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Downcave by Daniel Seeberg

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made by Daniel Seeberg for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

Downcave is a roguelike shooter platformer

Travel as deep down as you can, collect experience and weapons to get stronger

Made in Gamemaker Studio 2

Extract the zip file to play the executable

Itch.io Page:
https://iron-juice.itch.io/downcave

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Bigfix (Downcave 1.1.zip -> Downcave 1.1.1.zip) (added after deadline)
When leveling up or picking up weapons, added a delay for the buttons to fade in to avoid instantly clicking something on acccident. In the 1.1 version it was easy to grab the "+50% dmg, -4hp" powerup on accident and die.

Assets:
Pixel mobs
https://henrysoftware.itch.io/pixel-mob

"Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup" Assets
https://opengameart.org/content/dungeon-crawl-32x32-tiles-supplemental

Sound Effects, Subspace Audio
https://opengameart.org/content/512-sound-effects-8-bit-style

Humble Fonts (Equipment pro)
https://somepx.itch.io/humble-fonts-free!

Download https://iron-juice.itch.io/downcave
Github (GMS2) https://github.com/IronJuice1/Downcave--The-Ludum-Dare-Version-
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/downcave

Ratings

Overall 886th 3.529⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Fun 341th 3.765⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1470th 2.794⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Theme 912th 3.647⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Given 28🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

exewin
27. Apr 2021 · 10:22 UTC
My favourite LD48 game so far. Really hard, but super addictive.
LDJam user 142515
27. Apr 2021 · 11:56 UTC
The gameplay is really fun it's hard but with the right build you can really hold yourself against all the mobs, good job !
Carko
27. Apr 2021 · 13:19 UTC
I killed myself with a level up perk. Other then that really fun.
ilPrinny
28. Apr 2021 · 06:05 UTC
Really really fun and addicting entry, the upgrades were fun to stack and combine, 2 suggestions that would help the upgrade system IMO, 1) being able to skip guns, I sometimes dont want to take the triple gun when I have the laser. and 2) make sure you dont pick the same upgrades as options, Being given 3 options for orb duration was a little sad to see. Other than those two changes this game absolutely nailed it. REALLY really fun, fantastic work
tengusheath
28. Apr 2021 · 06:14 UTC
Pretty fun. The powerup system was cool.
Is there a way to get health back? I fell down a really long pit and just took a bunch of damage from enemies while I was falling and it felt a little unfair.
Gustavo Rocha
29. Apr 2021 · 15:04 UTC
Excellent Game! high replayability and nice flow. Great Job!
xpoho
30. Apr 2021 · 10:11 UTC
Продираясь сквозь орды врагов, бравый герой с автоматом, нет, с дробовиком, ой, то есть с огнеметом, короче, с каким-то оружием лезет всё глубже и глубже, но встречается с золотым черепом и гибнет бесславно!
Вот такая у меня история.

Замечательная игра, мне очень понравился выверенный баланс между скоростью получения опыта и сложностью врагов. Спасибо! ^_^
ToxicComputer
06. May 2021 · 17:02 UTC
Good job! You did what I tried to do in my vertical levels, but much much better! Good entry and had a fun time playing!
My Sweet Whomp
07. May 2021 · 21:04 UTC
Nice entry. You did a good job of integrating every asset into a game that feel like a whole. The gamefeel needs to be tweaked a bit here and there: jumping with something else than the up key, the jump height is a bit short etc. And of course, the difficulty curve can be a bit ridiculous but in the end it's a pleasure to play. Kudos.
VixenMink
11. May 2021 · 03:06 UTC
I. Can't. Stop. Playing. This. Game.

Loving every little bit of this
SleepyStudios
11. May 2021 · 08:19 UTC
This is really well designed. I liked the variety in the way you could build your character and there's real trade-offs between some of the upgrades. I also really liked the enemy variety but some of them felt a bit unfair like the clouds that (I think) split up into more clouds when you hit them and travelled through walls. Amazing work overall though!
someone
11. May 2021 · 17:51 UTC
Great game. The movement feels fluid and the weapons are satisfying.
The shotgun would occasionally not fire which was annoying.
I ended up avoiding the statues after a while because I didn't want a worse weapon.