Sisyphus by PrimalShadow
You play as the ex-CEO of a large corporate empire that has been banished to the underworld, tasked with carrying a boulder up the spire, but doomed to repeat the near impossible task as the boulder will fall down quite easily.
Use the arrow keys to move, press the space bar to pick up and drop or throw the boulder. Hold down either left or right while carrying the boulder then press space to throw.

| Youtube | https://alexbarr.itch.io/sisyphus |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/sisyphus |
Ratings
| Overall | 1038th | 3.348⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 819th | 3.326⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 350th | 3.739⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 935th | 3.5⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1166th | 3.152⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 996th | 2.682⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 311th | 3.476⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1108th | 3.1⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 13🗳️ | 22🗨️ |
@jenny-bourke thanks!
@lenophie It's possible but ridiculously hard haha
I LOVED the little CEO sprite, so cute.
Also I like the weight of the boulder during jumps and how the jump is perfect for the camera viewport but INSANE for the size of the man, feels great.
I just wish the boulder felt good to launch, if you improve this let me know and I will play it again.
Overall nice entry, gj!
You did good, if not too good job at portraying hell.
The idea of it feels like an original game that could be a bit popular, with some polishing, for example it would be more fun for me to dangle on the chain when the rock gets stuck on upper platform rather than the rock falling through it. But I guess you might have done it that way if you had more time. Or you just wanted to torment us more. But very well done.
The background graphics could use some more editing (too many rough edges). On the other side you did a good job on the character sprite. Good job!