Declivity by bushmango

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made by bushmango for LD29 (JAM)
!UPDATE! There's a "Port" for Tablet/Mobile HTML 5. I've really only tested this in my iPad2, and it works well.

For the port, I changed:
- bugfix: staircases should be placed where you can't get to them anymore
- changes to menu screen (minor)
- input changes for touch support
- audio controls! mute and change volumes in case you don't like my sound
- general code cleanup

If you still haven't rated, I'd recommend the Web+ version just because it fixes the nasty can't advance bug. I haven't added or changed any gameplay features.

POST COMPO ADVENTURE COMING SOON

--- Thanks for playing! <3 Stevie

Finished! Wow that was a long 72 hours.

Declivity is a space mining, kitty rescue operation, and rogue-like-like. It's a cross between Descent and Spelunky.

Featuring: Shops, shields, cats, three monster types, no lava, multiple levels (around 10! I'm too tired to count), an actual ending, statistics, high scores, AN ENTIRE STORY, sadness, love, and darkness.

This was my first real HTML5 game as well as my first rogue-like. Also the most complete game I think I've ever made.

Chrome recommended. Let me know how it works for you.

Click: move and shoot and mine
Right-click: shoot and mine (so you don't accidentally run into things)

More detail is on the game page.

Feedback is greatly appreciated. Leave any bugs you find in the comments below.

Credits:
Main Design/Programming: Stevie
Additional Artwork: Lily, Oryx
Main Tester/Additional (Cat) Sounds/Cute Kid: Brenden
Additional Testing: Joanna, Lily

As always, thanks for playing! <3 Stevie

Ratings

Coolness 95% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.77 65
Audio(Jam) 3.13 347
Fun(Jam) 3.64 69
Graphics(Jam) 3.49 332
Humor(Jam) 3.28 132
Innovation(Jam) 3.42 181
Mood(Jam) 3.67 121
Theme(Jam) 3.87 51

Feedback

Tanner
28. Apr 2014 · 15:12 UTC
Controls are really cool :)
burquitlambadgers
29. Apr 2014 · 01:58 UTC
I felt bad when I lazered a cat. But using the laser on other stuff was pretty awesome.
theundeadwarrior
29. Apr 2014 · 03:41 UTC
Hahaha love the sounds! :) Well done!
RFLG
29. Apr 2014 · 03:45 UTC
Congrats over this game, one of the two best games I've played on LD29! Greath depth, great theme, awsome controls, your game has it all my friend ;)
7heSAMA
29. Apr 2014 · 04:02 UTC
I got to "City of Gold" and there weren't any more stairs...
Pretty cool over all. Exciting when the scrolling kicked in, I didn't expect that. The cats were a good idea but they were so easy to kill - maybe not the best execution.
🎤 bushmango
29. Apr 2014 · 04:17 UTC
@7heSAMA -- sorry, sometimes the stairs spawn in a space you can't get to. Rare, but I wasn't able to fix it in time. The cats are supposed to be delicate, the challenge is in protecting them :)
Shmarah
29. Apr 2014 · 04:35 UTC
Sounds are super cute and the gameplay is really cool, very creative! I feel like I should have seen controls like this in another game before, but I can't think of one!
zillix
29. Apr 2014 · 04:45 UTC
really really great! the gameplay and graphics are elegantly simple
TyrusPeace
29. Apr 2014 · 05:12 UTC
There's a lot of gameplay here for what are ostensibly very simple controls; I like how much trying to not-shoot the cats adds to it, and you did a good job of conveying the feeling of going ever deeper, and being increasingly in danger.
AGDG_REJECT
29. Apr 2014 · 05:13 UTC
It is too easy to laser things you don't mean to, but otherwise a very good effort.
mir007
29. Apr 2014 · 08:43 UTC
I think I just shot a kitten... Oh noez.
zatyka
29. Apr 2014 · 23:13 UTC
Really nice. Remarkably complete.
WhiteVoidia
30. Apr 2014 · 01:08 UTC
Very very silly and very very fun
Rest in piece all the cat-miners that I accidentally lazored ;_;
Phyyl
30. Apr 2014 · 01:10 UTC
you made me kill a cat. and then die from burnification. but this game is awesome! 5/5 for innovation and theme!
Katamori
30. Apr 2014 · 01:21 UTC
Great game, with great atmosphere!
Kuchalu
30. Apr 2014 · 02:26 UTC
Really nice art style. Fun to play too!
john_conder9
30. Apr 2014 · 02:31 UTC
"There better not be grues" haha that is fantastic. Having said that: worst game ever - WHO LETS ME KILL ADORABLE CATS ON ACCIDENT? That is WICKED and MESSED UP. :( I'm sorry I swear I didn't mean it kittens, I swear it wasn't my fault :(

Besides the obvious cruelty of the game, it was really well put together - I got burninated the first play through at around 3000 and decided to try again, this time cheating (because it's okay to cheat against anyone who makes you kill kittens.) I... got burninated again like 30 seconds in >< The gameplay is great, moving and shooting feels smooth (although too smooth, poor kittens) - and it's overall pretty good. Great entry with great humor!
StencylTuo
30. Apr 2014 · 02:32 UTC
Definitely one of the better entries I've seen. It was definitely a harder option. I would have preferred different controls for moving vs. attacking... so often I either killed cats myself or stepped on a monster instead of shooting it. Still, it's very well done, especially for 72 hours.
Nuclear_Hammer
30. Apr 2014 · 02:37 UTC
Nice job! The gameplay is very funny!
BadgerPriest
30. Apr 2014 · 10:05 UTC
Yeah, I was definitely the leading cause of death for these kitties.
pancakecity
30. Apr 2014 · 18:13 UTC
Really neat rogue-like. Very fun to play! I kept shooting cats, ahhhhh
ehtd
01. May 2014 · 07:36 UTC
Nice game :)
HybridMind
04. May 2014 · 23:40 UTC
The poor kitties died so easily. I am scarred from killing the first kitty that appeared because I thought it was an enemy. Now I can't sleep at night. The dreams haunt my slumber in the space mines.
davidwparker
07. May 2014 · 15:38 UTC
I dig it. Good use of theme, controls were good, graphics and sound. Liked it all overall.
Dreii
08. May 2014 · 04:23 UTC
Haha I love the sounds, I killed a kitty by accident though :(
fun game!
DraKlaW
09. May 2014 · 01:15 UTC
perhaps left click could only fire on hostil or neutral tiles, not auto fire on kitties. Very fun also.
loxo
15. May 2014 · 18:56 UTC
Great game with lots of details, nice graphics, audio and atmosphere. The game fits the theme well and is fun to play.
udo
16. May 2014 · 09:52 UTC
Love it! You made the kind of game I wish I could have made...
klianc09
17. May 2014 · 12:28 UTC
Really fun, but also traumatizing.

NO KITTY, WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DIE?! :(
thaaks
17. May 2014 · 13:12 UTC
I like this game a lot. The laser sound is a bit annoying but everything else is well done.
The controls, the graphics, enemies - all fit nicely.
Great idea for the given theme.
jesse0michael
18. May 2014 · 04:12 UTC
Wow! Had a lot of fun! :)
jsmars
18. May 2014 · 07:50 UTC
Really nice job, I accidentally killed a kitten! :D
Dietrich Epp
18. May 2014 · 07:57 UTC
Fun, and challenging! The level generator is a bit buggy, so things spawn in walls. It's scary when you go down a level and hear the kitties dying.