About INAscapable madness... I kinda agree with the others. Adding spikes to teach the players a new mechanics (hold UP to bounce higher) without explaining it wasn't a very good idea...
bug report: In the Haachama level, in the part of the spiders, the game gets slow and stops taking the movements, I could not pass the level because of that.
Sorry if it is badly written, I don't speak English and I used the translator to write this.
I have the same issue. Looks like it keeps generating new clouds even if you stay there for a very long time, which will take a lot of memory and cause the lag.
Fantastic traditional platformer, really brings this old cowboy back to my NES days (though this game's physics could never be replicated on that thing XD). Very much enjoyed this, even though Here Comes Hope had me going full Ame myself, lol!
We played this game in the SRL Mystery Tournament 16 blind racing tournament recently, and it was so much fun! I did not expect all the places this game goes, and the super impressive variety. Here's a video of the match if you're interested:
I played this masterpiece from firs appload , but now I finally registered on this website and add this game to my collection. THANK YOU FOR THIS PERFECT GAME
I've played the game before and there was Red Heart level at the start of the game, but when I downloaded it a few days ago, there's no that level. Is it unlocked later in the game now, or removed, or perhaps, a secret stage now? The last level that i have cleared is Pop on Rocks.
Bug report: Turning on arachnophobia mode does not change any of the spiders in Red Heart. I was playing using the Reine skin, idk if that caused an issue.
Well i dont know anything about making games but i will love it if you can make for android version cuz i dont have pc or laptop (well its ok if you can't do it for now)
Coming from an earlier version, I downloaded this game on Arch Linux, ran it with WINE (A Windows code interpreter), and it ran just fine for me. Keep up the good work, Kevin.
Played through everything so far, love it. Only complaint I have (which also leads to a question) is the limit to keyboard controls. Is there anyway that other controls will be added in the future? I only ask because by the time I finished playing my hands were in agony and very strained, and I imagine I'm not the only one who has had that feeling.
Sorry if this has already been brought up, love your work though.
I want to transfer the game and its save data to another computer, and I can transfer the game, but it always starts with no save data. Does it store data in a folder besides the execution location?
Done, fully cleared it. Third Bubba on Inumore was tricky. I was surprised how easily I cleared Reflect with 0 deaths, it previously took me like 100 lives to clear it once. Irys stage was the hardest one to not die on. The only complaint I have is a long intro on Pop on Rocks. Everytime you die and restart, you have to wait like 10 seconds for the level to even start.
It took a while for me to notice it, but it is super easy to get and there's no risk after you figure it out. After the long spike trail, you headbutt a dog so it goes on the yubis and reaches where the first button is. After that, you use momentum of the jump to do a normal jump up to the Bubba. You could also groundpound, but that's way less reliable. Ride the dog at the button and when it is going up, you jump too. Like you do to clear Nothing.
Hi just downloaded the game SmolAme_v210831.1 can't seem to get the sound to work when I launch the game all I hear is silence is there a way to fix it?
I need more information. Is the volume set to 0 in the pause menu? Are you getting sound from other programs? Do you have headphones plugged in? Can you see the game in the Windows volume mixer?
It feels like the sound file is missing from the file I downloaded could you tell me what are the names of the sound file so that I can see if they are inside the stuff I downloaded?
The sound files aren't stored as sound files. There's no way they could just be missing.
Give me as much information as you can think of, and tell me everything you've tried.
What version of Windows are you using? Do you get any sound in the browser version? How many audio devices are connected to your computer? Have you tried running the game without the headphones plugged in? Have you tried restarting your computer? And anything else you can think of that might be relevant.
My only guess is that maybe the game is trying to output to an audio device that's muted. Like if you're trying to use headphones, maybe it's trying to output through the speakers, but the speakers are muted.
Figure out the problem is was my Asus Sonic Radar 3 that was causing problem uninstalled and all was fine thank you for your help the games is fun keep up the good work.
