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Thrown Below by furriKira

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made by furriKira for LD29 (COMPO)
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Thrown Below is a complex puzzle game built on surprisingly simple mechanics. You control two of yourself and navigate through complexities and get yourself out of the ground below.

It currently has 4 levels that shows you the first two obstacles you will encounter more in the future.

Pardon the feature of clunky controls. I've designed it that way.

Supposed to have nicer graphics at this point but I've kept it simple to concentrate on other aspects.

Simple enough. Or is it?

QUESTIONS:
If you have any questions, hit me up @furriKira on Twitter
or PM me on my YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/furrikira
or Note me on deviantART: http://furrikira.deviantart.com

P.S.: I've also included the mini-soundtrack if you are interested. (2 songs) The soundtrack might include more songs in the future.

NOTE: This is also my first time joining in the Ludum Dare and I thought this would be a good practice if I could handle game development on my own, be-it me being a Multimedia Artist in the first place.
Windows (Main Download) http://www.mediafire.com/download/78byyfug0bo94yj/ThrownBelow.exe
Windows (*.zip) http://www.mediafire.com/download/w2nv29qbfwwwuvg/ThrownBelow.zip
Steam Workshop http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=254081597
Soundtrack http://furrikira.bandcamp.com/album/thrown-below-original-soundtrack
Source http://www.mediafire.com/download/fnfept0u60cwmb3/LudumDare29.gmx.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=35610

Ratings

Coolness 50% 3
Overall 3.42 328
Audio 3.75 67
Fun 3.54 176
Graphics 3.48 350
Humor 2.52 498
Innovation 3.08 544
Mood 2.95 588
Theme 2.46 1058

Feedback

telaviv
28. Apr 2014 路 03:50 UTC
no linux version :(
Somfunambulist
28. Apr 2014 路 04:02 UTC
I love the miniature graphics and the soundtrack is solid. Great work!
renatopp
28. Apr 2014 路 04:05 UTC
Great game! Man, these inversion orbs make things really complex! I loved the artwork, including the sound track. Really innovative puzzle. A note, I don't know if was purposely, but the texts are pretty hard to read due to the font
Nanolotl
28. Apr 2014 路 04:10 UTC
Simple, but well designed puzzles. The reversal mechanic definitely made it interesting. Would have liked to see more levels.
Also in future consider exporting to a zipped file rather than an installer.
馃帳 furriKira
28. Apr 2014 路 04:33 UTC
Really sorry for everyone! I fixed the installer thing. Made it into a executable instead. I swear that was accidental!!
Garris
28. Apr 2014 路 05:07 UTC
Clever puzzles. Good graphics and sound. I wish it was a little bit more clear who's going to go which way when you hit a direction changer. Would totally play more if you make more levels.
Seppel
28. Apr 2014 路 06:09 UTC
I like games like this. Unfortunately, you can complete most of the levels just by moving one of the characters at a time (and leaving the other back at the beginning).

It feels like this follows the "control more than one" theme, rather than the "beneath the surface" theme.
PriorBlue
28. Apr 2014 路 06:10 UTC
Nice concept, but the controls are a little bit imprecise.
MSaul
28. Apr 2014 路 07:26 UTC
I love the concept too, nicely done.
PaperBlurt
28. Apr 2014 路 07:46 UTC
I DO enjoy when people do something different.
Like this!

A puzzle game with nice pixels..
AugustSnow
28. Apr 2014 路 10:34 UTC
Really nice game! Reminded me of The Swapper
Christophe
28. Apr 2014 路 10:35 UTC
Great level design, cute graphics. Sometimes hard to fit into the path(In the last level). Nice game.
pansapiens
02. May 2014 路 03:57 UTC
Hey, I like the graphics ! Simple and clean so they don't detract from the core gameplay, but still juiced with cute touches like the eye movement. Love that deep bump sound when you hit a wall too. Puzzles weren't bad, but I would have liked to have seen a buildup with some 'teaching by doing', to introduce the player to tricks they might need to use. There are similar 'dual control' puzzle games out there, and you should definitely steal a few basic principles for level design from some. The directional switching had me stumped for a while, but I got there in the end (but was very close to quitting thinking it was impossible) - might have been better to introduce it in a situation where you don't have the threat of death first.
Kevlanche
03. May 2014 路 15:51 UTC
I have now rated 18 games, and this is my favourite! Very simple, yet really fun mechanic. Clean visuals. Good audio, although the sfx when you hit the wall is quite loud compared to the bg music. My only gripe is that the game is short. I was just getting into it when it ended :-(.

You should consider making this a full game imo! What you have now works very well as a demo. Add a few mechanics and 15 more levels or so and I'd call that a good, full game.
matthias_zarzecki
04. May 2014 路 09:56 UTC
Nice work putting it on the steam workshop!
zebi24
07. May 2014 路 11:06 UTC
I really like the graphics, music and the level design! Sweet game! :)
Ragzouken
07. May 2014 路 11:08 UTC
Really enjoyed the mechanics of this, and the music is awesome! Didn't like how it's possible to get stuck on corners, would be easier if the movement snapped to a grid, but other than that it was really cool :)
jujule
13. May 2014 路 19:32 UTC
Overall this is the entry with the best polish/fun/content ratio I've played so far (83 tests). great job. You should definitelly keep working on it.