Rock Bottom

by bex2499
co-authored: @dandee, @njabulo, @raees
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.34
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.15
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.72
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.23
This chaotic action game puts you in the boots of a stubborn dwarf who's dropped his beloved pickaxe down a mineshaft. With nothing but sheer determination (and his fists, and throwable objects), he’ll fight through wave after wave of mobs, clearing each room on his descent to retrieve his treasured tool. Developed by a team of four students, this short but punchy adventure is all about fast-paced brawling, quirky charm, and good old-fashioned dwarven grit.

File was too big to upload so i left a link to a itch.io *shrugs in pain*

CONTROLS

WASD: Move
F: Pickup
T: Taunt
LMB: Attack
RMB: Throw
P: Pause

Audio - 'Action' by Pondan on https://pixabay.com/. <https://pixabay.com/music/rock-action-255730/>;

Comments30

cursewurm
cursewurm8 Apr 2025, 12:03
i liked flipping off the mosquito
Velis699 Apr 2025, 06:47
Fun mosquito model lmao :) We students too, rate our game comrade!
LDJam user 4100869 Apr 2025, 11:22
Enemy models were great, emoting at everything was incredible! I found hitboxes to be a bit hit-and-miss, but otherwise a very cool entry!
Akree9 Apr 2025, 11:53
very epic
Ronalchue9 Apr 2025, 12:13
The game is humorous. The controls are quite difficult, it would be great to add gameplay value to the taunt, the camera rotates strangely
Art_Alchemist9 Apr 2025, 12:24
I liked the dynamics. Even remembered Deep Rock Galactic. But there is a problem with the animation of hands and camera placement. When moving, almost the entire view is blocked.

It is also sad that the animations of enemies upon death are not turned off. It is not immediately clear whether they are alive or not.
hernandack
hernandack9 Apr 2025, 14:01
Graphic are good, nice audio as well, gameplay is fun and well it's the mosquitos best friend that hits me
GreenRadiation
GreenRadiation9 Apr 2025, 14:43
Fun game, everything would be very good, but the camera sensitivity is too high. Otherwise, great job!
EZduzzit
EZduzzit9 Apr 2025, 18:52
This game was funnyhaha, I think I wish the fov was a bit wider because with some of the items it was hard to see, but I loved the bugs and I loved squishin em >=) I thought it was hilarious when my weapon broke and all i could do was give the bugs the middle finger.
Trevor Lentz10 Apr 2025, 05:56
I really wish the field of view was set to like 90 or just a little less aggressive in addition to a less sensitive mouse motion. Picking up objects and just throwing them around haphazardly was definitely fun. The title of the game reminded me of SpongeBob XD. The ability to emote in a game like this is so silly, it's awesome.
Nicholas Smart10 Apr 2025, 06:46
Love this game. great humour, music and sound effects. graphics are good. Only issues i had was the hitbox of the creatures sometiems felt a bit off and the flies would still flap their wings after they were dead? Other than that was really fun!
KeiIsAMouse10 Apr 2025, 07:02
I like the humor of the game, especially how you can default to flipping off the enemies if you don't have a weapon. The camera did make me a bit sick, though. The easiest weapon for me to use was the hammer. I'm not sure if I did anything wrong, but I couldn't figure out the other weapons.
Shamedoor
Shamedoor10 Apr 2025, 08:01
It doesn't look like a LD game! Really well taylored :)
Sarah Upton10 Apr 2025, 09:39
game is pretty awesome, good job!
Locke8
Locke810 Apr 2025, 10:53
this game manages to capture the "angry dwarf in a cave" feel pretty well, the mouse sensitivity is way too high though, and the items you pick up sometimes get in the way of the camera a bit too much.
Onhore
Onhore10 Apr 2025, 13:03
The music and sound effects totally sell the absurdity! Agreed on the camera sensitivity/FOV tho—maybe a slider to tame the spinny chaos? Also, dead flies doing jazz hands with their wings was weirdly hilarious. Hammer gang rise up! Solid gem for a LD jam!
DazyLude
DazyLude10 Apr 2025, 14:26
After tweaking with mouse settings a bit, the game conveys the "angry dwarf" energy quite well, and without the tweaks I guess it becomes the "angry drunk dwarf" aesthetic. And visual style reminded me that of Deep Rock Galactic, so an obligatory Rock and Stone!

It's fun, good job :)
BatTheCat
BatTheCat10 Apr 2025, 15:53
funny idea... good job
LDJam user 410492
LDJam user 41049210 Apr 2025, 23:10
Very much needs a look speed option, but cool idea and great visuals!
gamescodedogs
gamescodedogs11 Apr 2025, 07:02
It's a pity there is no web version. I thought for a long time whether to download it or not. But I don't regret downloading it, very solid quality for a jam. The only thing I would do is move the camera speed settings to a place accessible to the player. But nevertheless, it's great!
FootLettuce
FootLettuce11 Apr 2025, 07:49
🦟🦟DUDE, I CAN FLIP OFF THE BUGS JUST LIKE I DO TO MY NEIGHBOURS IN REAL LIFE!!!!!! CRACKED GAMEPLAY🦟🦟
David05
David0511 Apr 2025, 22:28
Really fun and funny. Enjoyed it
noagard
noagard12 Apr 2025, 16:10
Hilarious concept and the animations cracked me up 😂 Camera could use some tweaking, but flipping off bugs as a last resort is peak gameplay.
Sam Gorman
Sam Gorman14 Apr 2025, 02:11
Love the chaotic energy. Throwing the weapons is awesome and the way they absolutely fling the enemies across the room is hilarious. The emotes are funny too - never seen those in a jam game before.

The gameplay has a fun, fast pace that I like. Finding new weapons encourages moving around the space and weaving around enemies. I found myself using melee attacks a lot more than throwing, though, which is a shame because I like the dynamism throwing mechanic. Throwing is tricky to aim and immediately discards your weapon, and since most enemies die in a couple melee hits anyway I found myself defaulting to that.

I agree with others that the camera was a bit too sensitive. On top of that, Unreal game jam games never run well on my laptop and by default have a lot of motion blur, which added to the disorienting feeling. I know the lag isn't your fault, but some camera tweaks could help this out a lot.

Good work overall!
oeueGHa
oeueGHa17 Apr 2025, 07:58
Funny, but i'd like to put weapons without turning down camera so strong and it'd cool if u could to kill several enemies my throwing a weapon. Nice job!
P.S. forgot to say, you need to add mouse sensitivity settings!
Saryah
Saryah24 Apr 2025, 01:56
Hahah this was really fun! I loved the emoting and heaps of weapons I could throw around. I think I need a slightly wider FOV and maybe some health pick-up chance after killing a bug (I still won by throwing weapons/cheesing), but otherwise a fantastic entry, well done!

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