Abysm

by apg
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.90
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.63
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.18
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Those pesky tentacles are attempting to emerge from the depths and destroy the world again. It's up to you, a weird cephalopod creature, to stop them.

Use WASD or arrow keys to move and left mouse click to teleport to the green dot. If you teleport through a tentacle, you cut it off and get points, shown by the green bar in the middle on the left side. When the point bar is full, you win.
If a tentacle touches you, you take damage, shown by the purple bar on the left. If you run out of health, you lose.
Each tentacle on the screen generates corruption, shown by the blackish bar on the right. If that bar fills up, you lose.

Being near the top of the screen increases the rate at which you heal, and being near the bottom of the screen reduces corruption faster.

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I'm using the ElMessiri font from Google Fonts, licensed under the Open Font License. A copy of the license can be found in the source code.
Tags: #2d, #no ai
Tools: Godot

Comments11

LDJam user 285197
LDJam user 2851977 Apr 2025, 04:26
I think the idea of stopping tenacles is interesting. I like the player it is very silly!
CamComDuck
CamComDuck7 Apr 2025, 04:32
I felt really cool when I got 2 tentacles with 1 teleport. Cute game, I love the art and the background environment!
baknik7 Apr 2025, 04:34
Once I understood the mechanics (thanks for the description), the gameplay was clean and fun!
pvg7 Apr 2025, 11:33
The tentacles are nice, and the music really matches the mood.
BridgeOnAStick
BridgeOnAStick10 Apr 2025, 18:15
Fun mechanic to destroy the tentacles by teleporting on top of them, but makes it very difficult!
bentglasstube
bentglasstube15 Apr 2025, 03:58
A really interesting concept that was fun to play, if a little unforgiving. The black corruption bar was very difficult for me to see, and seemed to be the main way I lost. I often found that the tenticles would move at the last minute and ruin my attempt to cut them off. Loved the artwork and the tentacles were really well animated. The music was a nice addition, although it felt a little bit repetitive. Great job.
gdman
gdman16 Apr 2025, 21:58
Very dynamic and original little game! It took me ten tries to beat it, after I mastered controls and realized I move too slow and need to keep tentacles present under 3. Music little annoying but that adds to ctulchian pressure, good job!
gbegreg18 Apr 2025, 07:29
Good idea and good execution but a little difficult.
fabonacci20 Apr 2025, 13:03
It's a bit too hard to avoid attack from tentacles. A more progressive difficulty would be a plus. Nice idea and work
limered22 Apr 2025, 22:01
Cool idea. Like others already said, its a little on the unforgiving side. Also I didnt understand the bars at first. The tentacles always got me and i didn"t know why.

I think there is mutch room or improvement, but the idea is solid. I can see a mobile version with swipe controls be really fun.
YouCarryOats
YouCarryOats23 Apr 2025, 22:47
Interesting concept! Took a few tries to get through (I had to read the instructions to understand, but I got there). But it was a neat idea for a jam, well done!

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