Gravity Crush

co-authored: @chron
Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.17
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.22
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.47
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.20
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.25
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.94
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.02
_"Steal a powerful device which will litterally knock the ground out from under you!"​_

xMasterSpy69x was notorious in the espionage scene. He never finished a job right. But he was also cheap and some people appreciate that in a thief. A contractor approached him, his biggest job yet. Should he manage to steal a powerful device from one of the biggest tech-companies for the notorious Mr. Johnson - then that would be his biggest breakthrough. As it turns out, it literally would be.

WARNING: Pressing Escape kills you and ends your run (yes I did not have time to build a pause screen...)

_PostJam Fix should get rid of the UI bug that continue is not clickable for some people. (If it still isn't clickable pressing ESC or ENTER should work)_

DISCLAIMER:
This game was made within 72 hours for the Ludum Dare GameJam 51!
There is no end to the game, but new content to be found until at least level 60!

Credits:

A game by: AndideBob​

Graphics by: ToastiChron​

Music by: Andrew Sitkov

Comments28

Kostas Nik3 Oct 2022, 18:08
Can't see any download link.
AndideBob
AndideBobauthor3 Oct 2022, 18:42
@kostas-nik should be there now... Had to add it twice for some reason...
Kostas Nik3 Oct 2022, 19:03
Nice retro style pixel art. I think a dash would fit the game pretty well. Also would be good if pickup items dont block your movement if you are at full health e.g.
Moogs3 Oct 2022, 20:12
Really fun game! I wasn't sure what all of the items did and why I couldn't pick some up so some additional instructions there wouldn't hurt. But overall, very enjoyable and quirky!
shimmerscale
shimmerscale3 Oct 2022, 20:23
Wow, this is amazing! The graphics look great and I really like the twist on the theme. It was really fun!
zimennik
zimennik4 Oct 2022, 00:36
I "beat" this game 2 times.
First time I pressed ESC on floor -1. I though it was pause menu and press continue. Welp, no leaderboard for me.

Second time I reached floor -9. And after death game just buged out and ignors every my mouse input...

Overall this game is just great! I was realy enjoing playing it.
LDJam user 279622
LDJam user 2796224 Oct 2022, 08:39
I got to floor 24 but the continue button was borked D:
ruruie
ruruie4 Oct 2022, 09:44
Loved it. Simple and slick shooter.
Bogden4 Oct 2022, 10:17
I got way too carried away with this game. It's so repetitive, but I couldn't put it down! Eventually I just called it quits at floor -105, but I had to AFK for 7 whole floors for the enemies to churn through my many, many, many kevlar vests. Good work!

Would love to see this fleshed out with more content, boss battles, and a proper ending! And then doing it all over again with different difficulties and challenge modes ;)
Helzinko
Helzinko4 Oct 2022, 10:22
One the more unique games in this jam. Graphics are amazing too. Gameplay feels smooth. Very solid entry!
TsFreddie
TsFreddie4 Oct 2022, 12:35
Would love to see more movement options if there is a full game to come, like items that give you dodge and maybe melee. The slow pace keeps on for quite a while at the start (kinda like autoscroller), but otherwise very solid execution of making the control and levels to work together with the theme.
Artyom Volkov4 Oct 2022, 16:57
Small but addictive game. The idea with the floors is amazing, a really clever move to use the theme, well done.
Euler Moises
Euler Moises4 Oct 2022, 21:50
Very cool!
I've played games like this and I think they're really fun!
I really enjoyed hiding and waiting for the enemies to kill themselves.
And also of you appearing on the floor in the same place where you were on the previous one.

Congratulations!
Rincs
Rincs5 Oct 2022, 14:26
This game is SO much fun. Thank you for taking the time to give xMasterSpy69x wiggly legs when he falls down to a lower floor. I'm proud of my stint at the leaderboards. xD Regular guns FTW. Love everything about the game!! \o/
Cookie_CHR
Cookie_CHR5 Oct 2022, 21:22
The game was fun, even though I'm not good at it. Loved the humor!
BobFish
BobFish6 Oct 2022, 02:51
Thanks for sending it to me on stream and also for streaming my game :) I really enjoyed it, despite not being that great at these kind of games! Its very well made and the mechanic of falling down to a new floor every 10 seconds is very cool!
Euler Moises
Euler Moises6 Oct 2022, 18:41
I forgot to mention:

I loved the soundtrack made of FM sound waves. It gave a taste of the 80's arcade.

Very good!
LDJam user 268934
LDJam user 2689348 Oct 2022, 05:55
Nice pixel art style , also the sounds are well done!
Impressive work team.
Wich I could rate the sound as well it’s awsome .
The blast effect is So good!
Tanner Shelton8 Oct 2022, 06:09
This game was impressive and fun to play! I liked the upgrades and the mechanic of falling a floor. Art style was nice as well.
Link2708 Oct 2022, 06:16
Really fun! I always love games with upgrades and the like! My only gripe was escape quit the game.. Twice I pressed escape thinking I could quickly pause the game and it just cancelled on me. My fault for doing it twice haha but I would recommend making that a pause menu that you can quit from. Awesome job though!
nardandas
nardandas8 Oct 2022, 08:08
Great little 2D shooter, I think on stream I said no notes, and it really is difficult to come up with notes. Maybe a little more reward for shooting the things? I dunno. It really is a good idea with fantastic execution, great job!
Faust_Mi
Faust_Mi9 Oct 2022, 10:09
Addictive gameplay, great sound and wonderful use of the theme 10 seconds! Exelent job!
Bart Moon10 Oct 2022, 11:10
Top 3, please don't beat my highscore I worked hard for it 8)
I don't think there is more that I can add in terms of feedback, other summed it up pretty well.
The idea is nice and sleek, music and sound effects are cool, graphics especially character designs and the intro cutscene are nice although the floors seem to be very repetetive.
The Difficulty could ramp up more, because at some point I was just tanking hits left and right and passed around 10 floors with just standing in one place and shooting from there.
Other than that nice entry, Cheers!
Tuile
Tuile11 Oct 2022, 15:35
One of the games I thoroughly enjoyed, this got full marks from me. The only thing I would nitpick on is the contrast on the UI in terms of color palette. I feel it was too similar in terms of saturation, and could stand out better with slightly brighter colors.

Otherwise, nothing more to add, wonderful to play, thanks for making it!
AmunOnra22 Oct 2022, 09:59
Gosh, this game is sooo coool. I had a good laugh at the intro :) I personally enjoy roguelikes a lot, so your game just hit the right spot. Though I didn't make it very far yet, the gameplay is already very addictive and i also liked the upgrades you can pickup so far, especially the shield. You did a great job!

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