I have been playing every version sense I first saw Amelia play the game, and I have some questions & thoughts I would like to share with you KevinCow.
1. Progression
It was annoying to have to replay older stages just to try out the new stages as soon as possible. Would it be possible to implement a password system that just unlocks all the stages available for playing in future updates?
2. New Level: Here Comes Hope by IRyS
I LOVE what you did for the stage of IRyS; very creative. Although I will say, I hate that part with the Bubba floating back and forth with spikes floating around him. I died so many times either to hitting those spikes or trying to avoid them only to fall down a death pit from not being able to land on the platform perfectly after the switch. I died so many times there at one point I thought that the hazard was removed to make getting through the area easier, but to my disappointment it turned out it was just at its farthest point away from me in its pathing at the time...
3. New Level: Reflect by Gawr Gura
I was greatly disappointed by this level. It seems like it would make for a better level of one of IRyS' other songs. The long stretches between checkpoints made progressing really frustrating. When I heard the euro beat remix kick in after the switch I was expecting the stage to get more speedy and encourage you to run back, but I was disappointed to find it had the same slow progression as the first half where time was taken up by all the instant deaths and lack of check points. Is this the only stage Gura will get now that she has been given one, or are you open to the possibility of making a stage more thematically connected to her character in the future?
4. Dancing Smol Ame
Would it be possible to add a feature to where, while you are standing still, if you tap the down direction enough she will start doing her little dance? Sometimes I just find myself wanting to groove to the music a little and having that seems like a cute little thing to be able to do.
5. Smol/Walfi Skins
Would it be possible to get Smol/Walfi skins for all the characters in the game? I do like that characters have a look that matches their stages, and I especially love the dancing HoloBirbs, I just get this odd feeling of incompleteness from seeing only Ame and Gura with Smol forms in the Smol game.
6. Ame's Office, Cork Board, Hololive EN
Would you consider adding Haato and Coco to a corner of the cork board? Maybe even with a big question mark pinned next to them? As a nod to them being referred to as part of Hololive EN 0.
7. Level Select File Cabinet
Would you consider adding a level select feature to the starting area? It would add some convenience, especially as the map to select stages gets bigger. I was thinking a file cabinet we could ground pound to open up a stage select menu like we are going through some old case files would be the easiest method of implementation. Or would something like that not be able to work?
This is a game, a platformer with progression. A start and a soon end. If only are coming back to play every new update you aren't a player of the game but only the new stages. If you downloaded the game this wouldn't be an issue since saves are carried over versions but you have no interest in the game as a whole so why would you.
Here Comes Hope is the 4th last stage and you expect it to be easy. If you played the full game rather than rushing through it just the play the new stages you would have learned the skills to beat it. Funny how you mention the difficult part and the say exactly how to beat it, with a bit of patience.
Reflect was an amazing stage and such a creative way to reuse assets. If you want the game to go quickly the play it quickly.
In the past when I opened up my browser to play the game it would always start me completely over. Checking it now, it is actually saving my progress? I guess the game will save your progress if you have a profile with this website? This is the only recent change I can think of that may have resulted in this new development for me.
Not the dev, but if you play all of the levels in order you shouldn't have to replay any levels, since it unlocks the next level instantly (in fact, since Ina's and Moona's levels unlock at the same time, the level unlocks should be ahead by 1)
To clarify for you, when I was talking about replaying levels, I was speaking in the context of having played previous versions of the game in the past. Thus in this version, where stages are locked by progression, I was essentially being forced to replay older levels to gain access to the newer levels.
I found a post by KevinCow that seems to address, albeit indirectly, most of my questions, and would like to quote the relevant sections here.
. . . “You're right that I don't have deadlines, but I still have limited energy. I've been working on this game that I can't monetize for nearly a year, and I'm kinda burned out. I need to finish it up.”
[. . .]
“And since the next update will be the last, with a Kiara level and Calli boss fight, this level would give Gura at least some stage representation.”
