Neon Shift
Neon Shift
Neon Shift is a speed-running focused platformer with a twist! Run as fast as you can along the rooftops of Neon City to escape... but who are you running from? Get your time as low as you can to get on the leaderboard
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Controls
- Run - AD/Arrow Keys
- Jump - W/Space
- Slide - S/Shift
- Pause - Escape
- Restart - R
Things we are actively working on
- More freerunning based movement (things like a mantle when jumping up to a ledge or a a vaulting animation)
- Ability to see the leaderboard without having to complete a run (from a main menu) and various UI improvements
- Level editor and an easy way for players to share levels and compete on leaderboards for their shared levels
About
Created in 48 hours as part of the GMTK Game Jam 2023. The theme was ‘Roles Reversed’.
Keywarn - Technical
Ipidoo - Art and Design
Special Thanks
- Mark/GMTK - for hosting the jam and his awesome Platformer Toolkit
- TaroDev - The excellent Timetrial Ghosts package that we used as a base
- Danial Jumagaliyev - Whose Leaderboard Creator allowed us to make the game possible in the game jam period
- cabled_mess - Distorted shift world audio (CC0 1.0)
- Wax_vibe - Cyberpunk base audio (CC0 1.0)
- Levi Kuskie - Trailer audio
- The players who played the initial Game Jam build. Sadly the mechanics, level and backend have all changed since so we have had to reset the leaderboards. Here are the top 6 times:
Download
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Development log
- Road to Steam Release - public demoMay 16, 2024
- Devlog #2 - v0.2 Released!Sep 19, 2023
- Devlog #1 - Post Jam and v0.1 released!Aug 02, 2023
Comments
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I got second place....
No idea how it happened but the timer did not start until I ran past the red checkpoint, letting me get a time of 2 seconds.
Yep it appears we have a bit of a bug in the timing code. We’re working on fixing it for the upcoming steam demo. Congrats on second place I guess!
Got #5, user is COIL
I had a better time before but I messed up when trying to catch myself
Nice! That’s a big improvement! If you’d like to help us test future versions and get updates you should join the discord, the link is above
got the 30th spot, user is COIL
Nice!
i want to know how that guy did it in 4 sec xD . my favourite game in this year jam <3 . i will still try to go up more in the leaderboard later .
We are equally impressed/curious! Glad to hear you’re enjoying the game. We hope to have some more updates/info soon!
I didn't hit the leaderboard, but it was a fun run.
Thanks for checking out our game!
How did yall cut the record down so much
With the latest updates you can slide down ramps to go faster, it’s made the level faster overall
Guess who just beated the world record?
👀 Guess some other people have some catching up to do!
Still can't beat it today😂 I guess it's gonna be a little more difficult than I expected. Anyway, I just saw that you were going to publish on Steam. It's great bro, keep it up🔥
hey! it's working now... I don't know what I did different.
Hi, I think it might be that it won’t automatically focus the input box, have you tried clicking into the input field?
sure did... maybe it's my chromebook.. I'll try the windows version
Potentially, we’ve not had any other reports of issues with getting past the screen. If it happens again on windows we can try to dig a bit deeper into what is going on
this is really fun! i like the graphics
Thanks!
I played for 30 munites straight and got the 3rd place on the liderboard. I might go for the first place :D Great game
Glad you like it! Some impressive speed running!
This was really fun, leaderboard was a nice touch! I felt like the slides were a tad too punishing when you were just starting out and felt a bit too halting, but when you slide at faster speeds it feels much more satisfying! I understand getting halted could be a way to punish players for messing up, however I wonder if a slightly thinner character collision and more parts where you can build up speed before slowing sections (like alto's adventure) could help increase overall fun by having more moments of 'reward' interspaced throughout. Not a requirement though, just a little suggestion! The art style was excellent, I love the player sprites and the twist!
Thanks for the feedback, it’s super useful! I think we definitely need some tweaking but super happy you enjoyed it overall
I really like the momentum based movement, and how it punishes you if you f up the jump
Thanks for playing and glad you like it! Perhaps a little bit too punishing?
It is a really interesting game! I love the neon-light when you run!
I would love if you could also play my game:
https://seafortress.itch.io/sword-of-the-sleepy-samurai
Thanks for playing! We’ll be sure to check it out
Nice! I did not go very fast but it was still fun!
Thanks for playing!