Deepward

Itch link seems to be broken :(

Cant get to the game!

@shieldssounds @imdigitaljim Fixed, if you wish, you can try the game :grin:

Simple and charming, did not expected to get scared but it worked well ^^"
Nive entry!

that went from cute to spooky real quick! very nice work! Your art fits the game quite well

Super cool game!

Good mood, sound design is nice aswell !
I fell like the fall was a bit off, and a bit of feedback when you hit spikes would be nice :)
But good job man

It was a very cute game :D Great job!

Good game but short. Shadow scared me two times, what was very unexpected and awsome. A pity there are no more levels.

Nice game!

The graphics are nice, although there seem to be some kind of bug with the animations sometimes
The game controls well, I kind of like the way there some kind of delay when falling, like if the character was being really careful!

But where this game shines it's with its ambiance, the first shadow is quite unexpected and the following ones tell you that you shouldn't go deeper (even though you have no choice! :P)
The ending might be a little bit anticlimactic though

But good game nevertheless!

i was really focused with the cute art and easy puzzle when suddenly.. ehem.
nice little game u got there. i liked the puzzle ideas with the use of light and how you managed to fit it with theme. and ended the game wanting to play more. cheers!

It was short but lovable ! Each time I was looking forward to read the comments of the little guy ^^

I wish it was longer, it's a really nice experience :)

Super cute game, the jumpscares included were not expected at all and honestly worked really well. Keep up the fantastic work my dude!

haa thats hot.

I immediately ran to the left and missed that these spikes kill you. I was confused after I died directly after jumping(?) down (after you get your second light upgrade). Other than that neat little game! :)

I really liked the graphics and the music fit the atmosphere like a glove. I wish I could solve the mystery of my ghostly versions!

There is a lot of nice mechanics in the game (digging, light-refueling, caves), so you eel like a lot is going on and exploring the small levels is a pleasure. Controls could probably be streamlined. Right now you have different buttons for digging, refueling and entering caves and that's really not necessary. All this could just be one and the same interaction button.

The only bit of strangeness I encountered was that the hero seems to pause for a heartbeat just before falling down. Oh, and sometimes the walking animation bugged, and the hero was sort of t-posing with his arms up and just sliding around. Every time that happened, it unbugged on its own after a little while.

Overall, well done! You didn't over-scope and made a short, but tight and fine jam game.

The spikes were hard to tell apart from the wooden platforms but I guess that was deliberate. It didn't matter once you learnt to look out for it. A few more sounds would be nice, like breaking the wood, death, torch, etc.
The spooky bits kept me interested till the end.

Short and sweet but enjoyable experience. Nice entry.