Neon Abyss by rsf-krx
THEME: Growing / Two Button Controls
OBJECTIVE:
Get as far down the abyss as possible!
HOW TO PLAY:
Grow or shrink the player to either reduce or increase force. You will need to have enough force to break the platform (40% of the width). If you don't, you will splat and die. Also, if you have enough force to break the platform, but not cleanly (60% of the width), you will cause the platform to splinter, which will damage you.
CONTROLS:
- Up/Down arrows to grow/shrink
- Up/Down/Enter to navigate menus
Created by RedSoxFan and krx
OBJECTIVE:
Get as far down the abyss as possible!
HOW TO PLAY:
Grow or shrink the player to either reduce or increase force. You will need to have enough force to break the platform (40% of the width). If you don't, you will splat and die. Also, if you have enough force to break the platform, but not cleanly (60% of the width), you will cause the platform to splinter, which will damage you.
CONTROLS:
- Up/Down arrows to grow/shrink
- Up/Down/Enter to navigate menus
Created by RedSoxFan and krx
Ratings
| Coolness | 60% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.48 | 362 |
| Audio(Jam) | 3.59 | 194 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.52 | 239 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 3.67 | 394 |
| Humor(Jam) | 2.28 | 712 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.54 | 226 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.33 | 411 |
| Theme(Jam) | 4.04 | 200 |
Well Done!
It would have been cool to see a little more "juice," like Andy said, and it would feel a little more "fair" if the player didn't die in 1 hit from hitting something wrong.
Overall, good game!
Simple yet effective game :)
I died a lot though and wasn't a fan of having to go back through the main menu. I would have preferred an instant restart option. I am glad you didn't restart the music from the top on restart though, that was a good choice!
Nice work guys, look, sound, and feel all there... and you hit the double-theme nicely.
@Andy Gainey, the only objective is to stay alive as long as possible. The distance is the only scoring aspect. If you wanted to, you could try to do it without splintering, but unless the splintering is the cause of death, it isn't that bad.
@ElliotFiske, the dying is just part of the game design. We do have the splintering aspect so you do have some margin of error.
@The Tophat Demon, sorry. I know the audio isn't for everyone, but we felt it fit with the game. If you go into settings, you can disable the audio (unfortunately, settings only last until you close the game).
@pkenney, I didn't even think of an instant restart option. But just in case you didn't know, the main menu does respond to the keyboard, so if you are on the death screen, you would just need to press enter twice.
- RedSoxFan