Way before death by Arfilish
Way before death is short isometric puzzle, where you have to keep your little Blant alive before the end. You have limited time, which increases with every completed level.
Made with:
- Unity as game engine
- Blender as 3D modelling tool
- Reaper as sound design and music creation tool
- Aseprite as texturing tool (somewhen).
Controls:
- WS - move forward/backward
- AD - turn right/left
- Right/left arrow - move right/left
- Enter - interaction

Okay, i noticed nobody there can get to fourth level. I gonna give a little tip - you can use cube you currently holding to push another cubes, it will really help with completing third level.
Version 1.0.1 changelog:
- Fixed cube jittering while you holding it
- Linux build
Version 1.0.2 changelog:
- Fixed some misspellings.
Version 1.0.3 changelog:
- Game was little bit nerfed: turn speed and time on some levels was increased.
Ratings
| Overall | 218th | 3.6⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 234th | 3.517⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 410th | 3.052⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 226th | 3.776⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 110th | 4⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 58th | 3.9⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 337th | 2.643⭐ | 16🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 76th | 3.815⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 19🗳️ | 19🗨️ |
It's a minor gripe for a jam game, but given how much luck it would take to make it through anything past the first level on a first attempt and the possibility of accidentally nudging a box off a switch at a critical moment and being unable to recover from that, I'd really like to see the option to restart from the current room (with the same starting time you had going in). As it is, death means going all the way back to the start screen and clicking three times with a significant delay between each before you can make another attempt. I want to retry that last level right away - which on the plus side I think is one of the hallmarks of a great game!
Oh, also, thanks for putting out a Linux version! I know that's probably a hassle given the time constraints, but it was great to be able to jump in without having to rely on WINE or anything.
The gameplay was nice, albeit very frustrating: I couldn't pass the third level after a lot of tries :( I found the controls much harder than the game - perhaps increasing the turn speed, or changing to classic controls rather than rotate-and-move ones would help? Also, it took a very long time to restart the game, and I don't really understand why you need to replay the whole game instead of just the level you lost on.
Nevertheless, it's still a great entry!
Anyway. The controls were funny, but were'nt to difficult to figure out.
Was really good
It was a bit hard for and I didn't make it past 3rd level.. maybe I'll give it another go once properly rested, haha. Great job anyways!
Thanks for coming to my stream! Here's a link in case you'd like to see the recording: https://youtu.be/6O1eFU0xLWM
Your game starts at 1:41:15
Here's the VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1453383271
One thing that I'd like here was a faster retry after losing (or even a restart button for when we already know Blant won't have enough time).
Other than that, the low-poly graphics are nice :)