v1.0 Out! Post-Jam Thoughts!

Features:

• New Intro map!
• Now you can Jump while sliding

So,  Jam's over! I'm pretty happy with results, and it really got me thinking, not only about purpleheart itself, but also about how to approach future and other things.

As the initial idea was to be a "kind of source surfing game", I wanted to also put the feelings I have when playing surf. Surf mechanics are deceptively hard, and most people can barely finish the easier maps after putting a whole bunch of hours. Why go through this struggle? Because it feels so rewarding. I'd say nothing beats practicing a map for hours until you can finally beat it, but coming back to it weeks/months later when yourself improved a lot and beating that old personal best that took so long to reach, that feeling is just amazing.

As a speedrunner (not surf speedrunner, I'm pretty bad at it lol), self-improvement is such a good feeling that I often forget not everybody feels the same. But I do, and not only with gaming, but my current life has been the motivation for the general theme of purple heart.

I'm not well-versed enough to make animations show that, BUT my idea was that by 'purpling' the heart, you're killing a part of your old self so a new one can be born. Entering my 30s this year, I had to make a lot of decisions that young adult me would call killing myself, but I can only see as taking responsibility and becoming a better person in the long run. At which point I stop being my fully self and become e  ship of theseus? No clue, I'd like to believe that despite everything, my 'core' is unchanged.

But enough with the personal stuff! New map is slightly longer than 'heart', but also easier! It also almost forces the use of jumping out of a slide,  but I'm mostly sure it's faster to jump right from the checkpoint instead.

I wanna thank everybody that played, improved themselves in this silly little game, or even if difficulty was too harsh, still took their time to try it out a couple times and give feedback! 

Really enjoyed this Jam, can't wait for the next one! 

About purpleheart, I'm still thinking if this project will be upgraded as I learn more stuff or if I'll move on to other things. I do wanna make a 'bonus' stage and improve visuals, but my vacation end this week, so won't really have that much free time :p 

Thank you all, again!