Tanuki Trouble by xett

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made by xett for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

A mischievous little Tanuki is looking for adventure, and has fell down a mysterious hole! It seems like there's no way back up, so help them navigate going down with their magical flight powers and bombs!

This game is heavily inspired by vertical platformers like Downwell and Shovel Knight Dig, so I hope you enjoy it :)

Controls: - W/D or left/right - Move - Space - Jump - Left Click - Drop bombs

Credits: - Art, Programming, SFX - Xett - Music - Abstraction (http://abstractionmusic.bandcamp.com/)

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Ratings

Overall 160th 4⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 23th 4.31⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 795th 3.071⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 923th 3.071⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 193th 4.225⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 271th 3.5⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 16🗳️ 19🗨️

Feedback

PotatoDog1
02. Oct 2023 · 23:57 UTC
Love the graphics and the music really adds to the vibe! I usually don't play 2D platformer games because I suck at them but I couldn't resist playing once I saw the cover image. I liked the bomb mechanics and how you could infinitely jump to resist crashing into things. I thought the animations were really cute and enjoyed jumping around and flying. I wish that I had some more time to process the layout so that I wouldn't keep crashing into things, but I think that's just my own problem to deal with 🥴 it would also be nice if there was something to control how loud the music is. Other than that, great game!
Alanushke
03. Oct 2023 · 11:07 UTC
could easily be a commercial game, gameplay mechanics are solid and super fun, jumping is very responsive, the free-falling is a great feature, its nostalgic, it sounds great, plays great, and overall a great implementation of the theme :)
Troy Korns
04. Oct 2023 · 14:16 UTC
Good level design and mechanics. Definitely fits theme with vertical scroll. Great work!
Raaph
04. Oct 2023 · 14:17 UTC
It's fun while it lasts, though it's a little simplistic in its mechanics and really short. I don't see the theme or a whole lot of innovation here but I enjoyed myself for a few minutes. Great visuals.
Kr4sh3
04. Oct 2023 · 19:38 UTC
Cute pixel art! Neat little platformer
LDJam user 372635
06. Oct 2023 · 13:17 UTC
The art is soooo cute! I just loved the overall vibe of the game! The controls also are really fast e smooth which i really like for this kind of game :) The dificulty curve i though to be a little abrupt in the second level, but after some time i managed to pass through it and found it really fun! :) Really loved the game. A small and cohesive experience with really cool level design, great job!
LDJam user 279507
07. Oct 2023 · 22:51 UTC
Nice consistent pixel art, groovy tunes. I'm glad someone made a tricky platformer, really started enjoying it as it got harder and was after more! Something felt a bit too powerful about infinite jumps, maybe the little guy should jump and glide? Anyway great entry, I enjoyed it :)
Igor KinGamer
08. Oct 2023 · 04:12 UTC
Lovely game! Solid entry, pretty fluid gameplay, also good for speedruns. It's nice that although the tanuki has the skill of infinite jumps that doesn't make the game trivial.
Papus Games
08. Oct 2023 · 16:51 UTC
Nice audio and pixel art. Good job!
gokaytacal
09. Oct 2023 · 14:43 UTC
I love the art and that tanuki looks so cute! Controls and gameplay are smooth as well. Great game!
Sentmoraap
11. Oct 2023 · 20:31 UTC
Fun platformer. I would have wanted more levels, and harder levels. Given their length, I would happily have to die 50 times before completing them.

Why dropping bombs is on the left click? Given that the pointer not mouse movements are used, it could have been a keyboard key. This makes the game impractical to play with the arrow keys. However A/D is scancode-based so it works nicely on a non-QZERTY keyboard.

I would have liked to see a bit further down, I got surprised with spikes and then I kept jumping to slow down my fall.

The bombs cooldown works well to not let you spam but still leave you a lot of freedom.

It’s been several Godot LD54 games I tried and each time the Linux build works without problems.
Prismapunch
14. Oct 2023 · 04:16 UTC
Fun game, hard but able to be mastered. All the sprites are great and animations are so good. Music choice was bumpin and the sfx works really well for everything. Great work wish there were more!
SleepyStudios
14. Oct 2023 · 23:11 UTC
Adorable game, love the graphics but found the third level diffcult - nice one!
TheCaptainBuster
15. Oct 2023 · 04:51 UTC
couldnt stop playing it haha! really enjoyed it
jandourek
15. Oct 2023 · 13:18 UTC
Fun little game! I really liked the pixel art and the level design had plenty of interesting challenges. I think the difficulty ramps up pretty nicely! I just found waiting for bombs to recharge to be a bit frustrating (and using the left mouse button was a bit unintuitive), but other than that, good job!
Dan Str
17. Oct 2023 · 20:17 UTC
I found the game incredibly captivating. The concept is truly impressive. Keep up the excellent work, and you'll undoubtedly reach a high level of professionalism