Elephantasy

Charming, novel, and fun in a short little package. And a really interesting combination of genres!

Its like a metroidvainia with its different abilities and getting to use more at a time once you get more gems, but also more open world because you can choose any combination of items, way more directions to go in and ways to do things. Its mostly a puzzle game but for some challenges/encounters (like boss fights) its more real time.

I love the combinations and how it was all tied together. The map and layout of things is also very comprehensible, it was rare that I completely forgot where something was or how to get somewhere.

I found this in an old bundle I had gotten ages ago, I probably wouldn't have bought it if I found it otherwise but I'm glad I ended up playing it by finding it some years later! And now I'm super excited to play Elephantasy Flipside, which looks like the same sorta formula/idea expanded a ton into an isometric 3D game with more platforming!

Not quite what I was in the mood for, but this is very elegant (elegantasy?), there's a lot to be said for making the most of a minimal moveset. The graphics likewise do a great job of conveying important information with a limited resolution and color palette. I'm glad the game speed option is there, though the default is very low.

Really really loved the art and style and feel of this game, and it's a very rewarding little world to poke around and explore. Thanks for makin' this!

This is such an awesome game. The art, the vibe, both solid A+. The dopamine hits when you find something are A++. But the best part is having found your games, because now I need to play them all!

Also, I saw a post below about controller support coming in a possible future update--I would be very interested in this. 

Any game where you can play as such a cute animal always have a special place in my heart! 

Extremely cute art style, really charming little characters and I had a lot of fun with the puzzles :) I only wish the music was available from the beginning, but the stereo was a cute gimmick. Great game.

Hey, it is the last day of the year and everybody seems to have a party  (except me elephant). So nice! Thanks for this fantastic little game by the way. Well done and happy new year!

what a delightful game! fun mechanics, fun secrets – I enjoyed it the whole way through (I won with rank 5). The gamespeed options were very very nice – thank you for that.

Brief review of a bit of neat design I liked: There are only 4 metroidvaniaesque powerup items, but as you play you grow your inventory and can carry more of them simultaneously. So, you basically always know what you need to pass any given obstacle, but you might have to think hard about how to get back to that room with the combination of powerups you need

Excellent game! Really enjoyed playing it through and discovering all of the secrets!

Spoilers beyond this point:

I have created a reference sheet for anyone who wants to 100% the game but may need somewhere to catalog what gems are missing. Just make a copy of the original sheet and you can edit to track progress or make notes where needed. Reference sheet 

i think i'm done with a 31/36 gems found. it was a lovely game but i can't find any guides online and the final 5 gems feel like they're way beyond my patience.  spoilers below, feel free to reply with spoilers if you know the path thru my struggles and wanna drop hints or solutions or even just to commiserate if you're stuck at these parts, too:

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everything below is going to sound like a bunch of complaining because instead of talking about what i liked about the game (a lot!) i am talking about what i didn't understand.

i found my way to the mimic chest and the dragon boss, but there is nothing there to teach me what i'm supposed to do. i can dodge their attacks, bounce the chest off my head, or drop the falling platform on to the dragon's head all i want, but it feels like i'm in an infinite loop. idk what i'm supposed to do in these situations, super frustrating.

the moles bothered me, too. i'm told they're shy, so i've gotta wait around for them to appear in the correct location. one of the hints is "near the factory gate". this one feels like the easiest hint to me, so i rush to the room called 'factory gate'. i wait around in 3 different spots in this room until my character falls asleep. nothing. i wait until i fall asleep in the two adjacent rooms, because maybe near means next to instead of in the 'factory gate' room. nothing. super frustrating. i give up on the moles because if i can't figure out what feels like the easiest hint, i see no point in attempting the others.

according to the node map in the ice cave by the weird pot, there's 7 rooms in the grid that don't exist/aren't enterable: a 2x2 group of four in the top left, and a line of three in the middle bottom. assuming these will always be empty on the map, there are only 6 rooms i haven't entered: one on the far right closer to the top, one on the far left in the middle, and a backwards L shape near the dragon boss. none of the rooms adjacent to any of these have an opening in the node wall to indicate an entrance, so i'm assuming they're only accessible by some sorta secret? the one on the far left is marked on the weird pot map, so i'm assuming it's enterable somehow. this is a little less frustrating than the bits i talked about above because i don't feel stupid about it, like there's something obvious that i'm supposed to get that i'm missing. instead i just feel like i don't have enough patience or wit to puzzle out these zones, which is fine. i never figured out what to do with the arrows from the room named "illegible" next to the lantern, so that probably factors in somehow. i think a flame buddy said there was another code somewhere else, and each code gets entered at the site of the other? i never found another code though :(

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all that aside this was a super charming game. the way there's no music in the beginning and you have to puzzle out how to grab the radio is super cool and sets an eerie vibe. i like how you have the option to NOT pick up the radio after loading a save if you want to return to musiclessness. 

i love the weird voxelly world map. it almost has a claymation vibe to it.

there are a lot of charming moments in npc dialogue and with level design or room titles. quirky and cute :- )

ty for making and sharing!!!!

Wonderful, wonderful game! The perfect game to spend a sunday afternoon. I didn't get all the gems, but I had fun finding some of the more hidden ones and encountering the bosses.

I like that there is no combat (beyond the boss fights) because that's usually what puts me off this kind of games. The game speed option is also a welcome addition! I probably wouldn't have bothered to find all the underwater secrets without it.

All in all a great experience. Thank you for making it!

A frankly wonderfull game who made my day and my week and, overall, my end of the year ! Like, it's small, kind and elegant (and elephant). I love the fact that most of the gameplay is base on exploration, on going back on place with new knowledge and item, but also with hint from different character or wooden planch ! 

I loved the completionnist part, mostly because of the way you disperse the hint in the world, and the secret room feel awesome to find ! 

I still have some trouble with the lack of feedback on 2 of the optionnal boss (spoiler : the chest and the dragon) like, I didn't know if what I was trying was the right answer or not. The third optionnal boss have some feedback, so it's pretty clear when I'm on the right way, but for the other two, it's a far less clear. 

I played on steam (but I repay the game here because I loved it too much xD) and I also want to say that the achievement help me a lot to reach the 100% (it also clarify the info of the mole being "get" because, else, it was pretty weird to just see the mole go away. But the rewards was really worth it and elegant !

The whole game work so well, I really love it ! Thanks for making this game !