MoldCaesar by Zeit

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made by Zeit for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

Concepts:

Step into the shoes of a fragile mold, born in the cold, harsh confines of a refrigerator. But beware—this seemingly safe environment is your greatest threat! With every passing second, your life force dwindles away. To survive, you must harness your parasitic abilities, possess different foods, and find a way to escape before it’s too late. The refrigerator is no place for the weak—do you have what it takes to break free?

Operations:

  • AD: Move
  • E: Attach
  • R: Respawn to the latest checkpoint(if you get stuck)

While attaching

  • Space: Jump
  • E: discard current host/launching the player
  • Hold/Release W: levitation/glide.

Credits:

  • Designer: Zihao Xu(@Xyerso), Zining Wang(@BeaverSenpai)
  • Programmer: Zesheng Li(@Zeit)
  • Art: Xindong Zeng(@ToMoe), Shiming Zheng(@Kobato)

P.S.

  • We only did 2 level for this demo.
  • In case if you cannot load this page WebGL, the following link is itch.io page.

Ratings

Overall 430th 3.658⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 414th 3.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 332th 3.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 364th 3.895⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 306th 4.026⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 540th 3.056⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 511th 3.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 8🗳️ 7🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 0
07. Oct 2024 · 22:34 UTC
This was really fun, I like the variety in possess-able objects :)
Munchie Games
07. Oct 2024 · 23:42 UTC
The art is fantastic. the jumping tofu animation is great. I really like the idea of merging with other things to form something new.
BroHeartTTV
08. Oct 2024 · 00:00 UTC
The art is beautiful here, I couldn't get past the 2nd jump after the incredible tomato launch on level 2. I couldn't figure out how to make the glide trigger.
Jesse Martin
08. Oct 2024 · 01:02 UTC
Very unique, great way to mix up mix up mechanics
SHAKIROVICH
08. Oct 2024 · 03:35 UTC
Game starts good, but I cant progress further than first carrot because of the timer
GodBo
08. Oct 2024 · 03:43 UTC
The game design is interesting! But the operation is a bit awkward
imberny
08. Oct 2024 · 14:00 UTC
Full little platformer! I like the art. Made it to the end. A little bit of parallax and higher contrast between foreground and background would help a lot. Solid prototype!
foufoufou
11. Oct 2024 · 14:58 UTC
Solid gameplay and great mechanics!! Love to infect different vegies ><
Sabrina Palmer
13. Oct 2024 · 03:19 UTC
Really cute game, I love the art and the variety of controls you gain by using the different foods. Great job!
MachWerx
14. Oct 2024 · 18:29 UTC
I managed to complete it but I feel like the controls were a bit awkward because the "w" and "e" are right next to each other on the same hand and it's hard to switch between them. I think using spacebar for activating the food's ability and then "w" for entering or exiting would work much better.

But I loved the idea of using the different foods for their different abilities. Very clever gameplay.
jk5000
25. Oct 2024 · 18:41 UTC
Sweet, but also really difficult.
Muphinmahn
25. Oct 2024 · 21:21 UTC
Game was really cute and music really set the mood, good game.
nrankin13
25. Oct 2024 · 21:39 UTC
This game has a great mood, with pretty visuals.

The only thing I dislike is that you can't jump without moving. That made some platforming sequences harder than they should have been. Otherwise, this is well-made; good job!