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Reviews for "I am the ninja"

Eh, it's okay.
Hint: generally, it's better to try to introduce players to new mechanics in safe environment. Otherwise, player having to guess e.g. what jumping robots do and dying because of something they couldn't predict, frustrates them.
Similarly, first encounter with chains (that I thought were just decorative background) screwed up my jump and made me die - for no fault of my own.
E.g. - compare how in Super Meat Boy in couple first levels you can SEE the buzzsaw obstacle, but you can't get hurt by it until level 6 - and before, player would encounter the buzzsaw in Warp Zone minigame level before that, letting them find out what it does, in a way that does not hinder them from continuing the game.

Also it's a good idea to ensure that player HAS to know all basic mechanics from the get go - I died multiple times in level 3 before realizing double jump exists (in second level, I managed to get up on the ledge with precise walljumping).

What else? Eh, some loose hints - when player dies, position and status of all objects in the level should DEFINITELY reset, otherwise levels where player has to figure out pattern of multiple moving obstacles get kinda confusing over time. It'd be also good if, once player dies, they'd have to press the button to restart - this gives player time to calm down from rage after dying, and pressing the button is a concious decision to continue, making player more determined - minor detail, but it works pretty well in hard games like Hotline Miami. Just a thing to consider.

All in all, not a bad game. Definitely some care and effort was put int it.

Frozennnn responds:

Hello thanks for the feedback and nice review i will have all in mind for the second part

I was really enjoying this until I got to star level 16 which is absurd and seems completely impossible as the mechanics for the jet pack are not fluid enough to travel horizontally. I absolutely HATE it when you get a nice game and then you get a troll level like this which ruins everything. For that I'd give it zero stars but I really like the game and if that level wasn't so troll it would get more than 3.5.

Good design and nice graphics, but the hit detection often seems to be off and for me, the game lags very quickly, making it virtually unplayable, sorry.

Frozennnn responds:

Hi thanks for the feedback i will try to improve performance thanks

4 things:
1. Improve the controls, especially the mid-air control could use some work, for example when you want to turn around while falling down it takes too much time for ninja to react; also the wall jump could be better;
2. When there is too much red or green blood on the screen the game becomes laggy as hell;
3. Sometimes the jetpack fails to turn on immediately;
4. Could use a reset stage button.

Frozennnn responds:

Hi thanks for the feedback i will add this features and make and update. Thanks for play the game

right... so i died 25 times on the first real level (level 3) and can't jump over the last trap... what? perhaps scale the difficulty a bit slower.