Deeper Than Light

by cinar

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.08

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.08

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.92

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.83

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.58

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.20

Deeper Than Light is a small metroidvania game where you try to find your way through darkness as small light sparkle. But darkness is a dangerous adventure and you should be careful about not to lose your light.

This is my second LudumDare. This time I've gone for compo and choose a risky genre actually. In last 48 hours I learned, 2 days is not enough to build a satisfying metroidvania game. At least for me. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to add SFX. Literally, there is no sound in the game. However, I am pretty satisfied with the other things. Visualization, core mechanics, level design etc. Long story short, I hope you'll like it :)

Update: I see how button is not working so here it is:

CONTROLS:
-WASD to move
-Left Click to shoot
-Space to flash
-Right Click to dash

TIPS:
-Find your way through darkness
-Collect all 3 keys to win
-Your skills are locked at first
-Shoot the blue mushrooms
-Flash the white glowing grasses
-Dash through walls
-All skill takes from your light
-If your light run out try again

Çınar,

Game On!!

NOTE: Webgl version is deleted because of the lag issues.

Comments6

vegmuffin26 Apr 2021, 09:50

Really liked how you took advantage of Unity's 2D lighting system. Although I was not sure what to do in the game other than collect white light and avoid red light. At sudden points in the game I started losing light which was odd. Other than that, looked really cool.

P.S. The HOW button doesn't work at least in the WebGL version

GoldenPalazzo27 Apr 2021, 21:35

Didn't enjoy the game as much as the graphics. Very clever use of light sources and interesting concept, but too monotonous. Also it's a pity that the HTML5 version is so laggy (I don't know the others but for me it was literally unplayable). Good job, tho

Cinarauthor29 Apr 2021, 17:58

@vegmuffin Thank you for your feedback. Actually game is fully 3D but I wanted to create a 2D illusion so I think I achieved that. And how button supposed to tell what to do in the game, im gonna fix it asap.

Cinarauthor29 Apr 2021, 18:00

@goldenpalazzo Thank you for your feedback. I decided to delete HTML5 version, it is too laggy for me too.

Sam Bigos29 Apr 2021, 18:37

Game looks great and very atmospheric! Didn't realise you could shoot until clicking accidentally. I got stuck pretty early on though and couldn't find a way to progress so I had to stop. It's not bad for your second Ludum Dare!

Marcionix29 Apr 2021, 18:44

I like your take on the theme and the use as a metroidvania!

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