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Escape from the depths! The ascension of the almighty one! by randoman

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made by randoman for LD29 (JAM)
Controls are:
- Arrows movement the character (Up, Down, Left, Right)
- "L" key calls the stage select screen (when you are in a stage)

In this game you control a woman who is trapped underground. The objective is to reach the next level with a minimum amount of deaths.

The game was made in 60 hours and we used the following tools:
- Construct 2
- Paint.NET
- Adobe Photoshop
- Audacity

This is our first entry in Ludum Dare. I hope you all enjoy the game!
Web http://aliancaarena.url.ph/ludumdare29/finalbuild/
Web (Mirror) http://randoman.itch.io/escape-from-the-depths
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=13710

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 2.89 554
Audio(Jam) 3.22 295
Fun(Jam) 3.08 321
Graphics(Jam) 2.75 601
Humor(Jam) 2.25 499
Innovation(Jam) 2.06 728
Mood(Jam) 2.79 530
Theme(Jam) 2.63 605

Feedback

IAmSpencer
29. Apr 2014 · 04:55 UTC
Pretty hard, but also fun. Sometimes a single jump will register as a double jump, but other than that it was pretty good. Well done :)
pht59x
29. Apr 2014 · 11:03 UTC
Can't get beyond the first double jump in the tutorial. What a shame !
brogrammers
29. Apr 2014 · 14:08 UTC
Stages were long and hard, but overall, i liked it :)
brackcurly
29. Apr 2014 · 14:11 UTC
You should lower the difficulty. Unfortunately I didn't make it past the 2nd hurdle of the 1st Level.
lajos
29. Apr 2014 · 14:12 UTC
Fun game, but there seems to be something wrong with the controls, at least on win7/chrome. Double jump hardly ever registers. I finally got through the wall in the tutorial, but can't get through the jump from the wall on level1 after 57 deaths ;(
fullmontis
29. Apr 2014 · 14:14 UTC
Controls are responsive and it is fun to play. But I got frustrated when I got far into the level and died, having to do everything from the start. Very hard! I really dig the music.
BoneDaddy
29. Apr 2014 · 14:37 UTC
Extremely difficult precision platformer! I unfortunately couldn't get past level 2. Very smart how you worked in the moonwalk. Great job!
PaperBlurt
29. Apr 2014 · 16:22 UTC
This is like the hardest game I ever played.
But fun with a lot of levels, and nice with a tutorial.
🎤 randoman
29. Apr 2014 · 17:23 UTC
@lajos The double jump activates when you press Up while in the air. You can delay it as long as you are still in the air. That said, if you fall from a platform and press jump it will be registered as a double jump.

Thank you all for playing and for your feedback!
Pinktreeleaf
29. Apr 2014 · 19:29 UTC
20 deaths still on the first level. it's fun though :D. i like
jacket flop when jumping.
Elforama
29. Apr 2014 · 20:15 UTC
Nice job. I found this challenging and fun. My game is about a girl trying to make it out of a cave too, so +1 on interpretation from me =]
muh_h
29. Apr 2014 · 23:30 UTC
Level 1 is hard, but is fun. double jump fails some times. Really liked the details you put in the main character animation
Garris
30. Apr 2014 · 05:06 UTC
Simple, but well executed. I think it would have been nice if the camera would recognize when you're getting ahead and speed up a bit to keep up with you.
raulincze
30. Apr 2014 · 11:25 UTC
The web page is not loading for me. :(
First time I've tried I only got a black screen. The second time I managed to get to the loading screen but it got stuck a little after 50% was loaded (or maybe it is just loading painfully slow).

I am using Google Chrome 34 on Windows 8.1
🎤 randoman
30. Apr 2014 · 11:59 UTC
@raulincze Hello! You can try to hard refresh the page (CTRL+F5) or clear your browser's cache (CTRL+Shift+Del), because it seems very much like a connection issue
caranha
30. Apr 2014 · 15:21 UTC
Congratulations on your first completed game! For a first LD, this was a pretty well fleshed out entry!

The songs were really nice. A bit on the difficult side, but I think that is a good thing. The levels could be a tad shorter, at least in the beginning.

Thanks for the game!
jtpup0
30. Apr 2014 · 18:40 UTC
My favorite part was the moonwalk in the tutorial haha, but overall very fun and challenging
vilya
30. Apr 2014 · 19:20 UTC
I'd love to try your game, but I'm having the same problem as raulincze. I'm using Chrome 34, on Windows 7. I've tried soft and hard refreshing (F5 and Ctrl+F5), clearing the cache, using an Incognito window, even tried loading the site in Firefox instead. All other sites are loading fine for me, so it's not a problem with my internet connection. Do you have any alternate location to host it?
🎤 randoman
01. May 2014 · 01:34 UTC
@vilya @raulincze I've uploaded the game in an alternate location, the link is in the post! I hope it works for you guys!
gettothechapel
01. May 2014 · 10:31 UTC
fun to play, maybe a little too hard at first.
jayemjee
03. May 2014 · 02:03 UTC
Not bad. A little difficult, but fun all the same.
zedutchgandalf
03. May 2014 · 10:36 UTC
Difficult! But really fun :)
praporomsk
03. May 2014 · 15:37 UTC
This game is very hard D:
ThingoStudios
03. May 2014 · 20:31 UTC
The auto-scrolling is way too slow... it would be cool if it sped up as you got closer to the right of the screen, because I got sick of grazing a bat and moving two-three minutes backwards.

Cool music, though.
pvwradtke
04. May 2014 · 16:05 UTC
Whoa, this one gets hard really soon :). Missed checkpoints, but a nice take on side scroller platform games :).
Thorig
04. May 2014 · 20:03 UTC
There is a bug where if you jump you double jump. This could be a collision bug. Still a very good first LD entry.
Logun
05. May 2014 · 18:41 UTC
Loved the moon walk !
But veryvery hard, you should have add health points ! Too punitive.
mark.goetz
06. May 2014 · 02:12 UTC
Cool, I like the music a lot - it really fits the mood! And congrats on getting levels done within the short timeframe. I felt the controls were a bit slippery - double-jump occasionally didn't register, and there was a bit too much inertia to negotiate some of the smaller platforms. Great job getting your first LD in!
DonovanWu
06. May 2014 · 17:45 UTC
This game's super hard, but fun to play. Is it supposed to be a game like "I wanna be the guy"?
🎤 randoman
08. May 2014 · 16:42 UTC
@DonovanWu "I Wanna be the Guy" forces the player to memorize their next step, in this game we wanted players to 'think' about their next step and execute it! :)

Thank you so much for all the comments!
D2FXRayG
09. May 2014 · 15:55 UTC
I like the music but I got stuck :(