So, I've been teaching my students a bit about game design, and we're using the tools at gamestarmechanic.com to design games, and how to find that perfect balance of difficulty and challenge.
The site is pretty cool, once you unlock items in the Quest mode, you can use those items to build either a top-down game or a platformer. I built a game in it, that most of my students find extremely challenging and rage quit more often than not. =)
If you're up for a 2D platformer challenge, try out the game I made, Heightened Security. Do you find it too difficult?
https://gamestarmechanic.com/game/shared/100614/3af2412fb5c1a0bd74f8d4f8d13d6f38
Anyhow, thought you hobbyist game designers might be interested in the tool for making game prototypes with this. =)
The Carnival of Shadows - Folk Punk from Asbury Park, New Jersey
http://www.thecarnivalofshadows.com
