Capling by Xgor

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made by Xgor for LD34 (COMPO)
This is a fun little endless climbing game. To climb you have to shoot your two grappling anchors diagonally to climb.

Tip: if you shoot both right and left anchor at the same time you will climb upwards and stabilize.

Ratings

Coolness 94% 2
Overall 3.42 335
Audio 2.76 420
Fun 3.68 131
Graphics 2.62 719
Humor 3.23 150
Innovation 3.35 361
Mood 2.94 490
Theme 3.86 372

Feedback

cppchriscpp
14. Dec 2015 · 06:42 UTC
AUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHH!!!!!

Simple. Fun. I enjoyed it. My high score is 66m. On that note, it would have been really nice to keep/show a high score.
Tensoplast01
14. Dec 2015 · 09:34 UTC
Very fun, and as it had been said, it would be so great to have a high score :)
jim3wg
14. Dec 2015 · 13:01 UTC
Funny ! and addictive
Juin
14. Dec 2015 · 13:05 UTC
I think it would've been great if you could actually control where your hooks are going. That would add more depth to it than just pressing left or right at the correct times.
rosden shadow
14. Dec 2015 · 13:12 UTC
the sound when you die and way you die make the game
icereci
14. Dec 2015 · 13:27 UTC
I felt your pain every time I died :) I thought my game was hard, damn..
jcwelgemoed
14. Dec 2015 · 14:19 UTC
Damn this is difficult. Fun though, keeps you wanting to try just once more. AAAUUUUHHHH!
Good work
djdudes100
14. Dec 2015 · 14:19 UTC
Really addictive
joekinglake
14. Dec 2015 · 20:27 UTC
SUPER difficult, but I really enjoyed it! Great work :)
Ghen
14. Dec 2015 · 20:34 UTC
this is very difficult, somehow remind me of one of the battle toads level lol
it sounds really scary when it died
DarkGrisen
14. Dec 2015 · 20:45 UTC
My prediction says that this game is going to win LD 34!
DarkGrisen
14. Dec 2015 · 20:46 UTC
I climbed 309m btw :)
mrjorts
14. Dec 2015 · 21:33 UTC
This is fun. I think it would be nice to see a health bar or something, since you can hit the wall sometimes and be fine, but immediately die other times.
kaynank
14. Dec 2015 · 23:44 UTC
I'm not sure if the death sound was supposed to be funny or infuriating, but it was kind of both. Had me cracking up.
Luke
15. Dec 2015 · 00:31 UTC
That death sound... it's fabulous.
Ariake81
15. Dec 2015 · 00:34 UTC
brilliant, best so far. the controls are perfect!
Soka
15. Dec 2015 · 00:47 UTC
Simple and fun, I loved it but he died too easily :P
Drunkain
15. Dec 2015 · 00:49 UTC
Can't manage to rate other games cause i'm stuck on yours forever until I die.
Leaghorn
15. Dec 2015 · 12:48 UTC
fun and addictive
Elit3dGaming
15. Dec 2015 · 13:39 UTC
Very fun and challenging, has play-ability which I like
WASDMagician
15. Dec 2015 · 13:44 UTC
67 oh yes
SkullPixel
15. Dec 2015 · 14:35 UTC
Wow. This is FUN. Nice idea an implementation too.
Didi
15. Dec 2015 · 15:08 UTC
Hahaha this is fun and chalanging! Well Done!
mrStrings
15. Dec 2015 · 15:22 UTC
Hey, nice work! Gameplay is fluid and interesting (and hard), congratz!
If you could, it would be nice to add more control options... as someone with only one control key and a touchpad, I had some trouble at the beginning - then I decided to use one hand keyboard other mouse (nail'd it!).
Taffaz
15. Dec 2015 · 19:01 UTC
Great game, enjoyed playing. Only got up to 30m in the 10+ attempts I had.
Elemental Zeal Games Studios
16. Dec 2015 · 01:20 UTC
It was quite challenging, but still enjoyable. A solid entry, nice job!
fabulis
16. Dec 2015 · 13:51 UTC
Very cool, good job
ImYellowFish
16. Dec 2015 · 14:11 UTC
I got 64!!! haha! Nice mechanics, and I could find many ways of playing it!
ajmalr
16. Dec 2015 · 16:07 UTC
90m! Fun game!
jeroenwimmers
16. Dec 2015 · 16:52 UTC
pretty fun! and the dying had me everytime lol. it's simple it feels good.

