Depths explorer by Paul1379

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made by Paul1379 for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

Fight, jump and dodge to venture further and further into the depths!

This is my first time participating in ludum dare, but this is my 3rd game jam. I didn't find any very good game ideas, and I sould create something simpler, because the game is much smaller than I wanted. It will probably give you an "incomplete" effect. Graphics and Sounds are from assets (mostly from Kenney). I know there is some gaps that appears between tiles, I could not fix the problem (I apologize for that).

Controls

Arrow or WASD to move Q to attack Space to jump

Ratings

Overall 705th 3.139⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 628th 3.083⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 723th 2.75⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 524th 3.528⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 652th 3.194⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 34🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

ToKto
07. Apr 2025 · 21:31 UTC
cool style, comfortable
Monogatari
09. Apr 2025 · 00:54 UTC
It was quite a short experience, once you get the controls it's really fun to find quick ways to go to the end of the game, i found a lot of green orbs but didn't need some after all ? Anyway the idea is nice, the level design is good, good job =)
🎤 Paul1379
09. Apr 2025 · 05:47 UTC
@monogatari There is an NPC that sells a heart to restore life, I wanted to put more items to buy but I couldn't, so there are a lot more green orbs than necessary.I made the level with lots of alternate passages and chests, glad you liked it.
mauzart
09. Apr 2025 · 18:07 UTC
Fun game! But it feels I reach the end real quick just by speedrunning and didn't kill anyone. Maybe I miss something ?
Congrats on your first jam :)
Transkuja
09. Apr 2025 · 19:15 UTC
Nice work for a first jam ! I didn't understood how to kill the flying enemies, so I just ran trying to get as many orbs as possible and reached the end :laughing: I had around 500 orbs !
Civ92
09. Apr 2025 · 20:49 UTC
Very short but fun game. I enjoyed the ending. I had a little bug where I interacted with the guy that proposes to restore your health, and then when I interacted with the next chest I had the same pop-up that I was unable to close. Controls are really fluid and I would have enjoyed a second level.
Villeloso
10. Apr 2025 · 02:20 UTC
It's a very cool game to try to rush, I wish it had a time taken function, movement is pretty satisfying
🎤 Paul1379
10. Apr 2025 · 06:15 UTC
@mauzart The game is effectively very short since I focused too much on creating secondary paths when I was creating the level
@transkuja It should be possible to kill the flying ennemies. Someone on discord succeed to hit one, but it caused a bug :laughing: . Collecting the orbs is robably the funniest thing of the game because I took too much tume on placing the chests.

@civ92 Thank you or reporting the bug, I will check it and try to fix it.
@villeloso I will add a time taken timer
Thank you all for playing, rating and leaving a comment!
Eugenik
14. Apr 2025 · 06:24 UTC
It's very fun game !.
MadelineF
20. Apr 2025 · 17:57 UTC
I admit, I found killing the ennemies more difficult than running, so I ran. Collecting orbs was pretty fun !
Nice job !
I enjoyed the ending also.