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Sunken Tower by Matthewsworld

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made by Matthewsworld for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

A kingdom doomed by its king, a tower bearing the weight of his sins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_q0zi-lqXQ

About:

Sunken Tower is a roguelike/platformer where you descend deeper and deeper into a tower that sunk into the ground, in an attempt to get your hands on the king's sunken wealth.

Features:

  • 30 hand-crafted chambers to explore!
  • 10 unique items to spice up your build!
  • A boss fight with 2 phases!

Controls:

Movement: A and D / Left Stick Jump: Space / A (Xbox layout) Aim: Mouse Cursor / Right Stick Attack: Left Click / Right Trigger Fullscreen: F

Credits:

  • Programming, art: Matthewsworld
  • Music in trailer: Someone Somewhere
  • Sound Effects: https://www.zapsplat.com/ & "Morten Barfod Søegaard, Little Robot Sound Factory" https://www.littlerobotsoundfactory.com
  • Font: Boxy Bold by Clint Bellanger

Tools Used:

  • Construct 2
  • paint.net
  • Audacity
  • Vegas Pro 15

Future:

Sunken Tower is now in development beyond Ludum Dare! New characters, enemies and artifacts await! Not to mention new music and art by an amazing team, and don't even get me started on the bug fixes! Check out the new version here

Screenshots:

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Browser and Windows download https://matthewsworld.itch.io/sunken-tower
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/sunken-tower

Ratings

Given 3🗳️ 1🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 252856
28. Apr 2021 · 03:03 UTC
The cutscene in the beginning was very funny. The gameplay was pretty smooth but it didn't change enough to be interesting. I think the player should be able to get more items within the playtime, alternatively there should be a way to keep items past the boss. Sound design was pretty good with the exception of the coins, they made my ears go owie.
🎤 Matthewsworld
28. Apr 2021 · 18:46 UTC
@offdutyextractors thank you for the feedback! All were problems I wanted to address but didn't have time to, unfortunately. A potential "full release" would likely include an endless mode (on top of more room variety, bosses, items, etc), which would hopefully alleviate the main problems.
zoarfy
28. Apr 2021 · 23:30 UTC
Hi I just finished playing your game. It was quite fun and I enjoyed it. In particular the items felt really good and powerful and you have great humour injected into it all which is really nice!

To give some feedback, I'm not sure if the chests contained different rewards? I.e. You don't have as many keys as chests, and without any indicator of its contents (maybe there could be a hint that one contains a heart vs. coins) there's no reason for me to not just choose the first one available all the time - which is what I did.

I'm a sucker for a game with a small game window like yours has, so I really enjoyed the compact nature of it! Congrats on finishing and submitting!
🎤 Matthewsworld
29. Apr 2021 · 01:00 UTC
@zoarfy I'm glad you enjoyed it! Chests have a 75% chance to contain coins (between 75 and 125) and a 25% chance to contain a random item. The drop rate between coins/health/keys/chests is split 25% each, but I agree that certain loot like keys should be more common than chests.
Gustavo Rocha
29. Apr 2021 · 22:35 UTC
Very fun! the sword attack is a little bit slow, but you get used to it. Nice job!
NaBo369
30. Apr 2021 · 19:48 UTC
This is a very fun game!
I really enjoyed the intro of the game, it immediately set the tone for the game and made it feel more alive.
And another thing I really liked was that there are several different upgrades you can get every time. Like the first time I played it I had the double jump, the second time I had the two attack upgrade. That makes it a lot more interesting!
All in all it is a really good game for such a short amount of time