Lou Surfer: Downhill Damnation

by tadge

co-authored: @clarrismusic, @elvensham, @ally-schmally

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.34

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.16

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.16

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.82

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.13

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.79

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.18

Downhill Damnation

Description

You play as Lou Surfer, the cool-dude fallen angel who now must return to the Underworld after spending too much time in the world of the living. In typical Lou fashion, mischief and mayhem is in play along the way: gain a high score the moral way by surfing as far as possible while letting the skeletons live - which in turn will make your descent easier by breaking upcoming obstacles, or wreak havoc and kill the skeletons for an even higher score yet riskier path. See how far you can make it in your descent to the Underworld!

The Team

Liam

A recent Computer Science Masters graduate with a passion for all things games and metal related.

Ally

Drummer, songwriter & electronic music producer.

Tom

A Sound Designer and Composer with a love for electronic music and games. Currently building on Sound Design experience after completing an MSc in Music and Sound for Film and Games.

Rachel

An Audio Tech graduate turned Games Design student looking to broaden horizons by taking part in as many Jams as possible.

Controls

The main menu is navigated by the mouse, and the game is navigated by controller only. Currently works with Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PS4 controller.

Left Joystick - Moves player left and right . Push forward to speed up, pull backwards to slow down.
Left Trigger - Scythe swipe attack.
Right Trigger - Shotgun attack.

Gain points by distance gained in your journey, and by killing skeleton surfers along the way. Jump the ramps for some sick air and additional points, but be careful not to hit any obstacles, or your health will be cut short.

Screenshot

Comments9

Gonzako20 Apr 2020, 18:07

Could you try with a webgl build?

_tadgeauthor20 Apr 2020, 18:24

Hi there, we tried doing a HTML5 build but we got asset errors to do with Unity's emscripten pipeline. We think this is something to do with the FMOD project but cant be certain, so unfortunately we can't provide a webGL build.

MantarayTV Games20 Apr 2020, 18:40

It's doom on a snowboard. Also there is a bug that if you press the Reset Score button if you didn't play the game it crashes.

AstroLabe20 Apr 2020, 18:46

Very fun to play! Maybe the music is a bit low by default but besides this I like it a lot :D

Seal of approval/20

rrsmtz20 Apr 2020, 18:55

Cool game!

Notes:
* I liked that you could speed up and slow down
* Good music and sfx
* Badass theme and it came through in the gameplay
* I found shooting skeletons way too hard, shots that I felt should have landed didn't.
* The right joystick sensitivity felt a little high
* It was hard to figure out if the skeletons were targets or friendly - I had to watch my score closely to find out (which was hard because the score is constantly increasing over time, and it's hard to shoot those skellies)
* The lack of an end condition made me lose interest before I could get my final score. Couple suggestions are to have a limited level length (maybe there is one, I didn't get to it) or make it get more challenging (and therefore lose more health) as time goes on

tomd101320 Apr 2020, 18:58

Was fun and the controls worked well! Didn't see how this fit the theme very well though. Also the spawning of items stopped around 9K points and after around 10K points the cave generation stopped working properly, too.

krakadushka25 Apr 2020, 20:45

Cool runner! I love it! It's a pity that there are so few locations. P.S. I Think the rotation of the camera is completely unnecessary))

ryjcio3 May 2020, 19:17

Very fun at the beginning, but after some times the skeletons stopped appearing and the game got boring. AMAZING soundtrack and sfx tho, really loved the modern metal vibe!

Nurk11 May 2020, 10:19

It's fun ! Well done ! The concept is very cool, I think if you polish the game it can be very great !