Ludum Dare #48compo

Buried Deep

by paroxysmal

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.73

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.77

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.92

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.75

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.15

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.90

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.44

LD48

Ludem Dare 48 Compo - Buried Deep

As a dog your most proud moment is having found the Golden Bone. You diligently buried in the yard, only to find the hole uncover and a deep chasm where it once was. Go after and find your prize.

Contols:
A gamepad is reccomended.
Gamepad Controls - Left and Right D-Pad will move the character. A is jump. B will exit Game Over screens.
Keyboard Controls - Left and Right arrows will move the character. Z is jump. X will exit Game Over screens.

Gameplay:
Hearts - You start with two hearts and have a maxium of three. Collecting a heart in the dungeon will fill all your hearts back to 3.
Bones - Collecting three bones will give you one heart. If you have three hearts and three bones you will be unable to collect new bones until you lose a heart. At this point collecting a forth point will convert three bones into a heart
Keys - You will need keys to access areas through locked doors.

Have fun and good luck on this little platformer!!

Developed in Tic-80 along with Aseprite and Affinity Design.

Below are the links to play the game from GitHub it is also available via itch.io
https://morokiane.itch.io/buried-deep

Genres: platformer

Tools: Aseprite, TIC-80

Comments32

CubeX26 Apr 2021, 03:05

Fun! I really enjoyed the game and it surprises me how much content you were able to put into the game!

PixelPortalz26 Apr 2021, 03:23

Stoked to have a linux binary!

I get this error though:

$./BuriedDeep

./BuriedDeep: error while loading shared libraries: libsndio.so.6.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Paroxysmalauthor26 Apr 2021, 03:32

@pixelportalz Looks like you are missing a dependency...not sure what package you would need to install it. Here is a html version https://morokiane.itch.io/buried-deep

rhoff9526 Apr 2021, 03:45

Web version not found for me

LDJam user 23791326 Apr 2021, 03:48

>Web version not found for me
Same. Looked at your main page, but didn't see any games listed. I'll try again when I'm on a Windows box.

Paroxysmalauthor26 Apr 2021, 03:59

Web version should be fixed now. Thanks for letting me know.

LakshyaIsAGod26 Apr 2021, 04:04

Short and Sweet 10/10 from me.
Hey that rhymes ! XD Love the game

Chironyx26 Apr 2021, 04:06

Another great one, love how much you put into the level design, and I was surprised to see such a compact game, 1MB yet still juicy and rather wide in content, excellent job!

henriquecanella26 Apr 2021, 04:33

Great game man, really like to see simple but pretty pixel art games =D

cassowary26 Apr 2021, 06:49

This is super cute. I love the art style! The little animations on the items and the trails of dust when you land are some great attention to detail, and I like the style of the walls.

I love these kinds of exploratory fixed-screen platformers (idk if there's a term for them) and this is a great example!

Some of the collision detection feels a bit wonky, would be my only complaint, but it wasn't really much of an issue.

azagaya26 Apr 2021, 11:58

Really nice pixel art! Very polished look and feel. I really liked the design of the level.
Collisions sometimes dont work fine, i think sometimes i touched a coin or bone and didnt grab it, and i had to try again. Also, Sometimes i got stuck in the middle or below wooden platforms.

I would love to play it again with some music, but i know the time limitations.
Great entry!

marcmagus27 Apr 2021, 01:06

For anybody else having a problem with Linux dependencies, you'll need libsndio 6.1. On Arch I needed to install 'libsndio-61-compat' from the AUR, on other distros there's probably an equivalent package.

Shawn Moore27 Apr 2021, 01:26

I really dig the art and the visual polish here! The dust kickup, the way the coins rotate and the hearts sparkle, it all feels really engaging. I found the basic jump sound to get kind of annoying pretty quickly though. One trick I've found that helps a surprising amount is to have a few minor variations and pick one randomly each time. That's especially important for the primary action of any game :)

I hadn't seen TIC-80 before, I'll check it out! Great job on this doggovania game!

