Fluffy the Slime's Underground Adventure

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.19

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.37

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.74

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.87

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.78

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.02

A cute game made in 48 hours for the Ludum Dare 48 Game Jam. (Compo category)
This is the first proper game I have ever made and the first jam I have ever participated in. I tried to keep the game as simple as possible.

How to Play

Use arrow keys to move and spacebar to jump / shoot. Use up arrow to climb ladders. In one of the levels mouse input is required.

Lore

Fluffy the slime lived happily in the outside world. One day he found a cave. He jumped inside out of curiosity, and found himself stuck as the cave only went deeper and deeper. At the end of the cave, he finds something mysterious. Play the game to find out about the mysterious object Fluffy gets!

Instructions

Instructions are placed in text boxes in each level.

Tools used

GDevelop

Piskel

Krita

BeepBox

SFXR

Textcraft.net

Walkthrough

You are free to do whatever you want with the code.

Tags: #my first game jam, #my-first-game, #pixel art, #slime

Genres: adventure, platformer

Tools: BeepBox, GDevelop, Krita, Piskel, sfxr

Comments41

liammasters26 Apr 2021, 01:04

The art is very cute and the music has a nice 8 bit style. Some of the mechanics with controls and collision feels a bit clunky and it would be nice to have some indication of progress for things like the timer. The varying level styles is a really nice touch and keeps it interesting. Awesome game!

Plazyqwertyauthor26 Apr 2021, 11:42

@liammasters
Thank you for playing my game! I just hope you didn't run into any glitches. This is the first game I ever made. Thank you again! :)

hamzaplayssssssssss26 Apr 2021, 12:58

the art is really cute and the idea is cool but LV7 is hard I died 11 times

Plazyqwertyauthor26 Apr 2021, 13:52

@hamzaplayssssssssss Thank you for playing my game! And sorry about level 7 being too hard, I will make my levels easier next time. I hope you had fun playing my game!

Pseudohausen26 Apr 2021, 17:45

That was adorable and charming! I agree with the above bit of feedback that level 7 was too hard. Maybe instead of losing your score on death, you keep your score? Or perhaps make the score you need to achieve a little lower. Great work though!

Plazyqwertyauthor26 Apr 2021, 17:50

@pseudohausen Thanks for your feedback! And yes, I did make level 7 a bit too hard, but I hope you liked the music and other stuff! :)

hamzaplayssssssssss26 Apr 2021, 18:26

@plazyqwerty yes I really had fun it was really fun this is amazing

Plazyqwertyauthor26 Apr 2021, 19:26

@hamzaplayssssssssss Thank you so much again! That means a lot to me!

KeyLime26 Apr 2021, 19:33

Fluffy and I made it to the treasure! very fun

Noel Widmer26 Apr 2021, 19:36

This is really good work for a first game! You're off of a good start!

A few things I noticed:

- To me it was weird that not all levels could be restarted using "r"
- I would try to make the movement more accurate to the input (a lot less sliding, probably almost none).

Plazyqwertyauthor26 Apr 2021, 19:36

@keylime Thank you so much for playing! :)

Plazyqwertyauthor26 Apr 2021, 19:42

@noel-widmer Thank you so much for your suggestions! I will definitely implement those in games that I make in the future. I hope you had fun playing!

Linus Lindberg26 Apr 2021, 19:50

Well executed for a ludum dare entry!I reallt liked the music!

Plazyqwertyauthor26 Apr 2021, 19:51

@linus-lindberg Thank you so much! :) I am glad you liked it!

RobbzenOne27 Apr 2021, 05:58

Controls feels a bit clunky but was fun :) Where do i get my treasure now in rl? :D

Plazyqwertyauthor27 Apr 2021, 13:23

@robbzenone Thank you so much for playing my game! I know the controls are clunky, this was my first game I will make the improvements in my next game. Thank you again! :)

yulotomorrow28 Apr 2021, 00:54

It's a fun little game with many different mechanics! Level design could be better tho :)

Threeli28 Apr 2021, 00:56

I think with a little more time you could really develop this aesthetic into a cool little world. The diversity of content in the levels kept it interesting all the way through the treasure. I would mention the controls being a little sluggish but other people already have.

Keep up the hard work, and keep making games!

(EDIT: I forgot to mention, I really love the background song!)

Tankou28 Apr 2021, 08:33

A pretty good entry for a single person three days-game. I like the simple but cute artstyle and diversity of the levels. I especially enjoyed the minigames between the bigger levels. Unfortunately I could not pass Level 7 (maybe due to my bad gaming skills, haha) but I had a lot of fun playing your game and apprecciate the different mechanics you implemented. Great job!