Honestly, I don't enjoy it as much with the level progression. I'd rather do have all levels accessible to me with download. I haven't played since gura was the newest thing.
Overall I don't want to spend time redoing levels that took me hours to complete to access new content. There are 2ish levels that I actually wanted to play, but I lost any motivation to do so.
Please make a way to disable the progression!!! This would be amazing!
Is there a possibility of making a version that has everything unlocked automatically? I liked being able to play the new stuff when an update would come out, and I imagine it would be a bit annoying in future updates to have all your progress reset.
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amazing gem
Bye
This game is bad for my blood pressure. 5 stars.
Too hard
About INAscapable madness... I kinda agree with the others. Adding spikes to teach the players a new mechanics (hold UP to bounce higher) without explaining it wasn't a very good idea...
what new mechanic is this?
Нold UP (W) to bounce higher. Apparently, some players found this part difficult...
thank you.
bug report: using ps4 controller makes the character permanently move to the left, and you can't use the pause function properl
I can attest to that. Using WINE has a weirder effect than using Native Windows.
i had a problem like that in Enemy Mind.
bug report: In the Haachama level, in the part of the spiders, the game gets slow and stops taking the movements, I could not pass the level because of that.
Sorry if it is badly written, I don't speak English and I used the translator to write this.
I have the same issue. Looks like it keeps generating new clouds even if you stay there for a very long time, which will take a lot of memory and cause the lag.
Fantastic traditional platformer, really brings this old cowboy back to my NES days (though this game's physics could never be replicated on that thing XD). Very much enjoyed this, even though Here Comes Hope had me going full Ame myself, lol!
10/10 will test your skills and patience, nice game keep up the good work man B]
I add it to my collection I love the design
We played this game in the SRL Mystery Tournament 16 blind racing tournament recently, and it was so much fun! I did not expect all the places this game goes, and the super impressive variety. Here's a video of the match if you're interested:
😊👍👍
😊👍
Why is it so difficult to get high enough jumps to get from platform to another? This game sucks.
Guess we'll be waiting a bit more for the Mori update. Take care Kevin.
ya I can't pass INASCABABLE MADNESS
I can't play the game.
I played this masterpiece from firs appload , but now I finally registered on this website and add this game to my collection. THANK YOU FOR THIS PERFECT GAME
The game wont load
how to update
I've played the game before and there was Red Heart level at the start of the game, but when I downloaded it a few days ago, there's no that level. Is it unlocked later in the game now, or removed, or perhaps, a secret stage now? The last level that i have cleared is Pop on Rocks.
You got to play a bit more
Hey thanks, i literally cleared the next one and it ahowed up. 😂
Bug report: Turning on arachnophobia mode does not change any of the spiders in Red Heart. I was playing using the Reine skin, idk if that caused an issue.
Did you press Enter? I didn't really do a good job at communicating that you have to do that, I'm pretty bad at menus.
Well i dont know anything about making games but i will love it if you can make for android version cuz i dont have pc or laptop (well its ok if you can't do it for now)
Coming from an earlier version, I downloaded this game on Arch Linux, ran it with WINE (A Windows code interpreter), and it ran just fine for me. Keep up the good work, Kevin.
TAS team did a lot of work with Smol Ame on WINE. Works perfectly on most distributions
At least it works fine for me on Garuda (Arch) Linux. No issues there.
Played through everything so far, love it. Only complaint I have (which also leads to a question) is the limit to keyboard controls. Is there anyway that other controls will be added in the future? I only ask because by the time I finished playing my hands were in agony and very strained, and I imagine I'm not the only one who has had that feeling.
Sorry if this has already been brought up, love your work though.
It already has Xbox/Xinput gamepad controls.
It does? Sorry for the dumb question, but how do I set that up?
Edit: I'm so sorry, I didn't realize it worked automatically after the intro. Great work, this was just a massive dumb moment on my end.
It's fine. A lot of people don't realize it's in the game and didn't think to try. I should say it somewhere in the game.
