach from the wall by pressing the down button
• Similarly, you can go through one-way platforms by pressing the down button
• Spikes don't hurt you if you move away from them
• Collecting all flowers isn't mandatory

Please let me know what you think!

Changelog

• 1.0: Initial release
• 1.1: Fixed the cover image
• 1.2: Made the last area accessible after finishing the game

I'm playing and loving it! It would be a nice improvement if the slide down velocity when touching the walls were faster and if press a direction button (against the wall) the velocity be as it is.
edit: I just realized that it is possible to press down to release the wall to grab it again when releasing it. Anyway it was a thought I had while playing.

This is pretty dang good, especially for a first platformer! The platforming was a good level of difficulty (a tad janky but that was part of the fun and allowed for some interesting challenges), and the flowers were a real challenge! I only managed to get half of them.
I quite liked the music too! It was a little repetitive by the end but was still very good, a nice spooky chill vibe, charming like the story and the game itself.
Good luck with future projects!

The character controller is very clean. Nice work!

Thanks you all for your feedback!

@nicegame Glad you like it! And yeah, detaching/regrabbing the wall is the way to go! (could be a little bit too tricky though, I might revisit that in future games)

@Munchkin Thank you so much! Including music was one of my main goals for this game, as I didn't do it in my previous cartridge. Happy you liked it!

@[Error_27] Thank you!

Excellent platformer. The level design is on point. Hard but rewarding. Love it!

@yokozuna Thanks a lot, I'm glad you like it!

Great platformer! The opening sequence is cool

I like the choice of slow wall falling by default, down arrow to let go. Good platform mechanics and devious level design. Gold star. My first playthrough:

Short and sweet. The basic platforming itself is usually fairly easy, but a few of the flowers I collected were way harder than anything else, in a good way. The levels had a fun flow to them and the aesthetics were very fitting, too.

@towerschool22 Thank you!

@Cowirrie Happy you like it!

@Rascal Oh wow, all 12 flowers in under 15 minutes? That's impressive, congratulations!

Controls feel wanky and turning feels slow,
wall jumps are chef’s kiss tho