Jackroid

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By all accounts i should give this game negative review, it's buggy, unpolished and sorta frustrating but i can't... Because of a few reasons, first of which being that the game is completely free so i didn't lose anything playing this other than half an hour of time. Second reason which is the determining one is that this developer lost the source code for this game in a house fire, that's just heartbreaking and i don't wanna further make his life worse by beating this dead horse with a thumbs down. Thirdly the game is already at mixed ratings, with only 54% positive, which might feel discouraging for this developer's future. So i'm gonna give this game a thumbs up to encourage this person and whatever future endaveours they take. For the sake of having an actual review though with some valid criticisms i think the game has a few issues that should be a priority in future games. It's pretty buggy and unbalanced, with annoying enemy placements (especially the spammy bats that come out of the ground). The coliders are also off and the terrain feels like it's not properly aligned sometimes. The controls are very clunky on keyboard and on controler not every button has a use, with s…

this game really sucks, its unfinished and there are no doors and the map is really glitchy

Originally developed as a birthday gift for my nephew, Jackroid is a heartfelt indie game that blends classic action-platforming with Metroid-style exploration. After several requests and growing interest, I’ve decided to bring Jackroid to Steam. Free—as a thank you to everyone who’s supported me.

This started out as something of a janky but still playable Metroid-like, only lacking doors (at least the map makes sure you know where you can go), mismatched sprites, and just in general a lower level of quality than you even expect from fan games. At some point, though, it went entirely off-script and just got weird. I passed through a wall, where, like always, I wasn't sure whether that was an official opening or a secret door or a glitch, then I killed some kind of boss that looked a bit like Samus. After that, I passed through multiple screens that were just a galaxy backdrop with story bits, referencing the intro text scroll I didn't care for, and tried to write something deep and meaningful that read like someone's first attempt at writing any story. After those screens where you basically walked by and did nothing gameplay-related, there were a couple more proper-looking screens, though the further I went, the more broken the level architecture looked until I reached a section where the visuals and even sprites looked like they were ripped directly out of the Gameboy Castlevania games. I tried to get even further, but eventually the game bugged out on me. That last sec…

Originally developed as a birthday gift for my nephew, Jackroid is a heartfelt indie game that blends classic action-platforming with Metroid-style exploration. After several requests and growing interest, I’ve decided to bring Jackroid to Steam. Free—as a thank you to everyone who’s supported me.