In the abandoned tomb the GHOST of every play is recorded, so why not add your immortal soul to the party?
In this adventure the world of the DEAD meets the world of the LIVING.
If you survive, your statue will join the walk of triumph for all to see, and if you don't your message to eternity will live on to haunt all who follow...
All controls explained in the game (cursors and space bar)
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UPDATE 4: The 72h version now uses moderation as well as post compo so it will update as time goes on. I also reduced the number of ghosts to relieve lag
UPDATE 3: Post compo version loading times now much improved due to caching and moderation is ready so the TOMB IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS (collecting souls, that is ;)
UPDATE 2: Post compo version is ready! I have FIXED THE COLLISION DETECTION huzzah! It's now much easier to jump the pits because the player hit box is smaller and there's much less momentum so it's easier to guide the character around. I've also reintroduced un-moderated statue earning, trolls - you gotta earn your right to troll by beating the Trappy Tomb now!
UPDATE 1: Due to trolling issues, although you can save in-game text, it won't appear until it's been moderated. Please bear with me!
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Made by James Paulin in 72 hours. @jimmypaulin Music courtesy of Franklin Webber (patient level zero)
www.superfluidgames.com
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We can't be held responsible for any user generated content! You've been warned ;)
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Tech details:
* The backend is handled by FatFractal, there is no server - it's a great service that is free for low-bandwidth users * I used Phaser as the game framework * The level design was handled in Tiled * Other tools- pixen, audacity, bmfont, afxr, trello
Excellent! Good idea, great graphics, and hard as hell. I liked it a lot. I mean, I haven't been able to leave it until complete. Got some Dark Souls in there, and that is awesome. Backend must have been hard... maybe? Share the knowledge! We need more games like this!
Now remember guys my wise words: the cake is a lie, javascript alerts do not work, I suicided to take you left, just run, and always praise the sun!
Thank you for the awesome comments! I'm humbled that people are enjoying this ridiculous game :) yep I agree the hit box is a bit big which makes the pit jumping a bit too hard. I'm thrilled some people have finished the game
@Maesk haha! Nice statue ;) the backed is FatFractal - very easy to use and no server side code needed at all, plus it is free, I recommend! Will give some more details when I get a chance
@Thingo- thanks for pointing that out, I think it's a different-browsers-do-things-differently problem. Could I ask which browser you are on?
Thanks all, I got some rating to catch up on now ;)
I really enjoyed this. The previous-plays ghost mechanic is always fun and the addition of a dying message is even better. Good choice on keeping the ghost transparency down. It's really cool how the ghosts turn into a river and you stop seeing the individuals until the end.
The only frustrating thing is how long the load times are after dying, not sure if there is a way around that. But this is great!
I was _this_ close to closing your game because I thought it was just a static picture, after about a 30 seconds I noticed the red square on the left was a loading bar.
But seriously, _this_ close.
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Nepoxx28 Aug 2014, 18:36
I agree with Canyon, I thought it was broken at first.
Otherwise, this is awesome! I think the collision with holes could need a little work (it's more sensitive on the right side than the left, potentially because the anchor is not perfectly placed).
I KunoNoOni, Champion of the Little People, have earned a statue in your wicked little game! Nice play on the theme, loved the visuals. Gratz on an awesome game!
I literally could not stop laughing the whole way through. There were so many ridiculous messages, especially in the pits. I would love to see a post-mortem on how you approached making this!
Nice game, great idea (I suppose you know Dark Souls ;) ), but I had serious noclip bug on some walls in the game (notable the wall next to the first two golden heads, it always let me through
I'm v disappointed to report the game is being badly trolled. I'm doing what I can which is essentially some basic filtering. You will probably see some offensive material. If it goes on I'll have to do something drastic which would give me the sad face :(
I've taken the difficult decision to take the game offline. If anyone has suggestions how to help please let me know. Otherwise I'm scratching my head for now.
IT'S BACK UP! With comments disabled - you (and our troll friend) can still add messages, but they won't be displayed until I get moderation implemented... Thanks for all the support I've received it is AMAZING =D
Hey guy with similar idea! :D I love your game. It was really fun to play. Some feedback for a post-compo version: the sliding of the character makes it a bit more difficult to navigate through traps. I also had heavy lags under Firefox, but with Chrome it worked fine. Good game!
My only criticism is that pit/lava deaths seem unfair because you die as soon as you get near them. But that's splitting hairs, this is really well done and really fun!
Fun idea (and actually fun to play). Lot's of LOLs at some of those messages ("Balls !"). Bug-wise, I seemed to hit a few collision issues, ending up inside the walls after jumping (latest Firefox, Win7).
I like that the game was kind of like a top down spelunky but it was waaaay to hard to keep me interested, also the options of what you can do (move + jump) just seemed kind of limiting. No bombs or whips or anything, and the same level over and over...