I do find it hard to keep the vertical momemtum after you used one grapple to adjust a bit. I can never get back to the momentum I had.

also I found it's pretty useful to switch from using both buttons at the same time and using them altenately. great execution on the theme.
Supernaught
17. Dec 2015 · 16:01 UTC
Tough but really satisfying to master! I wish there were other controls though, as my laptop doesn't have a right Ctrl and I'm on touchpad. But other than that this game's really fun. 5/5 would AUUUUGHHH again!
🎤 Xgor
17. Dec 2015 · 20:21 UTC
@Supernaught @mrStrings
Added more buttons for the game including S and K that should work for pretty much every keyboard. As it's also uses unity Input it can be bound in the launcher.

Also really love the positive responses to this game! Seems like this is my most sucessful LD game yet. :D
teamvr
18. Dec 2015 · 22:47 UTC
A fun climb.
Hot Box Games
18. Dec 2015 · 22:48 UTC
This game is amazing! Love it! :D
PixelMonkey
18. Dec 2015 · 22:53 UTC
Excellent game! The controls are simple to understand, and act consistently enough for the game to not feel unfair, even when it's difficult. I'm not very good at it though, I only managed 54m!
anv
18. Dec 2015 · 22:57 UTC
Nice, it's hard to get correct rhythm. Simple, but really addictive.
Gipzo
19. Dec 2015 · 22:31 UTC
Death sound is epic )
Really nice entry, very addictive. Death upon colliding walls is very confusing, it would be better if there were certain places to die (saws or spikes), not whole wall )
🎤 Xgor
19. Dec 2015 · 22:47 UTC
@Gipzo I was considering doing that first but I noticed that I found it more fun that the walls became both your enemies and friends.
@jeroenwimmers alternating does goes faster if you really know what you are doing but if you do too slow it will just kill you. Using both at the same time is better for newcomers so I recommended that.
nunesbarbosa
20. Dec 2015 · 00:21 UTC
Hard game!!! Liked the concept and the theme matched perfectly. My best was like 30m.. I really sucked.

The audio could be improved.. it is comic art, not horror, you know.. ;)
🎤 Xgor
20. Dec 2015 · 00:27 UTC
@nunesbarbosa I know that they don't completely add up. I was kinda planning going more serious and horrific for a while so that's why the visuals and sound kinda is going different directions against each other.
SK16 Games
20. Dec 2015 · 01:10 UTC
129!!!(!)!
Simple, yet very fun and addictive :D Add some highscores/leaderboards and you have the new addictive game of the year!
crafteverywhere
20. Dec 2015 · 01:54 UTC
So funny and hope to see the mobile version.
Geti
20. Dec 2015 · 03:22 UTC
Fun but pretty tricky to recover once things have gone south :)
bradur
20. Dec 2015 · 04:08 UTC
Funny little game. A bit difficult at first but it grows on you.
thebrickanator
20. Dec 2015 · 06:21 UTC
Most addictive game that I have played so far :D Very cool idea!
Split82
20. Dec 2015 · 12:09 UTC
Super clever idea. It would be maybe cool if springs have higher damping. Anyway great entry. Thanks!
Steve | tacospice
20. Dec 2015 · 15:29 UTC
Pretty nice, great idea, but I'd say the velocity at which you die is a little too sensitive. Maybe it's just me though..

Sounds effects could use some work, but the fact that you had them at all is good though! Pretty nice polish overall with the little details like screenshake, stretching etc.

Also the level graphics style is cool. Great job!
Nega Drive
20. Dec 2015 · 16:07 UTC
Nice simple idea. Great use of physics! You get an extra point in audio from me for that death sound.
BeardyBard
20. Dec 2015 · 17:40 UTC
Very, very simple game. But it has original idea. Nice work!!!
_benhumphries
21. Dec 2015 · 00:43 UTC
Good job! I think it's a bit easy when using both mouse buttons at the same time. I recommend restricting it to one at a time.
DinnerInTheDark
21. Dec 2015 · 18:35 UTC
SOOOOOO HAAAARD AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Trasevol_Dog
22. Dec 2015 · 18:08 UTC
Well who doesn't like grappling anchors, amiright?
SinclairStrange
02. Jan 2016 · 23:34 UTC
Man that was hard! I couldn't pass 42m for some odd reason! Very clever idea, loved it! :D