2 Leagues At Dawn

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.72
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.78
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.02
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.78
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.71
A short game about traversing a dangerous trench. Thanks for playing. (Use mouse plz :> use Z for text (Pressing H enables debug mode)). Made in GMS2.

Comments26

dasPanjo
dasPanjo27 Apr 2021, 04:46
Fun and challenging game. The graphics are awesome and the sounds fit perfectly! really nice game.

I'm not exactly sure how, but I ended up breaking the game on my first run where I enabled 3D movement somehow.
Sam Wallach28 Apr 2021, 00:34
The interface design is visually fantastic, and the controls feel really tactile! Do the buttons in the middle do anything when turned on/off?
angrySandwich
angrySandwich28 Apr 2021, 02:58
Yo! Those buttons in the middle, I`m dying to know if they do anything! I drew so many patterns there to see if something happened! LOL
I can never tell Left from Rigth, so you can probably guess how bad I did in this game HEHAHEAHEAHEHA
But I really liked the idea for those controls!!! A little to long in my opinion, but definitely a Great game!!!
Jaiden Gerig28 Apr 2021, 03:00
Wonderful presentation, interesting mechanic and control system, A very neat little experience. If I had one complaint it would be that there's not much for the player to do other than work the levers and kind of lazily avoid jelly fish, which makes the experience drag a bit as it goes on. Excellent work though overall!
Radiotrophia
Radiotrophiaauthor29 Apr 2021, 02:13
@angrysandwich yeah lmao they dont do anything. i had a whole system where you could use them to destroy obstacles but i ran out of time haha ;~;.
Radiotrophia
Radiotrophiaauthor29 Apr 2021, 02:19
@jaiden-gerig thanks for the feedback :>. i agree, i had a more interesting system for the gameplay planed but i kinda ran out of time. The plan was too have the jellyfish snap too a grid and come up in pre-made patterns (along with some other blocks ex. stone). Also if you replay the game and press the buttons you'll see that they actually turn on and off.... i was going to let the player use them to destroy certain blocks(the jellyfish). I'll probably add this stuff in after the jam is over as i was mostly done with it.
Radiotrophia
Radiotrophiaauthor29 Apr 2021, 02:22
@daspanjo yeah! that happens when you press H.. i guess i forgot to turn debug mode off XP.
bmacintosh
bmacintosh29 Apr 2021, 03:49
Fun and innovative control scheme. And no need to couch the graphics, I legitimately enjoyed them - looks like a great PS2 game. I found that the best approach was just to set one of the levers to half power and then simply manipulate the other one. I beat the game just doing that; would be interesting to try to come up with a way to make me mix it up, like a pattern that requires full horizontal speed to traverse.
LDJam user 234120
LDJam user 23412029 Apr 2021, 12:45
What a fun gem. As others have said, innovative controls and enjoyable gameplay. Would be alot of fun as a phone game I think so I could use both levers at once, and would probably open up level design more too! Unfortunately I couldn't get the music to play, but I think that may just be a my side of things issue.
ShaunJS29 Apr 2021, 14:31
Thank you for submitting! I hope my in-stream feedback was helpful!
Thulium Games
Thulium Games30 Apr 2021, 18:02
I love this concept! and I'm impressed that you were able to make anything even somewhat 3d in Game Maker, I'm required to use Game Maker for a college class and it is not intuitive or easy to use at all. The only minor thing is that the levers don't move if the mouse isn't on top of them so I often found it hard to slide a lever up and down without it being choppy. Overall really cool though!
Yamzho1 May 2021, 16:44
Great concept. Once you understand the controls, its really easy to complete the game, may be a little bit more challenge ? :) Overall, it was a great entry ! Well done !
Gaming Night
Gaming Night5 May 2021, 11:40
Nice game. I enjoyed the asymetric mecanics that forces you to increase speed little by little. overall very fun.
VixenMink
VixenMink6 May 2021, 04:47
Huzzah GMS!! Great job!
Natwomb8 May 2021, 13:14
Cool game, great job!
Dan McAlister
Dan McAlister8 May 2021, 22:51
This is great, especially the presentation! Love the old school, low-poly control interface, especially the shaking speaker. Great work!
diharaw94
diharaw9418 May 2021, 15:43
The controls were a bit tricky at first, but once I got a hold of it, it was a ton of fun! great job!
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