{"id":2427,"edition":13,"categories":3,"features":1,"size":12924,"name":"Miss Fortune","authors":[{"name":"Daniel Jeffery","login":"d-jeffery","gh":1425457}],"description":"

Miss Fortune has been locked outside her apartment after a night on the town.

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Help Miss Fortune climb the building, dodge the angry tenants and cause a little chaos along the way.

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Use all those 9 lives to reach the penthouse, or play in endless mode and see how high you can climb.

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Important:

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This game is intended to be challenging, and takes practice to master. The intro level is designed to teach you the platforming skills needed to navigate the game. It is strongly suggested you complete the intro level before jumping into endless mode.

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Controls:

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Left & Right (or A & D) - move left and right

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Up (or W) - jump

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Jumping twice will perform a “double jump” which will allow Miss Fortune to reach the next windowsill.

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Touch Controls:

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Use the left joystick to move left & right. All buttons on the right hand side will jump, and pressing twice in succession will “double jump”.

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Gamepad:

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Gamepads are supported; use the left joystick to move left & right. All buttons will jump, and pressing twice in succession will “double jump”.

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Credits:

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Music by Raindrop

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Really nice take on the theme. It’s quite challenging as well, but fun climbing and dropping the pots.

\n","games":["The Ninefold Gambit"]},{"typ":1,"at":410696630,"re":410415361,"author":"Daniel Jeffery","login":"d-jeffery","gh":1425457,"text":"

Thankyou! Glad you enjoyed your playthrough.

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I really love the cat jumping effect where it kind of stretches out, its simple but super nice and effective. I also really appreciate the controller support! For a precision platformer, it makes such a big difference.

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Two small things that I think could improve the game a little. First is I think the cat has slightly too much momentum, it makes it feel a little too “slippery” when controlling. Its not bad once you get used to it, but still at times I felt like I died due to this.

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Second, it feels like doing well actually punishes you. Since you die when you fall below the screen, if I climb faster the bottom of the screen moves up faster. I’m actually incentivized to move much slower, at the pace the camera auto scrolls up, and play very safely.

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I think if instead you had like a “death line”, that moved up at a constant pace, that would incentivize players to move faster. If you fall below the death line, you die, but otherwise you just fall until you land on a platform. This way if they jump up faster, they buy themselves more buffer to fall safely (you are a cat after all, you can fall a long way safely).

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Anyway, those are two small tweaks that I think would really add to the games replayability. But this is a solid foundation that while simple, is definitely fun!

\n","games":["Whiskers Witch Adventure"]},{"typ":1,"at":410696555,"re":410487694,"author":"Daniel Jeffery","login":"d-jeffery","gh":1425457,"text":"

Fantastic feedback - thank you for taking the time to critique and provide great suggestions for improvements!

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Very cute graphics and sound, and the game is fun to play, even though there are many climb/jump entries this year. Congrats

\n","games":["I got up on the wrong foot"]},{"typ":1,"at":410696471,"re":410653653,"author":"Daniel Jeffery","login":"d-jeffery","gh":1425457,"text":"

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it.

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Nice graphics and music. I failed to make it to the top.

\n","games":["Black Cat - Nine Lives, No Mercy"]},{"at":410737723,"author":"Eoin McGrath","login":"eoinmcg","gh":96340,"url":"http://eoinmcgrath.com","twitter":"eoinmcg","text":"

Cute! Jumping to a platform directly above you was pretty tricky but once I got the hang of it I made it to the penthouse. Not before a lot of swearing (in a good way) and a few good soakings, though! Smashing those pots was a lot of fun and soundtrack matches gameplay nicely.

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Nice game, the audio is good, and it’s a smooth double jump. I would’ve maybe added wall jump or something like that to make the jumps a bit different, but the game is already rather fun as it is. Good luck!

\n","games":["The Black Cat's Escape"]},{"at":410753471,"author":"Anthony Cosgrave","login":"anthonycosgrave","gh":1410114,"url":"https://imtoospexy.com/","text":"

This was fun to play. I like the graphical style and the music fits with it all very well too.

\n","games":["Chickpocalypse Meow"]},{"at":410915890,"author":"Gabor Héja","login":"gheja","gh":1894642,"url":"https://gabor.heja.hu/","text":"

A really fun chaos inducing game, it was a bit tricky at first to jump directly above, but I could get used to it in a few tries. I really like the strechiness of the cat and the story of getting back home and smashing flower pots on the way - it sounds like what a cat would really do. I think it is a solid little platformer, great work!

