Spunk Spelunk by ChuiGum

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made by ChuiGum for LD29 (COMPO)
This is by far my best Ludum Dare Entry (This is my third). Not amazing but I'm pleased on what I've gotten in 48 hours. Spunk Spelunk is endless. Collect diamonds, kill bats, watch out for shrooms, and don't melt in lava!

Instructions: Up and Down Arrow keys to move, Left and Right arrow keys to shoot, space to jump/swing, p to pause, and p to play at the menu.

I wasn't officially done yet. In the entry I noticed it was a little dark. I now realize that the controls were kind of uncomfortable. Check out the post-compo too! Well, hope you like!

(2nd) Update: I thought I finished the game but I updated it today (May 13th). Lava comes up from the bottom instead of the top, it's not as super dark as it was before, the bats' eyes are also a little brighter, at the top of the screen it shows you how far down you've traveled in feet, at the game over screen it shows you how many emeralds you've collected and how far you've reached, along with your best in feet and emeralds collected, and most important of all the controls are better this time. Instead of space to swing, it's the left and right arrow keys. Z to shoot, and like always up and down arrows keys to move. You can play the official game if you like but remember that your vote is supposed based on my entry. Check out my website if you'd like too, ccolongames.com - c:

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.26 470
Audio 2.67 602
Fun 3.53 181
Graphics 3.02 648
Humor 2.53 483
Innovation 3.12 510
Mood 2.93 611
Theme 3.26 559

Feedback

The Dreamweaver
28. Apr 2014 · 05:48 UTC
Definitely a game that you want to keep playing over and over and see how much you can master. The concept ideas and art was amazing. Even though it was made it 48 hours, this game is polished enough that it could be considered a fully made game.
Garris
28. Apr 2014 · 16:58 UTC
Addictive. It's really nailed that "just one more" motivation and keeps you wanting to try again.
gene-z
29. Apr 2014 · 04:28 UTC
Good work... too much fun
pvwradtke
29. Apr 2014 · 04:29 UTC
Man, i liked it! Simple, fun and addictive. Found it strange to shoot using the arrows, but in the end I got used to it (my initial reaction was to switch sides with arrows and shoot with a key).A little bit of polish and it could be an even better game.

Fun fact: when I pick up the first diamond, there's a weird graphic glitch with Wine on Linux. But overall, the game played very well on my setup (no need to dual boot, which is great!).
biscuitdough
29. Apr 2014 · 05:31 UTC
The swinging from one side to another was quite interesting, kept me playing for a while.

Stopped because I had a hard time dodging when boulders would fall on both sides at once.
BruceDoh
29. Apr 2014 · 05:33 UTC
Really neat. Reminds me a lot of Battletoads. Would be nice if you could move up/down while swinging, which could add some opportunities to dodge through obstacles mid-swing. Could be quite challenging!

Weird colour pattern on screen confused me until I realized I was tripping on mushrooms :)
tankete
29. Apr 2014 · 18:09 UTC
It took a couple tries to get used to the controls, but fun game. I'm not very good. I got a hi score of 4! Nice graphics. Well done!
Rusky
30. Apr 2014 · 02:30 UTC
Pretty solid all around! The controls were a little awkward with switching buttons to shoot when swinging across, but it worked out okay.
Thorig
30. Apr 2014 · 11:16 UTC
Nice gameplay and with a bit more polish a great one!
micdoodle8
01. May 2014 · 07:07 UTC
Liked the mechanics, and it could be a full game with a bit of polish. Well done!
teambrookvale
01. May 2014 · 07:58 UTC
Really really cool and solid game.
crocantidepollo
01. May 2014 · 08:00 UTC
I don't know if it's just me, but I found graphics a bit dark, it took me a while to realize I could shoot because the bullets were a bit hard to see.
SoupWithBits
01. May 2014 · 08:08 UTC
Fresh mechanics! Awesome!
Green Lightning
01. May 2014 · 12:16 UTC
Small tip: Make the bullets much larger and a bright color, so you can see them in front of the dark background and it will make shooting much more awesome!
pyrogames
02. May 2014 · 04:52 UTC
Some help text explaining the controls would be nice =]
zedutchgandalf
02. May 2014 · 05:18 UTC
This is an addicting little game :) Good job!
rvmook
02. May 2014 · 06:17 UTC
Addicting nice little game. Cool that you got everything in there. Took me a while to figure out you can't jump once you've reached the bottom which resulted in some deaths by rocks a couple of times. (and FYI Windows.exe file isn't there anymore) Good entry, fun to play!
Reinkout
02. May 2014 · 06:20 UTC
Thanks for the fun game!
🎤 ChuiGum
02. May 2014 · 06:35 UTC
@rvmook Thank you very much for the info, I fixed the link. And thanks for the compliment :)
blahoink
04. May 2014 · 01:15 UTC
nice take on an endless game. its great to see some variation in that genre. keep up the good work
pkenney
04. May 2014 · 01:24 UTC
Cool mechanic and a nice implementation! I think a few touches of polish would have gone a long way, mostly around shooting the gun and having bullets hit the bats, and also when the player takes damage.
capnramses
04. May 2014 · 14:32 UTC
excellent work! has a real atari/amiga game feel - felt like i should be using a one-button joystick!
Boodog
05. May 2014 · 04:15 UTC
Cool! Nicely done!
whilefun
05. May 2014 · 14:36 UTC
It took me a while to discover that the arrow keys also shoot your gun. This was a pretty fun game! Nice work :)
mneubrand
06. May 2014 · 03:50 UTC
Nice addicting game. Time was just flying by playing it :)
When boulders came down on both sides simultaneously it sometimes felt like there was no way to escape.
FuzzyWuzzie
06. May 2014 · 05:07 UTC
This was surprisingly fun once I figured out the controls! I felt a bit like Indiana Jones :) I can definitely see this as a great mobile game!
jsmars
06. May 2014 · 06:01 UTC
Really nice game! Nice mechanics and really fun! I don't know if it was intentional but the background was almost completely dark which made it near impossible to see any bats..

I also made a game inspired by spelunky as I've clocked around 150h of spelunky last few months..
csanyk
07. May 2014 · 00:54 UTC
Graphics were too dark to see well, so kept hitting enemies that I couldn't see clearly. Also, I couldn't figure out how to shoot? It says arrow keys but they don't do anything.

Music on the enhanced version is very good.
PIXEL^3
07. May 2014 · 03:44 UTC
Neat little game, wish you could move up/down while swinging and the controls were more intuitive. Maybe a rapid fire feature would've helped so I didn't have to mash the awkward left/right arrow. But a rebind might do just as well.

~AlucardX60
garygreen
13. May 2014 · 19:43 UTC
Both links to Dropbox said the file wasn't there.
phi
18. May 2014 · 10:56 UTC
Great concept, intuitive design, beautiful graphics. It's a little bit buggy sometimes, but all in all it's a nice game. Good job, I'd love to see future versions of this.