Caved In

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.77

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.79

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.04

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.14

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.59

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.77

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.67

A Ludum Dare 54 Game by Primed Pixel -- https://primedpixel.co.uk -- for the theme "Limited Space". Please download a copy (Linux) or use itch.io for HTML5 (Windows + Linux)!

Godot's documentation says HTML5 exports won't work on Mac, but I haven't been able to test this due to not owning a Mac, apologies!

Very Creative Lore

You've explored far and deep into the depths, but now you must escape!
The cave is about to collapse,and there isn't much time or space left!

Controls

- Use WASD or ARROW KEYS to move
- SPACE to jump.
- Ladders can be grabbed by pressing up.

Endlessly platform quickly through as many screens as possible before the timer runs out!

Credits

- Graphics by Kenney -- https://kenney.nl
- Sounds by Primed Pixel (bar jump sound, by Kenney, although modified)
- Music by Primed Pixel
- Programming by Primed Pixel
- Created in Godot 4.1

Tags: #1-bit, #2d, #endless, #godot, #pixel art, #retro, #singleplayer

Genres: platformer

Tools: Godot

Comments17

Chimney Eggs2 Oct 2023, 21:26

Loved the game. The gameplay, though simple, never managed to get boring or repetitive. The one-bit graphics alongside the banger soundtrack are however the main focus, I find. I do wonder how the theme is exactly suppose to relate to the gameplay ( maybe the shadow behind the player was meant to mean limited view space? ). But nonetheless, the game managed to be above all: really fun!

Thomas Volpato3 Oct 2023, 19:45

Good game, I just feel the wall/ceiling coming should start appering more slowly, because when it appears there is no much more time to do anything

oller1253 Oct 2023, 19:48

Loved the game. I liked how dying didn't mean I had to restart from the same place but continue from where I died. The one-bit graphics is simple for very effective and the soundtrack is great too.

Jesse J. Jones3 Oct 2023, 19:48

Felt really good to play, got a bit repetitive, but was still fun! Really nice job! :)

Joymagine3 Oct 2023, 19:51

dude is that ladder to ladder part even doable? or maybe iam bad lol.. i had to give it up after a buncha tries..

ITEM3 Oct 2023, 19:53

Really enjoyable, quite liked the idea that it was never ending but would've liked more levels. liked the audio aswell!

rolferm3 Oct 2023, 19:53

Played it for a bit. Very hard to jump from ladders, otherwise quite fun! Is there an ending?

Paul Thick3 Oct 2023, 19:55

Really liked the black and white style. The sound of the screen movement is THICK lol. I did had a rough time with jumps form the ladder. Cute game

Spike Studio3 Oct 2023, 20:02

Cool game! I recognize the shadow light from construct, glad to see another game using it :)

mintea3 Oct 2023, 20:05

Super fun game and cool main loop! I liked the score-attack style and the screen-sized levels. The platforming feels good.

spooncats3 Oct 2023, 21:09

Really cool game idea! Combining endless-runner type gameplay with platforming is a great idea. :) The ladders were a little awkward to jump off of sometimes, that ended most of my runs.

primed-pixelauthor3 Oct 2023, 21:27

@joymagine I can confirm that all the levels are indeed possible, albeit I left a few admittedly sadistic jumps in a couple :)

primed-pixelauthor3 Oct 2023, 21:45

@spooncats ladders are definitely something that I would've liked to improve; even just a few modifications could have really helped, I feel. Thanks for playing!

Ismael Rodriguez4 Oct 2023, 01:54

Cool game. Jumping off ladders was kind of tough for some rooms. I also didn't notice that it's endless for like 5 minutes, I wondered why I kept seeing the same rooms lol

Good job!

Padlynn8 Oct 2023, 23:03

Nice game! i like how the levels fit together to make it a procedural game !

Dan Burns9 Oct 2023, 01:12

Really cool! strange/cool visual effect with the "shadow" behind the character. Good balance of fun/challenge. Nice work!

Le Don9 Oct 2023, 19:02

Great game! I really appreciate that the whole game doesn't start all over when the player dies and the level and timer counter are a nice incentive for highscoring. I think the walls collapsing effect could be a bit slower, as it's hard to recover when it's about to start. I also had some room transition that directly lead into a pit, which felt a bit unfair.

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