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Really liked the jumping and the cat stretching out. I climbed up towards the top only to fall off the screen a few times :D

\n","games":["CatNFish"]},{"typ":1,"at":411909353,"re":410973007,"author":"Daniel Jeffery","login":"d-jeffery","gh":1425457,"text":"

Glad you enjoyed the animation; had a lot of fun adding the stretchy cat effect!

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Thanks!

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Very funny concept, this is exactly how my cats would behave! Having it set at night with the black cat is also a nice touch. Perfectly matching soundtrack too!

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It was a bit too hard for me though, I couldn’t get to the end. I found it hard to master the jump when the next windowsill is directly above you, it’s just too tight.

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It is pretty addictive though and good idea to add the gamepad controls, which make it much more comfortable to play. Well done!

\n","games":["A Voiding Your Problems"]},{"typ":1,"at":411909277,"re":411081754,"author":"Daniel Jeffery","login":"d-jeffery","gh":1425457,"text":"

Thankyou for playing, as well for the feedback!

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If I pick this back up, It might be worth while teaching the player a little more in the intro stage on how to handle tight jumps, or even relax them. If you’re playing on mobile, I sympathize, it takes even more practice.

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What a very satisfying game!

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I enjoyed how you had an intro round to explain the game play. I am a big fan of this. I also liked how you made it optional. Sometimes the practise round is forced upon users, even if they have played a lot - which did not happen here. Well done!

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There were a lot of things that could kill the cat - which would make it super challenging if you didn’t have 9 lives - so I think the balance is quite good. Could it be improved a bit however? Perhaps there is no need to kill the cat if she goes outside of the left and right building perimeter? She is just pushed back in?

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The graphics, musics and sound effects came together really nicely.

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Overall a wonderful entry and great fun!

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If I pick this back up, I’ll definitely look at making the game less punishing in that respect. I’ve had some other players provide similar concerns and solutions around the game’s bounding box.

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Thankyou for the thoughtful feedback!

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A fun game

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The graphics are simple but work well

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The hazards with the rain and residents is fun, jumping up whilst avoiding them works well

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Cool music an sound effects

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Sometimes it can be hard to jump up to the side, then do the second jump press whilst switching to the other direction

\n","games":["Mochi and the midnight escape"]},{"typ":1,"at":411908629,"re":411364939,"author":"Daniel Jeffery","login":"d-jeffery","gh":1425457,"text":"

Thankyou for playing, and for the feedback!

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Yeah, had a hard time making the controls feel consistent across mobile, desktop, and with a gamepad. If I pick this back up, I’ll work on it.

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Well made platformer, however not the most original game. The controls work great and the difficulty level is hard but I guess it is intended for hardcore gamers. Art and sound are a bit dull but this is understandable considering the memory limit. More variation in the level design is perhaps a higher priority.

\n","games":["Don't forget to feed the cat!"]},{"typ":1,"at":411908434,"re":411880247,"author":"Daniel Jeffery","login":"d-jeffery","gh":1425457,"text":"

It’s hard, but I wouldn’t say it’s aimed at “hardcore” gamers. Definitely for those players who would invest the time to build the muscle memory required to traverse a precision platformer.

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I took inspiration from classic platformers where practice was key for success. Lionking, Aladdin, Super Mario, for example.

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Thankyou for the feedback

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This is a pretty fun little game, and it works pretty well too!

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I love the music, especially after playing several several entries with no audio at all! Goes pretty perfectly with the gameplay also.

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The main thing I am confused about is the “score” at the end. Are you supposed to knock things off, or try not to? I guess it could go either way. I get that you play endless mode and see how high that you can go, but it would also be nice to have “levels” you progress through and see how fast that you can complete them. You could just automatically pick a random seed as you advance to the next level and keep going like that.

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Fun gameplay and great implementation!

\n","games":["Boots and the Black Cauldron"]},{"typ":1,"at":411907952,"re":411887942,"author":"Daniel Jeffery","login":"d-jeffery","gh":1425457,"text":"

The intent was to have the player knock as many items off the windows as they could, contributing to the score. I felt like a that’d be what a frustrated cat would do; smash as much stuff as possible.

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Levels would have been a nice addition given more time and space to design them.

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Thankyou for playing and for the thoughtful feedback.

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Nice idea! I found the controls a bit finicky when double jumping and moving sideways at the same time. I would have liked to have jumping separated from left and right, perhaps jumping also on space (sure I can jump on W and move left and right using arrow keys or vice versa). The stretched out cat when jumping is a nice visual touch!

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I also think maybe you could get rid of the normal game mode and only focus on the endless mode. This is the only one that is a proper challenge.

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