Cool idea and good looking graphics, however it was unplayable for me, The graphics kept freezing for several seconds whenever the level scrolls or something appears, however the game still updates when frozen so you end up moving blindly into the pits. Firefox 31.0/Linux 64bit
@pansapiens, @someone - thanks for the bug reports! Have tested the game on chrome, IE and Safari and found no problems but it does seem that Firefox has some issues - sorry! Post compo should sort that out if I get time ;)
@BrainSlugs83 - thanks for the honest feedback! Yep, it doesn't compare to Spelunky but then apart from the setting it's not supposed to be in any way related. I did consider procedural generation but that would be too hard to set up all the traps and I wanted everyone in the same space so the replays would work. The idea was jumping is a flying kick hence how you attack the bats - my art skills let me down there ;)
I'm not sure it's fair that the original and the hit-box modified versions of the game share a statue database ;)
Also, I'd like it if the "message to eternity" box let you know how many characters you had remaining – my most recent statue's message is truncated ;_;
@sealfin Thanks for the v useful feedback! You are truly raiding this tomb ;) (sorry, that was bad). The character limit is 40 chars. Sadly the box is too basic to have a countdown a la twitter. Re the database- noted! Bit of a dilemma though- until I get moderation set up there would be no ghosts in the new DB which could be a bit lonely... I'm working on it! Cheers again
Brilliant! That is more than a game, it's art and creativity at it's finest. It would be funny to make a website showing all the ghosts of the dead lined up and when you click on them you can see the comment, how long they survived and what the cause of death was...and maybe even with stats like "how many people died of lava" and "what's the average survival time" :D
Finally made it! Funny game, that suffers from its poor controls and collision detection.
I'm not sure about the Humor rating, as the most humor comes from user generated content and not the game itself... although it's the game itself that provides the framework for such hilarity to unfold...
@jimmypaulin Thanks for the info! I'll take a look at FatFractal. I see you had problems with offensive comments, that's sad to hear. But well, I tried some javascript just to troll... :D
Will you upload a screenshot of all statues? A Hall of Fame, perhaps? ^^
What a fantastic use of the theme! I love it! You actually managed to turn floaty controls into an acceptable gameplay feature! The game is really hard, but in a good way, and the comments are an awesome touch. Nice work! :)
I like this idea and take on the theme, but the collision with the pits!? Aghhh. I think even in the post-compo version it could be improved a bit, I still sometimes seemed to die by hitting a pit with my head =/
Lagged a bunch in Firefox, but played fine in Chrome. Nice work! Good variety of traps, and I like the way the bats track you in a periodic, Jumpman-esque way.
Really cool idea that worked well. For some reason the sound that played when text appeared annoyed me. Sounded like I was taking damage or something.
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joppiesaus6 Sep 2014, 07:52
I tried to play it, but since my monitor is 144 Hz, my browser runs on 144 Hz, and the game runs on 144 Hz instead of 60 Hz too. So everything goes 144/60 times faster. :( It seems really cool thought.
That is nothing short of amazing! If you would have told me your plans before the compo started I would have called you crazy to even try. Awesome work!!! 5/5
Thanks for the incredible comments, you guys and gals make it what it is so it's all down to you!
Sorry it doesn't run on Firefox and sorry for the 144Hz issue - that's one for the PhaserJS devs I'm afraid!
Re the source- it's all there as un-minified Javascript so you can simply open your browser's dev console and view it I think- probably only on the 72h version though
There's a bit more technical info in the postmortem I just added
Very nice job and good idea BTW It doesn't run on chromium OS X. I had to run it on Safari :( It stops loading at the end and console displays many phaser warnings abotu not finding files
This is absolutely brilliant. My personal favorite. Glad i stumbled over your Post Mortem. Superb!
Spend probably 40 minutes or more on this one, and finally got the 22/22 score. You managed to make the old trap game concept fun. The ghost-mechanic is absolutely astonishing. I loved to compare my speed to other ghosts and even recognize my own ones taking the exact same routes i was taking. Great fun!
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Traumendes_Madchen12 Sep 2014, 13:46
Nice game. I like the fact you coul write a message to other people after dying, it's really cool :3
Terrific game. These two minutes stretched across half an hour until I gave up (the inertia combined with the hitbox was too much for me, though the post-compo probably fixes that). Almost made it through, so the difficulty is right on the spot.
Bloody hell, fantastic entry! One of the best LD30 game I played. The mood is perfect, the music is perfect, the playability is perfect, the graphics are perfect, the idea is really really really cool and fun. Full 5 stars for me for all criterions (first time I rate like it). Congrats.
