Biblio-Worm

by madr
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.94
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.12
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.16
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.54
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.88
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A retro arcade platformer where you play as a bibliophile bookworm on a mission to recover your stolen collection of three golden books from the evil librarian in the Rat Library.

Controls


WASD / Arrow Keys / Left Analog Stick
Space / X / A Button
Left Mouse Button / Enter / G / Square / X Button
Escape / Start Button

Gameplay Tips


Flying books deal damage - dodge them!
Landed books can be picked up and thrown again
Avoid stepping on pencil spikes
Avoid slimes
Genres: platformer
Tools: Godot

Comments23

Nicso
Nicso6 Oct 2025, 13:47
1:33:16 🥵
Those boss attacks are quite tricky to avoid

Good job, that was fun. Loved the music
evgenii-petrov
evgenii-petrov6 Oct 2025, 13:48
Neat and accessible retro-platformer with retro-feeling controller and looks. Lens distortion is a bit too much though =)
manabreak
manabreak6 Oct 2025, 13:50
Awesome little game! Graphics and music were phenomenal. For some reason, arrow keys didn't work for me, so it was a bit awkward playing with WASD controls, but other than that, I managed to complete the game. Nice work. :)
MaxineY
MaxineY6 Oct 2025, 20:24
Wow it's really intense kkkkk
The fisheye effect on the TV is well done!
MrMaico6 Oct 2025, 22:07
WOW! Good job. Simple but very very effective. I can see people speed running this! Not me, as I'm bad gamer.
pro4
pro47 Oct 2025, 16:38
Fun little game! Nice artwork and controls. My total time was 1:35:49. The last stage was a little tough, but was able to get past it!
unpronounceable7 Oct 2025, 19:01
The only improvements that I see would be more levels and some sort of wind up on the bosses charge attack. Enjoyed playing it, good job.
leorean
leorean8 Oct 2025, 18:00
Oh boy, the music immedately cought me!! And I love the juicy sound effects and CRT shader - great entry, kudos!
esh_k
esh_k8 Oct 2025, 18:05
great game!! beautiful graphics, pleasant controls! good job!!
harujam
harujam8 Oct 2025, 18:06
Nice retro vibes and spicy hardness. Defeating the mouse boss was a bit tricky though already in the second level.
Eugenik
Eugenik9 Oct 2025, 03:52
Awesome graphics and music!.
Starlight Glimmer is best poney9 Oct 2025, 22:19
Very pleasant game. A nice and unique play on the Donkey Kong formula. I have nothing constructive to say, though at the end I yearned for more levels.
fritzendugan
fritzendugan10 Oct 2025, 05:26
Heyyy I think I recognize this crt shader xD Looks awesome though really convincing vibe, menus are smooth as well. Music slaps, I was immediately bobbing up and down in my chair :D OMG DID I STRUGGLE at that first level lol (I honestly thought that was the end of the game when I finally beat him but was pleasantly surprised you managed 3 levels!!). By the third I felt like I had true mastery (even though I'm probably still really bad). Awesome job!
Disvent
Disvent10 Oct 2025, 19:34
I hated that damn glasses-wearing mouse!!!
I’m terrible at games like this, so beating the boss was really tough - but also super satisfying!
The retro vibe is awesome - music and visuals work perfectly together.
Fantastic game!
graebor
graebor10 Oct 2025, 20:24
Dang this is hard!! Great job though, and the music rules.
lectvs
lectvs11 Oct 2025, 20:45
Fun game and great music!! Only complaint I have is that the boss should have a tell before he's about to dash. Otherwise great stuff! :smile:
LooksLikeSomething
LooksLikeSomething11 Oct 2025, 20:47
Love the retro vibe ! That's a great game, very hard though!
johnnysix
johnnysix13 Oct 2025, 20:58
Very cool - loved the character style - very much akin to the old 8-bit era loaded from a tape machine!

Bonus points for the music - great job there. I couldn't make it past the first level, too old and slow for anything that requires skill or reaction time :smile:
jacobingalls
jacobingalls14 Oct 2025, 03:32
It felt really hard until i realized that you could just run straight to the book and use the generous invincibility.
LDJam user 237945author14 Oct 2025, 16:53
@jacobingalls oh, record time! So the invincibility makes You go trough the cage... ok, playtest playtest playtest :D
Thanks for playing and thanks for the feedback!
filgru
filgru18 Oct 2025, 11:00
Really nice and fun game! It gives off strong Donkey Kong vibes(I used to play that a lot as a kid). The graphics and music are super cool and I love the retro screen effect. Great job!!

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