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Ceiling is Lava by Olivier Millochau

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made by Olivier Millochau for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

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It was a day like any other for our little dwarves ... Until the earth began to shake and lava began to flow from the ceiling ! You need to act quickly ! Slow the flow of lava to give them time to escape !

Gameplay

Each level consist of one or more lava flow, aiming right toward a dwarf village. You have several tools at your disposition : wood beam, boulder, water and a shovel to dig the earth, make the most of them to buy enough time for the dwarves to get to safety.

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Quick, before it spills !

Commands

Escp and P : Pause menu (Retry)

WASD, Arrow keys and Mouse : Move camera

Left click : Choose and use tool

Right click : Rotate structure

The Team

Aymeric Le Moal : Developper

Arthur Vigneault : UI Developper & Music

Blaise Chauveau : Assets

Olivier Millochau : Assets & Level Design

Disclaimer : The game is rather CPU-intensive, you might prefer the executable version to the web one if your computer is not powerful enough

Link https://github.com/oliv1008/LD50
Link https://github.com/oliv1008/LD50/releases/tag/1.2
Link https://oliv1008.itch.io/ceiling-is-lava
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/ceiling-is-lava

Ratings

Overall 93th 4.091⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Fun 26th 4.242⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 145th 3.894⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Theme 120th 4.212⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 519th 3.864⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Audio 438th 3.545⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Mood 301th 3.855⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 45🗨️

Feedback

cornsyrup
05. Apr 2022 · 02:58 UTC
I especially like the graphics/art style! I wish you could see what happens to the village when you fail to hold off the lava, heh heh heh
Thenerdster
05. Apr 2022 · 03:00 UTC
Awesome entry! The tutorials were fun and let you be creative in solving each level. Congrats on a great game.
leorid
05. Apr 2022 · 03:20 UTC
I think this one is my favorite so far. Cool take on the theme and those puzzles are really great. Even when cheesing some of them with fitting a stone somewhere, where it isn't supposed to fit and blocks everything feels rewarding.

Menu should have another key because ESC ends fullscreen in HTML5 build. But that's just a minor inconvenience to an overall great game.

Edit: I must be blind xD There is a pause button on the right side of the screen where you can reset the level.
malero
05. Apr 2022 · 03:25 UTC
Wow, so many levels! Super fun. Felt like I was able to cheese my way through a few. Love the lava/water physics and shader. Nice work!

Grim Guzzler Out...
ruruie
05. Apr 2022 · 03:30 UTC
Simple but engaging somehow. Really left me wishing for more levels.
RustedShell
05. Apr 2022 · 03:35 UTC
This game was loads of fun, I had some trouble with a few levels but I was sad when I beat the game. I want there to be more. That being said there is always room for improvement and I have a few things to mention. The first is the audio. It fits the theme of the game well but I don't understand why there is a guy laughing every minute. That kinda got repetitive after awhile. The other big problem I had was the shovel was not consistent with the number of times you could use it in any given level. This led to me not being able to plan well before the first attempt. maybe you could add a number to the shovel so we know how many times we could dig in that level. Besides that. Amazing game. Lots of fun
Alex Zahn
05. Apr 2022 · 08:20 UTC
You guys knocked it out of the park! Cute, fun, and creative!
Poppy Entertainment
05. Apr 2022 · 14:39 UTC
good job for the fuild simulation, nice game overall, clear and easy to understand, really good job
ArianaD
06. Apr 2022 · 01:34 UTC
Omg I really liked it, I played for a good while and even the tutorial part was fun ! It's something I'd definitely return back to and play again, if it was an app I'd 100% be addicted!! I liked the visuals too! Nice job!
arthurr
06. Apr 2022 · 10:46 UTC
j'ai adore c fluide de beaux graphismes et de bonnes idées gg
vrerabek
06. Apr 2022 · 10:47 UTC
Fantastic game, I would truly play full game of this.
Great art and I would recognize the WOW dwarf laugh everywhere :D

The amount of levels surprised me, good job!
MisterUnshaved
06. Apr 2022 · 10:52 UTC
Very well implemented game, I liked the graphics and sound designs! It was really fun to play and tweak the levels.
javve
06. Apr 2022 · 11:22 UTC
I really liked this! Nice graphics, fun game mechanics, nice with the physics!
...and who doesn't like lava?

One suggested improvement could be no move the tool selection menu to the side instead of having it in the middle of the screen. But it was definitely ok as it as :)
Bakaraf
06. Apr 2022 · 14:07 UTC
Fantastic submission ! The number of level is impressive, so is the variety of situation and riddle, congrats to you ! Ça n'compte quand même que pour un !
LDJam user 279546
06. Apr 2022 · 16:51 UTC
Really fun puzzle game! The strategy to setting up some of the levels was pretty intense. Great work!
Skleembof
06. Apr 2022 · 21:58 UTC
Great puzzle game with interesting and engaging mechanics. It fits the theme perfectly and made me want to keep playing after it ended. The tutorial was expertly done, showing one mechanic at a time to not overwhelm the player.

An undo button would have been useful since I found myself misclicking with the shovel a few times because of how small the blocks are.
arturocacao
06. Apr 2022 · 22:00 UTC
bon cette fois c'est le vrai arthur qui commente, le game design est incroyable, les musiques ne comptent pas que pour un et la méca flu est très fluide (pas sur mon ordi par contre......)


jeu de l'année facilement, fuck elden ring
🎤 Olivier Millochau
07. Apr 2022 · 12:30 UTC
@leorid You're definitely not blind :,) ! We took your criticism into account and added it afterward, you were right that a retry button bind to the Esc key on a web fullscreen game is not really ergonomic ...
Anyway, it means a lot that you went back to the game even after trying it once, thanks a lot !
bekirtuncer
07. Apr 2022 · 18:51 UTC
couldnt finish but i loved this game
antoined73
08. Apr 2022 · 12:23 UTC
Really nice game I enjoyed it a lot and made it far but could'nt finish !
The music was quickly very annoying imo.
But appart from that you use the mechanic very nicely, congrats !
DaveCo
09. Apr 2022 · 13:51 UTC
This was a lot of fun! I liked the graphics and I'm always a fan of physics type games.
godsboss
12. Apr 2022 · 17:54 UTC
Very nice game! Last level is probably too easy, it's beatable using just the stone.
gamescodedogs
12. Apr 2022 · 17:55 UTC
This is a very interesting and fun puzzle! It was hard to stop playing :smile:. I didn't find anything I didn't like. Maybe some sounds a bit are harsh. But the game is great!
Thanks for making this game!
blobo
14. Apr 2022 · 17:43 UTC
Ooh, the puzzles were fun and really creative. I think the last level was a bit too easy though? There were a few levels near the start that I was able to block 100% of the lava at the source, and I just had to sit and wait for the level to end. A fast forward button would be cool. Really nice game!
alpharock6
21. Apr 2022 · 19:02 UTC
Wow, this was one of my favorite games I've played in this jam for sure. Reminded me of lemmings meets falling sand games and I couldn't get enough of it. As a future extension, it would have been nice to have the option to tweak my design a bit if it was *close* without needing to rebuild it entirely. Fantastic job all around!
Trizalio
21. Apr 2022 · 19:10 UTC
Just Wow! Really enjoyed your game!
Remembered myself after 9th level) I'll definitely finish other levels too)
As for suggestions - I'd like to see which levels did i already passed