Captain Spelunker by jobo

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made by jobo for LD30 (COMPO)
Captain Spelunker is tasked with getting to the treasure at the end of this very unusual cavern.

He must be wary of Amebas infesting the cavern and avoid hitting the walls.

Can you make it all the way to the end and the treasure?!

CONTROLS: SHIFT increases/maintains altitude



HOW IS THIS GAME BASED ON THE THEME?
In two ways actually.
The first is that the game is divided into two "connecting" stages/worlds.
The second way might become apparent if you realize just who Captain Spelunker is and where he is spelunking. The hints are there, but I suppose they are somewhat subtle.



This is my first ever Ludum Dare submission and the first "game project" I've ever actually finished.


PROGRAMS/TOOLS USED IN CREATION: Construct 2, Photoshop, GP5, Audacity & Bfxr.

Ratings

Coolness 10% 2124
Overall 2.48 1117
Audio 2.54 653
Fun 2.80 778
Graphics 2.20 1076
Humor 2.73 332
Innovation 1.79 1188
Mood 2.47 961
Theme 1.70 1180

Feedback

7Soul
25. Aug 2014 路 02:40 UTC
Good job finishing it. My advice is that you don't make it too difficult, as most people playing won't have the patience to try it more than a couple times.

I didn't watch my score at the end but I think I was over 15k ^^ You should have it display your highest score under your current score (unfortunately you can't change your game anymore)

Also, did you make the music yourself? Just a reminder that you can't use pre-made music (the quality of the sound makes me think you downloaded it somewhere)

Aaaand I think I know where this is... (being pink and all) But there are cannons so idk :P
馃帳 jobo
25. Aug 2014 路 14:51 UTC
Thank you for the feedback!

The game is intended to be difficult, old school style.
I didn't really expect many people(if any) would have the patience to finish the game and I basically just set the difficulty so that it would be challenging for myself.

I composed the music myself during the weekend, so no rule breaking there. The sound quality did end up pretty bad though. :/
RHY3756547
28. Aug 2014 路 01:32 UTC
Nice work! I played through a few times but the second stage always got me - it's pretty hard to maintain your momentum perfectly. Only problem I had was that the first level is easy to get through, but takes a very long time (and you have to play through it again every time you die!) so after a while re-doing the first part became quite boring. Apart from that, great job on your first entry (and first game, super cool)!
jshaffer94247
28. Aug 2014 路 04:04 UTC
I really liked the music! Not the best recording, but it really made the game more fun. I died a good 10 times trying to get through the first part but it was the music that kept me going. This is kind of a Flappy Bird kind of game, and I hated Flappy Bird. I liked your game a lot better! :)
Chikun Dev Team
28. Aug 2014 路 06:32 UTC
Nice game, seems very difficult to finish. Well programemd though.
~funkeh
shashwat
28. Aug 2014 路 08:27 UTC
Isn't as responsive as I hoped. Nice game
mrexcessive
28. Aug 2014 路 12:33 UTC
Hi there. Good flappy clone. Find it just as impossible as original but at least keyboard doesn't get so mashed... Good job!
dtruby
28. Aug 2014 路 12:58 UTC
I played it to the end, and that is more than can be said about most LD games.
Danman9914
28. Aug 2014 路 16:02 UTC
Would you like to turn on Sticky Keys?
PeerPlay
28. Aug 2014 路 22:23 UTC
It's a nice little one button game. I like the game itself, but just dislike the controls, even though it's one button!

Why oh why would you select SHIFT to be the button to hold? Haven't you heard of Sticky Keys in Windows? :)
handCraftedRadio
08. Sep 2014 路 17:08 UTC
Not much new to the gameplay here, but I liked the music and graphics. They created a nice atmosphere together. I was able to make it pretty far through the really narrow tunnel but I never got to the other side. I'm so curious to see whats out there!
dancingmad
08. Sep 2014 路 20:57 UTC
The game is quite funny even if not very original. Also, even with your explanations, i don't see the link with the theme, sorry...
Kayelgee
15. Sep 2014 路 18:39 UTC
Ok I get the feeling that I'm flying through a bowel and the music undermines this.