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Depths of Xylos

By reyansh, Adhvik and Rushikesh

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall8562.5825
Fun8462.4325
Innovation8512.2825
Theme6803.1725
Graphics7522.6826
Audio5582.0626
Humor6282.2323
Mood8342.5624

Comments

bslrqs 2025-04-08 10:21

wasn't able to play with my AZERTY keyboard :/

myezko 2025-04-08 10:37

i fell out of the map and got softlocked

reyansh 2025-04-08 11:16

If you fall out of the map, I suggest restarting the game

reyansh 2025-04-08 11:17

As in closing and reopening

dandee 2025-04-10 08:56

Good job guys! very cute level design and sprites!

tugaryn 2025-04-10 10:37

The music is a little annoying I didn't understand how to defeat the boss, ran to the right and apparently accidentally came to the first level location? A bit crooked hitboxes, it's hard to jump But in sum this twitchy atmosphere is even cool thanks!

silkworm-sweatshop 2025-04-10 16:12

Took a while to figure out you need to press "F" pick up the shards, got stuck on them (and other things) instead. Not sure if it's possible to beat the boss. It's definitely janky in almost every aspect :sweat_smile:. For where to start to improve, I'd suggest looking up better ways to handle collision as it goes a long way to give a better game feel.

anton-florey 2025-04-10 19:05

How do you beat the boss level? I cant hit the emenies with my sword without getting to close to them so I always die. The game was very fun up until this point :( Well anyways, great job on this game :)

reyansh 2025-04-11 02:18

for the boss level, I haven't tried myself(my teammates did most of the playtesting for later levels) so I am not 100% sure but from the little bit I have played myself you should just try going over and through the bos and ignoring the zombie spawns for the most part, you can also try baiting them off the platform

0x-void-x0 2025-04-11 08:27

I like the variety in levels and how some mechanics like spikes and falling arrows only show up for a brief time before moving to something different. The variety in weapons is cool although I couldn't figure out how to use the sword without taking damage from zombies. I couldn't get past the boss fight, I tried to gather the zombies together and then jump past them but that was easier said than done lol.

Overall this was a nice change of pace.

bloodbane 2025-04-13 07:57

Nice start with this game. It requires many fixes and polish to make it good but it has the basics. That being said, it has unique shard reading mechanic.

eugenik 2025-04-14 00:53

Nice entry with great graphics

adhvik 2025-04-14 02:13

thx

x2shadow 2025-04-14 08:56

I liked the sprites and the parallax effect of the background. The music is a bit annoying though, and I still couldn't figure out how to kill the boss. But overall I liked it, good job!

jonathan-ray-pollard 2025-04-23 01:14

The parallax background is great! Neat little action platformer, good pixel art. Sword was a bit difficult to control. Props for adding the background music, but it was a bit grating after the first minute or so. Nice job!