Ludum Dare #39compo

Displaceable source

by holyblackcat

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.18

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.84

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.88

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.59

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.51

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.91

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.24

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.34

Description

A puzzle platformer. You're stuck in a dungeon designed specifically to absorb life energy. Can you get out?

Controls are desribed in the game itself.

Hints

You can destroy some walls and laser turrets, and you can activate glass cubes connected to pipes. (Those objects are highlighted when you try to shoot them.)

Note that interaction requires a somewhat focused constant flow of energy. Everything (but the boss) regenerates HP very quickly, thus you have to stay still and shoot, not jump around.

How to beat the boss? Shoot the diamonds first. YES, it will take some time. (As you deal damage, they will gradually get darker. When they're 50% black, they die.)

Walkthrough

Changelog

2 - Fixed broken sound positions.
1 - Various fixes separated into several updates, including small map and sound tweaks.
0 - Uploaded

Itch.io page

Tags: #puzzle-platformer

Genres: platformer

Comments35

C0nst4ntin31 Jul 2017, 11:07

Realy cool game. I LOVE the art!

cowa31 Jul 2017, 11:29

Amazing graphics! Good job :)
Fun game with interesting mechanics, it has potential.

Raogs31 Jul 2017, 11:30

Beautiful game

WillData31 Jul 2017, 11:34

I really like the art but I'm stuck trying to get past the ball with the two red diamonds that shoot like a bullethell game. Enjoyed it overall but some of the platforming was a tad janky and I wasn't sure how to get past the aforementioned part after giving it a bit of time. I'd also recommend making the re-spawn time quicker

HolyBlackCatauthor31 Jul 2017, 11:44

@willdata That's one of the hardest parts. You need to destroy the diamonds first.

Sun-Wukong31 Jul 2017, 17:16

Good mood and nice looking for simple graphics. And interesting to play.

bwalter31 Jul 2017, 18:05

:P you and your impossible platformers xD i'll finish it in another 100 tries... :D crazy difficult, yet oddly calming at the same time. another great entry, my friend :)

Manafest2 Aug 2017, 11:04

This is great, love the art, the character itself is really nice and I love the concept. Really fun game! It makes me sad I'm so bad at it :D

sunnray2 Aug 2017, 11:41

Wow, great game, especially for the 48 hours. Atmospheric and visually pleasing too.

Robber2 Aug 2017, 11:54

Really Beautifull game, i personally had a hard time grasping the mechanics, but really enjoyed playing..

baconsenpaii2 Aug 2017, 11:55

It looks really nice, and feels smooth. The only issue I have is how hard it is to work out the mechanics, but we were both on the stream.

Nnnnneeeedddd2 Aug 2017, 13:04

Really smooth, awesome looking game. I haven't completed it yet, but I will... Eventually :)

Crabman2 Aug 2017, 15:23

Damn, that was great. One hell of a tough boss, though ;)

RNGSilvercraft2 Aug 2017, 16:06

this game looks great and play better.The only thing it needs is a soundtrack.It definitely has a lot of potentials! Keep up the good work :)

TheLord2 Aug 2017, 16:17

Great mood and pretty good graphics!

Thygrrr2 Aug 2017, 18:54

That's a beautifully amber-brownish colour palette! :)

Like:
- moody soundtrack
- "boss" battles, wow, so much content
- many game mechanics build a whole
- overall quite polished graphics, minimalist, but polished
- good use of brighter and darker objects

Try differently:
- while the main character is smoothly animated, did you think about squishing it a bit and stretching it when leaping and landing. that would add "juice" to the movement, as you're moving a lot, a fun and squishy jumping animation could augment the smooth walking animation
- the muffled sounds are great, sometimes a little heavy on the sine waves :)

Overall:
- very impressive and complex entry
- interesting, labyrinthine level design

nbitsstudio2 Aug 2017, 19:05

Realy NIce Job!

RisinGoat2 Aug 2017, 19:56

Great game, you nailed the theme and the atmosphere. However, the boss is hell :D.

stevenjmiller2 Aug 2017, 19:59

Great game! It was very difficult, but I managed to get to the end in 52:51 with 84 deaths. The look of the game is really well done and I loved the music. I wish there was a puzzle early on that forced the player to kill an orb, as I did not realize you could destroy them until after the boss, which made backtracking very difficult. My only other recommendation is making the boss have less health, as the fight sometimes became a bit tedious, especially the second stage. That said, this is still definitely one of my favorites so far!

PixelProductions2 Aug 2017, 20:05

Nice Game, the music it's so atmospheric. And the graphics are nice.

EX32 Aug 2017, 20:25

I like so much the art (I'm pixelart lover xD) and the concept of the gameplay. This is a very complex project for a 48h jam (and I presume that the game runs on you own engine, does it?). My congratulations for the great work and look & feel :)

elit3dgaming2 Aug 2017, 20:26

boss was tough as hell, didnt understand how to get past the final (i think) orb phase. overall really fun game though, I loved the audio and art style used. Puzzles were interesting too

JSMCAG2 Aug 2017, 20:36

This one blows me away! Quite an unforgiving puzzle platformer with a nuanced ambiance, and incredibly creative gameplay mechanics. For something that was complete in only two days, this is mind blowing: decently long, decent to good level design, great use of the mechanics, A BOSS FIGHT?! The only thing "missing" would probably even more content and abilities, but the game is great as it is, it could very well be sold for a few bucks in the current state.

Incredible, incredible, incredible, I have no words!

PabloDap2 Aug 2017, 22:20

There are parts where I'm stuck because of the blocks that I droped, but there isn't a restart button or anything.

HolyBlackCatauthor3 Aug 2017, 17:15

@pablodap Huh. So you couldn't even die to reset? Can you provide a screenshot of where exactly?

I thought I accounted for most possibilities. You can get stuck only if you deliberately ignore a checkpoint, run forward, mess up, and then go back to save. I don't think it happened to you.

NOFUEL3 Aug 2017, 18:16

Very good atmosphere! Great music and nice visual effects
I liked the concept and there were some great puzzels to solve.
i made it to the endboss but couldn't beat him. I tried to destroy his purple stones but it didn't work.
Overall very good entry!

HolyBlackCatauthor3 Aug 2017, 19:53

@nofuel Ha! You didn't shoot long enough. FYI, that's not the end of the game. It's close to a half.

PabloDap3 Aug 2017, 19:55

@holyblackcat (Nope, notifications are not working. Mike pls)

And yeah, I didn't realize I could indeed kill myself to reset it, nevermind.

Btw, I like the design of the character and its inner glow, it's so cool.

HolyBlackCatauthor3 Aug 2017, 20:04

@pablodab Phew! Thanks for kind words btw. c:

sbeif4 Aug 2017, 10:01

Amazing work as always! Also really hard, I managed to die 40 times in 47:41 and I think probably half of them were caused by the boss (that second stage kept destroying me before I could land a hit and it took me a while to figure out how to deal with it).

Thank you for your entry. This is a really good game, and not only in a game jam context. Keep making games!

NOFUEL6 Aug 2017, 08:18

@holyblackcat oh okay great, I'll try that out!

FelixMcFelix7 Aug 2017, 23:40

Probably the only game where I've ever had to use Cheat Engine to get out of a softlock (namely, you can save in one *really* bad spot after getting the blink ability). Apart from that this was mostly alright, if a little punishing at times.

I'm glad the protagonist got arms by the end.

Lumous8 Aug 2017, 06:24

Best game I've played here. Great work! There is a way to get stuck near the end so I had to restart. Full screen mode also seems to break most audio other audio on my computer.