Inanis Materia

Very cool idea, I like the visuals, wish there was sound. I really liked the 4 powers and combining them, can't wait for more! The jumping is a bit sticky, the landing animation made the platforming tough. Great level design, good work!

A cute and clever little puzzle platformer. I could see this having potential as a metroidvania!

The mechanics functioned well and made for some interesting puzzles, albeit a bit straightforward. I'd love to see a full version create some more complex scenarios. I agree with other commenters that maybe having a wheel to swap between abilities and binding it to a single key might work better.

I did find a bug where placing a cauldron directly under another air source will cause the upper one to not function. I had to move the cauldron aside a bit.

Overal a fun and well presented experience!

I completed the game, and now the blob of non-matter is sleeping soundly... didn't it forget about Polwan, though?

I won't dwell over jump delay and lack of audio, as I'm sure you already heard about it plenty of times. One thing I wonder about is whether elemental input could be simplified somewhat. One idea would be using the same key to apply elements, just picking whichever is applicable at themoment. But of course it would cause trouble with overlapping element-dependent items.

One idea that comes to mind is using approach like in Fury of the Furries, where - if you stood still on the ground - you could enter ability switching mode and then exit with whatever ability you need at the moment. Then you could make the player use the ability freely (rather than at the designated spots) and have them figure out what works where. Of course, it'd likely require redesigning gameplay elements, though it may be for the better; the current objects were mostly "railroady" in their use, even the multi-element ones like cauldrons.

I think the game does a good job presenting its setting; the story in description is one thing, but also I saw all these posters/graffitis and such. I think focusing on the setting and storytelling as well as making creative bosses themed after specific kinds of alchemy could work really well for this game.

Overall, I enjoyed the demo, though I feel the gameplay elements and/or level design could be reworked to allow a greater variety of interactions (rather than boiling down to "I see wind, I use air, I see pipe, I use water, I see wood, I use fire").

What a cute and fantastic foundation to a metroidvania style game.

I'll preface this by saying I wish there was some sound and music, being in complete silence feels really meh.

However the game was a lot of fun to play, I loved the pacing and tutorial and the interesting way you had the elements interact with the world was a lot of fun.

The little slime was really cool looking and I liked all the animations. I had a really fun time with this :)

Very fun, i love the concept and abilities,

The only two things are

the interaction between the two elements can be worked on more to reduce bugs, i found that sometimes i would use a ability while pushing a box and it would de-spawn the box.

Another comment i have is maybe making the movement and jumping be more fluent, since this is a platformer i find the delay in jumps could cause a little frustration, and a fluent jumping mechanic would really make this a great game

top tier great job <3

I loved the concept and the art! I think this is a wonderful take on the jam's theme and the abilities are really cool.

However, I got stuck in the fire level. I tried it a couple of times, with the same result in the same spot (image attached). After resetting the level a third time, I got stuck at the beginning as well, unable to move in any direction, but I could jump.

Loved the game! really enjoyed the cauldron mechanics :D