Debugger

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.81
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.02
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.61
​Climb to the top before the red line or you will stuck in the infinite loop!

- Game level was created literally from the game code.
- You can create your own levels by using the editor.

Controls


- A/D - left/right
- W/Space - jump
- W/Space [Hold] - long jump
- ESC - quit
- To stuck to the wall hold A/D

Author

https://twitter.com/wdebowicz

Resources

Music - Ultimate Game Music Collection by John Leonard French

Known bugs

Bug 1 allow you to climb the line instead of jump through platforms

Bug 2 might punish you for using Bug 1 and kick you out of the level
Debugger-kick-out.gif
It's not a bug, it's a feature ;-)

Idea

If you have a horrible piece of code to walkthrough, that might a tool for you!


Debugging from post mortem version (in progress)


Genres: platformer
Tools: Unity

Comments47

testuser6 Oct 2020, 04:02
A bit of a frustrating platformer at times, when I thought I jumped, but it didn't take the jump, then I had to wait for the slow moving code blocks to come back. I really liked the setting though, very creative there! Also, not sure why the audio category is missing (I'm guessing you might not have made the audio then?) but I liked that too.
WitekWitek
WitekWitek6 Oct 2020, 16:08
I like this game! Pretty fun, But i have 2 problems.
1.The Colliders are a bit off.
2.Sometimes the red bar goes too fast.
The mechanic of creationg your own levels seems pretty interesting.
Also the audio sounds like it was made by someone else, not yours.
Fun game overall!

-WitekWitek
Kornel
Kornel6 Oct 2020, 16:15
After pressing Play the game just hangs :(
Foursay
Foursay6 Oct 2020, 16:21
Really interesting game! It is very intriguing that I often play this game myself when I was coding and boring with nothing to do. This game really echo me with those memories. I really enjoy it lolll
wdebowicz
wdebowiczauthor6 Oct 2020, 19:25
@testuser
Sorry to hear about problems with jumping. It's probably the logic, that it will not allow you to jump if you are "in the air", so you need to press jump after landed.
I created sounds, but background music was external resource (just linked it in description), that's why I opt out myself from audio.
Thanks for feedback!

@witekwitek
Could you explain in what way they were off in your case? Colliders are like 0.5cm wider than a text as I thought it would be better experience, but not sure if that what you mean.
About the red bar.. yeah adjusting difficulties it's always hard part for me during game jams :)
I created sounds, but background music was external resource (just linked it in description), that's why I opt out myself from audio. Thank you for feedback!

@kornel
Just uploaded HTML version of it, do it work for you?

@foursay
Haha been there!
gamepopper
gamepopper6 Oct 2020, 19:26
The fact you made a game that looks like the Visual Studio Code IDE, so cleanly and smoothly I might add, is impressive. Platforming is decent as well.
Kornel
Kornel6 Oct 2020, 19:38
Yes, thank you! :slight_smile:
Rakowu
Rakowu6 Oct 2020, 19:50
Hahahaha i love the idea and music. Just so you know, you can trick the game by holding the left button and jumping all the time. (In case you do not know). But really funny idea. Love it :smile: And the controls are really smooth (if you don't cheat xD)
iDeNoh6 Oct 2020, 19:50
this game was an absolute blast to play, I *love* the concept and the fact that you can put your own code in makes it even better! not a ton of replayability here, but for a quick 5 minute jaunt it was a lot of fun, awesome work!
Feraligatr6 Oct 2020, 19:51
A simple platform with a humorous way put. I would never have thought of using your game's code as a level :D
TomatoLamp
TomatoLamp6 Oct 2020, 19:53
I *love* that you play as a cursor - the trails emulating a "highlight" are really clever too! The platforming feels great and the aesthetic is very well done.

Some "some programmer humor" comments sprinkled through-out and maybe more PC-esque sfx would help tie it together, but the zany music and shifting text are already really fun elements.

Only real "issue" I found was that you could just cling to the walls indefinitely and tap space/w to climb way faster than the red bar can get you. Also, at the very top of the script, I failed by getting pushed to the other side of the wall and falling back down - not sure if there's a completion screen anyway tho.
Zessirb
Zessirb6 Oct 2020, 19:54
This is so meta, you can be stuck there in a while
The webgl build doesn't let me paste code using clipboard though

Maybe it can help some developers indenting their code!
eldogg
eldogg6 Oct 2020, 19:54
People who write lines over 80 chars love this game.

