The Climb by pearmanl

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made by pearmanl for LD30 (JAM)
A boy climbs to heights in an attempt to bridge the gap between his world, and that of his estranged father. Made in Unity in 48 hours with a team of two.

Ratings

Coolness 30% 1796
Overall(Jam) 3.39 268
Audio(Jam) 3.56 149
Fun(Jam) 2.56 631
Graphics(Jam) 3.72 243
Innovation(Jam) 3.22 270
Mood(Jam) 4.18 15
Theme(Jam) 3.56 190

Feedback

hypp
25. Aug 2014 · 19:16 UTC
Nice game. I got stuck at the level with two red ropes going down.
yodamaster
25. Aug 2014 · 22:55 UTC
Very nice, especially the mood with the nice background music. But the two red ropes leave no possibility of progressing.
Razoric
25. Aug 2014 · 22:55 UTC
I love the atmosphere. Fantastic job!
OnlySlightly
25. Aug 2014 · 22:56 UTC
Very dramatic. I enjoyed the mood that you set. I did get stuck at the part with the two ropes though. I assume I had to jump between them over and over but sometimes it was unresponsive
elliottd
25. Aug 2014 · 23:00 UTC
good work. the climbing speed could match the animation speed closer, there is a collision detection problem where you need to leave the rope you jumped from in order to catch it again, I think you could have used a timer to let you grab the same rope without having to move out to the side and come back. Also some more dressing on failure instead of simply restarting, though instantly restarting is nice in that it encourages me to keep trying.
Victory Garden
28. Aug 2014 · 06:35 UTC
The mood is very pleasantly dismal, but the SFX contrast terribly with the soft piano music and minimalistic monochrome backgrounds. I am choosing to imagine that it was intentional to make it impossible to carry on after realizing that your father is the real problem, as it makes the game more interesting. Good concept.
GeorgeBroussard
28. Aug 2014 · 11:34 UTC
Like those above I made it to where there are 2 ropes pulling you down and could not progress? Is this the end? Nice effort.
leafarz
31. Aug 2014 · 10:46 UTC
woah the story telling was great! music is great! game mechanic was kind of off for me for a serious story line lol but the music caught that. well that's just me. also the buggy part when you get to the top of the rope but i don't care since the game is awesome!
i also liked the music. pretty cool.
the dad looked like professor utonium btw :))
great game!
Blizzard Muffin
03. Sep 2014 · 09:41 UTC
Very nice game, and an interesting take on the theme. Great graphics, music was good but the sound effects didn't really work well with the music. Did get stuck on the level with the two red ropes, not sure if that was intentional or not.

All in all, very nice game, great work!