Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD48 → Speleo

Speleo

By h0pe86

Percentile
CategoryRankScoreCountLD48Ever
Overall5853.252230.043.9
Fun5783.132235.146.7
Innovation7672.602213.418.0
Theme8072.802210.817.1
Graphics5823.202225.639.8
Audio623.982286.591.4
Humor5002.322118.523.9
Mood6702.872114.327.1

Comments

rushhourz 2021-04-26 07:43 ♥ 1

Really nice game. Sound effects and art are really well done. Also a responsive, resizeable window :D

tomn114 2021-04-26 07:48 ♥ 1

Nice clean game, I like the art and the sound in general (the water dropping was a nice touch) it's actually pretty frustrating at first but that's on me I failed the level with the 3 corridors on the last rat and I wanted to rip my hair out. But that's what makes it a compelling game even with such a simple concept. The tap controls (can't hold down) and lack of grid is non-traditional but I wouldn't say it's bad, it adds to the unique-ness to the game.

h0pe86 2021-04-26 08:23 ♥ 0

@rushhourz Thank you! As a sound designer I've tried to push my limits and tried to do a "game" all alone. The audio part was the "easiest" one. I'm glad you liked the game!

h0pe86 2021-04-26 08:30 ♥ 0

@tomn114 Thank you for your comment! I've tried to create a balanced curve of difficulty... but the "3 corridors level" is waaaaay too difficult, I know that :D Glad you liked the aesthetics of the game, thank you so much!

hilvon 2021-04-26 08:30 ♥ 1

Nice game. Few neat mechanics. Clear level goals and tutorials.

The only problem I would like to point out are - all the builds in one archive. Seeing a 530mb download file is kind of a deterrent. Maybe if you split builds into their individual archives and give several download links, a game would be more accessible to people with slow internet connection (Yes, they still exist).

h0pe86 2021-04-26 08:36 ♥ 0

@hilvon Thank you for your comment! you're right: later I'm going to separate alle the different builds and re-upload them, so it will be easier and faster to download the specific executable!

soyeahimjames 2021-04-26 10:22 ♥ 1

I enjoyed this one! Simple and clear objective, and frustrating in a good way! Really nice job on the audio too!

h0pe86 2021-04-26 13:08 ♥ 0

@soyeahimjames Thank you so much!

verysoftwares 2021-04-28 07:56 ♥ 1

short but sweet game

h0pe86 2021-04-28 10:21 ♥ 0

@verysoftwares thank you!

lesinvisible 2021-04-28 12:38 ♥ 1

Very cute simple game, I liked the art and selected color palette. Overall, well done!

snesgaard 2021-04-28 18:15 ♥ 1

Art is really great, makes it super clear what's going on at all times!

Did feel that collision detection can be a bit unforgiving at times, but great otherwise.

nicmagnier 2021-04-29 05:23 ♥ 1

The sound design is just so cool in this game. I also really like the minimalist art direction, the colors used especially are really good. The game is good and straightforward. I would say that the collisions box on the rats are a bit too generous. It often feel better is they are smaller than they look. But otherwise congratulation, this is a really neat compo.

icefallgames 2021-04-30 23:12 ♥ 1

Yay, I won! Love the music.

ripter 2021-05-01 00:06 ♥ 1

Loved it! I won! The music really ties it all in together. It was super tiny on my MacBook, but it scaled just fine when I maxed the window.

h0pe86 2021-05-01 12:58 ♥ 1

@lesinvisible @snesgaard @nicmagnier @icefallgames @ripter Thank you guys for your feedback! It means a lot for me!

dorigami 2021-05-03 04:03 ♥ 1

Cool game with fitting music! A solid entry indeed

pijamar 2021-05-17 01:09 ♥ 1

Very good art and music! I love that it's an action arcade-y game, but using tiled movement, gives it a different pace than usual. I think the hitboxes could be a bit smaller to make some section less punishing. Would love to see more of this game, hope you keep working on it! Well done 🏆

ciaranw 2021-05-17 21:11 ♥ 1

Music is great! The cave noises in the background are a great touch, and all of the sound fits nicely together. Simple gameplay, but it worked and was well polished. Controls felt a little unresponsive, I think it would be better to move on key-down rather than key-up. I did accidentally move one too many squares a couple of times and suffer death-by-rat :P But maybe I'm just bad! All in all, nice entry and I learned what a "speleologist" is!

raphiell 2021-05-17 23:47 ♥ 2

Great entry! A bit short on levels, but the great music and sounds set a great mood. Well done!