!UPDATE! There's a "Port" for Tablet/Mobile HTML 5. I've really only tested this in my iPad2, and it works well.
For the port, I changed:
- bugfix: staircases should be placed where you can't get to them anymore
- changes to menu screen (minor)
- input changes for touch support
- audio controls! mute and change volumes in case you don't like my sound
- general code cleanup
If you still haven't rated, I'd recommend the Web+ version just because it fixes the nasty can't advance bug. I haven't added or changed any gameplay features.
POST COMPO ADVENTURE COMING SOON
--- Thanks for playing! <3 Stevie
Finished! Wow that was a long 72 hours.
Declivity is a space mining, kitty rescue operation, and rogue-like-like. It's a cross between Descent and Spelunky.
Featuring: Shops, shields, cats, three monster types, no lava, multiple levels (around 10! I'm too tired to count), an actual ending, statistics, high scores, AN ENTIRE STORY, sadness, love, and darkness.
This was my first real HTML5 game as well as my first rogue-like. Also the most complete game I think I've ever made.
Chrome recommended. Let me know how it works for you.
Click: move and shoot and mine
Right-click: shoot and mine (so you don't accidentally run into things)
More detail is on the game page.
Feedback is greatly appreciated. Leave any bugs you find in the comments below.
Credits:
Main Design/Programming: Stevie
Additional Artwork: Lily, Oryx
Main Tester/Additional (Cat) Sounds/Cute Kid: Brenden
I got to "City of Gold" and there weren't any more stairs... Pretty cool over all. Exciting when the scrolling kicked in, I didn't expect that. The cats were a good idea but they were so easy to kill - maybe not the best execution.
@7heSAMA -- sorry, sometimes the stairs spawn in a space you can't get to. Rare, but I wasn't able to fix it in time. The cats are supposed to be delicate, the challenge is in protecting them :)
Sounds are super cute and the gameplay is really cool, very creative! I feel like I should have seen controls like this in another game before, but I can't think of one!
There's a lot of gameplay here for what are ostensibly very simple controls; I like how much trying to not-shoot the cats adds to it, and you did a good job of conveying the feeling of going ever deeper, and being increasingly in danger.
"There better not be grues" haha that is fantastic. Having said that: worst game ever - WHO LETS ME KILL ADORABLE CATS ON ACCIDENT? That is WICKED and MESSED UP. :( I'm sorry I swear I didn't mean it kittens, I swear it wasn't my fault :(
Besides the obvious cruelty of the game, it was really well put together - I got burninated the first play through at around 3000 and decided to try again, this time cheating (because it's okay to cheat against anyone who makes you kill kittens.) I... got burninated again like 30 seconds in >< The gameplay is great, moving and shooting feels smooth (although too smooth, poor kittens) - and it's overall pretty good. Great entry with great humor!
Definitely one of the better entries I've seen. It was definitely a harder option. I would have preferred different controls for moving vs. attacking... so often I either killed cats myself or stepped on a monster instead of shooting it. Still, it's very well done, especially for 72 hours.
The poor kitties died so easily. I am scarred from killing the first kitty that appeared because I thought it was an enemy. Now I can't sleep at night. The dreams haunt my slumber in the space mines.
I like this game a lot. The laser sound is a bit annoying but everything else is well done. The controls, the graphics, enemies - all fit nicely. Great idea for the given theme.
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Pretty cool over all. Exciting when the scrolling kicked in, I didn't expect that. The cats were a good idea but they were so easy to kill - maybe not the best execution.
Rest in piece all the cat-miners that I accidentally lazored ;_;
Besides the obvious cruelty of the game, it was really well put together - I got burninated the first play through at around 3000 and decided to try again, this time cheating (because it's okay to cheat against anyone who makes you kill kittens.) I... got burninated again like 30 seconds in >< The gameplay is great, moving and shooting feels smooth (although too smooth, poor kittens) - and it's overall pretty good. Great entry with great humor!
fun game!
NO KITTY, WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DIE?! :(
The controls, the graphics, enemies - all fit nicely.
Great idea for the given theme.