The Cave Of Lights

by galman
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.52
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.91
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.32
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★57%
Join our little friend on his journey into the depths of The Cave of Lights.
Wisely spend your 10 seconds of light each level to find your way through the cave...
What will you find at the end?

Arrows to move
Space to toggle lights
M to mute\unmute

Genres: puzzle

Comments55

mcbeckjr
mcbeckjr26 Aug 2013, 02:45
Good game! Not a huge fan of the graphics, but very well made.
zerebruin26 Aug 2013, 06:44
Looks like we had the same basic idea! Pretty well-rounded game, Although I think chiptune music would have fitted better. Fiendishly hard towards the end, too :)
CustomPhase
CustomPhase26 Aug 2013, 09:03
Nice little game! Although music is pretty annoying and bad, sorry.
Hypnohustla
Hypnohustla26 Aug 2013, 09:12
Great concept. New game mechanics are introduced well, and the ambient track adds a nice mood to it.
Xaychru04
Xaychru0426 Aug 2013, 09:50
An other original take on the theme! Great game, simple graphics and gameplay., I like it. :)
Nitrodeus26 Aug 2013, 13:55
Nice graphics, good gameplay, simple and nice soundtrack
good job :)
gikdew
gikdew26 Aug 2013, 15:27
Watching you in the stream was really enjoyable, and you made a really nice game, I love the graphics and the gameplay.
Misfit26 Aug 2013, 15:40
Nice retro style and great gameplay. Good Job!
hbocao
hbocao26 Aug 2013, 16:14
Great idea, buddy. Awesome game!
uwap26 Aug 2013, 16:29
Really funny game :)
lordjosephdeburg
lordjosephdeburg26 Aug 2013, 17:31
When I made it to the three button room I rage quit lol. Good game.
Mythalore26 Aug 2013, 22:22
Hey Galman, very nice game. I especially like the use of the theme to enforce the main mechanic.
Slymodi27 Aug 2013, 01:45
Very good!
Blizzil27 Aug 2013, 12:18
Nice game with simple but fun mechanics :) Well done!
crazyrems
crazyrems27 Aug 2013, 12:25
Nice way to exploit 10 seconds. It's a cute game.
rzfmzn27 Aug 2013, 12:41
Nice! Liked the way you used the 10 seconds! :D
truiton
truiton27 Aug 2013, 12:47
I enjoyed playing this game, simple gameplay and graphics (and not as in "boring" ^^ )
It's fun! Bravo!
tylerb127 Aug 2013, 12:52
Great game. A bit slow gameplay for my taste, but I really found it fun anyways. I like the graphics, and the music is very fitting. Great concept and implementation of the theme.

Good job!
ghRibacki27 Aug 2013, 13:18
I like the mood that the graphics and the music blend into!
The game is a bit challenging (read "hard"), but pleasant to play overall. =)
danielmult27 Aug 2013, 13:23
Muito legal! atima mecanica.
MuciojadPL
MuciojadPL27 Aug 2013, 13:31
Interesting. I love this graphics style :) Nice job.
kristof27 Aug 2013, 15:32
Nice and polished. A bit sad, that we do not see the game most of the time ;)
Dooleus
Dooleus27 Aug 2013, 17:27
Fun mechanics, good difficulty curve, and a cute, polished art style. The audio is nice, too, and fits the art perfectly. Lots of fun... great job!
rezoner
rezoner27 Aug 2013, 21:14
Adorable. Would be fun with some night creatures trying to get you when the lights are off.
Dir3kt
Dir3kt28 Aug 2013, 20:05
Nice cute little game, really like the mood. And the puzzles are good :)
GeorgeBroussard29 Aug 2013, 00:29
Pretty fun. Played about 5-6 levels. Basically a memory game. I feel like some of the levels maybe should have been a little simpler for the 10 seconds. I died and re-tried a lot :)
Diogo Muller29 Aug 2013, 01:04
Very nice game. The idea is pretty different from the other games I've seen, and I like the graphics. :)
kirbytails729 Aug 2013, 03:18
Very nice! I liked the simple design to account for the lack of light.
mamoniem29 Aug 2013, 04:30
Super cool game, i love it !
jrbitt29 Aug 2013, 05:16
Congratulations! Very nice game! I loved the timelapse too =D
Photon29 Aug 2013, 05:41
Well executed to be sure. Got a little boring after awhile, but the game works well enough. Good job!
deathray
deathray29 Aug 2013, 06:02
great use of theme!
matthias_zarzecki29 Aug 2013, 08:15
Solid puzzler! love the effective artstyle and the light-mechanic :)
Spaceoff
Spaceoff29 Aug 2013, 08:24
That was pretty neat. Loved the art style and atmosphere, and that quiet little track never got old.
Neo-Blue
Neo-Blue29 Aug 2013, 08:58
Cute character and graphical style. The game is a really clever take on the theme. It gets surprisingly tough later on. Nice work!
orangepascal
orangepascal29 Aug 2013, 15:01
Very nice game! really enjoyed playing this one for much longer then the others so far :)
blackotus29 Aug 2013, 15:29
I really like this.

There's a nice variety to the levels, and the memory challenge is cool. The graphics are pretty and the audio blends fine with the game.

Nice work!
GarethIW
GarethIW29 Aug 2013, 15:56
Cool idea, cute graphics. Nice ambient soundtrack.
Liz England29 Aug 2013, 19:59
This was really well done!
Zuige
Zuige29 Aug 2013, 20:15
Awesome game! Had a blast with this one. The light mechanic works really well and the graphics are cute! :)
Christina Nordlander
Christina Nordlander29 Aug 2013, 21:58
This got challenging towards the end! Simple but cute graphics, excellent music (the sound effects were basic, but the music more than made up for it), and the gameplay is great and (as far as I can tell) pretty innovative. One of the more polished entries I've played so far.

Nitpicks: movement was a bit slow, and given the importance of the button sound effects, they should probably be a bit louder. These are very minor nitpicks, though.
acro29 Aug 2013, 22:39
simple graphics did the job, it's clear you spent a lot of time playtesting and making the whole thing really smooth and polished - the quality really shows. For a 48h game, this is very, very well done indeed! Good use of the theme, as well. This held my attention completely and I couldn't stop until the very end.
GFM
GFM30 Aug 2013, 00:04
Nice use of the theme! :)
manuq
manuq30 Aug 2013, 01:34
Great sprites! I laughed the first time I saw the character from behind, cute backpack :) The die effect is great too.
Unept
Unept30 Aug 2013, 15:08
Nice job on this one. I found it on Kongregate. :) Love the pixel graphics, and the use of the theme.
mrspeaker
mrspeaker1 Sep 2013, 12:49
Really cool idea... I feel like it would be more fair that you get a tiny glimpse of the level at the start, as you are always going to use up a tiny amount of your precious time that way.

I think the graphics and audio were perfect - the drone-y tones work better than a chip tune I think... more ambience.
Raiyumi
Raiyumi2 Sep 2013, 07:25
Really smooth and good game! :)
sP0CkEr22 Sep 2013, 20:17
nice effort but i thought the puzzles were not too hard -- great job
psychomonster
psychomonster4 Sep 2013, 21:01
I like this kind of minimalistic game art. A few pixels, not so much sounds... great designed levels! Cool!
Soundless_dev5 Sep 2013, 00:39
Very nice, very smooth and not too absurd gameplay.

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