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Climb by Albin

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made by Albin for LD 42 (COMPO)

Out of all of the two game jams I've ever attended (counting this one), this is the first one I actually managed to finish! My goal before I entered was to make a playable game, and in my opinion it went pretty well :)

The sprites for this game are all hand-drawn and cleaned up in Photoshop. I usally not consider myself an artist and more of a programming guy, but this time I didn't feel like just making really bad placeholder pixel art like I usally do when I make games. So I tried something different, and I'm pretty happy with how the look of the game turned out!

Controls: A-D=move SPACE/W=jump R=restart

Tools used: Unity, Photoshop, paper and pencil :)LD42<em>Thumbnail.jpgLD42</em>image01.jpg

HTML5 (web) https://hoax1.itch.io/ld42
Windows https://hoax1.itch.io/ld42
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/ld42-game

Ratings

Overall 424th 3.269⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Fun 357th 3.25⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 576th 2.74⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Theme 258th 3.774⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 135th 3.815⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Humor 173th 2.98⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Mood 256th 3.152⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Given 54🗳️ 42🗨️

Feedback

SixBeeps
13. Aug 2018 · 02:51 UTC
Nothing too new for this one. The art was well done, but there have been many games like this that already exist.
squirmonkey
13. Aug 2018 · 02:51 UTC
The graphics for this game are pretty cute. Especially the main character, which I think is really well done. It looks like you have some like, speckled artifacts maybe from scanning them in? I think it'd look better if you did a little editing to clean up the sprites a little.

Gameplay is pretty standard, but seems to work well. I think it might help if you had the items spawn from above the top of the screen so that you have more time to react to them.
ProgrammingDimension
13. Aug 2018 · 02:52 UTC
The art is pretty decent!
4thwallstudios
13. Aug 2018 · 02:56 UTC
Had fun! Death check is a little sensitive, and would have loved to have a button to play again (had to refresh the page)
Krapht
13. Aug 2018 · 02:59 UTC
You did a lot with minimal graphics and the animation was fun. If you could turn this into mobile game it would be a fun little time waster.
mshopf
13. Aug 2018 · 03:00 UTC
Cute art, gameplay is working well. It is a bit unfair at times, but that's ok. I think your title would benefit a lot from some sound effects and or music. I love the mood the main character is creating!
Ghen
13. Aug 2018 · 11:47 UTC
nice pencil drawn artwork, absolutely love it !, the gameplay also simple and addictive, this can easily get ported and made into unlimited jumping kind of game, well done !
WongKongPhooey
13. Aug 2018 · 11:52 UTC
Top marks for fun, certainly takes some skill to be good at it. Has a lot of replay value just for beating high scores. Well done!
dunin
13. Aug 2018 · 12:01 UTC
Congratz to finish it!

It's simple but fun. And I like the character style.

my best: 15.
Rob White
13. Aug 2018 · 12:32 UTC
The player character felt quite stunted and jerky to move around but the artwork really made the game come to life. Good job!
anstabo
13. Aug 2018 · 13:15 UTC
The blob is actually really fluid even with hand drawn animation, we made a blob too and it's not as jelly as this one <3.
The game is simple and fun, but there's a couple thing that could have been done differently, the spawning of objects shouldn't be directly on the player it causes too much case of softlock, stuck inside mesh etc...
The game feel is pretty nice to be fair, good job !
Paden Shorey
13. Aug 2018 · 13:32 UTC
A few tips:
- spawn the objects off screen so the player can't see them spawn
- write somewhere within the game that 'r' is to restart or have a retry button
- allow for players to move the items (I got stuck in a little cave where I couldn't get squished but no more items could fit into where I was so I would never die)
Wieczny
13. Aug 2018 · 13:32 UTC
Art is amazing. This game make me laugh and give lots of fun :sweat_smile:
Fryderider
13. Aug 2018 · 14:56 UTC
Nice one! As someone else said, you did a lot with minimal graphics.

I'd say keep going with the pencil drawn art, could be really cool. Great job!
Qazikol
13. Aug 2018 · 15:12 UTC
Really cool game! The player animation looks good and melds well with player control, and the sprite switching makes those movements feel much more deliberate in navigating the smoothly moving objects.
Mathiouza
13. Aug 2018 · 15:16 UTC
Really cool graphism but it lacks sounds and music... I think the game is a little too rough and the concept is quite common. It fits the theme though.

