Mind Over Magnet

Really nice work! Plays really well and looks and sounds pretty great.

- A few sounds end a little suddenly for me but I doubt it would matter to most people.
- I think I cheesed the final puzzle. The drill didn't extend far enough for me to not squeeze past with the magnet from the left. Didn't feel like that was the correct solution, but an easy fix.
- There's an element to the song that sounds like a doorbell and it made me double take every time!

No bugs in my experience.

Fun demo! It looks and feels great to play. I wrote down a list of bugs (MacOS) I encountered, as well as just some thoughts I had while playing.

Bugs:

• Going back from the options menu by using the B button causes a soft-lock, showing just the main menu backdrop and not the menu itself.
• Loading indicator icon is out of frame on MacBook Pro (16:10 aspect ratio). Although the indicator does display correctly.
• After getting the first key the game froze (seems to be related to the animation unlocking)
• Opening the pause menu and closing it made the controls stop working. Interestingly the button icons still update based on which input I last press.
• Spamming the skip-cutscene button as the game starts resulted in a black screen
• At this point I switched to my Windows PC to continue playing.

General feedback:

• Giving Magnus’ a “voice” would help characterise him and make him more expressive. (Think Banjo Kazooie or Celeste)
• Adding a crouch button would do nothing for gameplay, but it would give the player something to do while waiting for a big block to move, or a screw to screw.
• I often found myself just pressing the first switch I case across without much thought. I imagine this behavior could be exploited to poke some fun at players who do this.
• The audio is currently just ok, it does the job just fine, but it's missing a little something. Music is good though, fits the game well.

I'll make sure to try it out asap

Excited to try this out!