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Ascent by monkeyScience

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made by monkeyScience for LD22 (JAM)
Your friend has just perished in the bitter cold. You must continue this treacherous expedition alone.

Climb to the top of the mountain using the arrow keys to move and spacebar to attach your safety line to the marked points in the mountain-side. If your stamina drops too low, you are apt to slip and fall. When dangling from the safety line, press up repeatedly to climb to climb up the rope and regain your footing. Be careful not to stress the rope the attachments may come undone!

Windows http://www.reinot.com/alone/alone.exe
Web http://www.reinot.com/alone/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-22/?action=preview&uid=8222

Ratings

Coolness 10% 641
Overall(Jam) 2.73 72
Audio(Jam) 3.27 26
Community 1.50 688
Fun(Jam) 2.45 71
Graphics(Jam) 2.55 104
Humor(Jam) 1.56 108
Innovation(Jam) 2.91 35
Mood(Jam) 3.18 23
Theme(Jam) 3.18 27

Feedback

TeamEpsilon
20. Dec 2011 路 03:31 UTC
In the windows textbox take the space out of before the http:// part s that we can play your game :D (looking forward to it)
馃帳 monkeyScience
20. Dec 2011 路 22:35 UTC
Strange, there was no http:// part at all, I've since added it...
sendmorepeople
22. Dec 2011 路 20:16 UTC
Game looks great. I had some trouble navigating the slope - wasn't certain which parts would make me fall and which would be stable. Nice atmosphere.
Drebin
23. Dec 2011 路 01:19 UTC
Yeah, great atmosphere. The audio was awesome! Had fun with this one.
God at play
23. Dec 2011 路 22:13 UTC
Agreed, great atmosphere!

The quotes are a nice touch as well.
Ian Morrison
27. Dec 2011 路 02:59 UTC
Was not able to play on windows, as the mono DLL couldn't be found. Was able to play the web version, though. Very atmospheric, but not much depth to the gameplay, and the mechanics didn't really have much depth. The audio was excellent, though.
doowttam
27. Dec 2011 路 04:41 UTC
Loved the audio and graphics. At first I just tapped up, because I thought thats what I was supposed to do, and I made it to the top quickly and with tons of stamina. Once I realized that I was supposed to hold up, then I started having stamina issues and had to use my rope. It became a lot more interesting and fun then.
Make A Game
27. Dec 2011 路 20:22 UTC
Cool atmosphere and use of sound! The first time I played I just went straight up and didn't even use the rope. That part wasn't very clear. On the second time though I tried to use it, and the game made a lot more sense. Sweet!
Tom 7
31. Dec 2011 路 19:38 UTC
I did a sweet swinging move once, which was quite fun, but I can't make it to the top before hypoxia sets in. Maybe I should have worn a different color than white though?
DormouseDevelopment
06. Jan 2012 路 01:28 UTC
Getting to the top seemed a little anticlimactic, but the core game idea and the implementation was very well done.