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Volcano Containment by Morris

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made by Morris for Ludum Dare 49 (COMPO)

Hey,

welcome to my Ludum Dare 49 game. What is more unstable than a volcano spitting out rocks, and lava balls?(It is one of these famous square volcanos)

Platform over a soon exploding volcano with the help of a hookshot and contain the lava with some home made volcano extinguishers.

Collect the volcano extinguishers before the timer expires, or the unstable volcano erupts. They spawn one after the other. How long can you survive?

If the game is too difficult, there is an exploration mode in the options, this deactivates the timer. Also, the level generation is pretty basic, so maybe you can find a seed, that makes life a little easier. ​VolcanoContainment.gif

Link https://borrismitm.itch.io/volcanocontainment
Link https://github.com/BorrisMitM/Groundbreaking
Link https://borrismitm.itch.io/volcanocontainment
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/volcano-containment

Ratings

Overall 393th 3.222⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 377th 3.079⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 261th 3.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 354th 3.342⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 308th 3.342⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 266th 3.132⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 329th 2.441⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 416th 2.763⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 17🗨️

Feedback

FabDynamic
03. Oct 2021 · 21:56 UTC
This looks like a cool game! unfortunately I didnt do so great honestly. I could only make a few jump/hooks to another platform. I tried about 10 times but maybe I'll try again later and see if I can do better! I lovehow the lava balls look and how well the hookshot works. Nice work!
Aquachain
04. Oct 2021 · 07:38 UTC
I like the idea. But its really hard to move on. Keep up the good work.
GoldenEvolution
04. Oct 2021 · 09:56 UTC
Can't go wrong with a grappling hook! The precision of the platforming needs to be tweaked a bit because it's really hard to land on the debris. Neat interpretation of the theme. Great job!
jka
04. Oct 2021 · 10:00 UTC
Cool concept! Love the hookshot. It's really hard though, because the movement feels a bit slippery and the platforms a bit small. But if you tweak those things, this could be quite addictive! :slight_smile:
zedutchgandalf
04. Oct 2021 · 11:01 UTC
Controls are a bit rough which makes it very hard to get even 1 extinguisher, but I like the idea and the hookshot!
mausimus
04. Oct 2021 · 11:02 UTC
What a trippy idea, I didn't realize volcano extinguishers exists. The game is very difficult though, and having to go back to where you just came from for another extinguisher is demotivating. The whole thing plays like a crazy experiment, it need a bit more punch to be made into a game. The music is quite outstanding.
AppoxGames
04. Oct 2021 · 11:59 UTC
I like the idea, but the randomness of the environment made it sometimes impossible to progress. But when you got into the flow, it felt nice.
Well done!
silkworm_sweatshop
04. Oct 2021 · 14:12 UTC
The hookshot mechanic is super fun. At first I thought you just had to be lucky with the level RNG and that there was no way to make use of the smaller platforms coming from the volcano, but the "hold jump while hookshoting" makes it somewhat possible to cross large distances even without bigger platforms (and really satisfying if you pull it off).
🎤 Morris
04. Oct 2021 · 15:39 UTC
@silkworm-sweatshop yeah, I was playing almost exclusively with holding jump 100% of the time while I am in the air. I guess there is kind of a communication problem. Maybe I should have looked at the controls again and made the boost the default. Thank you for your feedback:)
LDJam user 237913
04. Oct 2021 · 15:40 UTC
Glad you included that gif ... _Look Down_ was the advice I needed to hook shot properly. A standard level may work better since then you can "practice". Well done though! Thanks for submitting!
drtizzle
04. Oct 2021 · 17:33 UTC
Nice game! The hook-shot works well, but it is a bit hard (for me) to stay alive. Love the graphics and the (very programmer-artsy) music. It would've been nice if there was some kind of difficulty ramp, so you can get used to the controls. Overall well done!
jharler
04. Oct 2021 · 18:20 UTC
This is great fun! Very challenging but has that element of "just one more try." Great job and good tie-in with the theme.
orangutanrider
05. Oct 2021 · 11:29 UTC
Pretty fun.

I'd say the music feels a bit off. Doesn't really match the intensity of jumping from rock to rock in a erupting volcano.
Nick Rafalski
05. Oct 2021 · 17:04 UTC
I love gamejams for games games like this. Hook shot? Lava? Why not. It's a fun little platformer that has a great feeling of intensity to it. I agree with others that the difficulty is way high. I was really proud to get 2 extinguishers after about 20 attempts. Still, I kept playing because it's just a really fresh and fun feeling mechanic.
PBG
05. Oct 2021 · 22:03 UTC
Fun game, but super hard. I only ever got one extinguisher. It was basically impossible to try and land on a rock that came out of the lava. Still, cool concept! I'm all for more grapling hook games!
DragonSheep
07. Oct 2021 · 02:07 UTC
It's certainly a very frantic game, with a bit of polish it could be pretty fun! It'd be really helpful to have a reticule indicator for when the hookshot has a target, and for the floating platforms to spawn more randomly instead of in waves.
🎤 Morris
07. Oct 2021 · 07:57 UTC
@dragonsheep Ohh, haven't thought about an indicator. That would have been a nice addition! Thank you for your feedback:)
LeviDSmith
09. Oct 2021 · 05:04 UTC
Neat concept and the hookshot mechanic works really well. Jumping across the little platforms makes landing on the aircraft carrier in Top Gun for the NES feel like a walk in the park. :smile:
cottonfloweryellow
09. Oct 2021 · 21:36 UTC
Catchy music. I found the controls to by very satisfying. Rapidly going from platform to platform while holding space felt awesome!
MrChippy
10. Oct 2021 · 00:21 UTC
I liked the grappling hook. I only managed to get one extinguisher after player a few times but I think the concept is really appealing.