Keep coding :)
Erendelous
13. Aug 2018 · 15:35 UTC
The game looks nice! And it's pretty fun to play, but it lacks some audio.
Alexander Tan
13. Aug 2018 · 16:15 UTC
Its ok, would have prefered a restart button
🎤 Albin
13. Aug 2018 · 16:32 UTC
@alexander-tan @4thwallstudios There is a restart button! Its R. I wrote it in the description but I should have made it more clear in-game, especially in the game over screen :D
Untitled Studios
13. Aug 2018 · 17:19 UTC
The art for this game is amazing! The gameplay is a bit minimalistic, but fun. If I had one complaint it would be that the camera does not quite frame the gameplay well.
manusaiz
13. Aug 2018 · 18:10 UTC
It is a very addictive game!It's a fun game and I like the main character. My best score: 14 =) (I hope I did a good job!)
manusaiz
13. Aug 2018 · 18:10 UTC
Ah! And I like the art aswell =)
deathray
14. Aug 2018 · 02:15 UTC
![home1.png](///raw/460/1/z/18cdc.png) Safe in my new home!
This game fun for a bit, and the graphics are really charming.
Judy Kim
14. Aug 2018 · 06:12 UTC
I like that the objects came in all sizes, the first thing that fell down on me was a tiny tiny clock and it was adorable haha. The blob character is really appealing and has nice squash and stretch :) I think hand-drawn stuff like this is super cool and am glad I came across this, thanks for making it!
lespaul59
14. Aug 2018 · 16:45 UTC
really awesome graphics and the animations and the gameplay is also good! The game is really challenging :)
Cope
15. Aug 2018 · 02:16 UTC
Really nice game. I like the animations.
undefinist
15. Aug 2018 · 06:07 UTC
Charming art style with the hand drawn stuff! Nice concept, but feels too unfair and luck-based. Congrats on finishing your first jam! ;)
T8kk
15. Aug 2018 · 06:18 UTC
Hey albin cool concept! Occasionally the game was so tricky when i got cornered by objects and then i got a finishing blow from a falling object from the sky haha. If ther would be powerups or some way i could sometimes destroy objects would be a nice way to break some difficult scenarios. Overall fresh idea and good physics fun with unique hand drawn arts style, nicely done. :)
Alien
15. Aug 2018 · 11:55 UTC
Great Game Albin!, The Graphics are really nice!. I hid under a bunch of tv :laughing: . Great Concept but could use some work. Other than that its a really fun game!
Bismark
15. Aug 2018 · 12:48 UTC
The graphics and animation are really very successful. It may lack a test to avoid the "infinite part" when the character is surrounded by objects, but not crushed by them. :-)
namnam
15. Aug 2018 · 14:00 UTC
simple but still funny. We really feel anxious about being crush. I like the art style too.
ShaggyFox
15. Aug 2018 · 16:03 UTC
Nice simple game with interesting art-style.

A little thing I noticed was that I had to reload the web-version to try again after failing ^^
🎤 Albin
15. Aug 2018 · 16:05 UTC
@shaggyfox actually you can just press R. I wrote it in the description but I should have wrote it in-game.
ShaggyFox
15. Aug 2018 · 17:44 UTC
Ah thank you @albin :) shame on me :grin:
Anna Petrova
16. Aug 2018 · 12:48 UTC
Nice graphics:)
hungare
16. Aug 2018 · 15:33 UTC
I like it! I like the graphics as well, but I think it would have looked even better if the text had the pencil drawn look to make everything cohesive. The gameplay was also kind of challenging but fun. I wish there was some sound, even a simple background music, but all in all it was well done!
MZA
16. Aug 2018 · 15:46 UTC
First of all, congrats on finishing the game. First thing I though was that you implemented the theme really well. The art style is also quite cool.

Thers a lack of UI and replay button but i think that's due to the compo time limit.
lndrstrll
16. Aug 2018 · 20:09 UTC
Nice game! i love the pencil drawings and the main character animation. :tv:
Cobear25
16. Aug 2018 · 20:17 UTC
I really like the art and the framed animations. Lack of sound made it somewhat uninteresting though.
shp
16. Aug 2018 · 20:17 UTC
very cute graphics, you also succeeded at your goals, it is playable :)
ImtehQ
16. Aug 2018 · 20:18 UTC
Good looking game, not sure how the point gone up or anything but was fun to play, well done!
arron-fowler
17. Aug 2018 · 08:55 UTC
I loved it. Once I worked out what the crack was. Simple yet difficult. Great work
LastLeaf
19. Aug 2018 · 13:38 UTC
I really like your art style, and the idea is great. But I think the game logic need improved. On my second try I get this

![2018-08-19 21.34.24.png](///raw/460/91/z/1a436.png)

wow
wildcard
19. Aug 2018 · 18:13 UTC
Nice idea to have the game spawn items to climb on. it perfectly complements the theme! Well done!
Void Productions
22. Aug 2018 · 15:50 UTC
@albin Really like the art, gameplay is simple and has been done before in many games but still was decent, good job buddy.
Do check our game and leave some feedback.
polyducks
22. Aug 2018 · 18:59 UTC
I really, really liked this one. The art style is fresh and new instead of the usual pixelart and the character is simple but likeable. The controls felt good and comfortable. This is currently my number one for this jam.

Please try out my game and let me know what you think!
Zirrrus
26. Aug 2018 · 08:45 UTC
The art and animations of the little blob are really cute and charming :)

Fun little game!
Imphenzia
01. Sep 2018 · 22:54 UTC
I liked the hand drawn art and especially the animated blob as it felt nice to control it seeing it react to the movements. The un-skippable delay after "game over" made me not play it for too long since I died quite often =)
Andrei9
03. Sep 2018 · 16:47 UTC
Nice game! interesting graphics :thumbsup: