deathlock by winterbeak
start each screen with no health.
the edges of the screen are locked, and will only open if you're dead. now, the obvious problem here is that corpses can't walk - but they sure as hell can fly.

standard platformer controls + r to respawn. note: the f key was a debug feature that was accidentally left in! it's not an actual mechanic.
music by saiziju. everything else by winterbeak.
coded from scratch using python and pygame. sound effects mixed using ableton live's default libraries. graphics made in graphicsgale. no fonts were used and all text was pixelled by hand.
| Youtube | https://winterbeak.itch.io/deathlock |
| Youtube | https://github.com/winterbeak/deathlock |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/deathlock |
Ratings
| Overall | 364th | 3.625⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 295th | 3.6⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 89th | 3.975⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1005th | 2.6⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 831th | 3⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 480th | 3.15⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 27🗳️ | 4🗨️ |
You start with 3 health, shown at the top, then you have to get boxing gloves to knock off your lives and send you airborne through passageways, some hidden, until you die in a heap on the next level and respawn at the checkpoint.
Clever mechanic! I got quite a few levels done, until finally I simply got stuck.
I can't formally rate, but here are some thoughts. Innovation high, graphics below average (simple boxes), no sound, but decent playability if you get into it. Passable3 difficulty curve - I didn't beat the game, but got enough levels in to get the style.
what do you mean by no sound? we definitely added music and sound effects to the game. maybe it's too quiet?
I can see a "full" game on this becoming a speedrunners favorite easily! Well done! :D
My only complaint is lack of fullscreen mode.
