T.O.M.B. by Knighty

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made by Knighty for LD26 (COMPO)
Welcome to the Temple Of Minimal Benefit.
Run and jump your way through the temple's dangerous traps to reach the treasure inside. Be warned, simply getting to the end is not good enough for the temple god, as each room has a unique Law of Minimalism.

The game can be pretty difficult, so I suggest you play Normal first.

The Post-Compo version has slightly edited movement and stages to be less annoying.

Ratings

Coolness 46% 1364
Overall 3.98 34
Audio 2.88 443
Fun 3.60 117
Graphics 4.22 35
Humor 2.56 348
Innovation 3.53 243
Mood 3.35 213
Theme 4.07 115

Feedback

saint11
29. Apr 2013 · 03:02 UTC
Damn this is cute :D (And hard!)
saint11
29. Apr 2013 · 03:03 UTC
Congratulations! It's very polished!
Cybearg
29. Apr 2013 · 03:32 UTC
You are an evil, bad person, and your game is addicting as hell.

The level of polish on display is amazing! The game looks great and the levels, infuriating as they are, are clearly very carefully planned. I wouldn't be surprised if this game went viral like how I Wanna Be The Guy did. Big kudos, although I will never, ever play this again. I can appreciate what its trying to do.
torcado194
29. Apr 2013 · 03:35 UTC
wow this is awesome! i love your take on the minimalism theme! well done!
Eternal_Rest
29. Apr 2013 · 08:45 UTC
Excellent entry. Im holding off on actually Voting untill I have played a fair few games as comparison, but this here is a good entry. Fits the theme nicely and is very well done.
Canyon
29. Apr 2013 · 08:50 UTC
This is genius. I see what you are doing but unfortunately I am dying too much. Rage quit but high ratings.
leafo
29. Apr 2013 · 16:03 UTC
Dang this game is super hard, but it's also really good. I had to give up a few levels in because it was too hard :(
jolle
29. Apr 2013 · 18:22 UTC
This is very good, but also very frustrating.

(Also, if I understand you correctly, the music wasn't made during the compo, which breaks the rules. Was it supposed to be a Jam entry?)
🎤 Knighty
29. Apr 2013 · 21:53 UTC
I removed the music. I must have been sleep-deprived when I decided to add that music and thought it was okay.
CloudiestNights
30. Apr 2013 · 02:56 UTC
Very, very tough. And addicting.
Royal Railway
30. Apr 2013 · 05:49 UTC
Best I've seen so far!
ArkadyDracul
30. Apr 2013 · 08:51 UTC
Nice!
erhartmikale
30. Apr 2013 · 16:18 UTC
I'm thoroughly impressed! Best game I've played yet. Graphics and gameplay and difficulty are all perfect. :)
Loren
30. Apr 2013 · 16:30 UTC
oh man, so fun :) Great job!
dansludumdare
30. Apr 2013 · 21:15 UTC
I didn't bother getting past the room of turning because it was too frustrating. I'm not into these "I wanna be the guy" type games I guess. I think if I understood how jumping worked better, it might not be so hard, but I couldn't figure it out (namely the jump height).

Very cute and nice otherwise, and good interpretation of theme.
dalbinblue
01. May 2013 · 02:52 UTC
Sweet game. I'm embarrassed that it defeated me; I love frustratingly difficult games but I couldn't get through the room of minimal pits. I may come back later.
GFM
01. May 2013 · 03:53 UTC
This is great!
But I rage quit on the room of minimal pitfalls (hard mode xD). =X

My only complaint is about those damn spikes. Perhaps this would change the level design a lot, but... I think they should only kill when touched from the direction they are pointing at.
Ithildin
02. May 2013 · 23:28 UTC
Wow...I'm amazed. I love the level of challenge behind each room's rules (I've reached the third one so far), not to mention the amazing visual polish. Brilliant entry, congrats! =)
lekochen
03. May 2013 · 05:26 UTC
Give up at Minimal Greed. Geeeeeez this game is so hard. Well done sir.
Husky
04. May 2013 · 17:02 UTC
OMG...
It's soooooooooo hard lol.
Dietrich Epp
06. May 2013 · 08:39 UTC
Maddeningly hard but very fun.
lekochen
07. May 2013 · 15:44 UTC
I bursted out the F-word when I saw the red door in the last room. Holy cow.
barkergames
08. May 2013 · 03:05 UTC
I like the idea, it's a little too hard though. I ended up getting frustrated and quitting.
Turtle
12. May 2013 · 06:36 UTC
It's so hard ( ; ; )
naufr4g0
13. May 2013 · 20:32 UTC
Really good graphics! :)
The game is hard. Good interpretation of the theme. :)
kill0u
14. May 2013 · 00:18 UTC
Great [hard] game :)
Rafael Sales
14. May 2013 · 17:12 UTC
Cool game. Interesting mechanic and awesome graphics. Congrats!
klianc09
16. May 2013 · 20:23 UTC
This is one really though platformer. Although the idea is good, some levels were just stupid (min. Light) and others were not innovative at all (min. Time), I enjoyed the rooms with jumping and turning and greed the most, maybe you should have focused more on this things, and maybe combined them, that way you could create some sort of complex puzzles. Needs a restart button, but overall I really liked it.
(PS.: Deaths <= 10 ... ARE YOU FRICKING KIDDING ME?)
Blizzil
20. May 2013 · 19:03 UTC
This is awesome and ridiculously difficult! Well done, i salute you and your evil game design.
elbowroom
01. Jun 2013 · 12:38 UTC
This is by far my favorite game from the compo. I finished it with "minimal deaths" and got the secret treasure. I enjoyed every moment while I played this game. It reminded me of the best moments of playing VGs back in the 8bit - 16-bit era. Exemplary game making and level design talent.