Gameplay

Control a character that has the ability to swap gravity and help him navigate the dangerous obstacles. There are many things trying to stop him reaching the exit. Do you think you can get past?.  

Controls

Move with A and D or use arrow keys. You can jump with W or space whatever is most comfortable for you. You will need a mouse to navigate the menus.

Levels

There are 13 levels in the game. Each gradually increasing in difficulty and adding new enemy and trap types.

Why was the game made?

I was given a challenge to try and create a game in 2 weeks so i created this game. It was part of a game jam however the other participant never managed to finish


StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
AuthorEllisjames20061
GenrePlatformer
Made withUnity
Tags2D, 8-Bit, Fast-Paced, Pixel Art, Retro, Short, Unity
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse

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Development log

Comments

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It turned out cool and hard! I was only able to get to level 3). 

I think that the sound of gravity change needs to be turned down.

I played your game

Nice looking game Ellis, I like the whole aesthetic and feel of the game. Gravity swap is fun, nice concept.

Is there a world record speedrun?

hmm iam not sure

The game was Very fun and engaging.

Thanks for playing!

For those who can support me, subscribe to my YouTube channel.

Here below you will find the video attached, I made my review with the full gameplay there but also I got some other words to say here:

- First of all, I love the entire style of the game... and having a checkpoint system is lovely, you made that by not repeating the entire game when we die, so thank you for that... I like the idea of levels with certain colours and got another idea for that you will find it below too.

-  There is some delay when you press anything, if you go to minute 00:40 in the video you will see that I pressed Credits and it clearly made some delay to get isnide (Same thing was happening each time I die in the game and I was pressing Retry).

- In minute 00:44 you will notice that there is an issue with the full Display resolution (1366 x 768).

- In minute 05:52 you will notice that the hitbox for the spikes is a liiiitle bit larger cause there are times I do not even touch the spikes and I just die (in the video you will notice that a lot... I think I did not touch them XD).

- In minute 07:13 there is an easy way to finish that level, I want you to review that if you have done that level on purpose or not ;) 

- In minute 08:50 I really liked that idea of having too options to go through, you should really include that more in the future if you are making more levels.

- In 11:20 watch from there and you will see something strange, at first I thought there is fall damage... but I think that there is a bug there, cause I keep dying hitting the platform in time and in other times I dont die, which makes no sense at all (it happened again clearly at 12:18 and again at 12:38).

- At 12:27 minute I hit the platform of the spikes by the side and I died doing that so take a look on that too plz.

- I loved the idea of White part levels and then Blue part levels... maybe in the future when you add new levels make each 5 levels with a colour... You already have 5 in white and 5 in blue.

- There should be an option to retry the level without the need to use mouse, hitting a key should make us retry the level too.

- Adding a score system and the level number up in the screen might make the game better.


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Thanks will try and work on a resolution fix i dont know why it is not working properly for you. Appreciate the feedback it was really useful

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Hey Dev,

Nice game you got here, I had fun and some of the levels really gave me a hard time haha. I tried to give as much feedback as I could while playing so I encourage you to watch the whole video, since at the end I hand out some medals based on the game and give some recommendations that I think will help out. Either way though keep up the great work and I look forward to more levels!

- Elit3hoboguy

Thanks for making a vid I really appreciate it!

i watched until the end you gave some really helpful and useful feedback!

Nice! I like the concept and minimalist aesthetic. Controls work well. Great job!

this game was great!

easy 10/10, i dont really like these kinda platformer games (i dont know what theyre called) but i still enjoyed this one lol

Thanks!

I appreciate you making a video on it!

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Pretty original and fun concept! I enjoyed playing this game. A bit difficult for me because I suck, but I had fun anyway! Tha graphics and music are nice :).

Thanks for playing!

Love this game, played in browser, now downloading :D
I recommend playing Gravity Swap, a different experience.
Thanks to Ellis James for this great game :D

Thanks :D glad you like it!

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Thanks!

Really cool !! GJ !

Thanks for playing!

Wish that's this game's good(when I started downloading it)

Amazing(finished the game)

Thanks

This is always a great system to play around with! I was annoyed at some points but overall a good experience. Find my video review below: 

28:00 Gravity Swap

Thanks for playing!

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There's a few issues I have with this.

You shouldn't require mouse controls unless absolutely necessary. Hitting space should be enough to restart the level or take you to the next level.

There's nothing stopping you from just reversing endlessly to fly. Most games like this make it so you have to hit the ground to flip it again.

The hitboxes feel unusually large. I feel like I keep dying just by going vaguely near some spikes.

I feel like some of the levels are layed out with the easy part at the beginning and the hard part at the end. That makes it so you have to do the easier and more tedious part over and over every time you want to try a hard part. It's better to make it start hard and get easier.

Thanks those are some good ideas i am going to make it so you can restart on the keyboard also yeah i will adjust some hitboxes so they aren't as big

I like the idea of this! (nice music too)

Thanks!

I enjoyed playing your game very much.  I especially like the controls and the animation style of the player. Mechanics and elements are introduced and established in a very pleasant and well-paced manner.
I am looking forward to play more levels in future versions!

Thanks yeah there will definitely be more levels in the future!

Loved it =D always love games with gravity shifting abilities they are so much fun! Keep up the great work and left a follow for sure =D Your game is first in the video

Thank you for playing!

it was easy for me, i just turned my pc upside down and gravity worked! me and my daugher played it here:

Thankyou for checking our my game I really appreciate it!

I really enjoyed this game! I have some feedback tho...

Something to indicate which level you are on.

Cubes in background go in the direction of gravity. 

Make big spinning spikes match pixel size.

Revamp jumping to make it so it follows how long player presses space

Make falling platforms shake before falling

Add extra platform.

 

MORE LEVELS!!!

Try to maybe make it a little less difficult. I found myself trying to make the character fly with switching gravity, and I don't really think that's something that should have to be done to complete a level.

The visuals and the game itself is amazing! I really liked it! Great game!

Thanks those are some good ideas more levels will come in the future also I will try and do that with the jump that was a good idea! Thanks for playing I will check out yours today.

Really nice game! :) I like that one level had two optinal paths, I would like it if that kind of design would be in more levels. The game was a bit broken on my resolution, but it was playable! Controlls were responsive, pretty cool. Gameplay was cool too. In those blue levels I would like it if the player turned blue too, to mach the level. :)

But anyways, good game.

Thanks for the feedback i have updated with a fix for resolution issues.