Swoop - Save the Princess from falling rubble! by Zuvr
Dive in to the depths of the crumbling castle in which you serve in order to save the princess from an ugly fate!
Only you can swoop in and push her out of the way of all the falling debris!
"Swoop" (name not final) is a quick platform racer where your goal is to overtake as much of the falling rubble as possible before time runs out, place yourself below the planks and kick off of them for a big boost!
NOTE: THE WINDOWS VERSION WORKS SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER DUE TO LIGHTING BUGS IN THE WEB VERSION
CONTROLS:
Arrow keys to move (including up and down!)
Space to kick off of planks (or finish the game :D)
"R" to reset the level if you get stuck or wanna improve your score
| Source Code! | https://github.com/Zuvr/LudumDare48 |
| HTML5 (WebGL) | https://zuvr.itch.io/swoop |
| Windows (WORKS WAY BETTER!) | https://github.com/Zuvr/LudumDare48/raw/master/Swoop%20Windows.zip |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/swoop-save-the-princess-from-falling-rubble |
Ratings
| Overall | 585th | 3.25⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 549th | 3.175⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 324th | 3.45⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 221th | 3.925⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 404th | 3.5⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 595th | 2.763⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 197th | 3.206⭐ | 19🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 585th | 3.025⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 22🗳️ | 19🗨️ |
Took a little time to figure out - but cool idea :thumbsup: nicely implemented :smile:
I hope you'll drop by mine and give it a spin :wink:
:purple_heart: :dart: :frog:
- There seems to be a bit of a delay on the audio when you move
- Im not sure how I get points, I just seem to get them sometimes, and sometimes it took a while before I got any.
- I didnt really ever feel the need to use the kick
- It doesnt seem possible to lose. I just fell straight down for a while and all the planks i hit just kinde rotated and let me through.
Theres room for improvement, but id love to give it another shot it you decide to make an update :)
It took me some time to understand what I was supposed to do.
As it is, the game is a bit easy, because nothing can kill the player and there's plenty of time.
Nonetheless, it feels badass to jump from plank to reach the bottom!
I got off screen one time and couldn't get the character to show up anymore haha! But other than that, great entry :)
So I played the web version and I made it to the bottom of the pit! I jumped off screen one time, and I thought I'm dead now, but my character dropped down again and I continued. I couldn't really figure out how I collected points. Is it when planks crush to the sides? I also wasn't brave enough to do the "place yourself below the plank and then kick" stunt, but I will try again!
I didn't quite get what interaction causes the sound effect.
But it's a very satisfying scene at the end!
The sound effects make more sense now, and I tried out the jumping. I got 81 points, is this good? I also appreciate the mini map!!
Your game reminds me a lot of this one scene from Alice in Wonderland, when she falls down the rabbit hole and all the furniture is hovering around her. Maybe adding a few different objects besides the planks could be a funny easter egg?