YEAH! This is so cool! Such a smart dumb idea, Really like the whole look of it. Literally programmer art. Crazy. The right length too. Nice controls feel as well. Well done! Hope more people play it!
spyranteros
spyranteros6 Oct 2020, 19:58
This is great! I lost at line 3 :'( The music fit perfectly, great choice! This is exactly how coding feels like after the first 32 hours of a jam!
Darkmax146 Oct 2020, 20:00
Love this so much, really enjoyed the editor too. The music is fantastic for creating a whimsical but urgent feeling throughout
azagaya
azagaya6 Oct 2020, 20:02
Great Game! I think i found a bug where the bar went to the other side of the side bar. Anyways, i really liked this!
ProbeProb6 Oct 2020, 20:23
The game is great and makes fun to play. I found a bug, where you can hold a and spam Space on the wall, then you are as fast as the red line and go constantly up.
namnam
namnam6 Oct 2020, 20:28
The skin of the game make us totally forgot that it's just a platformer. But it did, and it's a simple detail but i love the trail. In conclusion cool and funny entry
Conneli
Conneli6 Oct 2020, 20:28
Frustrating but fun! It's an excellent idea for a game. The platforming is tight but stressful. Overall, had a good time.
Martin183
Martin1836 Oct 2020, 20:43
Haha, love it! It was both an interesting idea an fun to play! Well done!
Elrric6 Oct 2020, 20:51
I achieved to reach to the first line!! It was very funny and enjoyable. Very very original, I never thought that I will play the code itself. I hope that really was your LevelGenerator.cs . The unique thing that may be improved is when you tries to make a jump on the wall, it seems not fully responds correctly.
Tutti Ankka6 Oct 2020, 22:58
This might be the most clever and stupid idea at the same time and still managing to fit the theme! There seems to be a bug when you hug the wall and press jump you can climb forever, other than that it's great. Good job!
FreypodGames
FreypodGames7 Oct 2020, 00:07
The concept that the level is literally the code of the game is awesome, great execution!
Listonos
Listonos7 Oct 2020, 01:50
I really appreciate the meta concept of platforming on the actual game code, that is so cool. Well done.
aCuriosity8 Oct 2020, 17:21
Felt very original while oddly familiar.
Well Done! I like it!
Robean
Robean8 Oct 2020, 17:45
very fun game, music was nice though it was a little too loud, the graphics are very smart and well done and all around I really enjoyed playing the game, good work!
Oxropy8 Oct 2020, 17:48
nice idea with the IDE
if there was no zoom you could play it at work

you can easily get up on the side by holding a and spamming space.
if there is code in the way it might happen that you jump outside the game area
Croxel Studios
Croxel Studios8 Oct 2020, 17:53
Cool concept! Gameplay is simple but effective. However, you can stick to the left and spam jump :( but nice and very original entry!
mumaitron8 Oct 2020, 17:57
Good & simple game, platforming feels good and the concept is funny.
Laurari
Laurari8 Oct 2020, 18:00
how fun xD I'm curious, was this code part of the actual code? great game!
Sirkovitch
Sirkovitch8 Oct 2020, 18:31
I'm going to put this music on everytime I'm debugging from now on !
Hopefully it will make it as fun as your game ahah
Bicheste
Bicheste8 Oct 2020, 18:44
Made it to the top without using "features". Game is fun, maybe a little bit too simple. Liked the meta humor, really solid stuff.
pschichtel
pschichtel8 Oct 2020, 18:46
Pretty cool idea and tge gameplay kinda reminds me of icy tower
CosmicPickle8 Oct 2020, 21:16
This was really cool and original I enjoyed it a lot. I like how the music speeds up. Very snappy controls. And the idea of making the level with the game code - very meta. Great job!
Codeman1010
Codeman10109 Oct 2020, 03:50
Thanks, I needed more to have more coding nightmares lol. Amazing game.
Artyom Volkov
Artyom Volkov9 Oct 2020, 20:14
The most accurate simulator of my coding process, thank you for such fun experience.
GaryS
GaryS9 Oct 2020, 21:40
What a great idea for a game!!! ;)
invader
invader10 Oct 2020, 09:06
Cool game! I love the concept - very fresh and original. Good job!

It is hard to complain about something here :) It seems a little bit hard for my taste, but that's just a matter or personal taste and experience. Others can find it easy. You can tune several difficulty levels to cover that.

Also, the font in the menu seems to be too small, especially the one showing the controls. Maybe because I've played on Retina Mac, on an HD monitor it might look better. The font in the game looks just fine though.

Another tiny improvement - you can put additional sound effect on landing on the line. It should be very distinct form the jump and it will provide additional audio feedback. Plus another sfx when a line is gone underneath you and you start to fall down.
BadPiggy
BadPiggy10 Oct 2020, 18:07
Dude XD. This is the most original thing I've ever seen. I love it. The platforming as well is really cool XD. 5/5 for innovation. But it's just really sad that the game can be cheesed by just jumping off the walls. Pls work more on this though :)
Lone_Wolf
Lone_Wolf10 Oct 2020, 18:22
Beat it without touching the walls. That was a blast.

*TheAmountOfBugsYouWillCreateInYourLifetime*/10
Mr.Esport
Mr.Esport11 Oct 2020, 13:13
Awesome game ! Really intuitive and responsive on the controls, good graphics, the most original concept i've seen.
Sadly, I couldn't get to Copy/Paste anything for the level editing part, and I'd Love to play this with some personal codes :)
Great job, keep it up !
NamidaSai
NamidaSai12 Oct 2020, 11:28
Ha, hilarious take! I agree with some of the comments regarding the frustrating parts of the platforming though. Even though the level is code, I think it could benefit from some more though put in the level design here and there, not only for the frustration part but also to make the platforming more interesting! (gets a bit repetitive quite fast)

However, gotta admit, this is a very unique and funny entry, love it even with its flaws!
Wendel Scardua
Wendel Scardua13 Oct 2020, 21:32
Neat concept :) For bonus points you could remake the game as an actual IDE plugin in the future (were I more fluent in elisp, I'd try an Emacs demake)
neontropics
neontropics24 Oct 2020, 16:45
Very clever entry! It's well implemented and "feels" like being in an IDE.

It might stray from the concept but more effects and general feedback would be cool, and I think less silly music would fit better.
Narom4224 Oct 2020, 19:11
Nice entry, I liked the concept. As a game it is a bit repetitive but it's a good dev joke.
Flying Dog Fish
Flying Dog Fish25 Oct 2020, 18:49
This is how debugging on drugs must look like. Great idea and nice execution.

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