Creaky Castle

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.67
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.51
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.22
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Explore a castle with creaky floors that fall away!

Collect as many coins as you can.

Play with up to 4 players simultaneously in online multiplayer

A platformer roguelite

NOTE: Requires CORE Client.

Controls: WASD (or any other key binding), Spacebar to jump, Mouse to view, middle mouse button to zoom.

NOTE: Made some post game jam fixes
- game was not starting properly if player joins an existing server. Fixed this
- game was not respawning objects in areas that were previously cleared upon restarting game. Fixed this
- removed motion blur
- minor optimisation to improve frame rates
- if you move too quickly previously, effects of equipment that are picked up are not reflected immediately due to network delays. Made this more responsive through checking on clientside.

Comments27

Fiote
Fiote5 Oct 2021, 13:14
Installing epic/core just to test your game. Let's see what we got here!
Fiote
Fiote5 Oct 2021, 13:29
Ok, the game is NEAT. Love the concept, the graphics and the execution. It's a mix of puzzle, rpg and action! Really fun to play around! I just don't like the gap between tiles, they make me die so much LOL.
Fiote
Fiote5 Oct 2021, 13:36
I'm kinda addicted right now. Gotta get to first place! Just one bug I found: if you alt-tab, the game think you jumped, or something, so when you alt-tab back, the tile you're currently on falls! Bummer! Or is that just some timing thing?
Fiote
Fiote5 Oct 2021, 13:49
Does the coins sum up each round? Doesnt look like they do, so the rank is actually a "highest score in a single run"? If that's the case, then I think it's weird that the first floor is basically empty the next times you play. Looks like what you gather is "persistent", but since you're always starting from scratch, it gets harder every run to actually get coins!
Fiote
Fiote5 Oct 2021, 13:56
I AM GOLD. Got the 1st place. I've been playing/rating a lot of games and this is genuinely the first game I actually WANTED to keep playing lol. Loved it!
randomphantom
randomphantomauthor5 Oct 2021, 14:06
@fiote thanks for playing. yeah the score should be restarted each round.
The first floor shouldn't be empty upon a restart, it should be regenerated, think that might be a bug unfortunately :stuck_out_tongue: maybe it happens after a few rounds.
Fiote
Fiote5 Oct 2021, 14:09
@randomphantom after someone joined (or after I left/rejoined, not sure), the room was filled again. So I think the "recreate the floors" is not happening as expected. I'll try to come back later to see if someone beat my score! haha!
megamasterx
megamasterx5 Oct 2021, 15:31
Pretty good entry! Installing Core was worth it to give this a shot; didn't get a terribly high score but enjoyed the game all the same. Good work.
Solah
Solah5 Oct 2021, 17:16
Heym the game was fun to play, well done!
DevParty6 Oct 2021, 01:46
Nice game! I haven't seen many games made in Core, and I think that there should be more because, in my opinion, it is a way better engine that roblox. 9/10 great game!
Tom Kun
Tom Kun6 Oct 2021, 02:14
Love the game flow. Its simple and fun.
It will be even better If there is a shop that player can spent the coins on! Good job!
Underdog
Underdog6 Oct 2021, 03:53
That was actually fun to play, great work man, had to install core for this, but it was worth it :)
Zvyaga6 Oct 2021, 06:47
Cool graphics, interesting mechanics, liked the UI
LDJam user 261208
LDJam user 2612086 Oct 2021, 11:55
Making an online multiplayer game in a jam deserves all my respect. I really liked playing it
jan5366x
jan5366x6 Oct 2021, 17:57
nice work :thumbsup:
BinarySpark
BinarySpark6 Oct 2021, 18:43
I can't play this unfortunately, don't have Core installed (no idea what it was before today either, tbh). :(
Alex Chertilin
Alex Chertilin6 Oct 2021, 19:27
Wow it was made just in 72 hours? Unbelievable
randomphantom
randomphantomauthor7 Oct 2021, 02:29
@megamasterx thanks for installing and giving it a shot :)

@alex-chertilin well it was made in Core and I used quite a few of the default assets in that engine.

@cabjhegas yes Core makes it pretty easy to do online multiplayer but was still a challenge doing it in a game jam, thanks!

@tom-kun great idea for the shop, may think about doing that after the jam

@binaryspark no worries, I think the Core download can be quite hefty and specs can be demanding :V:

@jan5366x thanks for checking out!

@underdog thank you so much for giving it a shot :laughing:

@solah thanks for playing

@devparty its a new engine but now I'm wondering if there's any roblox games in the jam lol. Thanks for playing!
Bzik7 Oct 2021, 09:15
Nice, I like it
Tardif Adrian7 Oct 2021, 17:24
I really appreciate the art and the mechanics.
Congrats for the online multiplayer by the way.
Ravenmages7 Oct 2021, 21:17
Nice work with the game! It has a nice mixture of puzzles and rpg elements. Good luck!
Quoc
Quoc7 Oct 2021, 21:47
Nice game guys. I really enjoyed it!
MarkVeligod
MarkVeligod8 Oct 2021, 07:34
Ahh for the first time I see a game on core it's just awesome!
Moonblast
Moonblast8 Oct 2021, 13:14
beautiful game and amazing graphic.Good luck!
Ma-iN
Ma-iN9 Oct 2021, 19:42
Very funny!!!
Alexej10 Oct 2021, 14:49
I likes the concept, but the game was frustrating where it shouldn't be, I like the tactical positioning, and it would've been nice to combine that with real time action and skill, but the jump mechanics feel smushy, I fell through the cracks a lot and I dont see the benefit of using skill, it just feels like the game could've been point&click and be more enjoyable.
PoV
PoV25 Oct 2021, 19:01
That's clever. I dig it.

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