The Jelly Caves by Darkhogg

made by Darkhogg for LD19 (COMPO)

You are in a cave, a cave full of living jelly monsters that will make you suffer while you get a lot of treasures!

Your objective is to make money without dying! Dig through the walls, go deeper in the cave, and kill jelly!!

Instructions in the webpage, I'll link to the source once it's complete.

PS: The game have some "special" treasures, can you find them all?

Web (Java)	http://darkhogg.es/ld19
Download (JAR + Source)	http://darkhogg.es/ld19/TheJellyCaves.zip
Timelapse	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sqAIVRupcI
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-19/?action=preview&uid=2462

Ratings

Coolness	4%	121
Overall	3.21	68

Audio	2.63	90
Community	3.31	66
Fun	3.58	26
Graphics	3.32	60
Humor	2.54	81
Innovation	2.47	152
Theme	3.63	44

Feedback

thristhart

19. Dec 2010 · 23:21 UTC

Those damn blue jellies. *shakes fist*

hsmith

20. Dec 2010 · 07:03 UTC

I loved this!

gwil

20. Dec 2010 · 14:17 UTC

2D minecraft :D

joekinley

20. Dec 2010 · 22:06 UTC

Nice game. Decent graphics and ... well... damn you those blue jellies. They keep shooting and you just can't kill them. Also these red jellies are making me crazy... fun game.

Danik

20. Dec 2010 · 22:26 UTC

Solid and fun!

🎤 Darkhogg

20. Dec 2010 · 22:35 UTC

Hm... should I slow down those red jellies?? or make the blue ones shoot slower??
Anyway, thanks a lot! I'm glad you're enjoying it. BTW, I will upload a timelapse video soon, so stay tuned :D

wizbane

21. Dec 2010 · 03:22 UTC

Nice game, sometimes red jellies seem to push you inside a wall. I think the speed of the red/blue jellies is fine, it makes it a pretty frantic game when you're running from a bunch of red jellies!

Grungi Ankhfire

21. Dec 2010 · 22:07 UTC

Excellent ! Feels very tense, even though it can be 'cheated' a bit by leaving c and v pressed all the time. Pretty crazy when ble jellies shoot are you while you're surrounded by red ones !

Sos

22. Dec 2010 · 00:18 UTC

I found a dollar, it was worth $1! haha :P Cool!

danblack

22. Dec 2010 · 15:54 UTC

Good solid game, expecially for only 48 hours. I liked the digging, it gave me a nice sense of exploration and discovery.

🎤 Darkhogg

22. Dec 2010 · 16:53 UTC

Fixed enemies pushing you to a wall :P

stevejohnson

27. Dec 2010 · 05:21 UTC

Movement was very jerky, but I liked the random caves and the general feel of the game. However I wish I had a way to replenish my rocks.

🎤 Darkhogg

27. Dec 2010 · 18:22 UTC

@stevejohnson You have, you just have to dig through walls.

philomory

28. Dec 2010 · 03:43 UTC

Wouldn't run :( Java starts to load, then nothing. Will hold off on rating until I try it on another computer.

philomory

28. Dec 2010 · 09:08 UTC

Tried it on another machine, and it's a pretty fun game! It gets pretty dang hard after the first floor, though. Perhaps don't introduce the blue jellies quite so quickly, and introduce the red jellies more gradually?

Endurion

31. Dec 2010 · 15:31 UTC

Not bad. I really like the generated caves. It makes them fun to dig around and find new rooms.
However I was not able to find the stairs down from the 2nd level. The level is huuge.

kurtwaldowski

09. Jan 2011 · 04:36 UTC

Wow pretty fun! A bit repetitive, and I felt it was quite easy. Damn blue Jellys. Gotta snipe those a$$ holes.