FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD48 → Underground

Underground

By halogen

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall18862.4644
Fun18432.3844
Innovation19032.0344
Theme14733.1544
Graphics17292.4645
Audio12092.5241
Humor10552.4837
Mood17812.2640

Comments

dovahkciin 2021-04-26 08:42

Too bad it's only available on MacOs. You are targeting a small community :crying_cat_face:

PS : The link doesn't work

thesambassador 2021-04-26 19:28

Yep, link does not work.

halogen 2021-04-27 14:42

Im sorry I'll try to fix it :(

halogen 2021-04-27 14:50

Ok now the link should work

sheinxy 2021-04-28 03:26

Link still doesn't work it seems :c If you need help with it I can try to give a hand!

0x01f0 2021-04-28 16:17

Still down :( Is it still in some kind of preview mode perhaps?

kenforest 2021-04-28 16:29

Links dont work, but i like this screenshorts.

halogen 2021-04-28 16:47

ok it should be now

halogen 2021-04-28 16:47

Thanks @KenForest :)

halogen 2021-04-28 16:55

Sorry this is my first time finishing a game jam/ludum dare so this is new to me.

halogen 2021-04-29 15:57

@dovahkciin Play it now it can be used in the browser https://gjammer25.itch.io/underground

spaghetti-inc 2021-04-29 16:05

The game was fun but on browser it suffers from screen crunch. It fells like I am playing sonic on the gba. So good game but could use some polish. But over all good job!

quantumseagull 2021-04-29 16:12

Cute graphics! I liked it. There were a couple of bugs. If you were in a free-fall but held the movement key towards a ledge, you would stick to the ledge. I also got stuck in black void in the first cave room without a kill screen (yes, I managed to fall of the first platform :smile:)

Awesome job on your first game jam, keep it up!

Screen Shot 2021-04-29 at 12.09.32 PM.png

bruno-bombardi 2021-04-29 16:33

Simple but nice entry. I think it would add a lot just by adding some small things like a Walking animation for the character. Graphics are ok, just as a small suggestion, you could try to make the platforms and path contrast more with the background, so it's easier to navigate. Congrats on finishing the jam! Good entry :)

baturinsky 2021-04-29 16:49

It's hard to understand where there is a border between passable area and walls.

andrewkennedy 2021-04-29 16:51

On my first playthough, I got softlocked between two platforms: Untitled-1.png

I fell through the ground on my second. On the third try though, I reached the end!

A few small changes could go a really long way towards making this feel less frustrating: 1. Zoom out to cover at least 2x as much screen space as we can currently see. Since we're traveling down, this often leads to blind jumps which aren't fun for the player.

2. Increase the contrast between the background and the foreground. Especially when entering the cave, it felt impossible to know what the ground was.

Good job on finishing your first jam entry!

charliegray 2021-04-29 17:16

Nice art, maybe a bit too zoomed in, though.

I find it really funny that the same guy (not sure if it's supposed to be the same guy but I decided that for me, he is) warns you to not go any deeper, while going ever deeper himself. Just the same guy running ahead of you again and again to urge you to please stop going deeper. :smile:

halogen 2021-04-29 17:47

@charliegray Glad your finding it funny I haven't realized that the same guy is going down even though he's saying not to haha :laughing:

stroe-andrew 2021-04-29 18:10

Nice little game you have there :) It was fun to play. But yeah, I have to agree with other with the fact that is zoomed in.

Nie entry!! ;)

halogen 2021-04-29 20:05

@stroe-andrew the zoomed in is a mistake I should have fixed anyway thanks for playing

bigbadbison 2021-04-29 22:16

Nice artwork and congrats on finishing it! Could use some animations and I'm not sure if it was just my system but it was zoomed in a lot. I think especially for pixel graphics it helps to be zoomed out a bit more. I'm sure you learnt a lot and I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with in the future!

I too fell on the first platform :P

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plazyqwerty 2021-05-01 12:16

Nice game! I liked it! :) It has a few bugs and the it seems to be too zoomed in. Otherwise, its a great game with nice music!

halogen 2021-05-01 12:34

@plazyqwerty Thanks a lot

fargred 2021-05-01 13:47

Nice little platformer! It was sometimes a bit hard to differentiate between earth the tunnel, plus with the zoom level when going downwards it was hard to see where you will end up (that might be intentional however ;) ). Still a fun game however, plus it has some funky music and a working menu as well!

shin0nome 2021-05-01 13:50

Cute game I liked it ! Graphics and music are cool. Maybe the HUD (life_bar) is too big but otherwise it was fun. Good job !

maxi1324 2021-05-01 14:13

Actually a cute little game, the only thing i thought was difficult, was that it wasn´t clear for me what is background and what is a real Object but except that this is a nice game

florianduf 2021-05-01 14:16

Good job. Make a game alone is not easy. :)

razorwolf 2021-05-01 14:56

Nice take. cool game.

guimoliveira 2021-05-01 15:16

Sometimes I got stuck and had to restart the page, but it's a cool game. Good job! :slight_smile:

ladybenko 2021-05-01 15:32

Good job! The art style and music are cute, although I found it a bit difficult to distinguish the character from the background. Also, I think I got somewhat lucky in one of my falls because I didn't get to see the lava. Congrats for finishing the game!

halogen 2021-05-01 20:12

Thanks everyone for getting me to 37 ratings as this is my first time finishing a ludum dare/game jam.

I'm really surprised with the comments/feedback on a game that I made in less than 2 days

I really hope you enjoyed it I never expected all of this and thank you for playing my game :smile:

cheesepencil 2021-05-02 03:28

Congrats on your first jam! It works

halogen 2021-05-02 07:40

@cheesepencil thanks

oc1d 2021-05-02 09:04

Thank you for your entry! I made it in roughly 1 minute - I love short experiences, it could have been a bit longer though :D

Other improvements: * Jumping Sounds missing * Music loops and gets a bit annoying * Character is too far on the right of the screen and the speed is relatively high, so for me it was not enough "Time, to plan ahead"

Thanks again :)

halogen 2021-05-02 14:51

@oc1d Thanks for the tips

stin 2021-05-04 11:12

Really cool graphics i like it.Good job

wizard-sino 2021-05-05 20:07

so... i fell off the first platform and i just fall forever. Otherwise, it's ok.

100th-coin 2021-05-08 18:39

I fell off the first platform, and into the void I went. The camera absolutely needs to zoom out a little, the player takes up almost 20% of the entire screen! I like the artwork, and the guy with the top hat looked cool! Nice job composing music too!