Serp-slurp (Spicy hot chocolate 3) by LDJam user 387005

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made by LDJam user 387005 for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

A 1-4 player (2 keyboard, 2 controllers) fastpace high-score based "survival" game in which reaction time and strategy are key.

Four wizards have been swallowed by a massive serpantine beast in a norwegian national park and must collect enough vitality to sustain their lifes for long enough. As they
keep sinking into the ouroboroses stomach they encounter vast enviorments and strange items. Will they ever get out? How long can they sustain themselves? How DEEP can they go? (See what i did there >) )

https://youtu.be/nDT4S9DODdE

As plattforms appear and dissapear the players must jump on them, loot the provided material and jump off before they sink into the stomach acid.
Theres many more deep mechanics to spice gameplay however; WHY DONT YOU JUST PLAY IT!? PLAY THE DAMN GAME!!1!*

(*or don't, but we'd appreciate it. -Kartoffel_Licht)
Screenshot 2025-04-08 191048.png

A game by:
Kartoffel_Licht - codesman,music literaly build the whole thing
Smugsman - artsman,sfx - made silly sprites and spoke
(InkyOnyx - Made two character designs and provided emotional support)

The game does support local multiplay with:
[Movement/Actionkey1-4]
WASD/EQRC
UPDOWNLEFTRIGHT/Num0-3
2x Gamepad: Left Stick/AXYB

[Edit: to change skin, press Action key 2]

Screenshot 2025-04-08 191053.png

(More technical details here)
Binaries included for
freebsd-amd64
linux-amd64
macos-x86_64
windows-amd64

If you run into any issues, please look into the comment-section or the issues on git. Consider leaving a report with OS and the console output (command is eg. "java -jar path/to/game.jar") to help others having troubles in the future!

Make sure you have the latest version of Java (https://www.oracle.com/de/java/technologies/downloads/) installed, or else it might yell "A Java exception has occurred" at you.

Also you'll need a somewhat modern GPU (supporting Vulkan)

Ratings

Given 28🗳️ 40🗨️