first ever game jam game and third overall? you have some serious game design talent, congrats on this amazing entry! the main mechanic is a great base and the level design uses it smartly. i had some levels where i had to think for a few moments how should i approach this and then i had some levels where i just lol'd it and it worked, but hey, one week jam and you did 10 levels and a whole post game section. it's super impressive, keep making games and have fun doing so, congrats!

Enjoyment: Oh boy! First off I really had a blast playing through it, after I got to the actual gameplay. The difficulty was well balanced and the progression well designed. However a small detail nearly made me stop before starting, at the very start with the starting dialogue, I had the impression that I was stuck at "Where am I". I had time to hit every key on the keyboard and nothing happened. I reloaded the page, then tried waiting a little longer and the next text bit came, so I hoped that the initial dialogue was not toooooooooo long. You got to thank the comment section because, if not so many praises were present, I probably aborted my attempt. During playthrough I noticed later dialogues can be progressed/speed up by using shift - so after the credits (conviently placed again at the start) I tried once more speeding the starting dialogue with shift, but no success. I left that point out of the rating for enjoyment, since this is a very small detail, but I had the urge to express the potential downfall from those details. especially since the game is really fun and would have sucked if I couldn't give it a good rating.

Gameplay: Easy controls and straight forward mechanics, fast retry cycles, good difficulty. Gameplay is really smooth! I'm more a space to jump guy, always feel a bit wonky to press up to jump, but this is personal preference.

Innovation: I really like how the time shift affects the other parts of the map and given more time, you probably could do even more fun stuff with those mechanics.

Theme: The settings implements the theme well, being at a strange planet with strange time manipulating waves. 

Visuals: I really like the art - pretty consistent overall and got everything, particles, parallax, etc. . If I were you and wanted to know, what I could improve, I'd probably say this is the category I would spend it on, unless of course you wanted to add more levels. While the art is good, I see a lot of potential going further.

Audio: The music was good and I really like the SFX. I had the perfect volume level - but still the consideration for a simple staring menu/screen with a start button and a volume slider sometimes adds a lot to the enjoyment.

Propably the most interesting game in the jam I played so far.

Really liked it, tons of heart and originality. Made it to the end twice.  The ending animation cycling three times confused me a little made me think I let go or had to let go. If there was some part of the animation that didn't reset it might be more clear. Also mechanically not sure about the half second or so delay after letting go but before time resumes. For tighter controlling maybe it should resume right away? I think this was done in unity, so you can also do Mathf.Lerp to make the transition into effects feel a bit smoother. That's my only real criticism, because the time effect is very start/stop, some of the timing tasks (like the jumping up from a box) one are kinda luck based. On my second cycle I considered trying to no-death the game but those levels make it effectively impossible.

Still, considering how made from scratch this was and how genuine and fresh it felt. I really liked this, moreso that games that are obvious and more "polished" but in that phony using tons of off the shelf assets and code kind of way.

Really interesting!

The mechanics are fun and potential, and I do like the closure. Some levels do feel annoying to be honest.

That was super great! I love the time mechanics. I can't believe you made that all from scratch so fast!

Congratulations on your first game jam! The core mechanic is really creative, and you used it well throughout each level. The instructions and controls were easy to understand, and it felt very straightforward to get started. Difficulty can be subjective, but I tend to enjoy challenge-heavy games like Silksong, so I was able to get through it fairly quickly. I’m also an Aseprite user, so it was nice to see that being used. The ending credits were a great touch as well, clearly lots of effort were put into it. Overall, it’s a really strong concept, nicely done

This is incredibly impressive. I love the concept and I think you guys did a great job executing on making it feel really unique and fun to play. The time dilation mechanic is so fun (i audibly gasped when I realized the music and background environments also are affected by the dilation). The level design is also solid! There were some areas with rough edges but overall it played really well, and the tutorials + quick resetting for levels helped a lot. 

One small piece of feedback is that the red lasers (shot from the sky) seem a bit fast; it might be helpful to slow them down just a tad or make the player's camera slightly bigger so it's easier to predict / anticipate them. I also noticed a minor bug where the player gets suck under a box if it gets dropped on top of them.

Wonderful job on this game! I found the puzzles to be interesting and satisfying to solve. 

I love the different mechanics and the many creative ways it was utilized. The time dilation mechanic is definitely unique and fun to play around with.  Gameplay is solid. I also love the detail of speeding up and slowing down the music as the time is dilatated.

I don't have any major pain points, but I do remember a section where the player couldn't jump because of a weird collision when the a box and wall are too close to each other and the player tries to jump. Only happened to me in one of the levels though.

If you get the opportunity, we would love for you to give our game a try! It is also a puzzle-platformer.