Ludum Dare #40compo
Lil' Digger 2: The Revenge!
Lil Digger 2 is my submission for Ludum Dare 40.
Lil Digger is for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
There is no story. This is a continuation of Lil' Digger from LD39.
I wanted to explore writing a side-scroller on the NES.
Whereas the LD39 version took its inspiration from Atari Pitfall, you will
notice the inspiration from Nintendo Super Mario Brothers in this game.
Meta: The theme for "LD40" is "The more you have, the worse it is". The NES
is an old archaic platform with few tools and no CPU power. Clearly it is
lacking "more".
This game is for the Nintendo Entertainment System. In order to play it
you will need either an emulator or a real NES with a flash cart (such as
an Everdrive).
I've tested on *fceux* and with an *Everdrive* on a real NES.
* D-Pad - left/right, climb ladders.
* A button - jump
* B button - run faster.
* Start - start game or pause game.
Lil Digger is for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Story
There is no story. This is a continuation of Lil' Digger from LD39.
I wanted to explore writing a side-scroller on the NES.
Whereas the LD39 version took its inspiration from Atari Pitfall, you will
notice the inspiration from Nintendo Super Mario Brothers in this game.
Meta: The theme for "LD40" is "The more you have, the worse it is". The NES
is an old archaic platform with few tools and no CPU power. Clearly it is
lacking "more".
How to Play
This game is for the Nintendo Entertainment System. In order to play it
you will need either an emulator or a real NES with a flash cart (such as
an Everdrive).
I've tested on *fceux* and with an *Everdrive* on a real NES.
Contols
* D-Pad - left/right, climb ladders.
* A button - jump
* B button - run faster.
* Start - start game or pause game.
Genres: platformer
Comments5
Nice tribute to Mario Bros, the graphics are nice ; too bad there are only two levels!
It also runs quite smoothly, and uses a 'modern' health mechanic rather than discrete hearts or instant game-overs. The same health is then also reused as time, creating a sort of 'soft' mechanic, which I like.
Other than that it may be a bit _too_ faithful to the era. The above is nice, but not anything I haven't seen before.
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