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Quivering by SandPile

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made by SandPile for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPZKn9FLwYM

Quivering

Quivering is a puzzle platformer where you jump around shooting arrows to hit hard-to-reach targets! The screen wrapping effect serves as a unique mechanic that enables a lot of interesting puzzle oportunities.

Quivering features eleven unique levels, with different mechanics and solutions I hope you'll enjoy!

Controls

Use the mouse to aim your bow, and hold left mouse button to charge. Release to shoot an arrow! use WASD to move around, and space to jump. instructions.png

Theme

Stuck in a loop. Once you shoot an arrow, it will bounce between walls indefinately, wraping the screen until it hits either you, a crate or spikes. The entire game is designed to make you feel like you are in a loop without resorting to time travel. Thanks to the screen wrap effect on all entities in the game, in my eyes the theme is very loopy.

Graphics

The look and feel of the game was very much inspired by Bubble Bobble on the NES, which also featured a screen wrap effect to instead enable interesting combat oportinities. In Quivering, after finishing a level you'll be transported in a bubble, through a scrolling transition to the next level, much like in Bubble Bobble. I think this effect added something extra to make this game feel fresh. walk cycle.png

Audio

All the sound effects were made during the jam, with a Zoom microphone. The weird string of notes serving as music in the background is my first song I've ever composed, done during the jam! (+ / - to change volume)

Humor

Humor was not in the forefront of my thoughts when designing this game, however I think this game posesses some charm that might bring a smile to your face.

Mood

As with many of my jam games, this game is on the surface a hybrid between more modern 2d platforming games, and old NES games. I humbly believe the art direction feels pretty concise.

Post-Jam Change Log

  • Added a new level
  • Updated two levels to make sure they use the screen-wrap effect
  • Increased respawn and level change speed
  • Increased jump height
  • Changed window sprites to indicate they are background entities
  • Added Horizontal spikes
Youtube https://sandpile.github.io/Quivering/
Youtube https://sandpile.github.io/Quivering_post_jam/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/quivering

Ratings

Overall 100th 4.128⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Fun 67th 4.13⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 207th 3.904⭐ 49🧑‍⚖️
Theme 624th 3.783⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 346th 4.054⭐ 48🧑‍⚖️
Audio 256th 3.833⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Humor 600th 2.962⭐ 41🧑‍⚖️
Mood 431th 3.727⭐ 46🧑‍⚖️
Given 33🗳️ 63🗨️

Feedback

dk5000p
05. Oct 2020 · 19:44 UTC
This game is awesome. Looks really good. The looping arrow mechanic is cool. Was a little confusing how the arrows would behave but besides that all around good game.
chesschaser
05. Oct 2020 · 20:57 UTC
Really fun interpretation of the theme! Fun looping arrows. Shot myself a few times XD!

My game:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/stuck-in-a-loop-8
Rebecca Harrison
05. Oct 2020 · 21:02 UTC
Great game! I really liked the moment where you realize you can also shoot the around the loop too. Nice graphics and the audio was very good. I couldn't get past the first jumping level for some reason? Not sure if I was doing something wrong.
Hicko
06. Oct 2020 · 12:44 UTC
I liked the idea
chispaLBC
06. Oct 2020 · 14:54 UTC
![Screenshot_32.png](///raw/20e/3/z/390d9.png)
Vinicius Leonidas
06. Oct 2020 · 22:33 UTC
Great game realy fun to play keep the good work
Jamster
07. Oct 2020 · 08:15 UTC
The archery felt so satisfying, I would play more levels of this.
etrealjunior
07. Oct 2020 · 09:24 UTC
I liked your game my congratulations, I also did one if you want to know, and give me your feedback I am very grateful, this is the link https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/resurrection
Lunarstrain
07. Oct 2020 · 11:59 UTC
It's cool! Looks like the good old snake game, but taken further. Idk should it feel relaxing, but it actually is.
KaisenTheGreatOne
07. Oct 2020 · 12:09 UTC
Awesome game. Finished with 16 Deaths and 1870m Arrow travel distance. Looks awesome and feels okay... the jumping is a bit unintuitive, but it's porbably a thing of experience. Well done :thumbsup:
Alpasyon007
07. Oct 2020 · 12:14 UTC
Love the simple and fun gameplay, It feels super polished and the completionist in me wants to play this all day to hit those targets. Feels satisfying and the art style is simple, fits the game. Good Job!
Tino
07. Oct 2020 · 12:15 UTC
![end.png](///raw/0d6/43/z/396aa.png)

Well done. I enjoyed this mix of light puzzle solving and aim and even reflexes sometimes. Really cool. Nice sprites, nice sound effects. The shooting feels good.

[Bug?] I could never make the long jump so I cheesed this level by finding the perfect angle (placing yourself on the very end of the right edge of the platform).

