Ludum Dare #50compo

Spiraland

by a-chill-lemur

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.96

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.23

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.73

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.13

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.71

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.77

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.85

A rogue-like platformer built mostly to test out spawning an infinitely expanding spiral of platforming challenges.

The goal is ever moving so... expect delays... sorry I know that's kinda shoehorned in. I was hoping for the teleportation theme if I'm honest and this is what I wanted to build.

It's built with modular levels spawned in on a grid generated in a spiral pattern ala Ulam's Spiral. Ulam's spiral is all about Prime numbers, and I didn't do anything special with the primes, ran out of time, but I think with more time to design levels and challenges and a few more mechanics this could turn into something proper.

Controls:

* WASD for movement (I used Godot's physical keys, so it should work on non QWERTY keyboards)
* Space to jump, double jump, and triple jump
* Hold down left mouse button to target your teleport, release to zip to your target (You can only do this if you have the triangle powerup)

Avoid the red stuff, get the rainbows

Genres: platformer

Tools: Godot

Comments19

FlipKING784 Apr 2022, 13:52

nice platformer, the controls are kinda clunky but otherwise i enjoyed it

nethead4 Apr 2022, 16:20

THE SHINIES. Really like the visual style of this game and found it really fun.

Sometimes I'd lose control though (wouldn't move in the direction I'm holding, or start jumping weirdly?) and I wasn't sure if this was a mechanic that I didn't understand or if there were a couple bugs. Fun regardless though!

atomicptr4 Apr 2022, 16:41

Great work, sometimes I lose control and my character drifts towards the left side.

LDJam user 2585164 Apr 2022, 16:48

Great code for generating phases! I found the colors a little too strong, (I played for like 20 minutes, but I always died with my character being thrown off the screen for some reason)

I wish I had started using teleportation sooner.

Congratulations!

xCarl4 Apr 2022, 16:50

Good platformer, sometimes when I jumped I couldn't change the direction in mid air. Great job anyways!

m114 Apr 2022, 17:11

Fun platformer! I also found that sometimes I couldn't change direction in mid-air when jumping?

LDJam user 2579464 Apr 2022, 22:55

The movement is really fun! Nicely down!

bigbazwa5 Apr 2022, 00:50

Pretty fun, I liked the color-cycling effect.

d00kl16 Apr 2022, 00:03

Fun to play. The stretch effect of the player character block works well to convey momentum.

RoughSkin6 Apr 2022, 07:22

Pretty challenging! The air controls feel sometimes unresponsive, but, great aesthetic and loved the game!

shellofagirl6 Apr 2022, 12:59

pretty fun game :) just needs a little movement tweak. good job

cogcomp6 Apr 2022, 20:44

Nice idea. I didn't mind the flashing graphics. I'm used to old computer games :smile: The teleporting was a nice too bad the theme didn't turn out the way you wished.

p-r6 Apr 2022, 22:42

Controls are a little funny, that is especially noticeable in mid air, but not sure if it's by design

szym7 Apr 2022, 01:32

Loved The level appearing as a transition. very neat :)

pdotjpg7 Apr 2022, 11:35

Decent platformer but the controls felt really unresponsive and weren't a good fit for some of the precision platforming required. I do like the random progression of levels and the fact that they exist in the same space - meaning you can use the platforms of a previous level to beat the next one.

LDJam user 2795467 Apr 2022, 12:52

Movement controls felt a bit off, but I liked the style and the ever expanding platforming area!

LDJam user 2345677 Apr 2022, 14:05

I love the colors. Graphics are simple but do the job.

The next level that appears is a good idea

DzejPi7 Apr 2022, 14:52

Love the sound effects and the overall style! And nice to see some generated content. Too bad I couldn’t change the direction mid-air, I think that would make the controls feel nicer. But great entry nonetheless!

JakobTheQuizGuy18 Apr 2022, 18:56

Very cool concept! Like others have said, the graphics are cool but the mid-air controls are kind of unpredictable. I like the jump sound effect, which is good, as you're gonna be jumping quite a few times in a platformer. Good job!