Spiraland by A Chill Lemur

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made by A Chill Lemur for Ludum Dare 50 (COMPO)

A rogue-like platformer built mostly to test out spawning an infinitely expanding spiral of platforming challenges.

The goal is ever moving so... expect delays... sorry I know that's kinda shoehorned in. I was hoping for the teleportation theme if I'm honest and this is what I wanted to build.

It's built with modular levels spawned in on a grid generated in a spiral pattern ala Ulam's Spiral. Ulam's spiral is all about Prime numbers, and I didn't do anything special with the primes, ran out of time, but I think with more time to design levels and challenges and a few more mechanics this could turn into something proper.

Controls:

  • WASD for movement (I used Godot's physical keys, so it should work on non QWERTY keyboards)
  • Space to jump, double jump, and triple jump
  • Hold down left mouse button to target your teleport, release to zip to your target (You can only do this if you have the triangle powerup)

Avoid the red stuff, get the rainbows

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Ratings

Overall 536th 2.958⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 361th 3.229⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 526th 2.729⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 614th 2.13⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 547th 2.708⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 419th 2.771⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 473th 2.848⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 29🗨️

Feedback

FlipKING78
04. Apr 2022 · 13:52 UTC
nice platformer, the controls are kinda clunky but otherwise i enjoyed it
nethead
04. Apr 2022 · 16:20 UTC
THE SHINIES. Really like the visual style of this game and found it really fun.

Sometimes I'd lose control though (wouldn't move in the direction I'm holding, or start jumping weirdly?) and I wasn't sure if this was a mechanic that I didn't understand or if there were a couple bugs. Fun regardless though!
atomicptr
04. Apr 2022 · 16:41 UTC
Great work, sometimes I lose control and my character drifts towards the left side.
LDJam user 258516
04. Apr 2022 · 16:48 UTC
Great code for generating phases! I found the colors a little too strong, (I played for like 20 minutes, but I always died with my character being thrown off the screen for some reason)

I wish I had started using teleportation sooner.

Congratulations!
xCarl
04. Apr 2022 · 16:50 UTC
Good platformer, sometimes when I jumped I couldn't change the direction in mid air. Great job anyways!
m11
04. Apr 2022 · 17:11 UTC
Fun platformer! I also found that sometimes I couldn't change direction in mid-air when jumping?
LDJam user 257946
04. Apr 2022 · 22:55 UTC
The movement is really fun! Nicely down!
bigbazwa
05. Apr 2022 · 00:50 UTC
Pretty fun, I liked the color-cycling effect.
d00kl1
06. Apr 2022 · 00:03 UTC
Fun to play. The stretch effect of the player character block works well to convey momentum.
RoughSkin
06. Apr 2022 · 07:22 UTC
Pretty challenging! The air controls feel sometimes unresponsive, but, great aesthetic and loved the game!
shellofagirl
06. Apr 2022 · 12:59 UTC
pretty fun game :) just needs a little movement tweak. good job
cogcomp
06. Apr 2022 · 20:44 UTC
Nice idea. I didn't mind the flashing graphics. I'm used to old computer games :smile: The teleporting was a nice too bad the theme didn't turn out the way you wished.
p-r
06. Apr 2022 · 22:42 UTC
Controls are a little funny, that is especially noticeable in mid air, but not sure if it's by design
szym
07. Apr 2022 · 01:32 UTC
Loved The level appearing as a transition. very neat :)
pdotjpg
07. Apr 2022 · 11:35 UTC
Decent platformer but the controls felt really unresponsive and weren't a good fit for some of the precision platforming required. I do like the random progression of levels and the fact that they exist in the same space - meaning you can use the platforms of a previous level to beat the next one.
LDJam user 279546
07. Apr 2022 · 12:52 UTC
Movement controls felt a bit off, but I liked the style and the ever expanding platforming area!
LDJam user 234567
07. Apr 2022 · 14:05 UTC
I love the colors. Graphics are simple but do the job.

The next level that appears is a good idea
DzejPi
07. Apr 2022 · 14:52 UTC
Love the sound effects and the overall style! And nice to see some generated content. Too bad I couldn’t change the direction mid-air, I think that would make the controls feel nicer. But great entry nonetheless!
JakobTheQuizGuy
18. Apr 2022 · 18:56 UTC
Very cool concept! Like others have said, the graphics are cool but the mid-air controls are kind of unpredictable. I like the jump sound effect, which is good, as you're gonna be jumping quite a few times in a platformer. Good job!