Crumble by foxtrot-roger
About
The game was made for Ludum Dare 49 with the theme Unstable in 48 hours for the compo.
You are a smiley face trying to reach another one while the world around you crumble to pieces.
First time for me to make the sound and music myself!
Controls
- Move left : Q
- Move right : D
- Jump : Space
| Link | https://foxtrot-roger.itch.io/unstable |
| Link | https://foxtrot-roger.itch.io/unstable |
| Link | https://github.com/foxtrot-roger/ludum-dare-49 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/crumble |
Ratings
| Overall | 421th | 3.146⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 316th | 3.271⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 300th | 3.25⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 265th | 3.583⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 489th | 2.609⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 283th | 3.087⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 376th | 2.25⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 435th | 2.705⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 25🗳️ | 22🗨️ |
Nice little game. Short and sweet, which is probably the way to go for LD. I felt like it spawned health packs more often when I was low on health, which was a nice friendly little touch, unless I was imagining it.
I like simple retro stuff like this, when it's well-implemented, which this is. Good theme use and audio too.
Super solid.
Side note, there appears to be a debug output at the top e.g. while pressing right arrow key.
The gameplay was pretty solid, but the movement felt a bit unprecise, so doing precise maneuvers was a little hard. Fits the theme with the crumbling platforms though, also liked the boom-boxes, nice touch.
This was really easy to handle, at no point in time where I died I thought it was unfair and my fault.
It took me a few try to realize that there was exploding barrel outside of the dotted border, maybe you could have added an extra dotted border / or a wall around the whole level to make it more clear?
It's hard to explain with words, so here is a picture:


Overall this is a very solid entry
The sounds/fx are satisfying and I had fun overall. Momentum made it hard to turn/do finite movement, which was frustrating, but it felt intentional. I love the fast pace of the game.