Crystal Mites by Dan Fornace
Crystal Mites is a puzzle platformer where you must infiltrate the enemy's base with the bouncing movement of your crystal bug. First you must use your high bounces to navigate out of your own lair before diving deep into enemy territory. But you must be careful. The crystals in the enemy's base will destroy you with a single touch! You can also play a Versus Mode where two players race to be the first to reach the end of the other's lair. You can even bounce into the other player and prevent them from progressing. Will you play the role of a speedster or a spoiler?
Crystal Mites was created in Game Maker Studio 2 by Dan Fornace with music and sound effects by RESOFORCE.
https://youtu.be/nrJw0mGLJWI
This is a one or two player game that features controller support. You can also use the keyboard.
P1 Controls:
Move: Arrow Keys
Jump/Bounce: Z, Space, Up
P2 Controls:
Move: WASD
Jump/Bounce: G, L, W
| Link | https://danfornace.itch.io/crystal-mites |
| Link | https://danfornace.itch.io/crystal-mites |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/crystal-mites |
Ratings
| Overall | 132th | 4.097⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 145th | 4⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 369th | 3.71⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1329th | 3.3⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 237th | 4.29⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 18th | 4.452⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 665th | 2.98⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 592th | 3.726⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 19🗳️ | 14🗨️ |
I liked the mechanic of bouncing a lot. I just felt we could use momentum a bit better, like when you bounce for the first time after dropping you make a tiny bounce.
The level design looks okay although some parts became really hard quickly. I didn’t managed to finish the first level.
And that music: so groovy 😎
Its been said above, but wow the difficulty spike from side one to 2 is incredible. Maybe more checkpoints in solo mode or less spikes in 2p, but its really a wall that sucks the fun out of bouncing around the first half.
Still, this is polished, visually awesome, and reached really far aiming for 2p mode!
Nice work bringing this to life in such a short time!