Down Below by NicMagnier

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made by NicMagnier for LD 43 (COMPO)

Pay the devil to travel between the different levels in hell. If you go deep enough you might be able to save your best friend, but can you also save yourself? not if you keep falling in deadly spikes!

Left/Right: Move

X: Jump

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Ratings

Overall 42th 3.985⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Fun 49th 3.868⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 204th 3.309⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Theme 154th 3.765⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 132th 3.721⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Audio 139th 3.348⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Humor 130th 3.234⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Mood 54th 3.838⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Given 39🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

Rombus
03. Dec 2018 · 04:36 UTC
The link is broken!
BumDag
03. Dec 2018 · 11:16 UTC
I loved it. Thank you!!! I will play it more to the end!
Tornoz
03. Dec 2018 · 12:22 UTC
It was a really enjoyable platformer. The levels you have to go through backwards was a really nice twist. I encountered some collision bugs but nothing too frustrating.
Erendelous
03. Dec 2018 · 12:25 UTC
The core mechanic is pretty interesting:) And maybe the sound of fireball guns is too loud
Suchista
03. Dec 2018 · 12:48 UTC
Wooow! It's awesome! It really has the mood of great old games!
Fnissalot
03. Dec 2018 · 16:14 UTC
Nice! Eerie feeling and well designed levels!
behzad_robot
03. Dec 2018 · 18:13 UTC
T_T i knew this was comiiiiiiiing... That ENDING!! T_T i knew it but i still went through hell of last 2 levels!
T_T i cant remember how many times i died cos of hitting a spike with a 1px collision T_T
SuperGamersGames
03. Dec 2018 · 22:21 UTC
This is a pretty good game. The concept of losing more health as you go is also a very nice touch. I also like how you end up going backwards in the end.
Pawel W.
03. Dec 2018 · 22:21 UTC
I really like retro style games like yours. Great job!
Ian Kettlewell
03. Dec 2018 · 22:24 UTC
Really cool atmosphere and polish. Great game!
garygreen
03. Dec 2018 · 22:28 UTC
That was a fun platformer. Some nice mechanics in there. I really liked the storyline you built around it.
Youkool
03. Dec 2018 · 22:28 UTC
Maybe reduced the inertia on the player but else it's a really nice concept and execution! (I hate the sound of the level restarting after death though x.x)
WongKongPhooey
03. Dec 2018 · 22:39 UTC
This might well be my favourite game of the whole jam, it plays so smoothly! Little details such as the player momentum, bounce physics and ability to play the levels backwards, it's all so cleverly done! Also, top marks for using Pico-8 (I did too!). Well done!
KirLosev
03. Dec 2018 · 22:46 UTC
that's one of the best games i've played so far.
really well designed.

love the way you've doubled the amount of levels by reusing the same ones.
love the way you've increased the difficulty by taking out health.
love the art and sounds and jokes.
love the jerk devil.

well done :v:
ILD Games LLC
04. Dec 2018 · 07:39 UTC
This was a lot of fun! The climb up felt really clever, I really wanted to give you props for designing each level such that the space felt completely different if you were climbing up, compared to climbing down - That must not have been easy!
Paradox
04. Dec 2018 · 08:48 UTC
Fun game the graphics and sound are nice and the level backward at the end is a great idea.
Azargaz
04. Dec 2018 · 17:24 UTC
Very cool, good graphics, gameplay, audio, nice use of theme and interesting story. Also really clever level design, I was confused at first why there is so much jump pads but when you go back it makes sense.
samh
04. Dec 2018 · 22:37 UTC
Excellent level design! Only a few things were slightly frustrating: the camera that does not go low enough to see some traps, and the general slippery feel. But once used to it, it’s really all right. The story itself fits well with the theme and the overall design, you really got inspired here.
Kindred
05. Dec 2018 · 09:07 UTC
I'm just awful at platformers, but overall a really fun game. Solid entry and I really liked having to go backward through the level again. Though I didn't get through it. Lol
Matank
05. Dec 2018 · 09:26 UTC
Awesome platformer! I managed to finish - it was pretty challenging (but fair).
cowa
05. Dec 2018 · 21:47 UTC
Challenging but correctly balanced, it's rare on gamejams, congrats! Very pleasant game, it plays very well.

Big thumb up for the graphics, they are very great :)
YoungBlade
05. Dec 2018 · 22:50 UTC
I agree with what others said about the level design: it's really cool that you were able to build the levels such that they each felt different when going down vs. up. Reducing the hearts was a good way to scale the difficulty as the game went on and the mechanics were learned. Nicely done!
morriss
07. Dec 2018 · 13:02 UTC
The rhythm of the animation was great

Too little to late life, the feeling is very difficult

I hope I can adjust the camera, let me have my view of need
Mohrro
07. Dec 2018 · 23:41 UTC
Really great game! I love its retro graphics, music and SFX. Good and challenging gameplay!
Krassenstein
08. Dec 2018 · 03:44 UTC
I really love what people can do with PICO-8. It still impresses me when i see new games with unique ideas on this engine.

Everything felt very smooth and the game flowed really well. I do think that the game could benefit from reducing how fast the movement is slightly.

Nice job!