Lose Control
Can you reach the victory flag 10 times? Lose Control is a frustratingly difficult platformer, with only one level but the controls change each time you reach the victory flag. Are you up for the challenge?
Features -
- Changing controls that are displayed in the top left.
- A speedrun timer that will tell you how fast you completed the game after reaching the victory flag 10 times.
- A death count which will tell you how many times you died or restarted the level (which will be a lot ;) )
Level 1 Controls -
W- Jump or Double Jump
A- Move Left
S - Fall through platforms
D - Move Right
R - Restart the level (but you stay with the same controls, doesn’t restart completely unless you press it on the victory screen)
IF YOU DON’T HEAR ANY MUSIC, CLICK THE GAME.
Music - syncopika https://opengameart.org/content/happy-tune
Art - Kenny Game Assets
The ‘incongruous’ part is the controls always being shown in the corner of the game, which would stick out in most games. But, in this game, make sure to pay attention to it so you know how the controls change. In case it’s unclear, the letter replacing W will have the same function as W in the first level and in the description above.
Post your best times and death counts in the comments below !
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Development log
- Speedrun and Death Counts Added!!Jan 25, 2021
Comments
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I like lv2 compared to lv1, while also getting to the start's highest platform being a cool feature (which isn't added in many games), I like the background music and probably the jumping-acoustics could be bit less loud in volume?
The graphics for the protagonist look cute, ever thought of itch's theme including images left/right-sided as background outside of the game?
Also the image of jumping/falling looks adoreable in design. I'd prefer to optionally: set volume e.g. mute sound or music (in case of playing it at night), also using arrow-keys than AWSD-keys only.
The background's trees, sky, clouds looks cool too. double-jump sounds like a useful feature and I like how the common way being impossible, rather finding a path to reach that flag & maybe there could be a map that hints some areas around, because I mainly just hit exactly the air than a platform when falling/jumping off those lines?
death-counter? None seem to be visible in-game? Same for "lv x of 10" would be cool to know.
Thanks for the feedback ! Did you keep playing after reaching the flag? The controls change each time, so it changes from WASD controls to AWSD, to 1234, to other crazy combinations so allowing you to use the arrow keys doesn’t really make sense. Also, the death counter is shown only after you have beaten the game. An option to mute and lowering the jump sound effect is good advice.
I’m glad you liked the game !
I was progressing to lv 2 (keys getting reversed/mirrored), while defeating this level was rather quite hard, anyway I like its concept and thought sharing my opinions for those levels, same as suggestions, etc.
And that's right, if keys getting changed it wouldn't be much effective for getting the option to get a customization e.g. by using arrow-keys (which btw: could be mirrored too).
Thanks !