Spiffy mechanics, nice atmosphere. A bit too all-the-difficulty-right-away for my taste.

Thanks! I didn't intend to make it so difficult, but when I went to play test, it was really too late to change the level design. It is definitely beatable though! You just have to be quick and creative.

Phew! This is a tough one to play, still enjoyed it though, awesome concept! It would be nice if the lava boiled upwards a little bit slower though. Aside from that awesome work!

Great job!, frustrated me so much I fell in love.

Sorry i couldn't run this entry when i clicked on the exe
nothing happened ;(

I'm too bad for this. I just can't get past these fire balls.
Nice idea, good physics, hard level design, could need some moodier graphics? Otherwise, very fun and challenging in a good way. :)

For those who couldn't run it, I suppose make sure your java is up to date?

A very challenging but addicting game.

The .exe took a long time to start up.
I like the mechanics, but the game is way too hard. If the flames weren't so prevalent at the start it might be more manageable.

Too hard, really...

There was a typo where the cool-down of the grappling hook was dependent of FPS for no good reason making the game incredibly hard when it was below the FPS cap. I fixed that and updated the download links. It should be a bit more forgiving now.

This is really hard, a lot of the time it seems like the platforms you need to grapple to are off the top of the screen

This was pretty good. The rope reminds me of the ninja rope from Worms!

It's damn hard but is even more fun to play

The file does not open... like, never opens...

Fun game XD, it was kinda hard to aim without a custom cursor but it was fun overall XD

Neat idea for the mechanics! It's a bit difficult though.

Oh, a grappling hook! There aren't enough games of those, I tell ya. And I like how it feels too and would love to experiment a bit, but...

With a game like mine I probably lost any right to complain about a game being to difficult - but MAN, your game is hard! An easy way to make it more beginner-friendly would be to make the lava rise slowly in the beginning and to get faster over time. Tweaked correctly, that would make *finishing* the game just as hard as it is now, but *beginning* the game would be a lot easier.

Another suggestion: If you use the mouse to aim, you might also want to use the mouse to "shoot" - or in this case, grapple.

I've watched your gameplay video now - that looks incredibly elegant!

So in the end your game is far too hard for me, but I really like what you have going on. All in all, good job!

PS: Also your game has lava. All the best games have lava obviously.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no lwjgl in java.library.path
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1857)
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:870)
at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1119)
at org.lwjgl.Sys$1.run(Sys.java:73)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.Sys.doLoadLibrary(Sys.java:66)
at org.lwjgl.Sys.loadLibrary(Sys.java:95)
at org.lwjgl.Sys.<clinit>(Sys.java:112)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.<clinit>(Display.java:135)
at game.Run.<init>(Run.java:137)
at game.Run.main(Run.java:701)

Wow that was hard! Are you an old time Rope Racer on Worms Armageddon by any luck? That's what this game reminded me. Nice job for a first game!