The Exit Is Deep

by exiled-burger

co-authored: @gates

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.37

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.24

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.22

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.80

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.23

After falling through a hole, you find yourself in the underground... With no way to go back the way you came, you must venture through and wall-slide through the undergrounds and find an exit! Though, be aware - The exit is deep!

Keyboard Controls: Left and Right arrow keys OR W/D to move left/right, Space to jump, Left Shift to sprint, F to shoot bow, E to interact.

Controller Controls: Left joystick OR D-Pad to move left and right, South button to jump (X on PS, A on XBox), Left joystick [press] OR Left trigger to sprint, Right trigger to shoot bow, West button to interact (Square on PS, X on XBox).

Hold yourself against a wall to slide (which also regenerates your jumps)!

Hey all! This is our first game jam, and as we are only 17 and 18 years old, we both are quite new to game dev'ing (there still are a couple bugs... sorry in advance D:)! Though, we made all of our art/sounds/scripts/etc in the jam time frame! We can't wait to read everyone's feedback!
Cheers! - Gates / Burger! 2.png

Genres: platformer

Tools: Unity

Comments29

Gates27 Apr 2021, 02:05

ignore this comment, idk how to delete it haha

ZhennaPerks27 Apr 2021, 04:45

Love the art and the color palette! The controller feels a little unresponsive so I wasn't moving how I was expecting to. Thanks for making a web version.

teenythanos27 Apr 2021, 04:48

Aww, this is so fun! I had a little issue with the controls but I dig the retro aesthetic.

Brigadeirim27 Apr 2021, 04:51

Fun game! I liked it!

matthewi27 Apr 2021, 04:51

I really liked this game!! The character, animations, and audio were all really cute. Sometimes it felt frustrating when I died and I thought I didn't hit the spikes, but I like that there were a lot of checkpoints for when I did die.

SamarthMP500227 Apr 2021, 04:51

The game is nice, but the controls feel clunky and slow, add some linear movement and increase the speed, add some acceleration and deceleration. Then the game will be super fun!

ohsnapitzsean27 Apr 2021, 04:51

i absolutely loved this game

SirDuck27 Apr 2021, 04:51

Great game, I found wall jumping pretty hard. Maybe more explanation or a slower entry would have been awesome!

BlueDingo27 Apr 2021, 04:51

definitely an interesting game, only thing I would change is the big boss fly arena, it would be fun to be able to run around damaging it from all sides instead of just firing while hugging the wall

Scruffylooking212127 Apr 2021, 04:52

Enjoyed the game. The wall jump mechanic was really fun. I eventually go to a spot that I couldn't quite get across. I hope you make more games.

Paperdomo10127 Apr 2021, 04:54

Some nice level design going on here, and I like the simple style. Worth noting though, the camera changing view size is a little jarring, and the controls are a bit stiff. I was also able to clip the first rock into the floor by standing on it.

Gates27 Apr 2021, 04:54

@bluedingo That's actually a really good idea! I'm quite sad we didn't think of it before the deadline!

Smoothie27 Apr 2021, 04:55

Very fun and spot on with the theme!

Exiled Burgerauthor27 Apr 2021, 04:55

@sirduck We wanted to have an animation explain how to properly do it but we didn't have enough time. Thanks for the feedback though!

GlebSviripa27 Apr 2021, 04:55

It's good enough and I really like music and sounds which make cool mood

anorphie27 Apr 2021, 04:56

Cool idea! Those spikes are so dangerous! It was easy to understand how to move and act, but the game is not so easy as it may seem. Great job :)

Exiled Burgerauthor27 Apr 2021, 04:57

@paperdomo101 the rock caused so many problems... We were hoping to fix them all. Sorry about that.

Edward Dassmesser27 Apr 2021, 04:59

First impression: Digging the intro and music. Very forgiving continue points. Too forgiving maybe? Definitely feel like I'm going deeper and deeper. Wall jumping is a bit finicky, and continuous wall jumping was a bit difficult to figure out on my own.

Chironyx27 Apr 2021, 05:05

Quite the repertoire of mechanics for such a short development time - excellent job!

Marcionix27 Apr 2021, 05:16

Fun game! Saddly i can't go beyond the "Fly flock boss"

Adam K27 Apr 2021, 05:17

Great work for new game dev. Sounds are great! I love the music.
Controls are pretty wonky and hard to use. The colliders on the spikes are also very unforgiving and hard to navigate. I learned about these recently, but you could try to look into something called "effectors" in unity. You can set some up to only collide when they are touched at a specific angle. This could potentially allow you to touch the colliders at the base of the spikes, and could reduce alot of frustration. I died alot just barely clipping them.

Gates27 Apr 2021, 05:23

@adam-k Thanks for the tip! We'll definitely take a look!