Leaving with Ladders by blobo
Into the depths, and leaving with ladders
On a walk through the park, you fall down a giant hole. There's only one way out, and it's buying ladders from some jerk.
Every time your heart beats, you lose a dollar, and if it drops to $0, it's game over.
Controls
W,A,S,D, Spacebar : Movement.
Q: Teleport to shop.
W: Miscellaneous Actions.
Number Keys: Swap selected tool. (1. pickaxe, 2. ladders, 3. lanterns)
Mouse: Aim, Mine, Place Ladders and Lanterns.



Pro tip: Keep an eye on your money. If that drops to zero, you're dead. Don't waste all your money on ladders. keep a nice buffer of money to go around.
Known issue: Don't teleport while touching walls, you'll be stuck when you arrive at the shop.
Ratings
| Given | 25🗳️ | 33🗨️ |
Pretty damn polished and complete - overall, great!
Only real nit-pick is that the theme felt pretty arbitrarily tacked-on - why do I lose money whenever my heart beats, and why does that kill me? Also, some more work on the audio would really flesh this out.
The game's life is also pretty good thanks to the exploration gameplay, and the art is as goofy as the humor (Thinking about the main character).
Overall, a wonderful entry, great job !
Either way, nice simple concept and surprisingly addictive. :)
Not knowing that teleporting causes you to drop your loot is what got me killed, I probably skipped that part.
But all in all, great visuals, very clean and simple. Audio was lacking and the tune never got old. Very well fleshed out game. Nice!
And then you somehow managed to create a nice coherent art style AND fantastic audio.
Great job!
- **Money Lost** : 362
- **Speedrun Time** : 11:47.37
It's a really good game, almost died because I'm too greedy and started to buy too much ladders, had to make quick back and forth in the mines with only 25$ left.
The audio is nice, but I find it a little bit too repetitive, but it adds already a lot to the gameplay.
During my first playtrough I had a bug where I couldn't move to the left anymore. I teleported in the second shop and teleported again and then I could move to the left :/ Had to restart the game but I'm glad I did and won the game :D
Good job !
P.S : Would have love a fullscreen option also, did I just missed it somewhere ?
Nice to play and cute graphics