If you have an Xbox One controller, there's a button upside the home button, hold it and connect it to your PC by bluetooth
I want to transfer the game and its save data to another computer, and I can transfer the game, but it always starts with no save data. Does it store data in a folder besides the execution location?
The save file is in "MooCow" in your "LocalLow" folder as save.dat
Thank you!
this game made me hate my life but i loved it
we need smol takanashi
how to fullscreen
F1
how can i download the x64 version? the x32 one was really laggy
Done, fully cleared it. Third Bubba on Inumore was tricky. I was surprised how easily I cleared Reflect with 0 deaths, it previously took me like 100 lives to clear it once. Irys stage was the hardest one to not die on. The only complaint I have is a long intro on Pop on Rocks. Everytime you die and restart, you have to wait like 10 seconds for the level to even start.
You can still play when the stage is dark
I’ve actually been having more trouble with the second Bubba
It took a while for me to notice it, but it is super easy to get and there's no risk after you figure it out. After the long spike trail, you headbutt a dog so it goes on the yubis and reaches where the first button is. After that, you use momentum of the jump to do a normal jump up to the Bubba. You could also groundpound, but that's way less reliable. Ride the dog at the button and when it is going up, you jump too. Like you do to clear Nothing.
will this work on a potato computer?
If you are having issues, low your quality and if needs be: lower your windowed aspect ratio
i would love to know how?
Press Esc to pause. Press down until you get to Quality. Press left/right to change it. Press Enter to confirm.
ok did all of that but some hololive characters sprites dont show up at all, also the mustaches are like invincible
Hi just downloaded the game SmolAme_v210831.1 can't seem to get the sound to work when I launch the game all I hear is silence is there a way to fix it?
I need more information. Is the volume set to 0 in the pause menu? Are you getting sound from other programs? Do you have headphones plugged in? Can you see the game in the Windows volume mixer?
Volume in pause menu is at 10,
Not getting sound from any other programs. Head phones are plug in. Yes I can see the game in Windows volume mixer.
It feels like the sound file is missing from the file I downloaded could you tell me what are the names of the sound file so that I can see if they are inside the stuff I downloaded?
The sound files aren't stored as sound files. There's no way they could just be missing.
Give me as much information as you can think of, and tell me everything you've tried.
What version of Windows are you using? Do you get any sound in the browser version? How many audio devices are connected to your computer? Have you tried running the game without the headphones plugged in? Have you tried restarting your computer? And anything else you can think of that might be relevant.
My only guess is that maybe the game is trying to output to an audio device that's muted. Like if you're trying to use headphones, maybe it's trying to output through the speakers, but the speakers are muted.
Figure out the problem is was my Asus Sonic Radar 3 that was causing problem uninstalled and all was fine thank you for your help the games is fun keep up the good work.
So I say it honestly, if this game came as indie on the Nintendo Switch I would be happy and willing to pay for it... it really is a good game.
I think this would be great too. Cover gonna give this man legal rights.
I have been playing every version sense I first saw Amelia play the game, and I have some questions & thoughts I would like to share with you KevinCow.
1. Progression
It was annoying to have to replay older stages just to try out the new stages as soon as possible. Would it be possible to implement a password system that just unlocks all the stages available for playing in future updates?
2. New Level: Here Comes Hope by IRyS
I LOVE what you did for the stage of IRyS; very creative. Although I will say, I hate that part with the Bubba floating back and forth with spikes floating around him. I died so many times either to hitting those spikes or trying to avoid them only to fall down a death pit from not being able to land on the platform perfectly after the switch. I died so many times there at one point I thought that the hazard was removed to make getting through the area easier, but to my disappointment it turned out it was just at its farthest point away from me in its pathing at the time...
