Pyramid of death by KedumeBits

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made by KedumeBits for LD31 (COMPO)
This is a platform game. The concept of the Ludum Dare was "Entire game on one screen", and i made a little platform game about a explorer in a pyramid. You (the player) will die at first, but you will win if you escape more times than you die.

==The story==

The Pyramid of death is a cursed pyramid where the player tries over and over to escape from the pyramid. The curse will end if you escape more than you die :-)

==Controls==

[Left] Move left
[Right] Move right
[Up] Jump
[Enter] Start Game

==Tools==

Code: Game Maker Studio
Graphics: Photoshop & Aseprite
Sound: Bfx

==Author's stuff==

Code & Graphincs: Me (@KedumeBits)

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.29 445
Audio 2.37 738
Fun 3.29 372
Graphics 3.44 334
Humor 2.60 467
Innovation 2.93 707
Mood 2.95 541
Theme 3.69 436

Feedback

donan
08. Dec 2014 路 09:19 UTC
Wow, love the game. Those lava traps at the end are really evil xD.
馃帳 KedumeBits
08. Dec 2014 路 09:24 UTC
Yeah :-) Thanks for the comment!
jfreax
08. Dec 2014 路 09:26 UTC
Looks good. Nice graphic. Good implementation.

At first, at was not easy for me to see whats going on. Plus, its not easy to win ;)

(and honestly, after a while the sound gets a little bit a
annoying :D)
wavertron
08. Dec 2014 路 09:27 UTC
Neat little game. Cant give any ratings though. Did you Opt Out of them all?...
Ekilibr
08. Dec 2014 路 09:31 UTC
win on the first try, haha !
Well done, the game is pretty fun and the graphi style is good :D
martymon
08. Dec 2014 路 09:32 UTC
Great game! Kept me hooked till the end!
Anikki
08. Dec 2014 路 09:34 UTC
Nice.
okkolobr
08. Dec 2014 路 09:35 UTC
Like the minimalistic pixel design. Too bad I can't rate :(
spacedoubt
08. Dec 2014 路 09:38 UTC
Cool! Love the graphics! Jump sound is a bit loud.
lisac
08. Dec 2014 路 09:41 UTC
It's not letting me rate this entry and I have no idea why, anyone else having this problem?

I really like this game too, reminds me of Spelunky a little ;)

I'll be back later to see if I can vote.
DarkEngineer
08. Dec 2014 路 09:55 UTC
Cool game and great graphics.
qleonetti
08. Dec 2014 路 09:57 UTC
Fun, hard, and quick to play, good job !
Logun
08. Dec 2014 路 10:00 UTC
We are both egyptian lovers ^^
Very simple and funny game. I tried and retried a lot. But I can't rate it !! Let me know when you solved this problem, I have stars for you.
MrPhil
08. Dec 2014 路 10:09 UTC
Oh man god it's hard. Just getting out of the first level is the next to hardest part! Good game though, challenging and great fit for the theme.
catchthefloaty
08. Dec 2014 路 10:10 UTC
no ratings make me sad... but cool
DavidLv
08. Dec 2014 路 10:10 UTC
Looks good!
Yaroslav Kravtsov
08. Dec 2014 路 10:12 UTC
Minimalistic, but holistic. Why you disable voting?
馃帳 KedumeBits
08. Dec 2014 路 10:12 UTC
Sorry. I've made op-out the ratings by error :-(
bazld
08. Dec 2014 路 10:14 UTC
Love this one! Fully embraces the 'one screen' theme, and very playable, tight controls. 5/5 from me :)
Aisland
08. Dec 2014 路 10:15 UTC
This is amazing, i do like the theme. Great
But the first floor has a problem , sometime 'i' can't fall, please fix it.
Sh1rogane
08. Dec 2014 路 10:22 UTC
Good implementation of the theme but it lacks in audio.
lisac
08. Dec 2014 路 10:33 UTC
Great fun! Came back to vote ;)
Norgg
08. Dec 2014 路 10:40 UTC
Nice! The controls feel just right, you say you've got to escape as many times as you died to win, but I feel like I won just by getting out the once. :P
CustomPhase
08. Dec 2014 路 10:44 UTC
Pretty cool little game. Not too much in such a low res pixel art though
馃帳 KedumeBits
08. Dec 2014 路 11:08 UTC
@Norgg If you escape at first you win. The idea is that is enought dificult to die the first time :-S You are a good player :-)
OccamsRazor
08. Dec 2014 路 13:47 UTC
Man, those lava traps =P

