HOLE

by isayneigh

co-authored: @zio

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.33

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.69

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.69

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.74

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.90

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.79

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.95

Welcome to...

It's simple....fall down a hole! Reach maximum depths and beat your own high score. Watch out for platforms and don't let them keep you off screen for too long.

Features

- Local scoreboard (names not implemented :cry:)
- Falling!

Missing Features

- You can't pause :upside_down:

Controls

- Keyboard
- A and D to move left and right
- Spacebar to jump and select menu items
- Backspace to go back (only on scoreboard screen)
- Esc to close game
- Gamepad
- Left stick for left/right movement
- A (or south button) to jump or select menu items
- B (or east button) to go back (only on scoreboard screen)
- LT + RT to close game

Credits

- Thanks to Zane Little Music for the title track
- Thanks to cynicmusic for the gameplay track

FYI

:exclamation: Fall far for a little treat :exclamation:

Tags: #2d, #game jam

Genres: platformer

Tools: Unity

Comments17

Hoichael8 Apr 2025, 11:13

fun to play and pretty stylish too. One minor nitpick I have is that I would prefer the difficulty to ramp up faster (since this is a die-often-restart-often game) but maybe that's just me, difficulty is subjective after all :D nice game!

5108 Apr 2025, 14:37

8.06km! Pretty simple, but quite fun =) Would be cool to have some powerups!

dot_Ex8 Apr 2025, 15:49

At first it seemed that the game could not give the player any challenge, but over time it turned out that the platforms appeared faster.
The game has nice music.
I liked that there are different little things, like the fact that the character gets up on his feet and can jump on platforms.
It is a little inconvenient that the scoreboard has an exit to the backspace.

She Wrote9 Apr 2025, 14:59

The falling animation is hilarious, I love it. The game works well even with its simplicity. However, a few more obstacle types would enhance it a lot, and since the point is to fall, I'm not quite sure what the jump is for. But anyway, it's still a good game with great music, well done!

mhorth9 Apr 2025, 22:11

Nice one! I *really* like the touch that we don't die immediately going off the top of the screen, but instead get a little grace time. Awesome design choice. The difficulty ramp-up speed was *perfect*.

The only thing I can suggest is try having the score text at the top instead of the bottom, since the bottom is where I think everyone will want to look to see the incoming obstacles. Or off the sides may be an even better choice?

Isaac Hisey10 Apr 2025, 00:45

Good entry! I like the graphics and animations. I agree with the previous entry, Good design choice for not having a insta death.

isayneighauthor10 Apr 2025, 13:39

@mhorth that's a great suggestion and in hindsight makes sense.

swordguy4710 Apr 2025, 20:15

Fun simple game that's executed really well! I really liked the choice of music, very catchy haha.

silkworm_sweatshop11 Apr 2025, 22:54

Fun in it's simplicity! The pumping music track was a great choice even if you didn't make it.

SaraFilipa12 Apr 2025, 21:18

Simple is (sometimes) the best, and this is a great example of a very simple concept that works really well and feels really polished. In the beginning, I admit that I though "oh wow, this is quite simple" but it becomes nicely challenging. A very literal interpretation of the theme, and that is quite fun. Well done!!!

toilari12 Apr 2025, 21:23

Fun and simple, a great jam game! Loved how chaotic the physics feels, the gravity/acceleration is just perfect. The difficulty ramp up was slightly slow and could maybe have been slightly more gradual (felt like the eventual "oh shit this got difficult" moment was a bit too sudden for me, but that's more matter of taste than an actual issue).

The chosen music complements the overall feel very fell.

Great work, loved it!

hirqshi12 Apr 2025, 21:24

Yoo, i liked its simplicity, even tho i didn't really like the graphics idea is truly great and kept me playin, and you cant fail and implementation lol. Maybe i'd like to have some combo counter for the time you fall uninterupted or something like that but its a great yet simple game nontheless!

Nooodle12 Apr 2025, 21:30

This was fun! I could see myself playing this more in the future, great job! Also got 7km on my first try but then wasn't able to surpass that on my other tries lol. I want to try to get to 10km sometime :D

duckmaniac12 Apr 2025, 21:31

This game is addictive! I liked the character controller, plays well! Visually you can improve the game by borrowing a palette from someone else, and you can add a theme to the game so the character is no longer faceless. Like a game about your fallen airpods flying down, or something like that :)
My record is 5.27

spacecadet13 Apr 2025, 10:03

Cool little game that plays really well. I enjoyed playing it for a few rounds.

mayrakissa13 Apr 2025, 13:45

A great little game, gameplay feels good and the music is nice :D I like that you implemented a scoreboard, this is definitely one of those "I can get farther than you" games

HardEggGames18 Apr 2025, 23:37

Nice game! I could definitely see myself playing this on my phone for hours. Every aspect of your game is solid and well implemented, and the premise of the game is simple to understand and fun to play.

P.S. The game had a 2012-2014 YouTube rage-game vibe that I found very endearing and nostalgic lol

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