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Keep the Gem! by lukepilgrim

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made by lukepilgrim for LD29 (JAM)
Escaping is no easy task: You stole a powerful diamond in an underground base at Area 51. You have to face a lot of cops, but there will also be other thieves who want to take the diamond.

Note:
- You need to jump on the dead blocks to get to the top!
- Use Bombs to destroy dead blocks when you get stuck or when you need to get to the diamond!

Hint: thieves are spawning every 8 seconds. try to kill both thieves as fast as you can and then use the next 8 seconds to climb as high as you can. with this tactic I managed to beat the game in under 50 seconds.

Good luck!

*EDIT: I fixed a bug and added Touchscreen support. But I would recommend to play it with a keyboard
Web (HTML5) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55405222/Keep%20the%20Gem%21/index.html
Blog Entry with Playthrough Gif http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2014/04/30/keep-the-gem/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=35160

Ratings

Coolness 87% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.35 283
Audio(Jam) 3.14 338
Fun(Jam) 3.50 111
Graphics(Jam) 3.42 361
Humor(Jam) 3.63 65
Innovation(Jam) 3.85 43
Mood(Jam) 3.25 276
Theme(Jam) 2.71 565

Feedback

smbe19
27. Apr 2014 路 23:48 UTC
Nice artwork! But I don't see how I'm supposed to escape, I mean I can't fly...
馃帳 lukepilgrim
28. Apr 2014 路 17:53 UTC
Thanks for the comment! You need to jump on the dead blocks to get to the top.
burquitlambadgers
29. Apr 2014 路 01:18 UTC
Entertaining game. I kept getting stuck under the bodies. But shooting and exploding things is satisfying. There seems to be a bug when I get to the end, I think it's triggering the same sound effect over and over again, creating sort of a terrifying wall of sound.
InvisibleWonder
29. Apr 2014 路 06:07 UTC
Great art, great feedback on losing the diamond. I love the use of physics too, but I don't know that any rock is worth that much carnage.
Tweak
29. Apr 2014 路 09:11 UTC
Haha I laughed pretty hard when I figured out I was using dead bodies to climb higher!
Fun game when ignoring the physics getting me stuck and spamming bombs!
Yaru
29. Apr 2014 路 09:50 UTC
Good idea, but I find it too hard, since I was constantly stuck under a wave of corpses every time I tried to move forward. My half hour of game consisted of drop bombs and try to climb without success.
Still, with some touches here and there, it could be very fun.
Good job!
CDK
29. Apr 2014 路 10:14 UTC
a bit laggy, but that's understandable. :) easily got the diamond bugged down under dead police..
Verspagen
29. Apr 2014 路 10:45 UTC
I like the Idea of the game. Walking your way up using dead bodies. But I do get stuck underneath the bodies as they pile up.
SFBTom
29. Apr 2014 路 12:27 UTC
Pretty tricky right at the top there, to get enough bodies piled up to climb up! A great idea though.
SuperIzzo
29. Apr 2014 路 12:28 UTC
Awesome art style and very suiting audio. I really enjoyed this game. It is a little hard to distinguish who's got the diamond and whether it is taken or just sitting there and where there is some lag (because of the dead bodies) it becomes a bit frustrating when the diamond just flies away from you and then you realize it has been stolen. It was indeed hard to escape, but it was definitely funny.
Tanner
29. Apr 2014 路 12:39 UTC
Wow, I like it ;)
stephan_h
29. Apr 2014 路 13:11 UTC
Lovely idea. It took me a while to understand whats going on, but then I had much fun with this game.
In mid-game, my position was reset to the exit, but without the diamond. I was able to retake it ...
mrhill
29. Apr 2014 路 15:18 UTC
I BEAT THE GAME! I sort of got stuck everywhere but it was fun and I really liked the idea.
Nezzhil
29. Apr 2014 路 16:15 UTC
Nice, i like the idea, and the physics use. What about to shoot a bomb over the head? this would clean the pile of corpses and make the burial less frustrating.
Cash
29. Apr 2014 路 16:32 UTC
Great idea but I kept getting stuck under dead bodies and I couldn't complete the game
mrexcessive
29. Apr 2014 路 16:46 UTC
Hi. Got stuck in corner wedged under piles of dead robbers and FBI... manic game. Good job!
CapsE
29. Apr 2014 路 19:20 UTC
Great Game! I love the creative thinking of using dead enemys to climb to freedom. Sadly I got stuck verry often and glitched around a bit.
bebopbraunbaer
29. Apr 2014 路 19:31 UTC
very nice game! on of the best i played so far
sometimes the enemies seem to stack and when you kill them there is like an explosion of dead bodies : D

had quite some fun! looking forward to see more games from you! 4/5
BigGiantHead
29. Apr 2014 路 19:59 UTC
Omg I get it you need to stack the enemies. So awesome. :)
gigitrix
29. Apr 2014 路 21:43 UTC
Little bit "glitchy" but excellent idea and presentation makes up for it! Definitely worth a play as is, and it's an idea that could be developed upon with some physics/collision changes!

Adding bombs was a great workaround though.
BadgerPriest
30. Apr 2014 路 09:38 UTC
Very fun mechanic, though extremely difficult to actually get out. I spent a good 15 minutes on it before giving up. Not being able to shoot upwards made me more or less powerless against other thieves jumping on me and taking the diamond underneath a pile of corpses.
Jonochrome
30. Apr 2014 路 10:50 UTC
The concept is brilliant. I wanted to attempt to play until the end, but there quickly came a point where the game ran too slowly for me to proceed.
flavio
30. Apr 2014 路 12:06 UTC
Yeay I did it in 70 seconds ! :)

Nice !
Yword
30. Apr 2014 路 12:35 UTC
Interesting gameplay! Maybe it will be better that the player can push away the dead blocks.
Nelly
30. Apr 2014 路 13:49 UTC
fun&hardcore)
pancakecity
30. Apr 2014 路 17:52 UTC
Wow, cool character design. I kept losing the diamond to the bottom of the pile XD
Balloonsfor600
01. May 2014 路 01:03 UTC
Man that gets tough near the end. I did have a hard time getting the bombs to work, but fun overall!
AmmoreChicks
01. May 2014 路 18:16 UTC
I like the concept idea!
zanenga
02. May 2014 路 08:20 UTC
Fun game! I liked the mechanics. I think with more elements (power-ups, more enemies, more stages, traps, etc) and some polishing it could become a very nice game.
Waterman7
03. May 2014 路 22:36 UTC
Great idea. Loved the chaotic gameplay and the endlessly spawning incompetent cops.
Getting stuck under the pile was fun for a couple of times, but after that it got kinda frustrating.
Sadly, I couldn't make it to the top. :(
SoupWithBits
05. May 2014 路 08:01 UTC
Controls went against my natural urge to jump with "space" but enjoyed making ladders of bodies!
Brian Stegmann
07. May 2014 路 01:04 UTC
Looks like some files are not loading properly.

http://tinypic.com/r/35i6qnk/8
馃帳 lukepilgrim
15. May 2014 路 09:21 UTC
@brian I heard from no one else who had problems playing the game... could you please tell me what didn't work?