That was a lot of fun, reminds me of those kind of twitchy, timing based platformers like Super Meat Boy. Great work!
Fede3751
08. Dec 2014 路 17:17 UTC
Cool! Breaking the curse is almost impossible! D:
Good job, I enjoyed playing this (Also pixel art and sound were really really cool)!^^
hexagore
08. Dec 2014 路 17:17 UTC
Love the pixel art and feel of this one :)
mahu
08. Dec 2014 路 17:18 UTC
nice!!!! Great minimalist game! need more stages!!!!
Thommy
08. Dec 2014 路 17:21 UTC
I like the minimalistic pixel art style. Also the whole "win more often than you died" concept is really cool.
Drtizzle
08. Dec 2014 路 17:23 UTC
Very nice art style! A bit too simple, i beat it 1st try ;)
ElectricSeagull
08. Dec 2014 路 17:33 UTC
That was fun. Really nice idea and I love the monster design, especially the ghost following you.
The trapdoors might be slightly too narrow. You can get stuck sometimes and take damage trying to get in exactly the right spot to go down.
eruditespirit
08. Dec 2014 路 17:42 UTC
Fun little game, lovely graphics, and it's interesting that you need to escape more times than you die to actually win!
woodecker
08. Dec 2014 路 18:04 UTC
Fun game, like the graphics. Sometimes annoying to fall in holes.
Legiion
08. Dec 2014 路 18:18 UTC
Damn you Ghost xD
Von Hunt
08. Dec 2014 路 18:25 UTC
It's all so tiny! Was kinda hard to see what was going on as you sprint through, it was mostly the incoming bullets that were an issue and luckily their damage was low. Fun little game though, nice simple controls and challenging difficulty to it. Good job
pjimmy
08. Dec 2014 路 19:13 UTC
cute game, very challeging
BabaJaga
08. Dec 2014 路 19:39 UTC
I dig the graphics. Lovely game
Doubstract
08. Dec 2014 路 19:40 UTC
It's easy to get rage quit in this game :). Good job!
DesignerNap
08. Dec 2014 路 19:52 UTC
Great little game here. did it twice and then decided to stop :) good work though! Nice execution
goodbadokay
08. Dec 2014 路 19:53 UTC
Preety nice overal)
Took me a while to figure out that I should fall through the hole in the floor
Valybit
08. Dec 2014 路 19:57 UTC
Bon jeu mais dommage.
efux
08. Dec 2014 路 22:00 UTC
Really cool graphics style and I like the egyptian theme and the pyramid.
rabbit
08. Dec 2014 路 22:57 UTC
I died like 3 times trying to get into the first hole.
Dyn
08. Dec 2014 路 23:56 UTC
Very cool. I kinda hard.
Jupitron
09. Dec 2014 路 01:57 UTC
Excelent graphical style! Fast simple platformer, loved it! Please add some music!!!
Blue Thumbs Gaming
09. Dec 2014 路 10:21 UTC
Using the UP button makes the game screen go up. :(
Ben.
charlesque
09. Dec 2014 路 10:37 UTC
Love the pixel art. :)
Kerdelos
09. Dec 2014 路 10:38 UTC
Not bad, quite simple concept but good implementation of the theme and very fun ! Thanks !
Groydis
09. Dec 2014 路 10:57 UTC
I like this game a lot, It is incredibly fun to play. Put a timer on it so I can do speed runs!
Manou
09. Dec 2014 路 11:48 UTC
Nice gfx and idea, kinda addictive.
Crosstales
09. Dec 2014 路 12:54 UTC
Yeah, looks like a game from my childhood! It's neat!