PS: sorry for posting this here but it is the fifth game in a row that I play with @etrealjunior copy pasted comment. I think it is "fine" to post your link, especially if you're struggling to get ratings (which doesn't seem to be the case but eh), but the copy pasted message... Are you even playing the games? :/ (if not I hope you don't dare to give random or average grades). Furthermore most people already tend to go test the games of the people leaving them feedback anyway. I believe Ludum Dare is not a popularity contest, once you reach 20 ratings the quality of them is what counts not the quantity, take it or leave it.
Or maybe I'm just a prick and everyone is fine with such practices.
Gonzalol
07. Oct 2020 · 12:17 UTC
WOW I love the art and the strong arcade game vibes. The Bubble Bobble effect is really cool, also the main character reminds me to a Lemming. Nice job!
Jeremy Ryan
07. Oct 2020 · 12:19 UTC
I like it! The mechanic is really simple, but the level progression is really good and you manage to keep it fresh without introducing a million new mechanics. Graphics were nice and clean (particularly liked the target spinning animation). I do wish the bubble transitions were a little faster... especially when you immediately die from your own foolishness in 2 seconds, it would be nice to be able to jump back in immediately.

Solid entry!
Marcusuke
07. Oct 2020 · 18:10 UTC
Lost chance to call it Robin Loop lol

![robinloop.png](///raw/984/43/z/3980a.png)

I see I didn't do as well as others :(

Anyway, overall great job! Nice reference to Bubble Booble. Good gameplay and original idea.
Omeletton
07. Oct 2020 · 18:17 UTC
Hi, good game, but I find the respawn animation too long
a4x8e6
07. Oct 2020 · 19:39 UTC
Shot myself so. many. times! :)
Ismael Rodriguez
08. Oct 2020 · 01:09 UTC
We had some similar ideas! I wish I got a little more out of my mechanics though. You had some ideas I thought about, like aiming at a target while loop-falling, but I never go around to building that level :\

I like your presentation, falling between stages, the floating in a bubble thing (I actually thought of a bubble mechanic too lol, not for respawns though)

I do wish the respawn was a bit quicker, but besides that it's a great entry!

![stats.png](///raw/cdb/31/z/39965.png)
Meatball
08. Oct 2020 · 02:26 UTC
Love this - the details like the drawing of the bow SFX are spot on.
DeepSeaLychee
08. Oct 2020 · 08:22 UTC
This is such a sweet little game. I love the characters fat little walking hahah.

Awesome take on the idea, I'd love to see even more levels of increased complexity
Bredera
08. Oct 2020 · 09:16 UTC
A really cool little game, I really like the art style and the puzzle solving is really satisfying. Great job
TheEpsi
08. Oct 2020 · 14:21 UTC
I had a very nice time playing the game, I really like the gameplay and I'd like to see more levels! For me, I think that the transitions between levels can be a little bit faster (same for the respawn) it takes a little time to watch the full bubble thing though is nice I think that people would prefer to go directly to play!

Good one!

![quiveringscore.PNG](///raw/599/31/z/39ac6.png)
weeping-rupee
08. Oct 2020 · 16:01 UTC
Hey, I played my game on your stream if you're interested the VOD is posted here.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/764236273
nethead
08. Oct 2020 · 17:14 UTC
amazing game! has a really nice aesthetic and the mechanic was super fun. congrats!!
shubart
08. Oct 2020 · 21:13 UTC
Excellent game. Really cool idea. Very fun to play. Thank you for your game
GameDev and Architecture
08. Oct 2020 · 21:58 UTC
Cool little game! it was simple, polished, and fun to play!
svntax
09. Oct 2020 · 04:12 UTC
Solid game with a nice style. I wish the transitions between levels and after dying were a little bit faster.
svyatozar
10. Oct 2020 · 11:18 UTC
Great game! not sure how to make it fullscreen though
alpacalypse
10. Oct 2020 · 16:30 UTC
I'm always impressed by these LD games that deliver a small, high-quality and polished experience, basically a small but complete game. Like others the respawn/transition could be a little shorter, though that's not such a huge deal because it's not a game where you die constantly.
Blue Pin Studio
11. Oct 2020 · 01:39 UTC
Very good submission, the only few problems i have with it are :

The respawn is too long

The music is too quiet
Ale
17. Oct 2020 · 16:40 UTC
Wow this was great. I was actually kind of sad when I reached the last level because I wanted to keep playing lol. The game and mechanics are very polished, and the level design is excellent. The slow level transitions were a little annoying at first, but I grew to like them. I think they did a good job of getting you immersed, plus it's actually really cool how seamless they are.

This is very good submission, and I had a lot of fun with it. Gameplay, audio, graphics, mood were awesome. Nice job!!
Skleembof
27. Oct 2020 · 02:50 UTC
The presentation is phenomenal. The graphics, music, sound effects and animations give the game a very unique feel. The gameplay is also very tight and polished. I like how you actually spent time making unique levels and puzzles to make an actually playable game. It didn't feel like the average rushed Jam game.
You did a great job on this, the only thing it's missing now is more content!