Moleman's Manhole Mayhem by sirblazealot

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made by sirblazealot for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

The Game

"Moleman's Manhole Mayhem" is an action platformer where you play as moleman and fight your way to the bottom of the manhole to face a mole's ultimate adversary: a man with a hammer!
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How to play

  • The top floor is a tutorial that explains all the gameplay mechanics.
  • To unlock the manhole to the next floor you have to kill a sparkly enemy to drop the key
  • After completing the first underground level you'll unlock a new ability at the start of each floor to help you navigate the level.
  • Moleman is weak so try to attack enemies from behind when you can if you don't want to get hit! Boss.gif Check the comments for a guide on how to beat the boss if you get stuck.

Credits

Phil - Code, Art and Sound
Tyler - Code and Art
Nathan - Level Design and Code
Tom - HR
Casper - Cat Voice Acting

Ratings

Overall 467th 3.5⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Fun 279th 3.611⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 604th 3⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 473th 3.635⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 500th 3.519⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 449th 3.135⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Humor 93th 3.846⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Mood 522th 3.442⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 32🗳️ 43🗨️

Feedback

Lingster
30. Mar 2025 · 15:49 UTC
Lets get that W Guysh
🎤 sirblazealot
07. Apr 2025 · 19:45 UTC
# Boss Fight Guide
After the boss enters the spikes at his feet will disappear and he will become vulnerable to attacks. You can jump down and hit him three times in this state before he will start to attack again (You might struggle to hit him from the floor without jumping). Keep doing this until he dies!
ToKto
07. Apr 2025 · 21:00 UTC
Nice and funny game)
LDJam user 282870
07. Apr 2025 · 21:07 UTC
You nailed it buddy boy. I had a lot of fun. The graphics were great, sound effects were good. It ran great. Good job.
Samilon
07. Apr 2025 · 21:16 UTC
i was smiling the whole time i was playing this lol
Gaverion
07. Apr 2025 · 23:01 UTC
Graphics were great! The attack was a bit annoying to use, and I was missing coyote time but a solid game!
LDJam user 383444
08. Apr 2025 · 06:55 UTC
The jump felt good ! The attack was a bit complicated to use at first but still manageable.
I would have loved more sounds, but the ones already present were nice :)

Well done !
jscommander
08. Apr 2025 · 12:45 UTC
I really like the character and the enemies in the game. The voice acting is awesome, it reminds me of Earthworm Jim. Knocking enemies into spikes was super fun.
Jo Bettaque
08. Apr 2025 · 12:55 UTC
The movement felt nice, the attack was a bit hard to get right but i just started to avoid the enemies instead. Game overall was fun, i enhoyed it :)
Raynorr
08. Apr 2025 · 21:00 UTC
Funny way to do a platformer !
Indiealesha
09. Apr 2025 · 11:36 UTC
Love the visual style and theme, even though I'm tired of platformer mechanics. Still gave the game top marks—it was fun! Good luck!
jtap
10. Apr 2025 · 04:56 UTC
Funny game, liked funny sounds and characters, good animations.
Minus of the game - background and platforms that merge and are monotonous, from them dazzle the eyes.
Thanks for this game
Velis69
10. Apr 2025 · 19:42 UTC
Sound and art ith goooooood! Check my game too comrade!
Broco
11. Apr 2025 · 04:15 UTC
Hey nice classic platformer! I like how you added some clever ways to use the power ups.

There's some things that need some tweaking! First of all, the noises. There are some very loud noises, specially the one where they hit you, it's very annoying! I mean, I like the sound, but it's very out of place in comparison with the others. I really like how everything sounded on the tutorial.

Second, the background, maybe the parallax was a little too fast, it made me kinda dizzy after a while.

Lastly, hitboxes. Maybe they should be a little bigger. Hitting things is a bit frustrating as it is. It's very easy to get hit back, and having to hit them on the back is very frustrating, because the enemies turn back to you, and they take many hits until killed. The cat is also very hard to hit from behind.

Hope you find the feedback useful! It was a fun entry!
LDJam user 336851
12. Apr 2025 · 18:33 UTC
Very fun platformer, I did wish there was a checkpoint of some kind before the boss because having to replay the whole game seems a bit harsh... The sound effect were awesome however!