Unlinked Mask

The game is fun, but the fact that the D-pad from every controller (8bit do, Switch Pro controller, Dualshock 4) I've tried stop working and (works on the menu, but left goes down and right goes up) and there's no option to map the controllers is so frustrating that makes me want to puke. Fix this.

Even though I only played for 36 minutes, I could see the potential in this game. The controls feel quite fine on PC (though I’ve heard they are worse on consoles). The difficulty is in a strange place: it isn’t hard enough to feel like a real challenge, but it also isn’t easy to complete on a first attempt. My main issue is the lack of direction. Combined with the absence of checkpoints and the game’s speed, mistakes feel overly punishing and end up hurting the overall enjoyment. There are also some mechanical frustrations. You jump with “Z” and use the cape with “X.” Individually these work fine, but if you jump and then try to use the cape, it usually just leads to death and a full loss of progress. It feels unintuitive rather than challenging. I’m not a professional platformer or Kaizo player, but the design often made me feel overwhelmed. I tend to jump even when it’s unnecessary (which some platformers actually reward), yet here it’s heavily punished. I still want to give the game another try and hopefully finish it later, but right now the mechanics feel more frustrating than difficult.

Unlinked Mask is a compact 2D precision platformer built around retro presentation, demanding movement, and the satisfaction of overcoming obstacles through practice. Developed by Klonoz and published by indie.io, it serves as a prequel to Linked Mask and embraces an aesthetic heavily influenced by the handheld gaming era. Its intentionally limited pixel graphics immediately establish an old-school atmosphere, but underneath that nostalgic exterior is a platforming experience designed around modern expectations of responsive movement and steadily escalating difficulty. The adventure follows Viewer, a curious traveler summoned by mysterious gods and sent into the People's Lands for a purpose that is not immediately explained. The deliberately vague setup creates an element of mystery without overwhelming the player with lengthy exposition. Storytelling remains secondary to the actual journey, allowing environments and progression to provide much of the context. This makes the game easy to approach for players primarily interested in platforming, although those looking for extensive dialogue, elaborate characters, or a deeply developed narrative may find the story relatively underst…

Please fix: - Controllers (buttons are mixed up — using an Xbox Series controller here). - Menus (strange behavior). - Data tracking (jumps and deaths are all zeroed by the end of the game). This would turn a good — though very short — platformer into a very good, or even a great one.

It's like 1001 Spikes except fun and not just CBT, in the sense that you have to use the correct one of your two jumps at the right time. Menu controls are bad which is like, how? But game fun! :3

i bought the game for some fun kaizo stuff, it instead changed my perspective on life