N.E.M.A.

• Players can freefall to the bottom- no meaningful platforming done in the first half. 

• One mistake and players will fall to the bottom to start over- it's good to avoid meaningless backtracking. 

• Added spiked floors so players are forced to platform around the vertically moving platforms

  • These spikes also reduce the delay between making a mistake and seeing the result of it- no more meaningless backtracking

• Playtest feedback: lasers are too hard to avoid, adjusted timing and number of lasers placed

• Playtest feedback: have to wait for a while for vertical platforms to arrive/their size is too small, adjusted speed and size.

• Too linear/one note. Obstacles feel like they are just there for the sake of it

• We should "spice it up" more since it's the final level of the game.

• Must reach the right corner first before reaching the exit- solved the linearity problem

• The golden path is still a straight line- still too linear

• Now nonlinear (must reach the top first before coming back down)

• Now it feels like the level can be extended- the way back isn't recontextualized enough (lasers aren't enough)

For the time spent and the number of people involved, this project was smooth from start to finish. 

+High polish, with frequent iteration cycles and feedback-driven team environment- more communication meant more opportunities to find problems.

+Lots of technical implementation work done by me- understanding how things work allowed me to design around that, and vice versa. 

+Doing art made me think about visual design from a game design standpoint- I was able to communicate better through ways other than game design.

-I wish we did a bit more levels- such an interesting concept for just 5 levels!