Nitro in Ice Land

Just in addition to the issues that artFade mentioned:

-Why use z for jump? If I already have my fingers on the arrow keys for moving around, I expect up to be jump, especially when it doesn't do anything else. In short, there is absolutely NO reason to use z instead of up for jumping.

-The Gazo link at the top makes it really hard to see what you are doing on raised platforms. Remove it from the screen during gameplay. Go ahead and leave the link on the main menu for those who really want to use it, but don't mess up the playing experience by obscuring some of the playing area with advertising.

wow.... Nitro sucks - you lose the only power up in the game when you go to the next level. You acutally have koopa troopas running around in the later levels, and the last boss all you have to do is jump on the stone head and just let him kill himself without dodging snowballs or goombas. Also you used a green/white mushroom for a 1-up... not original

Sometimes I can do a fireball move, and other times I can't. There's no instructions on how. The game is full of glitches, like moon jumps and getting stuck. Pretty much a mario wannabe. 1/5

Visually this game is great, I also enjoy the music and sound personally. I do have some issues with the gameplay however, and I do feel that it might be because of programming inexperience. I'm not a great programmer myself, but it seems like the controls as well as the moving platforms (they drag you around on the surface) is a result of not quite figuring out how to fix it. I believe the controls have probably been made to feel precise, much like in the 2d mario games. It does however end up feeling rather sticky instead. too much of a lag between key interaction and character movement. Overall its fun, despite minor annoyances. Now if only it felt as polished as it looks.

S = mute!
Cool game!
4/5