Just Get Through
The procedurally generated platformer Just Get Through, a game by the german, one-man game studio Retrific, features various gamemodes, daily runs, steam leaderboards and trading cards, a sandbox, user-generated levels, explosions, traps, precise walljumping and more. Together with roguelike elements like permadeath, procedural generation, an endless amount of challenging levels and more this underrated game forms your next platformer challenge. You play as a dude trapped somewhere in a jungle-like environment. You try to escape but there is no exit – only those portals. And everytime you jump through one of them, you just land in another dungeon with even more traps.
Use your skill and your explosives to get through an infinite amount of levels and to reach the first place in the global online highscore.
Or play user-made custom levels, that were created in the powerful sandbox mode.
Features:
- A slower platformer with long runs
- Various game modes
- Daily Runs
- Destructible Environment
- Endless fun in different randomly generated levels
- Weekly Runs
- Steam Cloud for Custom Levels and Progress
- Upgrades
- Beautiful particles and effects
- Gamepad Support
- Dozens of unlockable color themes
- Sandbox Mode
- User-generated levels
- Consistent Style
- Start a run within seconds
- Steam Trading Cards
- Smooth 60fps
- Detailed stats
- Create, play and publish custom levels ingame
- No microtransactions
- Throwable TNT to destroy walls and traps
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Achievements
- Permadeath
- and much more
Try the demo for a glimpse of the game!
This game was made by Retrific’s founder Jonathan Mannshoven.
Steam User 76
Just Get Through is a 2D platformer with randomly generated levels that combines fast paced gameplay with roguelike elements to create an enjoyable experience. As a fan of platformers this was a game I wanted to get my hands on as soon as I heard about it and I'm certainly not disappointed.
+Nice and simple pixel art style
+Randomly generated levels means you'll never play the same level twice
+You collect colour palettes which let you change the colour of the game and there's quite a few to collect/choose from
+Fully destructible environment
+A variety of different traps waiting to send you to your death
+You get checkpoints in the levels which becomes particularly handy for later levels
+As you progress through the game levels become more complex and more challenging
+Every so often you get an upgrade which helps you with a certain gameplay mechanic such as increased jump height
+Full controller support including the ability to rebind controls (which you'll definitely want to do)
+Dev is quite active in the forums which is nice to see
+There have already been a number of hotfixes and updates just over a week since launch
-Very occasionally levels are impossible to complete which is due to the levels being randomly generator
Verdict:
8
A great little platformer well worth the small asking price.
El K.
Steam User 29
Just Get Through is a good platformer with rogue lite elements.
It starts out with really simple layouts for classic mode and the difficulty grows as you progress through the game. You earn perks every few levels to give you more HP, or TNT. Levels are scattered with loads of traps. The platforming is ok, feels pretty fluid. A recent addition of daily runs and other game modes adds alot more content and keeps it feeling fresh.
Solid game for a good price.
Steam User 25
A very nice game that begins gently to make you understand how it works and that this complex over time by adding new weapons and more opponent.
In addition to this, as it is a rogue-like you can at each new run choose different advantage and understand how to progress further with every part, I highly recommend this game.
Steam User 16
Extremely fun game with several fun modes to play really keeps this game fresh and easy to come back to anytime.
The different color modes really add that little extra to the game to set your mood.
Learning to jump off walls can be a bit challenging to learn, but once you get the hang of it, the game really starts to shine!
I see myself playing this game for years to come.
Steam User 29
Summary:
Just Get Through is a procedurally generated platformer made by a single developer. Many of those projects fail but this time we got awesome and cheap platformer that offers a lot of fun and challenge for the price of five euros.
Pros:
- Randomly generated levels. Even though you'll learn most of the level patterns, you will still be seeing something new.
- It's a challenge. You might think it's easy but that's just first levels. The difficulty gets high and the level patterns are evil, especially if combined.
- You can use bombs to make your own path through the level. You can blow up almost any block in any level. Hard part? No problem, bomb is your good friend.
- Many modes. Daily runs, weekly runs, sandbox, coin mode,...
- You can get lost. Later levels are huge and the game generates many dead ends. Note: Dead ends may also contain deadly traps. Or the way towards the dead end. Or any other way.
- Graphics are pretty, you unlock color palettes (for levels) through your game progress.
- Level editor. For those who doesn't like generated levels and want to show their level design skill.
- It's cheap. You won't get broke, so... just get through!
Cons:
- This game supports gamepads, though the bomb throwing is definitely made with focus on keyboard and mouse controls.
- There are some terrible dark level graphic packs where you can't see much, this makes you weakened against people that would use other graphic packs (for high score leaderboards). This fact discourages you from using the feature of randomly changing graphics style after every level, which would be otherwise great.
Steam User 13
My first review, so here goes nothing:
Summary: A simple yet enjoyable platformer with a great balance of randomly generated excitement and concrete gameplay, Just Get Through is a quality addition to any collection of platformers.
Pros:
+ Clean, simple graphics
+ Easy and responsive controls (wall-jumping isn't too hard to master)
+ Changable color palettes (some are painful but quite a few are nice)
+ Randomly generated levels, each playthrough is unique
+ The option to add upgrades and further customize your playthrough
Cons:
- I wish there was just maybe the slightest bit of storyline
- A few rough edges graphics-wise
- The sprinting feels a bit off, might be my graphics card though
- Those grass-looking spikes I always forget about
Overall consensus: Definitely very worth the low price, can't wait to see what this game becomes.
Steam User 16
//Just Get Through is a 2D Indie Adventure / Puzzle Game //
// Schuitje82 Small Review //
Main goal is to reach the portal simple as that.
You need to jump and blast your way through the levels.
Every new level it's getting harder to beat and will be randomly generated.
So you will not know how to beat the new level.
And finding the portal after a few levels will give you a new challenge.
Because the stages are getting bigger and bigger.
The beginning of the game you will be given 10x TNT so if there is something in your way ? Just blow it up.
After you beaten 2 stages you will be granted a upgrade / power up.
Faster running, higher jumping, refill of life, more lives, more TNT, Refill TNT there are so many to choose from.
And this makes the game fun and sometimes little bit easier to play.
It's really basic and fun game to play and a little addictive.
I give it a 8 / 10 for the basic and challenging gameplay.
If you like these 2d games.. give it a try !!
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