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The Cost of Living by Xenoxygene

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made by Xenoxygene for LD 43 (JAM)

Play as 8A-Terry, a small robot on a mission: Bringing batteries to his significant other. However, you also need the batteries' energy to get to her! How much energy will you sacrifice in order to reach her in time ?

Basic Controls:

Left/Right Arrows - Move

Up Arrow/Space - Jump

Down Arrow - Crouch

C and V - Upgrades

Upgrades:

Dash (Costs 5 energy): Quickly dash forward a short distance. You are invincible during the dash.

Burn (Costs 10 energy): Burn flammable objects.

Climb (Costs 15 energy): Activate Climb to be able to climb up walls for 2 seconds. Simply run to a wall after activation to start climbing!

Double Jump (Costs 5 energy): Activate Double Jump whilst mid-air to perform a second jump to go further and higher!

Be mindful when getting new abilities, as grabbing a new one means sacrificing another!

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Windows https://xenoxygene.itch.io/the-cost-of-living
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/the-cost-of-living

Ratings

Overall 915th 2.897⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 843th 2.776⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 928th 2.586⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 856th 2.914⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 893th 2.569⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Audio 544th 2.862⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 707th 2.464⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 836th 2.845⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 37🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

TheoG
04. Dec 2018 · 04:19 UTC
Interesting gameplay. The "multi-path aspect" is great!
Avi
04. Dec 2018 · 04:20 UTC
Neat game! Good work!
Really like the simplistic art style!
Toast Toaster
04. Dec 2018 · 04:21 UTC
Good level design
Imphenzia
05. Dec 2018 · 09:53 UTC
I like the built in tutorial, the level design/progression, and the different jump techniques that were introduced. Well done, especially with this being your first jam! See you at LD44 :)
🎤 Xenoxygene
05. Dec 2018 · 14:45 UTC
@imphenzia Thank you it means a lot! Thanks to all of you actually! We hope to see you next LD too!
ursagames
06. Dec 2018 · 05:33 UTC
Your game was played on my stream ( twitch.tv/ursagames ) for the second day of Ludum Dare streams - you can find the timestamp of your game here: https://goo.gl/N2rkr8
Dzmitry Pukhouski
06. Dec 2018 · 17:47 UTC
Even though the art style was blending in my eyes it still was a good experience. Loved the upgrades and how you can use them to take a different path. And the controls were good and responsive too except for their layout but they worked
Call_me_Nutty
06. Dec 2018 · 19:43 UTC
Made it to the end!

I really liked the power-ups in the game and how you built some of the levels anticipating that the player may not actually having one of the required power-ups therefore giving them a different route. The controls were well done. I would say that the game could have done with some polish, some of the hitboxes are a bit too large and there's a pretty nasty blind jump in the second level (the one that requires the double-jump) I died a few times on that part.

Otherwise I quite enjoyed playing the game, the ambient noises fit perfectly with the music and the difficulty scaled pretty well. Thanks for making :)
Sickdot
06. Dec 2018 · 20:08 UTC
I really liked the mechanics, level design also good graphics. overall a really good game!
Sauski
07. Dec 2018 · 10:27 UTC
Certainly an engaging game with a "one more go" aspect to it, I found myself crying in frustration when I miss timed a jump, but it's a mark of a good game that it's able to evoke such engagement. An escape menu and the ability to mute would have made for a slightly easier user experience, something you'll definitely need to consider for the next Jam! :)
badpaul34
07. Dec 2018 · 14:44 UTC
Nice feeling of the jump and we all know that is not that easy.

Good mastery of the pacing and onboarding. I quited though because there was no checkpoint and it's sooo frustrating to play again everything from the beginning.
itsjustjord
07. Dec 2018 · 20:32 UTC
I liked it but the graphics were a bit "meh" in my opinion :)
krx271
07. Dec 2018 · 22:49 UTC
Nice game on the horizon, good idea, graphics :D Look at our game, greetings :D
masterzenith
10. Dec 2018 · 01:25 UTC
Not sure what this has to do with sacrifice.

Other than that, pretty decent!
Raitozan
11. Dec 2018 · 13:15 UTC
@masterzenith our gameplay is based on sacrifice, you sacrifice your life/energy to use your abilities, and you've to sacrifice an ability to take a new one ;)

thx all for your reviews ! :D
appix
15. Dec 2018 · 02:49 UTC
welldone~i like the graphics.
elysiagriffin
18. Dec 2018 · 21:03 UTC
Hey raitozan! Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!

If you'd like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/346057870?t=06h32m43s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin