A downloadable game for Windows and macOS

To find a road, of murky paths, that
could be trodden on without sinking in

To find a valley faded, at the end
one that you have already been

About

Mire is like a very small metroidvania, but nothing is gated. You can visit any area, in any order. There are 'upgrades' that you might find useful but they are not necessary, and you can just pick up the ones you want. It's more about exploration, of seeing something at the corner of the screen and figuring out how to get there.

Controls

  • Arrow keys - move and jump
  • C - select / attack
  • X - slide
  • Enter - menu

Footnote

I apologise if the game comes off as a bit hard.
It is intentional and part of the narrative.

StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Rating
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
AuthorBagelcollie
GenrePlatformer

Download

Download
Mire v1.01 (mac).zip 38 MB
Download
Mire v1.01 (win).zip 32 MB

Comments

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Awesome game.

I finally finished playing this (after many failed attempts). It's a legitimately great game, both in tone and in gameplay.

I ran into problems with inconsistent jump height. Besides regular jumps and slides sometimes just not getting me high enough, the spring pads would only rarely give me a full boost, often stopping just short of getting me onto a platform without having to re-enter the room to see if I'd get a good jump then. Also my run just ended by getting stuck in 2 deep water, unable to jump to the 1 deep water on either side for no clear reason.

I'm going to have to ask to double check a few setting on the environment you're running the game in, like if it's running in normal native speeds and nothing bottle necking the performance. It's not a demanding game, but under normal circumstances all jumps should be consistent.

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this is fantastic

This looks to be such a great game, and it runs perferctly on my pc, it's sad that i can't finish because my character dosen't jump that high, so i can't pass the first level.

I struggled with this problem for a half hour, gave up, then didn't touch the game for nearly a year. I came back to it today and turns out I'd just missed a little blurb at the start: "Press X to slide."

Run towards the wall you're stuck at and hold X. It'll get you up there.

Oh, really? Thanks, mate. I'm gonna try it out now.

Ok, so... I can't slide.

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Very fun platformer. Its quite difficult but I enjoyed the exploration and the graphics style was awesome. Keep up the good work! 

i recommend adding w a s d , its litteraly the most used way of movement in pc games rn as far as i know

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Up arrow does not jump.  So i can do nothing. Is there another arrow or button ? I have tried them all.  C Button Swipes and R Button resets. This is on my new iMac.

I'll look into it, but it works on my windows and mac machines and I'm not sure if there's anything I can do

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Few issues. How does one get past the starting area when the character doesnt jump high enough. And looking at the controls, x does nothing. I really like how this game looks, i just need some help here as i feel a bit stupid. 

Assuming that you've met the character in the first room and you're trying to get over the 4-block high wall that's next to them, try pressing X while holding left. The slide can only be performed when moving.

I have been doing that ^^

The slide works in the cheat section, but not the starting area

Even after getting the first item? Weird.

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I really enjoy sliding up walls, and the little jump/dive animation is very cute, but while the exploration is very well done, I found the amount repetition that would be necessary to complete this without cheats to be tedious.

Now, it's totally possible to use the cheat room to restore lost progress and return to checkpoints, but only if the player exits and reopens the game. The option to have permanent unlocks as an easy mode would be very welcome, haha.

Exploration is easily my favorite aspect of this game, but it's hidden away atop a high skill floor, and without the ability to quickly retry difficult sections, every failure felt far too punishing.

That's not to say I didn't have fun here though. Once I started cheating, and I was able to experience the exploration and platforming puzzles with the full moveset, the game became much more enjoyable.

Also, the bosses look great, the color palette is visually pleasing, and again, sliding up walls is really fun (along with the rest of the movement mechanics when fully upgraded). Oh, the fade-out on the location names is really good too. I can't quite figure out why I like that so much, haha.

I still haven't found the bagel yet (unless it's only in the cheat room), and there might be more than one hidden resting place, but I can say that yes, you forgot to lock the door.


(For players looking to cheat: Press the key on your keyboard that most closely resembles a bagel to enter the cheat room when you're on the main menu.)

By Bagel do you mean it's round shaped?

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Yep, the "o" key.

Unfortunately, it only works on the title screen, and often only works after restarting the application. (Pressing "R" should restart it without needing to do it through your OS though)

"o" = Cheat room

"r" = Restart

"i" = Display important variables

Haaaaaang on, who told you about that room *eyes suspiciously*

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I used the highly advanced tactic of pressing each key, one after the other, since that had just worked for me when looking for hidden stuff in “Samurai Gunn 2.”

I probably wouldn’t have found it if “o” wasn’t after “r,” haha.

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there is no checkpoints, everytime i died at the boss, i have to completely restart, but other then that, it is amazing, its just that no checkpoints makes it futile to play the game, i would put a checkpoint at every room switch and boss battle