Statistica

Run and jump through a world of distributions and numbers, collecting stars along the way - can you make it through all those stats puzzles? Or will you weep over the difficulty of statistics, as is tradition? Only you can find out!

Featuring:

• 18 levels to puzzle through, each with 3 stars - that makes a grand 54 collectibles!
• 3 distributions to play with, all used in modelling real life situations!
• Fun formulae that explain how the hell numbers are making the blocks move
• The satisfaction of a job well done when you finish the game

The controls, should they be required:

• WASD / Arrow keys to move the player
• Left click on the little plus/minuses on screen to change the lambda/P parameters of the platforms
• Try and make it to the blue wavy thing at the end of the level
• Have fun!

I'm pleased with this game, it's definitely got a lot more to it than the typical game jam platformer that I make! I'm particularly pleased with the idea of using statistical distribtions as platforms - still proud of that idea - and the graphics came out very nicely, particularly on the character art. And there's a lot of stuff I learned making it as well, that'll just be generally useful if I ever want to use it as a feature again, like that star system which keeps the star counts between levels, or using grids and prefabs in clever ways to make a bunch of levels quickly. Still, it did take a surprisingly long time to make this game, even if it was on and off - a full two weeks and change! I guess without a deadline things just get done slower, but at least it got done at all. I suppose part of why it took so long was because I was free to try things out more, add more features and so on, so maybe taking a long time to make the game wasn't such a bad thing. At the very least, it was definitely a different experience to making a jam game, so there's that! And, hopefully, you enjoy playing through all those levels as much as I enjoyed making them - if you manage to 100% the game, please do let me know; I'd love to hear about it!