DropDeep by Elian Geser

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made by Elian Geser for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

DropDeep LudumDare Description 01.jpg

Description

Dodge cliffs and build up fall speed. The faster you go, the more your score multiplier increases. Air jump to slow down, but lose your multiplier as a trade-off.

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Ratings

Overall 279th 3.743⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Fun 81th 4⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 505th 3.135⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Theme 199th 4.054⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 380th 3.797⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Humor 210th 3.446⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Mood 486th 3.486⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Given 29🗳️ 34🗨️

Feedback

Isaac Hisey
08. Apr 2025 · 00:53 UTC
Love the spalts! I enjoyed having control of the multiplier both speeding up and slowing down. Well done!
Maybeagoose
08. Apr 2025 · 00:58 UTC
love it
Gaverion
08. Apr 2025 · 00:58 UTC
The game makes me greed so much! Very fun! Splat.
munmungames
08. Apr 2025 · 07:18 UTC
Nice! Simple yet solid gameloop with a great risk vs reward balance, clean execution and polishing, AND funny :D Great job!
MEGA Marlon
08. Apr 2025 · 09:14 UTC
Love the little touches, especially when getting to a x7 combo how the def animation is different. The push-your-luck element of going fast to increase score vs slower is interesting and the art style is cute. Cool stuff!
FoxEcho
08. Apr 2025 · 09:16 UTC
A nice twist on a classic gameplay style—having the speed constantly increase while giving the player control over slowing down makes it feel really challenging, in a good way. The sound when you die is pretty funny too, haha. I liked it—keep it up!
LDJam user 379094
08. Apr 2025 · 09:28 UTC
Great idea to trade off your multiplier to save your run. Very fun arcade game.
Hoichael
08. Apr 2025 · 09:55 UTC
Solid all around. Feels good to play, extends old ideas with new mechanics and, to complete the trifecta of arcade pillars, has a pronounced artstyle with a lot of strong, distinct elements that come together very cohesively. Especially the death sprites are a nice touch :D
angry_fridge
08. Apr 2025 · 10:30 UTC
I like the splash when it is too fast, feels like it has weight. The music is pretty good too, I would say its a fun game to test your reaction times and do speed runs!
no_firing
08. Apr 2025 · 10:42 UTC
Good sound design and music :)
Cool game!
LDJam user 410750
08. Apr 2025 · 10:56 UTC
Really good. Having that many death animations is just cheef kiss.
JAMsBond
08. Apr 2025 · 11:07 UTC
Great concept, I like it!
ssiannas
08. Apr 2025 · 11:25 UTC
Very neat! The controls are super smooth. Loved the splats and audio work in general :D I especially liked the multiplier vs speed tradeoff!

We made a dodge dropper too so I'll say you nailed the theme 1000% :laughing:
clymm
08. Apr 2025 · 11:51 UTC
Very good! The animation and graphics are great, and core game loop is addictive - great job!
leorean
08. Apr 2025 · 12:09 UTC
I love how the death-sound changes if you die at a deeper level :joy:
nsadie
08. Apr 2025 · 13:45 UTC
Nice! Simple idea very well executed. Certainly has that just one more try feel!
Sariiger
08. Apr 2025 · 14:47 UTC
Simple, yet very fun and addicting gameplay. The art style is also really great!
This is my high score so far:
![highscoredropdeep.png](///raw/564/b2/z/6b69a.png)
🎤 Elian Geser
08. Apr 2025 · 15:33 UTC
Wow, I am sure noone here has beat this score yet :D I personally did not! @sariiger
mremmele
08. Apr 2025 · 16:00 UTC
Great sense of speed, and the ground-smash animation looks awesome!
SmelJey
08. Apr 2025 · 17:42 UTC
Great game! The concept is rather common on this jam but the ability to control character's speed adds an interesting detail!
Pusheeneiro
08. Apr 2025 · 18:20 UTC
Very nice little game
Dywanix
08. Apr 2025 · 21:34 UTC
game reminds me Downwell and I love it!
farzher
09. Apr 2025 · 00:35 UTC
fun game, but the fact you can always reset your speed to 1 means you can get any score you want, as long as you play long enough.
Denmander
09. Apr 2025 · 10:19 UTC
Fun game, the multiplier mechanics add a lot to it.
🎤 Elian Geser
09. Apr 2025 · 11:43 UTC
@farzher yes, you are right. That is my personal "grudge" with this game. It feels like you wanna go faster and faster, but the smart thing to do is just jump all the time and play it slow. Kinda like League... it flashes you with colors and dopanime but if you dont play it smart, you just get whipped. Def will try to consider this next game! <3
ln404
09. Apr 2025 · 13:36 UTC
I love it! Nice visuals and effects. also hard and fun gameplay!
Jona Scheidig
09. Apr 2025 · 14:03 UTC
I like that you can slow down again, altough you can safeplay quite easily cheesing some score.
But I like the high risk, high reward kinda gameplay.
Simple yet well done
Wuppos
09. Apr 2025 · 19:32 UTC
This was really good! I got to a score of 992 :D At first I did not get more than 200 points, but then one run something clicked somehow and then I got this score.
I really like the mechanic where you can choose yourself to speed up or slow down. It makes it feel super satisfying for me to go fast, because it was super risky but oh the points :D

Overall I think you did a great job with the game feel, which I think added a lot to this game. The splats are super good, the music speeding up as you fall faster feels great and the red signalling of the platforms worked very well.

I think this was just a super fun game to play. Really well done!
🎤 Elian Geser
10. Apr 2025 · 02:33 UTC
@wuppos Thank you, really happy to see you have enjoyed the game! :)
Blue Pin Studio
10. Apr 2025 · 07:14 UTC
Managed to get 447, had a good time. The red light indicating an upcoming platformer is a genius move, i've never seen it done before! Very cool
🎤 Elian Geser
10. Apr 2025 · 12:37 UTC
@blue-pin-studio thanks, means a lot :)
Skyeward
13. Apr 2025 · 14:18 UTC
Simple game, executed really well. I especially liked the player character design and the splats
3sSTheJammer
15. Apr 2025 · 20:59 UTC
Simple gameplay but really nicely done! Loved red indication and white samples representing speed. Could really be a decent mobile game