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Forgotten Spelunker by smilewood

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made by smilewood for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

Forgotten Spelunker is a 2D platformer all about getting as far down as possible!

Features: - Herringbone procedural generation! - Sweet pixel art! - Traps n junk that kill you! - Juicy 8-bit sounds, and spooky cave music!

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Controls: - A and D to move - W or SPACE to jump - S to crouch

Tools Used: - Unity (Game Engine) - Aseprite, Gimp (Images) - sfxr (Sound Effects) - Ableton (Music)

Credits: - Charlie Merrihew: Level Design and Sound - Miles Wood: Programming + design - Alex Undy: Art and little bit of everything else

All of the art assets (including the font and music!) were created during the 72 hours.

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Web https://smilewood.itch.io/forgotten-spelunker
Windows https://github.com/smilewood/LD48/releases/download/v1.0/LD48_ForgottenSpelunker_Win.zip
MacOS https://github.com/smilewood/LD48/releases/download/v1.0.1/LD48_ForgottenSpelunker_MacOS.zip
Link https://github.com/smilewood/LD48/releases/download/v1.0.1/LD48_ForgottenSpelunker_Linux.zip
Link https://github.com/smilewood/LD48/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.zip
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/forgotten-spelunker

Ratings

Overall 556th 3.738⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 575th 3.571⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1351th 2.881⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 342th 4.048⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 242th 4.286⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 181th 4⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 590th 3.083⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 762th 3.6⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 34🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

SavannahSDM
27. Apr 2021 · 02:37 UTC
Very nice game! I love the noodle arms/legs in the pixel animation and the game has a lot of charm! I would like a high score counter and or collectables throughout the map, but over all it was very interesting and it was fun!
Twigg
27. Apr 2021 · 02:38 UTC
bery gud
Studio Gomp
27. Apr 2021 · 02:38 UTC
This is pretty good! I think the controls need a bit of tweaking and there a few chunks that feel a bit unfair. Also, the html is a bit laggy. Fun game!
Snickers Cat
27. Apr 2021 · 02:40 UTC
Good game! The procedural terrain felt good though some of the obstacles felt unfair.
Hugh
27. Apr 2021 · 02:41 UTC
I really like the game, the art style is nice and the animations fit really well! The only thing that could be improved is a bit more variety.
Almighty Games
27. Apr 2021 · 08:49 UTC
I loved splelunky and found your game very familar in that regards. The pixel art is done very tastefully. Music well crafted. Overall, this is a great game entry. I think you'll do well.
Bauke Regnerus
27. Apr 2021 · 08:53 UTC
Impressive random generation. Lovely graphics and nice bloom effects. A nice homage to Spelunky for sure. The controls can be a bit tighter. Good job.
blackoptics8
27. Apr 2021 · 09:03 UTC
Great movement and music, I can stare at the lava all day!
ZeppelinGames
06. May 2021 · 05:07 UTC
Really nice game. Well done with the art and audio. Some performance issues with the WebGL version but still enjoyable.
Chillen
06. May 2021 · 19:50 UTC
Really enjoyed the art and audio! The overall gameplay doesn't really hook for a long time, but still quite fun. I'm sure there's lots of room to add more environmental traps. If I were to offer one criticism, it would be to find some more opportunities for informed choices; maybe signpost certain chunks (TRAPS THIS WAY) that signify risk/reward. Either way, it looks and sounds great, and is pretty fun for a bit!
Sunblast
06. May 2021 · 19:58 UTC
Nice game! Graphics looks really nice. Good job on the game!
VixenMink
08. May 2021 · 01:19 UTC
Unity wouldn't let me run this game but I really like what you have going as a concept
CATANYAW
08. May 2021 · 06:44 UTC
Awesome game! Good job!
🎤 smilewood
09. May 2021 · 03:23 UTC
@vixenmink What it Unity doing (or not doing as the case may be)? As far as I can tell the webGL build should be working on the Itch.IO link. Did you have issues with one of the downloads?
VixenMink
09. May 2021 · 04:36 UTC
@smilewood ![demise4.JPG](///raw/300/e3/z/424f1.jpg)

In my chrome, the load bar just doesnt show progression no matter how long I wait. This was from your itch.io page while using chrome and firefox