All That Glitters by cgmorton
They say that treasure awaits those adventurers brave or foolhardy enough to delve deep underground. But treasure isn't the only thing waiting in those caves. No, there's also fake treasure.
Enter the mimic.
For those who don't know, a mimic is a creature that imitates the appearance and contents of a treasure chest, and when an unwary adventurer tries to open it, he gets a face full o' teeth.
Now you can know that thrill.
All That Glitters puts you in the role of an action mimic. It plays as a sort of stealth game, a la Thief.
You live in a cave. Adventurers can be found throughout the caves, wandering aimlessly or otherwise. Your goal is to sneak up on them and eat them. Problem is, you're full of coins and pretty jangly - so you'll just have to let them come to you.
Controls:
Arrow keys/ASDF - movement
Shift/Spacebar (hold) - imitate a treasure chest
Hints:
- Keep your lid closed. The game will make it clear when you've caught a guy.
- Adventurers wear these helmets that really ruin their peripheral vision.
- If you hear someone shouting 'DIE' that means you should run away.
- There is no big reward at the end. Feel free to stop playing whenever. Unless you're a completionist, in which case you may be here a while.
- More detail on how to catch an adventurer: first, figure out their movement from a distance; second, place yourself in their path without them noticing; third, close your lid and wait for them to show up.
Cheats:
- The 1-6 keys will warp you to various checkpoints. But please note: this is CHEATING and will be a permanent black mark on your gaming soul. Unless you're a gaming satanist or something in which case go wild.
Change Log:
- Fixed a bug where mashing keys could walk you through walls
- Fixed a bug where players would be unable to move
- Fixed a bug where the player disappears ('respawn' bug)
Post-LD version changes:
- Smooth movement by holding directions
- New sound effect when adventurers lose sight of you
Enter the mimic.
For those who don't know, a mimic is a creature that imitates the appearance and contents of a treasure chest, and when an unwary adventurer tries to open it, he gets a face full o' teeth.
Now you can know that thrill.
All That Glitters puts you in the role of an action mimic. It plays as a sort of stealth game, a la Thief.
You live in a cave. Adventurers can be found throughout the caves, wandering aimlessly or otherwise. Your goal is to sneak up on them and eat them. Problem is, you're full of coins and pretty jangly - so you'll just have to let them come to you.
Controls:
Arrow keys/ASDF - movement
Shift/Spacebar (hold) - imitate a treasure chest
Hints:
- Keep your lid closed. The game will make it clear when you've caught a guy.
- Adventurers wear these helmets that really ruin their peripheral vision.
- If you hear someone shouting 'DIE' that means you should run away.
- There is no big reward at the end. Feel free to stop playing whenever. Unless you're a completionist, in which case you may be here a while.
- More detail on how to catch an adventurer: first, figure out their movement from a distance; second, place yourself in their path without them noticing; third, close your lid and wait for them to show up.
Cheats:
- The 1-6 keys will warp you to various checkpoints. But please note: this is CHEATING and will be a permanent black mark on your gaming soul. Unless you're a gaming satanist or something in which case go wild.
Change Log:
- Fixed a bug where mashing keys could walk you through walls
- Fixed a bug where players would be unable to move
- Fixed a bug where the player disappears ('respawn' bug)
Post-LD version changes:
- Smooth movement by holding directions
- New sound effect when adventurers lose sight of you
Ratings
| Coolness | 84% | 2 |
| Overall | 3.18 | 425 |
| Audio | 3.11 | 291 |
| Fun | 3.03 | 460 |
| Graphics | 2.75 | 636 |
| Humor | 3.36 | 190 |
| Innovation | 3.27 | 296 |
| Mood | 3.02 | 454 |
| Theme | 3.75 | 228 |
I also got stuck on some things, I think that it's when I fatfinger two keys are once and go into a wall diagonally, I then get kicked out of it, but can't move. Really excellent entry though.
Lovely level design.
Still a good game, even tough I am bad at it :(
Hints have also been updated to give better instructions.
Thanks for playing my game!
Also, the slurp noise when you eat an adventurer is amazing.
Pros:
-Really fun concept
-Fun sounds
Cons:
-Hard to understand at first
-Very difficult
Would be interested to see a non-grid-based version!
and loved the sounds
I thought it was weird that the player was shown in a side-ish view but the enemies were fully top down.
Great gameplay concepts, very unique
But, like others, a little bug on respawn
Game's quite fun though, fast paced stealth is a type of gameplay that can be quite fun, and there are not enough games about it in the world.
Music is way too quiet in comparison with the sound effects. I didn't even know the game had music until I read a comment about it.
Very easy to get stuck and unable to move by pressing a direction you aren't supposed to be able to move toward. I managed to do it all 3 times I tried to play.
Although some bug happened when I died like 50 times, I loved the idea and the music. good job :)
I'm still not entirely sure what's causing the movement bug, but I've added an integrity check every second or so that should unstick you when you get stuck. Hopefully :D
The sound effects are very amusing.
There are too many adventurers... maybe more like 20 would be best, with a steeper difficulty curve. I enjoyed working out different strategies for the crowded rooms.
I've put up a post-ld version with smoother controls and some more voices. I think it's an improvement.
Also I may have finally fixed that respawn bug XD