The Hooks, the Lava and Me

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.37
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.33
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.83
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.13
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.14
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.50
Community★★★★★★★★★★3.19
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★2%
You're trapped in some kind of endless corridor, with two hooks and lava chasing you. Best story ever, right?

Try to escape the advancing lava with your hooks and swing around obstacles in your way, as the wave gets faster and faster, until just a single mistake seals your fate as you are engulfed in the hot doom.

Think you got a good score? Submit it to the online highscores and compete with all the players!

In-Game Controls:
A/Left - Fire black hook
D/Right - Fire blue hook
The hooks are fired at your mouse cursor. They only stick to the black walls!
K - Suicide (improved version only)

Comments13

Marco Jonkers22 Aug 2011, 16:33
Oooh this is a nice game! Sounds, music and everything!
freeplay4c
freeplay4c22 Aug 2011, 17:36
Amazing, just amazing. Best LD game I've played yet.
kevglass
kevglass22 Aug 2011, 20:41
Um, whats going on here then?
heck23 Aug 2011, 04:42
Great work! The most fun LD game I've tried so far.
marudziik
marudziik25 Aug 2011, 05:55
@kevglass: read the instructions! :)

It's quite a good entry. Too bad I got stuck at one moment in a blue rectangle, but this was a little my fault (I drove myself into it in such a way that firing hooks seemed impossible). Good game though.
callidus
callidus25 Aug 2011, 07:29
really good stuff, nice mechanic and well executed. Lots of fun.
Dark Acre Jack26 Aug 2011, 02:51
Spider-man, Spider-man...

Really liked the concept, I think the first escape could have been a bit easier/clearer to help with getting players into the game.
Andrew26 Aug 2011, 19:52
Had to take some shots in the dark to walls I couldn't see but that only added to the excitement.
SusanTheCat
SusanTheCat27 Aug 2011, 04:05
The title at the top of the web page says LD #20 :)
foobaz27 Aug 2011, 11:36
Quite a fun game. Rather addictive. I also got stuck in the corner of a rectangle (and couldn't do anything anymore).
LegacyCrono28 Aug 2011, 05:06
Fun concept, really liked it! The highscore submission seems to be broken... =/
DrPetter31 Aug 2011, 21:48
19 km. Cool! A bit stressful once you get some ways in and the lava catches up. Kind of weird that you often have to fire the hooks off outside the screen into blind spots and assume that they'll hit a wall. Sound made me feel like I was talking to aliens.
8bitmuse
8bitmuse4 Sep 2011, 08:59
Very cool mechanic! It needs some more comprehensive instructions though; once I figured out how everything worked I was having a blast playing this. While the music did its job by increasing tension, it feels like rock isn't the best choice but that's just my own personal taste. There was one bug I ran into where I got half-stuck in a blue square and was unable to shoot any hooks, aside from that great job!

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