Beneath The Surface by mrfriedfish

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made by mrfriedfish for LD29 (COMPO)
Commments said:

"It is very hard"

"Extremely difficult"

But I say it will test your patience. Amongst the player's who tried it, someone has yet to beat the game. Are you up for it?

Controls: [W] [A] [D] - [Left] [Up] [Right] arrow keys

Game Title:(Beneath The Surface)

A world without a heart is a world without a name. Buried deep beneath the surface lies the heart of the world. Unstable grounds, unstable gravity, danger awaits those who try to take the heart from deep beneath the surface.

Edit: the game is hard but beatable . . .

- mrfriedfish -

Ratings

Coolness 35% 1798
Overall 2.73 980
Audio 2.55 669
Fun 2.73 818
Graphics 2.59 925
Innovation 2.95 634
Mood 2.87 681
Theme 2.77 921

Feedback

Jonochrome
29. Apr 2014 · 09:30 UTC
The concept intrigued me. But having to start from the beginning with every death, especially when sometimes you can't see death coming, was too unforgiving for my tastes. If there were checkpoints, I could see a reason for the ten-minute timer.
hanoth
30. Apr 2014 · 22:16 UTC
I think with some polish and some checkpoints this could be a lot of fun.
elpaulo
30. Apr 2014 · 22:20 UTC
I think the concept is interesting but it is very hard because it is impossible to remember every traps !
timtipgames
01. May 2014 · 12:52 UTC
Extremely difficult ;)
Xaychru04
01. May 2014 · 15:44 UTC
Really hard, reminded me of IWBTG... Like the others said, checkpoints would have been appreciated too, but anyway, nice game, and congrats for your first LD! :p
CMaster
04. May 2014 · 11:32 UTC
Pretty decent graphics and sound for 48 hours of work.

Lack of checkpoints quickly made me give up though.
Tifu
04. May 2014 · 11:52 UTC
So the major problem here, and given the above comments I don't think I'm the only one to misunderstand this, is that it seemed at first like the gravity flipping was done by entering certain areas, like traps, this caused me to die many times without understanding what was really happening, you really need to explain to the player that the gravity is flipping on a timer, or it will (and did) just lead to incredible frustration. Once this was understood, I managed to beat it (I think? The game text said something about the 'heart of the world being deeper', so I dunno, if there's a deeper ending I didn't get it).
The timer is probably unnecessary, especially in a game where the player has to have patience to win.

Good job on finishing a game though, I'd just edit the information about the gravity timer into your description and people would have more fun with this.
Coin Flip Games
04. May 2014 · 18:32 UTC
Really tough game. Pretty fun though.
matthias_zarzecki
06. May 2014 · 16:25 UTC
ohh, cryptic :)