Plazyqwertyauthor28 Apr 2021, 08:57

@yulotomorrow Thanks for your feedback! :)

Plazyqwertyauthor28 Apr 2021, 09:01

@threeli Thank you for playing my game! I will definitely make the improvements in the games I make in the future! This was my first time making a game, so a lot of things could have been better :P

I'm glad you liked the music! :)

Plazyqwertyauthor28 Apr 2021, 09:07

@tankou It was actually 2 days (48 hours) since I took part in the compo (solo).

I am glad you enjoyed playing my game! Level 7 was hard, and many people told me the same. I will definitely make the improvements in the next games that I make.
Thank you again for playing my game! :)

GameDev and Architecture28 Apr 2021, 17:10

Very cute little game !
I especially love the diversity of types of levels.
Great job !

Plazyqwertyauthor28 Apr 2021, 17:12

@gamedev-and-architecture Thank you for playing my game! I am glad you liked it! :)

xpoho28 Apr 2021, 18:57

Слаймы милые. Слаймов надо любить. И давать им идти глубже и глубже в пещеры.
Милая игра! ^_^

PowerAnze28 Apr 2021, 20:20

Congratulations on finishing your first jam! The game is cute and there are a lot of different mechanics in that game which all work well enough, which is not a given in jams. Hope to see you at the next jam aswell!

Corentin SABIAUX28 Apr 2021, 20:45

Welcome to Ludum Dare :D Great job for your first entry, it was a funny platformer game mixed with Wario Ware (a game like yours who had various gameplay in a raw due to mini games). It's an intelligent way to stake the player with the various mechanic you implemented :thumbsup: Level 4 was quite difficult to understand what to do due do the time we had before the red ennemies spawn, i had to watch your gameplay video to understand that :p Maybe you can show a timer on screen before they spawned ? Otherwise, bravo !

Plazyqwertyauthor29 Apr 2021, 14:44

@poweranze Thank you for playing my game! I am glad you liked it! I will most likely participate in the next Ludum Dare too! :)

Plazyqwertyauthor29 Apr 2021, 14:47

@corentin-sabiaux Thank you for playing my game! I am glad you liked it! I will make the improvements in my upcoming games! :)

Plazyqwertyauthor30 Apr 2021, 14:38

@xpoho Спасибо, что играете в мою игру! Я рада, что вам понравилось!

AndrewAPrice1 May 2021, 13:39

This was great. I loved that each level was totally different. It kept the gameplay fresh. I couldn't defeat level 7!

Plazyqwertyauthor1 May 2021, 13:48

@andrewaprice Thanks for playing my game! I am glad you liked it! :)

rawbits2 May 2021, 21:43

I acknowledge you have put time in programming different game mechanics. Sadly neither of those feels finished. Music was annoying, gfx are basic. When you change game mechanics like that, it's not easy to find out what to do. Also, in the first level, I have stuck because I didn't get the right most flag and there is no way back up. Does it need a reset button and/or a way to go back to the title screen?

Plazyqwertyauthor3 May 2021, 13:10

@rawbits I don't think you have played or seen the game properly. Each level has text on what to do and in level 1 it clearly says "press R to restart."

Each level clearly states what is to be done.

When rating games please play the game properly instead of skimming through it.

rawbits3 May 2021, 15:01

Actually, you can judge it by watching back the VOD on Twitch.

Starlight Glimmer is best poney3 May 2021, 15:33

Most people put little effort into play+rate as you can see here. The instructions for Lv1 are VERY clear.

Lv7 is not hard because you can just stay in one spot and only shoot nearby monsters. It's not a tower defense.

Overall it's a nice set of minigames but they were too easy and I hated the music. I had a lot of fun though.

Plazyqwertyauthor4 May 2021, 14:08

@alaah Thank you so much for playing my game! I will make the improvements in my future games! :)

ted4 May 2021, 16:19

This is wonderful! I love how you changed up the mechanics with every level. It was always clear what to do, and while I think I found a bug with the "click red slimes" level (does the text box block clicks?), all in all it was a 5 minutes well spent.

JaviCoder4 May 2021, 20:32

it's a really nice mix of minigames, good job on your first gamejam!

Plazyqwertyauthor5 May 2021, 10:53

@ted Thank you for playing my game! I am glad you liked it! :)

Plazyqwertyauthor5 May 2021, 10:54

@javicoder Thanks a lot! :)