Capling

by xgor
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.42
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.86
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.62
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.76
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.23
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.94
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★94%
This is a fun little endless climbing game. To climb you have to shoot your two grappling anchors diagonally to climb.

Tip: if you shoot both right and left anchor at the same time you will climb upwards and stabilize.

Comments53

cppchriscpp14 Dec 2015, 06:47
AUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHH!!!!!

Simple. Fun. I enjoyed it. My high score is 66m. On that note, it would have been really nice to keep/show a high score.
Tensoplast0114 Dec 2015, 09:39
Very fun, and as it had been said, it would be so great to have a high score :)
jim3wg
jim3wg14 Dec 2015, 13:06
Funny ! and addictive
Juin
Juin14 Dec 2015, 13:10
I think it would've been great if you could actually control where your hooks are going. That would add more depth to it than just pressing left or right at the correct times.
rosden shadow14 Dec 2015, 13:17
the sound when you die and way you die make the game
icereci
icereci14 Dec 2015, 13:32
I felt your pain every time I died :) I thought my game was hard, damn..
jcwelgemoed14 Dec 2015, 14:24
Damn this is difficult. Fun though, keeps you wanting to try just once more. AAAUUUUHHHH!
Good work
joekinglake
joekinglake14 Dec 2015, 20:32
SUPER difficult, but I really enjoyed it! Great work :)
Ghen
Ghen14 Dec 2015, 20:39
this is very difficult, somehow remind me of one of the battle toads level lol
it sounds really scary when it died
DarkGrisen14 Dec 2015, 20:50
My prediction says that this game is going to win LD 34!
DarkGrisen14 Dec 2015, 20:51
I climbed 309m btw :)
mrjorts14 Dec 2015, 21:38
This is fun. I think it would be nice to see a health bar or something, since you can hit the wall sometimes and be fine, but immediately die other times.
kaynank14 Dec 2015, 23:49
I'm not sure if the death sound was supposed to be funny or infuriating, but it was kind of both. Had me cracking up.
Luke15 Dec 2015, 00:36
That death sound... it's fabulous.
Ariake8115 Dec 2015, 00:39
brilliant, best so far. the controls are perfect!
Soka
Soka15 Dec 2015, 00:52
Simple and fun, I loved it but he died too easily :P
Drunkain
Drunkain15 Dec 2015, 00:54
Can't manage to rate other games cause i'm stuck on yours forever until I die.
Leaghorn15 Dec 2015, 12:53
fun and addictive
Elit3dGaming15 Dec 2015, 13:44
Very fun and challenging, has play-ability which I like
SkullPixel
SkullPixel15 Dec 2015, 14:40
Wow. This is FUN. Nice idea an implementation too.
Didi
Didi15 Dec 2015, 15:13
Hahaha this is fun and chalanging! Well Done!
mrStrings15 Dec 2015, 15:27
Hey, nice work! Gameplay is fluid and interesting (and hard), congratz!
If you could, it would be nice to add more control options... as someone with only one control key and a touchpad, I had some trouble at the beginning - then I decided to use one hand keyboard other mouse (nail'd it!).
Taffaz15 Dec 2015, 19:06
Great game, enjoyed playing. Only got up to 30m in the 10+ attempts I had.
fabulis16 Dec 2015, 13:56
Very cool, good job
ImYellowFish
ImYellowFish16 Dec 2015, 14:16
I got 64!!! haha! Nice mechanics, and I could find many ways of playing it!
ajmalr
ajmalr16 Dec 2015, 16:12
90m! Fun game!
jeroenwimmers
jeroenwimmers16 Dec 2015, 16:57
pretty fun! and the dying had me everytime lol. it's simple it feels good.

