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Caverns of the Curse of Greed

By espyo

Percentile
CategoryRankScoreCountLD28Ever
Theme2303.3778.844.1
Fun3523.0764.542.9
Overall4653.0450.129.1
Innovation5562.8245.829.0
Graphics5752.7837.121.2
Humor6291.9516.79.2
Mood6772.5023.310.5
Audio7661.384.42.4
Coolness35249.152.0

Comments

sahoskins1 2013-12-18 21:15

some things are unclear with the items on times although the character does move well. Also as a side note, many people will be put off with the 7zip format as you have to download extra software to extract for many computers.

handcraftedradio 2013-12-18 21:44

Nice, cool game! Definitely reminded me of lemmings. I would put the hint about only getting one jewel on the first level because I was confused as to why it kept going back to level 1 ( I started the game without reading much of the description.) Other than that I thought it was pretty good and the powers from the tools were pretty cool. Good job!

espyo 2013-12-19 21:37

@sahoskins1 Good thinking. I'm just too used to using 7-zip to make everything as squashed as possible.

@handCraftedRadio You're not the first one to be confused by that, I'm afraid!... I wanted to make death more obvious, but time restrains...

I really should've made the whole item thing more clear, or at least point out some more in-game about the fact that Shift gives item help.

theholychicken 2013-12-19 22:01

The dropbox link showed error (404) for me.
I'll check back again later!

bitowl 2013-12-19 22:01

Dropbox link is down? screenshots look nice. can't wait to play&rate it

eskoala 2013-12-19 22:20

404 for me too.

badlydrawnrod 2013-12-19 22:21

404 on the link.

sam1373 2013-12-19 22:37

404

alexrose 2013-12-19 22:42

404, but if you get it fixed can you leave a message on my page? This looks worth playing.

thevideogamemechanic 2013-12-19 23:18

404

espyo 2013-12-20 11:27

Drat! As per my reply to sahoskins1, I decided to compress the game into .zip format, but I never updated the links! Should be good now.

alexrose 2013-12-20 11:51

Nice one man, I really enjoy the variety of tools, and how you can experiment with them but still win. Interesting entry!

I didn't figure out how to use a couple of them though. Like the one that looks like a spear I guess? (Diagonal bottom left to top right with a silver bit on it?) and the green kinda.. pneumatic drill looking thing?

I'd make it more clear you can only collect one gem on level 1 as well. I didn't read the blurb or help section and had to come back and look here :P .

But yeah, otherwise great game, especially for a first time. Hope you take part in more LDs!

espyo 2013-12-20 16:27

@Alex Rose Thanks! The spear looking thing is a zipline. You have to be close to a wall, aim towards another wall, and use it. The drill is a jackhammer meant to destroy blocks above you. I /really/ had to point out the function of the Shift key more... Too late now.

stmatn 2013-12-20 19:57

Great game!
At first I thought the game would be unfinished, because I have beaten level 1 after ~10 times collecting both gems :D
I really like the multiple tools you get.
Keep on the good work!

theholychicken 2013-12-20 20:45

Awesome, awesome puzzle levels!
I am pretty stuck on level 6 right now where the block of dirt is blocking my zipline. I tried to cannon myself across the spikes but I just get shot into the roof.. Still got to think about this one!
The level design and mechanics are just awesome. Great work!

shellfishgames 2013-12-21 12:01

Some music would have been nice, and I think the controls could be improved a little, e.g. that pressing a number key "selects" a weapon and shows the hint (instead of pressing Shift) and there's an extra action key to use the selected weapon. At least I personally would probably prefer that scheme.
However, the game works really well nonetheless, the level design is pretty good and I was surprised by the variety of tools you get. I'm currently stuck in level ~6 or so, the first one with a lot of spikes, where you get the crate for the first time. I assume I'm relatively close to the solution, but couln't make it back from the jewel. :/

jimmypaulin 2013-12-31 15:17

So much content for 48h! I love all the tools, it was really exciting and rewarding seeing what each one did. That glorious fling on L5 ... Nicely thought out levels and decent graphics and controls. I would have preferred stronger gravity as it felt a little too floaty to me, and of course sound would have been awesome, but this is an excellent entry

muciojadpl 2013-12-31 15:36

Interesting game, I'm really enjoyed game's mechanic.
But there isn't any music, unfortunately.:/
Anyway - nice!

stefan 2014-01-04 23:31

Nice game. You included many tools and levels, given that you only had 48h. Thats very impressive!

nicealexanderas 2014-01-06 17:23

idk what happened but i cant move from level 1 when i collect the 2 diamonds ):... Interesting idea :D great work! :D

rother-games 2014-01-06 17:23

It´s not clear that you only have to get one gem.
The game is ok.

brainless-games 2014-01-06 21:01

I enjoyed the game, the variety of tools available was a nice addition.