Rawb27 Apr 2021, 02:28

Great art and very polished. Amazing getting all this down. Makes me want to try out Tic-80

Nisovin27 Apr 2021, 04:11

Fun game with nice art! The platforming across screens was a bit frustrating, but overall pretty great!

She Wrote27 Apr 2021, 05:17

A dog trying to dig a bone is a very creative interpretation of the theme, I like it. The art is lovely. Well done.

chiyeon27 Apr 2021, 15:31

Super cool platformer! I really loved the art and the level design was super solid. Unfortunately I was unable to finish because somehow I clipped into a wall:

I was so close to the end as well! I might try some other time.

Again, super great overall, lots of polish.

retrome27 Apr 2021, 16:10

Cool and solid pixel graphics! Nice old school vibes backed by sound effects.

Some remarks:
1. Collisions with coins not very responsive: sometimes you don't collect them on touching. Expectation: coins are collected when you touch them.
2. Black background with such a resolution feels pretty empty. Expectations: more detail on background or more compact levels.
3. Usage of high jumps is not clear enough. Expectation: controllable double jump instead of uncontrollable high jumps.

Good entry!

HPA9727 Apr 2021, 18:57

Very enjoyable to play, and very nice pixel art. Sometimes the coin was a bit difficult to pickup, maybe have slightly bigger collision would help. Good job!

Nahuelito27 Apr 2021, 19:55

Loved the art style and how the jumping feels. Also, great level design!
I didn't knew about TIC-80 and this game is a great way of showing what it can do. I want to make my own TIC-80 game now!

extar27 Apr 2021, 21:17

I don't think I've played a Tic-80 game before, it's got a really cool retro look to it. The black backgrounds with the shading on the other tiles make it stand out, looks stylish. I like the tileset you've created here, the dungeon section especially looks really nice. I liked all the different elements you managed to get into the game, like the waterfalls, springs, water sections, spikes etc. that must have been a lot of work to get set up in time for the Compo! Respect! :)

Paroxysmalauthor28 Apr 2021, 01:29

@chiyeon The collision can miscalculate if you hit the wall at the right angle and speed. I was able to replicate that...never happened in play testing unfortunately.

Paroxysmalauthor28 Apr 2021, 01:29

@retrome Thank you for the feedback...much appreciated.

marcmagus29 Apr 2021, 17:21

Thanks for bringing your game by my stream to check out Monday night! If you'd like to watch my play again you can find the highlight at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1005053843

Simpathey30 Apr 2021, 01:20

Thanks for the amazing game. Only feedback is maybe keep all the hard jumps on one camera frame so you dont need to make blind skill jumps.

Turquoise Moon30 Apr 2021, 02:12

This was fun! I did find a bug though. I hit the spikes above this level and got stuck here. I can still move around but can't get back to the actual level.

Euler Moises30 Apr 2021, 02:24

I liked very much. It reminded me of old computer games. It brought back good memories.
Well done. I missed music.

Congratulations for the game!

Paroxysmalauthor30 Apr 2021, 02:33

@turquoise-moon oh wow...that was an oversight on my part. Spikes don't have collision and I didn't place the blocks to stop the player under them.

MacDoom4 May 2021, 00:29

Nice metroidvania! Got to see the golden bone but the spikey room got me every time. Loved the graphics!

etrealjunior5 May 2021, 00:09

Congratulations I loved your game, I found a very well-crafted art, everything very beautiful combining well, art, sound, and programming, a big hug, and I await your evaluations regarding my game.

filgru9 May 2021, 14:33

Hey! Very cool game! It reminded me oldie Montezuma game a bit. Nice, simple mechanics, the game is really nicely balanced! The art style is super. It would be nice to hear some music, but it's good we can hear some sounds anyway :) Sometimes I had some troubles with picking up the coins, so you may need to tweak that. Besides that, Great work!