I do find it hard to keep the vertical momemtum after you used one grapple to adjust a bit. I can never get back to the momentum I had.

also I found it's pretty useful to switch from using both buttons at the same time and using them altenately. great execution on the theme.
Supernaught
Supernaught17 Dec 2015, 16:06
Tough but really satisfying to master! I wish there were other controls though, as my laptop doesn't have a right Ctrl and I'm on touchpad. But other than that this game's really fun. 5/5 would AUUUUGHHH again!
Xgor
Xgorauthor17 Dec 2015, 20:26
@Supernaught @mrStrings
Added more buttons for the game including S and K that should work for pretty much every keyboard. As it's also uses unity Input it can be bound in the launcher.

Also really love the positive responses to this game! Seems like this is my most sucessful LD game yet. :D
teamvr
teamvr18 Dec 2015, 22:52
A fun climb.
PixelMonkey18 Dec 2015, 22:58
Excellent game! The controls are simple to understand, and act consistently enough for the game to not feel unfair, even when it's difficult. I'm not very good at it though, I only managed 54m!
anv18 Dec 2015, 23:02
Nice, it's hard to get correct rhythm. Simple, but really addictive.
Gipzo
Gipzo19 Dec 2015, 22:36
Death sound is epic )
Really nice entry, very addictive. Death upon colliding walls is very confusing, it would be better if there were certain places to die (saws or spikes), not whole wall )
Xgor
Xgorauthor19 Dec 2015, 22:52
@Gipzo I was considering doing that first but I noticed that I found it more fun that the walls became both your enemies and friends.
@jeroenwimmers alternating does goes faster if you really know what you are doing but if you do too slow it will just kill you. Using both at the same time is better for newcomers so I recommended that.
nunesbarbosa
nunesbarbosa20 Dec 2015, 00:26
Hard game!!! Liked the concept and the theme matched perfectly. My best was like 30m.. I really sucked.

The audio could be improved.. it is comic art, not horror, you know.. ;)
Xgor
Xgorauthor20 Dec 2015, 00:32
@nunesbarbosa I know that they don't completely add up. I was kinda planning going more serious and horrific for a while so that's why the visuals and sound kinda is going different directions against each other.
SK16 Games20 Dec 2015, 01:15
129!!!(!)!
Simple, yet very fun and addictive :D Add some highscores/leaderboards and you have the new addictive game of the year!
crafteverywhere
crafteverywhere20 Dec 2015, 01:59
So funny and hope to see the mobile version.
Geti
Geti20 Dec 2015, 03:27
Fun but pretty tricky to recover once things have gone south :)
bradur
bradur20 Dec 2015, 04:13
Funny little game. A bit difficult at first but it grows on you.
thebrickanator
thebrickanator20 Dec 2015, 06:26
Most addictive game that I have played so far :D Very cool idea!
Split82
Split8220 Dec 2015, 12:14
Super clever idea. It would be maybe cool if springs have higher damping. Anyway great entry. Thanks!
Steve | tacospice
Steve | tacospice20 Dec 2015, 15:34
Pretty nice, great idea, but I'd say the velocity at which you die is a little too sensitive. Maybe it's just me though..

Sounds effects could use some work, but the fact that you had them at all is good though! Pretty nice polish overall with the little details like screenshake, stretching etc.

Also the level graphics style is cool. Great job!
Nega Drive20 Dec 2015, 16:12
Nice simple idea. Great use of physics! You get an extra point in audio from me for that death sound.
BeardyBard
BeardyBard20 Dec 2015, 17:45
Very, very simple game. But it has original idea. Nice work!!!
_benhumphries21 Dec 2015, 00:48
Good job! I think it's a bit easy when using both mouse buttons at the same time. I recommend restricting it to one at a time.
DinnerInTheDark21 Dec 2015, 18:40
SOOOOOO HAAAARD AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Trasevol_Dog22 Dec 2015, 18:13
Well who doesn't like grappling anchors, amiright?
SinclairStrange
SinclairStrange2 Jan 2016, 23:39
Man that was hard! I couldn't pass 42m for some odd reason! Very clever idea, loved it! :D

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