3. New Level: Reflect by Gawr Gura
I was greatly disappointed by this level. It seems like it would make for a better level of one of IRyS' other songs. The long stretches between checkpoints made progressing really frustrating. When I heard the euro beat remix kick in after the switch I was expecting the stage to get more speedy and encourage you to run back, but I was disappointed to find it had the same slow progression as the first half where time was taken up by all the instant deaths and lack of check points. Is this the only stage Gura will get now that she has been given one, or are you open to the possibility of making a stage more thematically connected to her character in the future?
4. Dancing Smol Ame
Would it be possible to add a feature to where, while you are standing still, if you tap the down direction enough she will start doing her little dance? Sometimes I just find myself wanting to groove to the music a little and having that seems like a cute little thing to be able to do.
5. Smol/Walfi Skins
Would it be possible to get Smol/Walfi skins for all the characters in the game? I do like that characters have a look that matches their stages, and I especially love the dancing HoloBirbs, I just get this odd feeling of incompleteness from seeing only Ame and Gura with Smol forms in the Smol game.
6. Ame's Office, Cork Board, Hololive EN
Would you consider adding Haato and Coco to a corner of the cork board? Maybe even with a big question mark pinned next to them? As a nod to them being referred to as part of Hololive EN 0.
7. Level Select File Cabinet
Would you consider adding a level select feature to the starting area? It would add some convenience, especially as the map to select stages gets bigger. I was thinking a file cabinet we could ground pound to open up a stage select menu like we are going through some old case files would be the easiest method of implementation. Or would something like that not be able to work?
git gud
This is a game, a platformer with progression. A start and a soon end. If only are coming back to play every new update you aren't a player of the game but only the new stages. If you downloaded the game this wouldn't be an issue since saves are carried over versions but you have no interest in the game as a whole so why would you.
Here Comes Hope is the 4th last stage and you expect it to be easy. If you played the full game rather than rushing through it just the play the new stages you would have learned the skills to beat it. Funny how you mention the difficult part and the say exactly how to beat it, with a bit of patience.
Reflect was an amazing stage and such a creative way to reuse assets. If you want the game to go quickly the play it quickly.
You now that if you don't erase the game, you can still play with your previous file right?
In the past when I opened up my browser to play the game it would always start me completely over. Checking it now, it is actually saving my progress? I guess the game will save your progress if you have a profile with this website? This is the only recent change I can think of that may have resulted in this new development for me.
Oh, didn't think about that. I use to play on download version because I can have better fps rates there compared to the browser.
Not the dev, but if you play all of the levels in order you shouldn't have to replay any levels, since it unlocks the next level instantly (in fact, since Ina's and Moona's levels unlock at the same time, the level unlocks should be ahead by 1)
To clarify for you, when I was talking about replaying levels, I was speaking in the context of having played previous versions of the game in the past. Thus in this version, where stages are locked by progression, I was essentially being forced to replay older levels to gain access to the newer levels.
ah, I see. Yeah that's my bad, I misunderstood
I found a post by KevinCow that seems to address, albeit indirectly, most of my questions, and would like to quote the relevant sections here.
. . . “You're right that I don't have deadlines, but I still have limited energy. I've been working on this game that I can't monetize for nearly a year, and I'm kinda burned out. I need to finish it up.”
[. . .]
“And since the next update will be the last, with a Kiara level and Calli boss fight, this level would give Gura at least some stage representation.”
(KevinCow, 2021, https://itch.io/post/4465579)
I want to play as Ina!
Honestly, I don't enjoy it as much with the level progression. I'd rather do have all levels accessible to me with download. I haven't played since gura was the newest thing.
Overall I don't want to spend time redoing levels that took me hours to complete to access new content. There are 2ish levels that I actually wanted to play, but I lost any motivation to do so.
Please make a way to disable the progression!!! This would be amazing!
Actually, you can copy your old unityplayer.dll file to the new version, it will keep your progress
The issue lies that there were new levels that were added since I've played that I am not exactly interested in playing.
Is there a possibility of making a version that has everything unlocked automatically? I liked being able to play the new stuff when an update would come out, and I imagine it would be a bit annoying in future updates to have all your progress reset.
Will there be other characters in this game?