Ludum Dare #49compo

Fragments

by retrisma

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.88

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.71

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.57

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.33

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.81

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.79

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.81

PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING: THIS GAME CONTAINS FLASHING LIGHTS AND REPEATED AUDIO.

Your world has been corrupted. Can you escape the fragmented remains of your parallel lives? Is there an escape?

CONTROLS:

←→: Move

Z: Jump or Wall Jump

X: ̷͑͜ ̷̙̥̏͘ ̸̖͚̓͐ ̷͉̹̈̏ ̷̻̰̍͆ ̷̟̾ ̷̬͝͠ ̵̨͉͛͠ ̷̛̳̋ ̴̦̓ ̴͇̽ ̷̠̤́ ̴̝̒ ̷͙́ ̸̺̙͐͒ ̷̹̐̀ ̴̰̩̋ ̵̱͑̊ ̵̨̈͌ ̶͚̱̊ ̶̛̣͚̍

NOTE: When you are close to losing, there are frame drops and there is input lag. THESE ARE INTENTIONAL. They are part of the game.

Thank you for playing! Please leave a comment if you liked it.

Retrisma's submission to Ludum Dare 49 Compo.

Tags: #2d, #atmospheric, #horror, #pixel art, #short

Genres: platformer

Tools: PICO-8

Comments17

Delightfullymad4 Oct 2021, 00:56

Fun game, I like the style. Controls are a little floaty and hard to control well but great job!

Paroxysmal4 Oct 2021, 00:59

Awesome entry. I really like this one...great effects with the slow down. Great job!

LDJam user 2379134 Oct 2021, 01:04

First go round the level I thought, "This isn't bad ... wonder what I'm supposed to do." When I got back to the beginning I thought I'd try the glowing green dot. Things changed quickly for me after that! Awesome job, really enjoyed it.

khaotom4 Oct 2021, 01:06

I liked how you used the theme to affect the gameplay in a profound way.

Arash Ghorban4 Oct 2021, 01:11

amazing entry it got a little hard to see after the 3rd one but I enjoyed playing it... good job
could use a little quiet after experiencing that though tbh xD

LMB4 Oct 2021, 01:33

These Pico 8 games often impress me, but this one is mindblowing! Incredible game, quite fun, top notch graphics and sound for the platform. Mood is super great (and matches the theme!).

On the "double jump" level I once got an unbeatable level, with the "goal" locked in an unreachable area. Other than that, no bugs. It's a bit too hard, maybe. In most levels I had to rely on luck to advance (being lucky to have all goals spawning close to my posititon).

But these are just minor points. This _is_ a great compo game!

PS: Is there escape from the "No Escape" level? :thinking:

nethead4 Oct 2021, 02:17

This game is cool as hell, awesome job. Works really well conceptually, everything just felt like it meshed intuitively. challenging idea to pull off, but you did it :D

fakefirefly4 Oct 2021, 03:48

This was a wild game. The main gameplay loop feels simultaneously smooth and unstable, since the more damage you take, the more unstable the actually PICO-8 VM becomes. The graphics were suitably glitchy to fit the feel of the VM/game world falling apart. The same goes for the audio.

However, the most important thing to note is that there are many, many flashing graphics. I don't have photosensitivity condition and this made my eyes hurt even then.

Overall, probably one of the most original representations of the theme.

Diego Escalante4 Oct 2021, 04:54

That was a wonderful experience. I really appreciate how this game hits the theme perfectly. All the visual noise that appears as you take more damage was a very great alternative way of showing health. If there was something that I would try to improve, it would be the controls. It might have been the frame drops, but the character was quite tricky to control. But all in all, great game. Nicely done!

Richard Jiang4 Oct 2021, 04:55

Very fun game!! However, I encountered a problem that after I obtained the double jump ability, I am stuck in one of the four rooms, because the path to other rooms are blocked off.

Shootboots4 Oct 2021, 05:16

the effect omg the effects. Honestly just theres nothig much to say but its honestly the best entry ive played so far. Too bad i only got to explode then FRAGMENTED

qthree4 Oct 2021, 05:18

Good game, but levels are a bit too hard to navigate.

theviraldragon4 Oct 2021, 06:56

Good game but its a little hard for me.

Recessive4 Oct 2021, 09:01

Nice game, the corruption sound was a little ear-splitting though

Barrier4 Oct 2021, 15:14

Pretty wild game! The wall jumping is kinda hard, especially with all these "birds" chasing you :)

Trexxak4 Oct 2021, 21:52

Short game, yet really entertaining, and at points really confusing (though I feel that's the point). I was actually a bit spooked by the input lag :D

elysiagriffin11 Oct 2021, 14:16

Hi there! Thanks for submitting your game for me to play live during my Twitch stream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1173664587?t=0h14m4s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin

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