Walk the Planck by alexrose

Help Eddie and his fellow electrons find Elektra - and ultimately - final entanglement, as you learn the lesson of a lifetime.
Look before you lepton, don't let this game be slept on

Jump between orbits using SPACE, LEFT MOUSE CLICK or A on a gamepad.
Move forward with your electrons, any will do.
Rescue more if you like, they work like checkpoints.
Hold down to duck to a lower orbital, release to jump!

This game was made for Ludum Dare 56, I think Alex's.. 32nd?? Ludum Dare maybe. The theme was "Tiny Creatures"
A jam game by Alex Rose, MadeByChaz, John Pennington and Chrissie Codes

Credits
@AlexRoseGames - Code, Design, Physics, Animation, Writing @MadeByChaz - Art direction, 2D Art + Logo @Atmospherium - Music, SFX, VA processing @ChrissieCodes - Narration

| windows (itch) | https://alexrose.itch.io/walk-the-planck |
| OST (SoundCloud) | https://soundcloud.com/atmospherium/walk-the-planck-original-soundtrack |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/walk-the-planck |
Ratings
| Overall | 76th | 4.138⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 375th | 3.586⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 97th | 3.948⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 166th | 4.138⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 185th | 4.259⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 15th | 4.345⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 197th | 3.667⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 133th | 4.069⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 11🗳️ | 14🗨️ |
The voiceover work really makes it. As well as the super charming polished art. I was laughing the whole time... until... I was crying and cussing at my screen. Then I rage quit so hard I may have broken my keyboard. I ctrl-alt-deleted so hard. :grimacing: :rofl: 10/10 Would play again when I fix my keyboard and feel like being punished.
I loved the touch of "start lesson" when loading the embed.
The way you have framed the narrative and built it into the mechanics is really seamless.
Smooth, awesome entry!
The pun in the title is delightful. The artwork is cutesy, the background is the perfect amount of "detailed but not distracting" and the bounciness of the particles is just perfect. The narrator does an amazing job explaining both what's going on, while rooting for you along the way. It's so wholesome!!!
I recorded myself playing to provide extra feedback. I don't know if there's anything in need of improvement though. 5 starts all across the board. This game is amazing. Cheers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phWnzjp9iHE
@100th-coin Thanks a lot for your comments in the video; to answer your question about whether you can get multiple electrons to entangle at the end, yes you can. I've managed to get two to the end but I guess it's theoretically possible to get more!
Y'all obviously killed it with the audio again, but I'm also a fan of the visual polish going on there, despite the simple sprite graphics. The shrinking/growing rings is such a great effect, and the "blueprint" style background is a great contrast to the other moving elements in the game. :thumbsup:
Add to that a novel game mechanic that is fun to mess around with, and it all comes together in a great, well-polished package!
Great job all around!
This is definitely a top tier audio-visual work! Clean and readable shapes, good contrast between background and main gameplay, just generally consistent art direction through out entire game and above it all very well accompanied dynamic audio/music with a level progression with narration in the background for additional mood.
From the gameplay standpoint the game is very simple but challenging. I really like how much was squished from such a simple sling-based mechanic. Especially the obstacles, that need to be dodged by the proper timing, were a great addition. They made that player needs to think in both states and not just hold space and wait for a good moment.. that was a good design decision.
There is a lot of levels/rooms/stages (not sure how to call it) and each one introduces little different challenge so the game doesn't have time to became boring. My only complain is that some levels required little too much waiting because of how they were constructed.
This is a jam-highest quality entry and you can see a lot of experience went into that. Good job!