Well done!
Leaghorn
09. Dec 2014 路 13:40 UTC
falling through these holes could be more intuitive. Nice pixel graphics.
daviosmash
09. Dec 2014 路 16:36 UTC
A really solid game. Of course, wish it had more to it, as the idea, concept, and style was really fun. I would play it a lot more with some depth!
ArcturusDeluxe
09. Dec 2014 路 17:18 UTC
Great game. Simple concept but well executed and really fun. I died more times than I care to admit! Nice pixel aesthetic too.
drludos
09. Dec 2014 路 19:12 UTC
Nice little game, I love the cute graphics! Good job on creating a level with so many traps on a single screen! ;)
hypnoticbytes
09. Dec 2014 路 19:38 UTC
Loved it from the entrance to the exit. Nice pixel art!!!
ENDESGA
09. Dec 2014 路 23:44 UTC
awesome game! :D I love it

Hint: Definitely mobile worthy!
SoulGame
10. Dec 2014 路 10:12 UTC
Boom, one shot! Second game I found on this LD with a whole level on one screen and a very tiny character. I still think that's a good idea and it's nicely done here.
Fnkee
10. Dec 2014 路 12:02 UTC
Great game! I have to agree upon that those lava traps at the end are quite unforgiving. If the theme was different, this game would be really fun to play with multiple stages! Good job on this, man (;
Zimennik
10. Dec 2014 路 12:10 UTC
Game is fun. But I was expecting to see some additional difficulties when u complete 1st escape then 2nd etc.
Overall - good.
mrexcessive
10. Dec 2014 路 15:50 UTC
Hi there. Okay I see the point... it seemed unwinnable, maybe not, but the guns on third tier up kept getting me. Like the sounds. Nice design. Good job!
Trite Games
11. Dec 2014 路 15:50 UTC
Damn, couldn't beat your game yet. But it's a really cool idea and a lot of fun. Well made :)
Arkrothe
11. Dec 2014 路 18:09 UTC
Awesome game all around!!! Would love to see it with randomly generated level for some extra evil points :D
sportsquid
13. Dec 2014 路 02:31 UTC
Dat lava dough
Javabot
13. Dec 2014 路 04:01 UTC
fun for a moment, but way too easy to beat.
Ossi
13. Dec 2014 路 04:22 UTC
Very cool graphics style and cute sound effects! I really like the way you laid out the obstacles and having that ghost chase you really adds more pressure and challenge. Well done!
Meral
13. Dec 2014 路 09:22 UTC
Cool idea with the escapes/death ration to win. On my first try I didn't realize how to fall trough the whole on the topmost level, because I wasn't standing close enough on it. So the ghost killed me like you planed. :)

This feels very solid. A great entry!
S0rax
13. Dec 2014 路 11:05 UTC
The graphism are minimalist but, it's not choc me because it's going well with the univers. good entry !
Dokthar
13. Dec 2014 路 15:27 UTC
Nice game, graphics are simple but well done. You made different traps, that good :D. I like the win condition.
estuardolh
13. Dec 2014 路 15:36 UTC
level 0 too hard D': haha
bushmango
13. Dec 2014 路 17:06 UTC
Fun to play :)
pkenney
13. Dec 2014 路 17:47 UTC
Wow, you did a lot with one screen here, that's great!

The control scheme was very tight, too. When I got in the zone, a few times I surprised myself by quickly making a set of jumps (for example over the first lava part) perfectly just by reflex. That means your controls were set up well, I think!

I did experience two difficulties. First, the very first time I played the game I started looking at the screen. There was a lot of stuff and I didn't know where my character was. But within a second or two I started to take damage, quickly. I died before I even learned where to look on the screen. Perhaps the ghost should leave you alone in the initial room, and only chase once you pass through the first door. That way a new player can practice the keys and even figure out that he's at the top of the pyramid. Of course this didn't matter anymore once I learned.

The second problem was technical. I tried it in two different browsers, but it happened in both. I kept having trouble getting my guy to fall through the first door. I died many times from the ghost killing me in the first room while I was walking back and forth over the hole and not falling down. Because I died so many times up there, I did not try for the challenge of escaping more than I died - I died WAY more than I escaped. ;)

But those were minor problems and I thought the game was very effective once I got out of that first room. Nice job taking the theme seriously and stretching what you could do!
Riocide
13. Dec 2014 路 22:15 UTC
Overall a really clever idea but I cant get past those 2 large lava pits! Arghhh... Frustrating!
Frump
15. Dec 2014 路 00:11 UTC
Cool idea. I didn't have any trouble escaping. It should have been even harder!
janovbyrnisson
16. Dec 2014 路 15:12 UTC
A really nice one. Well done!