Keslen's Comments

Rooms where a green block exists feel awkward. A better system of control would have been allowing the keyboard (probably with the space bar) to control the gravity - turning it off when it's held down while allowing it to pull stuff down when it's released.

The clue offered is not nearly connected enough to the needed result to allow an approach more advanced than trial and error. A lot more direction is needed for this to become worth playing.

This game could be quite awesome if it allowed the player to continue from their current level upon death. The way that it is (forcing a restart from level one upon any minor mistake), it becomes more of a source of frustration than anything else - quite a poor quality for anything designed to entertain, in my opinion.

This game has a really aggravating tendency to inform me that my attacks have missed despite the fact that my weapon has very clearly passed right through the enemy. A miss is when I swing my sword and the enemy is no where nearby. If I swing my sword over an enemy and it does no damage, that's (at best) a bug in the game.

When is the Arcane Rift going to be fixed? It still shows nothing but "Loading..." and an unresponsive "Choose A Floor" button. It is extremely frustrating to have a Kongregate badge based on a non-functioning feature.

Jumping feels very awkward - my avatar keeps moving forward even after I stop pressing the movement key while my jump is active. Additionally, the lack of any graphical distinction between normal platforms and ones that crumble when you touch them is very annoying.

When a challenge is listed with a "suggested level" of 25, it probably shouldn't be easily accomplished by a level 13. Additionally, the reward for that challenge should probably be something that that level 13 character hasn't already improved upon (in reference to the Forest Clearing gauntlet challenge).

I had a lot of fun while I was playing this game - the graphics/sound are cute and have a wonderful feel to them, the gameplay is simple, but engaging (although the timers could definitely stand to be a bit more forgiving). Unfortunately, the fact that I get forced back to the title screen after a certain number of deaths combined with the fact that I cannot continue from where I left off progress wise causes me to be far less likely to play again. If some kind of a save system were implemented, this would be a real gem.

The addition of the hard badge (to earn 25,000 points) has caused me to lower my rating from 4/5 to 2/5. I greatly enjoyed myself playing through this game before badges were added and found myself involuntarily cheering after I finally managed to collect that last dot - I felt a genuine sense of accomplishment and that is something any game should be proud to be able to deliver. However, upon my first attempt to earn the hard badge, I learned a hard truth - this game never changes. The layout and ghost behaviour is completely indistinguishable from one level to the next and the smallest mistake (often one you cannot reasonably prevent) is enough to send you all the way back to the beginning. These are hallmarks of incredibly poor game design and it is unfortunate that such a turd was hiding so closely under the surface of the surface awesomeness present here.

This is an incredibly fun game - I'm enjoying it a lot, but basing the stars awarded on time taken instead of moves executed is a massive detriment. Still, that being said - I'm enjoying the challenge presented by this game.