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Abyss by Nomppie

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made by Nomppie for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

"Endless descending platformer/shooter that feels like something I'd play on a school computer instead of doing work" - Me

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Take care to avoid monsters as you dive deeper into the abyss!

Abyss is an action-packed endless descending platformer/shooter where your main goal is to keep going deeper. Be careful, though, because the abyss is infested with monsters who would like nothing better than to end your descent early! With your trusty blaster at your side, you should be able to handle them!

  • Move: A/D or Arrow Keys
  • Jump: Space or Ctrl
  • Shoot: Left click
  • Aim: Mouse

Let us know what your high score is in the comments!

Link https://nomppie.itch.io/abyss
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/abyss-3

Ratings

Overall 1224th 3.341⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1134th 3.205⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1631th 2.636⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 583th 3.886⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 516th 4⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 881th 3.227⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 953th 2.619⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1517th 2.976⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 11🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

CubeX
27. Apr 2021 · 18:22 UTC
A fun game! My only problem was that there was no quit button and your mouse was locked to the game screen so you couldn't press the quit button, which is annoying for me sometimes.
🎤 Nomppie
27. Apr 2021 · 18:38 UTC
@cubex Yeah, sorry about that! This was meant to be a web game so I didn't include anything to close the application. The web build just wouldn't work for some reason when I tried to upload it
Hojaverde
27. Apr 2021 · 18:40 UTC
I reached 1km just standing to to far left most of the time. Very nice game with nice graphics and sounds
THX
27. Apr 2021 · 18:41 UTC
Cute game, the pixel art is very charming. If I were to give any feedback I think platforms could be more likely to generate at the edge of the level, as its very easy to get a high score by just hugging the right or left wall and falling continuously. Nice entry!
Yeil
27. Apr 2021 · 18:48 UTC
Cool. Scored about 500 points constantly falling :D. It would be cool if the weapon fired faster) The graphics and sounds are cool, the atmosphere is cool)
TomatoLamp
27. Apr 2021 · 19:07 UTC
Very chunky and satisfying and I really like the character designs! More enemy variety would have been great (I saw only three or so of the bats enemies across multiple runs) but it's a very solid package of a jam game - well done or "Nice!" ;)

Bug note: sometimes when restarting the black fade would come back and immediately hide the screen and I'd have to reload the game.
CubeX
27. Apr 2021 · 19:09 UTC
@nomppie Ok, thanks for letting me know why!
MatiF100
27. Apr 2021 · 19:17 UTC
Cool game, a bit boring though. If you just keep licking the walls, your score scyrockets. Also, depth counter seems to have bugged at over 1000 meters down
Michael Harris
27. Apr 2021 · 20:55 UTC
Fun game. My best was 852. Good job guys!
🎤 Nomppie
28. Apr 2021 · 00:00 UTC
@tomatolamp You must've just gotten unlucky :P There are 3 enemy types, and platforms are supposed to have a 50% chance to spawn an enemy. The eyebats, though, just come out on there own

Also, thanks for the bug report, I just uploaded a new build which should have fixed it
nyanpierre
28. Apr 2021 · 15:53 UTC
funny game ! gg
HippolyteA
28. Apr 2021 · 15:54 UTC
645, I got consumed by the abyss :(
Great job, nice game!
MaratG2
28. Apr 2021 · 16:03 UTC
Yay, I got 1629m! Graphics are excellent, and the game feels just right. The thing I can underline is that you can just fall by left or right side, so, in my opinion, the meaning of the game decreases. It's not an easy game design problem, to come up with the solution. Great take, thank you!
LDJam user 58658
28. Apr 2021 · 16:04 UTC
Charming little game which reminded me of Downwell and such. Music and graphics had an old-school vibe going for them and the pixel art was solid. The green enemies seemed a little too easy as the you could just wait in an upper platform and shoot them from there. Maybe player could have had a taller view of the map and some time constraint could have been added to the game? Overall nice work!
Kaihyo
28. Apr 2021 · 16:06 UTC
Simple but fun game. Good job !
carpaccino
28. Apr 2021 · 16:09 UTC
Nice little game, I ve made 278m ! A bit repetitve and the cooldown on the gun is frustrating.
I really like the art with his pappercraft style, good job on that.
lsdlx
28. Apr 2021 · 16:24 UTC
Fun game! Reached 960 :) Loved the design of the one-eyed pawns. Would be great to have some extra bonus by killing the enemies or a pass to go further down maybe. In the end I realized I just have to avoid them
DivFord
28. Apr 2021 · 16:48 UTC
Nice game! Feels good to play, for the most part, and the pixel art is very pleasing.

Is there any benefit to killing enemies? I found the game was mostly about falling and hoping not to land on anyone...
paulhocker
29. Apr 2021 · 16:11 UTC
this was a pretty solid game. my only complaint is the rate of fire on the gun, and lack of more enemies. i could also seem to fall forever without taking any damage. good game. thanks for making it.
James Kusardi
29. Apr 2021 · 17:00 UTC
nice work! i feel that the gun might feel a lot more rewarding if it was more responsive or if some of the enemies (like the small ones) died to 1 shot instead of 2. also feels like there's not much incentive to defeat enemies over just fall.