VoidChamber

by volnick

co-authored: @nobodydgf

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.28

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.33

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.89

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.78

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.11

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.44

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.89

Our submission to Ludum Dare 54.

Theme: Limited Space.

An explorer found a strange gauntlet in a Pyramid but it's cursed. The gauntlet has an artifact that generates a cage around it.
Take advantatge of the curse to escape from the pyramid

Controls:

- [WASD]: MOVE
- [SPACE] JUMP
- [Q] ATTRACT ARTIFACT
- [E] (When close to artifact) THROW ARTIFACT.

Credits: background music by TeknoAXE's Royalty Free Music

Tags: #side scroller

Genres: platformer, puzzle

Comments10

Zankanotachi2 Oct 2023, 22:43

Oh wow, The integration of the theme is incredible and, frankly, intuitive.

Lori Lou2 Oct 2023, 22:57

Cool game and the gameplay was great even if I didn't see the utility of throwing the artefact while I can just hold Q :o

XRy3 Oct 2023, 06:21

Love how the theme was integrated for this game, I think a small downside of the emergent game dynamics is I found myself holding down Q pretty much the entire game, and the quick movement led to me always being at the edge of the limited space which led to some janky 2d physics. The art and music are amazing! Overall nice job!

Phillips Albright4 Oct 2023, 22:14

This is a great game mechanic and a very interesting way to incorporate the theme. I also like the music and the glow effect on the sprites.

The character movement and collisions are not always clean, I think they could use a little polish. Especially the spike hitbox, wall jumps, and the orb colliding in walls.

MisterCarson4 Oct 2023, 22:14

I love the central concept here. At first I was like, why wouldn't I just hold 'Q' but once I knew you could throw the cube, I feel for it. Being able to fly by throwing it over and over, and juggling it in a wall jump is really fun. My main gripe with the game is that the wall jump feels not so great and the jump feels inconsistently floaty.

i_cam4 Oct 2023, 22:15

The button choice is a little crowded, I had a hard time getting my right hand to do everything

CardboardMoon7 Oct 2023, 22:34

Like others, I found that being able to hold Q to constantly bring the artifact to you made the main mechanic pretty moot. Still, it's a great idea and I'd like to see a new version with some sort of change that forces the player to use that and the throwing mechanic properly! Music was great, I just wish there were some SFX for player actions. Keep making games!

Volnickauthor14 Oct 2023, 22:43

Thanks all for playing the game and for the feedback. Yes we can see now how the game could be better with some polishing and improvement/changes on the Q and E mechanics. We'll definitely take your advice into account for our future games.

Hare Software17 Oct 2023, 13:19

It is very cool idea to turn a familiar environment (a platformer) into something new by adding the mechanic. It forces you to improvise and relearn what you know. I would say that your game is promising and, if you choose to continue working on it, has some potential. Good work!

Dan Str17 Oct 2023, 20:26

This game really caught my attention. I liked it a lot, and the concept is fantastic