PyWeek - The Rushing Team - feedback

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I got stuck fairly early, since the controls (and screen scrolling) felt very clunky; wasn't
able to figure out how to get jumping to work properly, or figure out if the "wall climbing" was
intentional or not (or why it worked only sometimes).

no sound not so sure where the bytes to collect were.

Movement took some getting used to.

Interesting but challenging controls.

Basic platformer, default screen size is enormous, issues with transparency in background
of sprites, controls a bit simple, bit unpolished.

I was only able to get to level 3 and then I got stuck. I got some bytes and energy but it wasn't
clear how I could use those. It looks like there is more to the game than I was able to discover.
The platforming idea of automatically going up could be quite interesting although you don't
get much feedback to show that this is intentional rather than accidental!

The controls feel really awkward, and the level design isn't that great. Navigating through a
bunch of seemingly randomly placed blocks doesn't feel fun.

I'm really glad that you challenged yourself to make a complete game, and saw it through to the
end! I hope you got some valuable lessons out of the experience, and I'm looking forward to what
you make in the future!

I hope I can offer some constructive criticism on this entry, but please keep in mind, I
understand what it's like when you're starting out on this, and I just want to help you get your
next idea done even more completely.

When it come to platformers, like 90% of it is, how does the character's motion feel? You can
have the most sophisticated collision and physics system in the world, but if it doesn't feel
right, none of that matters. I know you took the time to get pixel-perfect collision, but as a
player I didn't feel that way. I had trouble falling down holes that were clearly large enough
for me to fit in, and I was traveling up through blocks that I knew were solid. So I would say just
really really try to nail the feel of motion, like you're moving an actual object rather than
issuing commands to a computer. You took the time to make several large levels, which takes a
lot of effort, but they get repetitive when they're nothing but differently shaped
rectangles. You need a bit more quality than quantity here. If you could have had half as many
levels and instead implemented moving platforms, or enemies, or another kind of upgrade, I
think it would be well worth the reduction in game length.

It took me a while to figure out what the game was all about. Creative use of the data part.