Ascendence

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.15
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.37
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.33
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.83
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★52%
You seem to be a purple being and you have to escape hell. Ascend the levels and try to reach the surface!

Controllers:

XBox360 - left joystick and A button. (If you find a need for self-destruct you press the X button)

Computer Machine - WASD/Arrows and SPACE/LMB. (Selfdestruct is escape)

The game was made by Diamonde during the Ludum Dare 29 at Sony's hackathon in Lund, Sweden.

Comments20

donan
donan28 Apr 2014, 08:21
Really original ^^. Love the art and the gameplay.
gabbsson28 Apr 2014, 10:51
Nice and varying art, something I wish I would've had time for! Interesting yet simple puzzles. Good entry!
jsmars
jsmars28 Apr 2014, 11:03
Really well made! Nice graphics and audio overall. I always like good pixel art! I feel the movement was a bit slow for a game where you need to go forward and back a lot, but other than that great work! :)
Lerc28 Apr 2014, 11:06
Was not expecting to die when walking past the tree. Player motion a little slow, otherwise good effort.
Zyper
Zyper28 Apr 2014, 15:02
Very good graphics and gameplay, but player moves a little bit too slow.
Somfunambulist28 Apr 2014, 21:18
I really like the little robot guy. If everything moved a little faster it'd be perfect.
BallpointPress28 Apr 2014, 21:20
Stuck pretty early in the game. Used my gamepad. Kept blowing myself up but I'm not sure if that's supposed to achieve anything or if it's meant to be a restart. Nice work.
Robinerd
Robinerd29 Apr 2014, 08:00
I really liked this, very cute and the puzzle design is really clever!
Diamonde
Diamondeauthor29 Apr 2014, 08:41
BallpointPress: The selfdestruct feature is meant to get you unstuck if a certain bug would appear, and is not part of the gameplay. Sorry for the confusion.
Covenant29 Apr 2014, 18:20
Good atmosphere... The character was a bit slow for my taste, and puzzle solving when you don't see the outcome immediately gets a bit boring after a bit, but it was a nice game, congrats!
tankete
tankete29 Apr 2014, 18:21
First LD29 I've finished. I liked the art style. Fun!
dusho29 Apr 2014, 18:23
nice puzzle
XrXr29 Apr 2014, 18:28
The art looks pretty good :D the game play is not bad either. Not a big fan of the music though
Ismei29 Apr 2014, 18:39
I liked the look of the game, and the sound.
vilya
vilya29 Apr 2014, 18:40
I found it a bit annoying having the doors offscreen when you were triggering them.
Brodenino
Brodenino2 May 2014, 12:44
The industrial-like music set a nice mood for me. Graphics are cool, and the puzzles were simple but tricky. :)
jujule14 May 2014, 19:56
I think the graphics and music set a really good mood (music is good!). Hellish, but not your usual "dark fantasy hell". I liked that.
The gameplay concept is also good but as others have mentioned, not seing the doors open and close as you push the buttons is a frustrating especially since the character walks so slowly.
But to me, it is really something you should keep working on. Good job.
ALobker
ALobker14 May 2014, 19:59
I had to do the first level like 5 times, but after that managed to complete the game.
Great art for this game!
kristof16 May 2014, 09:09
Very nice art style and music! The gameplay is also very original. The only minor complaint I have is, that you don't see the whole puzzle when solving it. This leeds to a lot of trial and error. But still, a very good entry!

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