Unholy Hole

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★1.95
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.05
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.07
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.05
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.95
A faraway town is threatened by a powerful Demon. You, a mercenary, are hired by those people to kill this demon.

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Controls:


A/D or Left / Right Arrows: Move

Space: Jump

Left Mouse Button or Left CTRL: Melee Attack

Right Mouse Button or Left Alt: Long Range Attack

Changelog:


- 1.0.1
- Fixed long-range attack not working when moving horizontally ​
- 1.0.0
- Initial release

Comments13

James Gillespie
James Gillespie26 Apr 2021, 10:54
Not a bad little platformer, checkpoints would be good though, especially for a jam game. Also really struggled to hit the enemies. Art is nice and the sound was creepy
Vimlark
Vimlark26 Apr 2021, 21:16
Super cute. A check point at the drop section would have been really nice.
KroyIsYork Games
KroyIsYork Games26 Apr 2021, 21:26
It was a great conncept, felt a bit stale though.
TimTipGames
TimTipGames27 Apr 2021, 08:10
Nice entry! I especially liked the graphics and mood.
The movement felt a bit too floaty for my taste. The doublejumping was working kind of unreliable. I honestly wouldn't even mind, if the leveldesign wasn't so punishing. The first point being, that you have to start all over on a pretty long level. Maybe checkpoints, or if you don't have the time for that, just shorter length levels would help. The second thing is, that there were a few too many dead ends. It kind of adds to the first point. When I learned the new ability in the second level, it feels wrong to run in to a dead end the first time I use it. But maybe that's just me ;)
Overall - good job!
Seebass22
Seebass2228 Apr 2021, 08:15
Cute game! I agree with tim's points. One thing I would add is that the ranged attack doesn't seem to work if you're moving horizontally (I assume that's unintended). I also really like the unsettling sound effects
Keridana30 Apr 2021, 17:07
Good game, nice and pleasant graphics. Beautiful levels. The sound is a little harsh but that's ok.
silkworm_sweatshop
silkworm_sweatshop30 Apr 2021, 18:28
A bit floaty but otherwise controls well. Graphics are nice but there is definitely room for polish (some animation would be nice and graphical feedback for hitting things). There is audio feedback for most things which is good but there should probably be some for the jump as well. Not sure if the demon guy could hurt me, I stood on his head for a while and then gave him some slashes until the game ended.
PaperAeroplane555
PaperAeroplane5551 May 2021, 04:51
the sprites were cute and the tilesets looked pretty good!

although the level design was pretty hard to navigate as its hard to see whether its a bottomless pit or somewhere you can land
and the gaps arent really suited for the angle of the jumps which made it prety annoying, even with double jumps :/
and is there supposed to be health?? which is not clearly shown
also the sounds were pretty well made, although the volume and the duration can be real distracting

good effort! :p
LDJam user 236545
LDJam user 2365451 May 2021, 23:33
The art was nice and the game had a good relation to the theme. I liked the variety of enemies and the introduction of new mechanics from level 1 > 2.

The ranged attack volume needs some balancing - it was really loud compared to the background track.

I also would have liked to see a checkpoint system in the game. I died 3 times at the end of level 2 during the part where you fall through the vertical spike part, and at that point my motivation to go back and finish the level was spent.

Pretty solid for your first compo entry, Good job!
mortalslayer24
mortalslayer242 May 2021, 11:21
Great game, It was a bit hard to know which way to go at some points though, the art style was really cool. Good job!
Tygrak
Tygrak2 May 2021, 11:24
Great looking game, nice sound too. Good job! As others said a checkpoint system would be very helpful as the levels are quite long.
MikoziQ
MikoziQ2 May 2021, 21:48
Managed to finish the game

Pros:

- Good graphics
- Clear level-design
- Nice and pleasing to eye color palette
- Intuitive controls

Cons:

- No coyote time to help player with jumping puzzles
- No animations
- Skeletons can shoot while being backwards to you
- No health / damage indication
- No more of lava-effects (any particle system would do)
- Lacking checkpoint system (damn the 3rd level put me into pain)
- Confusing change of pace between 3rd and 4th stage (falling down arcade)

Keep up the work, add some animations and effects and maybe intro to the actual game. Good job nontheless!
icefallgames11 May 2021, 00:59
Checkpoints sure would have been nice :-). I got far enough in to kill a few baddies, but kept dying during the big drops... I'm not sure how I'm supposed to anticipate where to move?

Also, I see other people commenting on the audio, but I didn't hear much other than the attack sounds and some barely audible whistling for the background ambience.
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