Boulder-Dash by Spice Cabinet
Theme: Start With Nothing
Climb the Mountains and avoid the falling boulders! Be careful though because you only start with one hit point. Collect the occasional health item to bolster your health and see how long you can survive.
Use your trusty grapple hook to help you avoid those especially quick falling boulders.
Our best so far is 1:35! How long did you make it?
If you find any bugs please let us know.


Thanks for playing.
| Youtube | https://spicecabinet.itch.io/boulder-dash |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/ld-45-game-1 |
Ratings
| Overall | 1114th | 2.421⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1052th | 2.474⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1097th | 2.211⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1127th | 1.658⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1008th | 2.368⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 825th | 2.056⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1054th | 2.184⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 19🗳️ | 4🗨️ |
The trusty was a nice touch! Great work!
Oh and I don't know if this would have fit better, but arrows to aim is a bit slow, so maybe the mouse instead?
Great concept anyway!
It starts off a little too slow for my tastes; maybe it might be worth considering some sort of "speed up" or "jump" command to make it scroll faster if you think you can do it safely. Maybe if you want to add a balancing mechanic, you can't steer or grapple while accelerating/jumping.
I might suggest a mouse mode for the grapple.
I think one thing that would really help with the difficulty is if you got a second or two of invulnerability after taking some damage, and have the rock knock you away, so that getting caught underneath a rock isn't effectively an immediate game-over. That would make health more meaningful, too.
Managed 1:43 on my second attempt. That seems to be about where it suddenly gets ridiculous.