Oh No!! Astral Warp

by plidomo

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.81

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.31

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.61

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.31

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.60

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.65

"Oh no - astral warp!!!" said little astronaut as he floated through one which appeared in his path. Where he lands, depth is broken. Can you help him defy depth?

'Oh No!! Astral Warp' was made in 72hours as part of Ludum Dare 57. It is a depth altering platforming puzzle game.

Our first ever game jam game!

Programming / art / sound / level design by plidomo
Level design / sound by Rebecca Saw!
Jump / Door sound made in jsfxr
Font is managore's excellent m5x7 font!

CHANGELOG:
9th April: Fixed a couple of bugs with collisions on level 8 and 10

Tags: #puzzle-platformer, #space

Genres: puzzle

Tools: Godot, sfxr

Comments24

Zigtalk8 Apr 2025, 00:43

I love your graphics, and the stretching perspective as a play on gravity is really unique!

LDJam user 4080738 Apr 2025, 03:05

awesome retro graphics with a great twist in gameplay. very fun puzzle platformer

GoogleFrog8 Apr 2025, 10:04

Cool use of the theme for a puzzle mechanic.

clymm8 Apr 2025, 11:42

Great graphics love the first couple of levels - but unfortunately I get stuck on this door. I try putting the key down to unlock but nothing happens. Great fun and interesting use of camera stretch!

firellon8 Apr 2025, 11:55

Heh, nice twist on the gravity mechanic

Same as above, got stuck with the door. Tried getting there without a key, tried throwing the key at it, laying it there, but nothing happened.

plidomoauthor8 Apr 2025, 12:08

Really appreciate the feedback! I definitely should have explained the mechanics a bit more. @firellon @clymm I've added a little visual explanation of what can be done to solve this in the body text of the game above , and for anyone else that gets stuck :)

Akkadion8 Apr 2025, 13:20

Very original entry. I wish it was displayed more clearly visually when the key and keyhole are the same size.

JHax8 Apr 2025, 13:26

This game is really mind bending - the puzzle mechanics are really cool and inventive. I'm not sure I totally got my head around "if I want to do this, I need to do x y z" but managed to get a decent enough feel for it without having a full understanding of it to reach the end!

All in all, a solid entry and some excellent puzzle design!

Fupi8 Apr 2025, 14:50

This has got to be the cleverest little puzzle game I've seen in years!! Genuinely mind bending, genious use of the theme, puzzles were novel and made me think!! This one is a winner.

Catusfelony8 Apr 2025, 16:29

Oh this is genius!! Not too difficult either, it's a lovely little puzzler. Loved the purple orbs, they kinda flipped what I thought I knew upside down.... or squished what I thought I knew. x3

This is especially great for a first jam entry! Super creative, props to you! :)

SiilicaC8 Apr 2025, 23:04

super cute the way the screen changes based on heigh was real trippy and so cool i loved it super fun to just jump around even! that was a super cool experience!

A0405u8 Apr 2025, 23:17

Beat the game, it was fun and chill! The music is good! Looks like you need to fix collisions for your character, he fits through small holes even in bigger size.

Monogatari8 Apr 2025, 23:24

I laughed SO MUCH when i use the planet for the first time, that was amazing ! The gamedesign idea is so good i would love to play more puzzles like these. Graphics are ultra cute i love em, the music is quite simple but fits well and the sound design is good !

plidomoauthor9 Apr 2025, 09:56

Thanks everyone so much for the kind feedback!

@a0405u Awesome thanks for finding and reporting that bug - I have fixed that and uploaded a new build.

OttoBroccoli9 Apr 2025, 10:21

Amazing puzzles, they were very interesting to solve, and due to the fact that new mechanics appear gradually, there are no problems understanding them, very worthy!

KeithSwanger9 Apr 2025, 10:27

Very cool mechanic, the front page gif sold me. I'm sure designing puzzles for this was a challenge! I was able to made it back to my bed! :)

CaptAndrey9 Apr 2025, 10:40

One core idea, but so many clever puzzles built around it! Really cool how the background and music complement the gameplay. It also gave me some strong “Superliminal” vibes — loved that!

Arthur Tang9 Apr 2025, 10:57

Super cool mechanics! I love this silly little game. The key mechanic of this game is really suprising and innovative to me. Yeah and it also reminds me of superliminal in a good way.

Ryrumeli9 Apr 2025, 11:12

I love gems like these. This is one of the most interesting games I have seen in a while. Love the idea for the mechanic here, easy to pick up and get and very forgiving, and yet fun and engaging. Easily one of the games that made the best spin on the concept of depth here, and love the touch of carrying the planet keeping your gravity constant. The sound design is great also, it does feel like a space adventure.

Texugo9 Apr 2025, 17:27

Wow, this is mind blowing! I got stuck in the second level with the purple planet but it was such a fun experience!

Quail Weaver9 Apr 2025, 21:15

Awesome game!

Mikan11 Apr 2025, 15:15

Very cool concept!
My playthrough: https://youtu.be/NIJ9OyUQ_4Y

noagard14 Apr 2025, 09:24

I got a bit stuck on the door puzzle at first, but I figured it out. Definitely one of the most original uses of the theme I’ve seen on this jam. Nice work :)

r8teful21 Apr 2025, 15:27

It took me a while to get my head around but what a cool concept! And really fun to try and work out how to solve puzzles once you understand what you're doing. Really loved the perspective, sound and art. Great work!