Good game, though the guy is a bit slow! I included it in part 27 of my Ludum Dare 30 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) http://youtu.be/DOSk1bi234E
Okay, so, this type of punishing gameplay is totally not my thing and I suck at it. I still love your game though - because it's the game I would've loved to make for this Ludum Dare. It's just a perfect use of an online feature in a contest where people rate and play asynchronously, and very amusing too. Extremely well done! :D
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I had a lot of fun reading and typing stupid stuff!
Now remember guys my wise words: the cake is a lie, javascript alerts do not work, I suicided to take you left, just run, and always praise the sun!
I admit I sometimes died on purpose just for the chance to leave a note to eternity :)
Otherwise, this is a super cool game with a great atmosphere. The game's concept is cool (even if Dark Souls did it first) and the traps are trappy.
@Maesk haha! Nice statue ;) the backed is FatFractal - very easy to use and no server side code needed at all, plus it is free, I recommend! Will give some more details when I get a chance
@Thingo- thanks for pointing that out, I think it's a different-browsers-do-things-differently problem. Could I ask which browser you are on?
Thanks all, I got some rating to catch up on now ;)
Reminded me of the darksouls which was awesome
The only frustrating thing is how long the load times are after dying, not sure if there is a way around that. But this is great!
I was _this_ close to closing your game because I thought it was just a static picture, after about a 30 seconds I noticed the red square on the left was a loading bar.
But seriously, _this_ close.
Otherwise, this is awesome! I think the collision with holes could need a little work (it's more sensitive on the right side than the left, potentially because the anchor is not perfectly placed).
Hopefully the source code will be available :)
I literally could not stop laughing the whole way through. There were so many ridiculous messages, especially in the pits. I would love to see a post-mortem on how you approached making this!
Finished it twice. Will anyone beat my score?! <:
Sorry for the loading times, it's about 1MB per run I think. I'm so tempted to fix the hit box but don't have time for a post compo yet ;)
I will certainly share the relevant source code and do a postmortem, thanks for asking Nepoxx and MaesK :)
Thanks for the robustness test Steve, had thought of that trick thankfully ;)
And to the shameless own-game-pluggers in there- that's possibly the greatest compliment, cheers!
I will absolutely play as many of your games as I can cram in :D
Couldn't get very far though!
I'm v disappointed to report the game is being badly trolled. I'm doing what I can which is essentially some basic filtering. You will probably see some offensive material. If it goes on I'll have to do something drastic which would give me the sad face :(
Do you still need help fighting the trolls?
Thanks re the trolling- all too easy a target! Have a cunning plan so will see how it goes ;) looking fwd to trying yours :D
Firefox 31.0/Linux 64bit
@BrainSlugs83 - thanks for the honest feedback! Yep, it doesn't compare to Spelunky but then apart from the setting it's not supposed to be in any way related. I did consider procedural generation but that would be too hard to set up all the traps and I wanted everyone in the same space so the replays would work. The idea was jumping is a flying kick hence how you attack the bats - my art skills let me down there ;)
Also, I'd like it if the "message to eternity" box let you know how many characters you had remaining – my most recent statue's message is truncated ;_;
Really nice take on the whole Dark Souls messaging thing!
Only gripe gameplay-wise is that the movement felt a little bit slippery (too slow to accelerate and too little friction when moving).
I'm not sure about the Humor rating, as the most humor comes from user generated content and not the game itself... although it's the game itself that provides the framework for such hilarity to unfold...
Will you upload a screenshot of all statues? A Hall of Fame, perhaps? ^^
Works fine on IE11 too.
So, where's the source? :)
Minor niggle: Over time the amount of ghosts is really bogging the game down at the start phase.
For some reason the sound that played when text appeared annoyed me. Sounded like I was taking damage or something.
It seems really cool thought.
Sorry it doesn't run on Firefox and sorry for the 144Hz issue - that's one for the PhaserJS devs I'm afraid!
Re the source- it's all there as un-minified Javascript so you can simply open your browser's dev console and view it I think- probably only on the 72h version though
There's a bit more technical info in the postmortem I just added
Thanks again :)
BTW It doesn't run on chromium OS X. I had to run it on Safari :(
It stops loading at the end and console displays many phaser warnings abotu not finding files
Spend probably 40 minutes or more on this one, and finally got the 22/22 score. You managed to make the old trap game concept fun. The ghost-mechanic is absolutely astonishing. I loved to compare my speed to other ghosts and even recognize my own ones taking the exact same routes i was taking. Great fun!
One of the best LD30 game I played. The mood is perfect, the music is perfect, the playability is perfect, the graphics are perfect, the idea is really really really cool and fun.
Full 5 stars for me for all criterions (first time I rate like it). Congrats.
@Jupi Love your vids, sadly Trappy Tomb wasn't running at 60fps for you, sorry about that ;) thrilled to be included anyway!
14th place overall? THANK YOU AMAZING LD FRIENDS!!!
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