The Pit

by ehtd
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.64
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.83
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.21
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.27
A small horror FPS made for ludumdare #48

Survive The Pit fighting your way through waves of spiders while you keep descending.

CONTROLS

WASD - Move

Left click - Shoot

spacebar - Jump

B - Turn off/on light

F - Toggle fullscreen

Esc - quit



Credits

A game by Ernesto Torres

Original Music Loop by BaDoink https://freesound.org/people/BaDoink/sounds/522035/

Edited for the game by Ernesto Torres

Comments29

Geniye
Geniye26 Apr 2021, 06:16
Loved this! The retro style was such a good choice it makes it really unique! It was simple but done well!
fixxel
fixxel26 Apr 2021, 09:06
nice retro style, I liked it a lot :) If it had some kind of retro bullet graphics, that'd be cherry on top! still, very nice.

I think I won, reached max depth, it abruptly cut to victory screen? I had low hp so not sure if spider sneaked on me
The126 Apr 2021, 12:11
As others say, the retro graphics looks perfect. Overall the game was very enjoyable. Good job!
Lighty_the_Light
Lighty_the_Light26 Apr 2021, 12:48
FIVE STAR GRAPHIC!
This old-fashioned art style just impressed me so much!
Control, animation and gameplay are good too.
Thanks for your submission!
Bungalow26 Apr 2021, 13:29
The graphics are really really good and lend well to the unnerving and spooky atmosphere! Amazing job! You should be proud!
juju
juju26 Apr 2021, 16:19
Very cool! I only wish the weapon was cooler, like a flamethrower or something.
KP_CFTSZ
KP_CFTSZ27 Apr 2021, 05:24
Art looked great, I do wish there was a way to get a higher mouse sensitivity though
YgdraN27 Apr 2021, 05:37
Nice aesthetic and the song is great! jumping really helps to get away from spiders, and shooting was smooth.
pnkvrt
pnkvrt27 Apr 2021, 16:41
Really cool! Love the graphics, music and sound are good. I do wish the game was a bit harder but nonetheless had a lot of fun. Great job!
LDJam user 24297128 Apr 2021, 02:01
Cute pit of spiders. I turned off the flashlight and let the spiders build up like a mob of zombies chasing me in circles. It was fun plowing through majority of them at the bottom. The graphics were cool reminded me a bit of the OG Doom. The mood with the music was perfect.
tengusheath
tengusheath28 Apr 2021, 02:53
I liked the retro look. The music and sound effects were good. I wish there was some feedback when shooting and hitting enemies. And I wish there was some minimap or something to show where enemies were.
Shaolin Dave
Shaolin Dave28 Apr 2021, 03:07
First - just wanted to say good job getting a Mac version uploaded. Yours is the first I could download and play without having to fix using terminal first.
Also, I appreciate you building in esc-to-quit.

I liked the spider models, and the general atmosphere was good. Visual and audio feedback could work, when I was clicking I didn't see or hear anything that suggested I was shooting. The "gunshots" sounded like a failed UI event. Also, there was no feedback that anything was being hit until it just disappeared.
Last, I'd say maybe have in-game instructions, I only now noticed the oage says that B is to turn on/off lights.
This is a good start though.
Mayzhy28 Apr 2021, 05:28
I really love the graphics,nice job over there!
HumphreysMedia
HumphreysMedia28 Apr 2021, 12:21
Loved the graphics of this game, it gave me Doom 64 vibes, especially with the over the top sized creatures, I also felt that the music didn't look in a way that it could be annoying. I would love to have seen some feedback for when I shot a bullet, whether that be a bullet or laser come from the player's position. Very fitting to the theme too!
rhoff95
rhoff9528 Apr 2021, 14:12
Really cool game. I think this benefits a lot from the low res style, as it keeps the spiders harder to see and more mysterious. Would have liked to see some visual feedback for shooting, since it is hard to figure out the controls without reading controls. well done.
Scrawach
Scrawach28 Apr 2021, 20:17
Well done, I really like this visual style.
ehtdauthor29 Apr 2021, 03:08
@shaolin-dave really good feedback, thanks. For sure will try get everything you mentioned on my next FPS.
Melon_spirit
Melon_spirit30 Apr 2021, 01:02
I didn't rate your game because when I opened the exe file I was stuck on the Godot logo the whole time, and I could hear music.
Chris1568698930 Apr 2021, 13:35
Hi there,

I felt a bit dizzy after playing the game. Perhaps that has to do with the way you have set up the camera. The art style fits the game's style. It would be nice to have more sounds in your game. Overall, a decent try.
ItsIsaac
ItsIsaac2 May 2021, 13:08
Annoyingly i couldnt play because it was stuck on the Godot logo just like @melon-spirit :( do reply if you fix this as id love to give it ago!
variable_enigmatic
variable_enigmatic2 May 2021, 22:14
I liked it. This game could use a little "juice." Maybe a quick little animation on the spiders when they get hit, and a screen flash or something when the player gets hurt. Good job.
ehtdauthor3 May 2021, 22:15
@melon-spirit @itsisaac
I've added a debug version of the post compo game. It sound like it's a game engine bug. If you can share your pc specs I may be able to help. Sorry it doesn't work as expected.
Maybe give the post compo version a try and if it also gets stuck, run the debug version and see if the console outputs something.

@variable-enigmatic updated with a post compo version to add more juice. thanks for playing
piscythe15 May 2021, 02:38
If you were aiming for horror than you missed. The bright music, non-threatening enemies, and unlimited ammo give it much more of an arcade feel. The only thing I worried about was getting blindsided by enemies, which happened 7 times. The threat level didn't really escalate, so I thought I was just going to die to attrition, but then the game just kind of decided that I had killed enough and handed me a victory screen. The graphics are solid and the gunfire effect, though minimal, felt good.
ehtdauthor18 May 2021, 18:30
@piscythe thanks for playing and for your feedback

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