Skellevator

co-authored: @albinobat
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.65
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.68
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.39
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.46
*Legends tell of unimaginable riches at the bottom of this abandoned mineshaft.
Additionally, legends tell of an unimaginable amount of rabid undead skeletons guarding the treasure.
Surely I can take them on... Right? I work out.*

*HTML version may have crackling audio when first loaded, sorry about that.*

Controls:

- Arrow keys - move
- Space/Up - jump
- Down - drop through platform
- Z - Attack
- X - Grab/throw sword

The team:

@albinobat - Art

@kahztein - Programming/sound

Bug fixes:

- Fixed a bug that caused restarting levels to not restart enemy waves.

Changelog:

- Added HTML version of game.
Genres: fighting

Comments20

Myezko
Myezko8 Apr 2025, 12:51
Pretty amazing. The animations look very good and i love them
pabloa319 Apr 2025, 03:04
Interesting! I really like the combat mechanics, I struggle a little in the beggining with so many enemies but as soon I mastered throwing the sword (which is pretty enjoyable) I was able to make progress. The animations are pretty cool too, nice work!
apt_prose79 Apr 2025, 03:39
A man beats, a man rejoices
Ricesteam
Ricesteam9 Apr 2025, 03:48
Awesome pixel art. Controls feel very smooth and polished. The combat feels fluid--nice job on that polish. The game has good potential if you were to take it further.
Leophyte
Leophyte9 Apr 2025, 07:50
Cool little game, the animations are super fluid and nice to look at. I wish you could scale the window to you screen easily, that would be a nice QOL addition in the future. Didn't know you could throw the sword until looking at the comments lol
superpokeunicorn
superpokeunicorn9 Apr 2025, 08:03
Neat game! Gets very chaotic, but in a fun way. Liked the sword throwing mechanic, helped mix in a layer of strategy. Last level was pretty tough, hard to even know how to avoid damage with that many enemies, but eventually I pulled through and won. Overall pretty fun. Nice work!
MissSpelled
MissSpelled9 Apr 2025, 10:06
Wow! The animation is so smoothe!!! Took some time for me to get used to the controls, but after that it played great :3
Landing the perfect sword throw is soooo satisfying!
Ogladian
Ogladian10 Apr 2025, 01:12
Love the animation, it's really fluid and looks great stylistically. It's also pretty satsifying to line up sword throws and mow down a ton of skeletons in one go :]
PPPPPPPP10 Apr 2025, 08:58
Very interesting game, interesting style! The sound of hitting is very nice. I also invite you to experience my game^-^
Aashen
Aashen10 Apr 2025, 08:58
Finally a fighting game, what can i say, good job guys, it was fun!
Arthur Tang
Arthur Tang10 Apr 2025, 09:04
Solid game! Well polished animation and sound. Love it.
TheSmellofOxygen10 Apr 2025, 13:01
Phenomenal, smooth pixel art and snappy movement and combat. A little too simple for prolonged play and no reason to ever jump around the various platforms that I saw. Maybe crossbow skeletons show up later that I missed.
Hoggerhead
Hoggerhead10 Apr 2025, 13:01
Like it. Love animations and movement. Controls are really heavy to use, want remap!)
LDJam user 243193
LDJam user 24319310 Apr 2025, 14:49
Pretty fun game! I love beating skeletons with swords. I kept getting tempted to throw swords even though I don't have to. But yeah, I could do better next time.
LDJam user 202408
LDJam user 20240810 Apr 2025, 16:31
The combat feels surprisingly satisfying and there seems to be a meta that I couldn't completely figure out but I think staying on the floor helps by giving me more room to wiggle. The game is fairly challenging, I couldn't get past level3 for the life of me, at some point I was just running around like a headless chicken and throwing swords whenever I could :smile:. I wish there was a bit more variety in game mechanics but I guess there is only so much one can do in a game jam. I had fun.
Egor Iv
Egor Iv10 Apr 2025, 16:40
best animation!
iPhen11 Apr 2025, 23:17
cool, good animations, liked that the skeletons hats fly off
Glurgludor
Glurgludor12 Apr 2025, 10:51
Really fun game and tasty gamefeel!
Haoro
Haoro15 Apr 2025, 19:11
Nice game, would love to see a more complete version of it !
Garywiss
Garywiss16 Apr 2025, 23:42
Love the animation, it's very smooth and fun, Congrats !

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