DESENTIA by ElenaMisuBean

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made by ElenaMisuBean for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

For thousands of years, Egypt’s deepest secrets have remained buried within the depths of the ancient pyramids, their language a cryptic riddle hidden in stone.

You, daring scholar, are determined to reach the bottom floor of the pyramid. But as you descend, beware: some mysteries are better left buried, and some doors, once opened, can never be closedtitle.png... floor.png

treasure.png

How to Play:

  • Left Click + Drag: Swap tiles

  • Right Click: Destroy/mine tiles

  • Goal: Reach the required points to continue to the following level

  • Tip: Use cohesive items to build a strategy and get crazy combos!

Ratings

Overall 322th 3.696⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 139th 3.848⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 685th 2.848⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 718th 3.042⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 372th 3.813⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Audio 264th 3.609⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 411th 2.864⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 356th 3.696⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 15🗳️ 27🗨️

Feedback

slow chaz
08. Apr 2025 · 18:34 UTC
really love this style of game and the art fits the game so well. great job!
Grizembrrr
08. Apr 2025 · 20:21 UTC
I had fun. I liked the mood and that we could have different playable characters, and collect gems during the game. but I got stuck at floor 4, and the game kept taking me there from the menu, so I had no gems to help me beat the stage. :((
sbackman
08. Apr 2025 · 21:04 UTC
Overall a great game (note: there is a bug when you lose and try to play again without restarting the game it throws you to the level where you lost with no items)
block97
09. Apr 2025 · 04:59 UTC
Thank you all for the kind words! :) I put out a patched zip file that fixes the leveling bug, thanks again!
Jacobloon
16. Apr 2025 · 04:10 UTC
Broken glasses carried me through my abysmal combo making ability. I love the graphics; all the art looks very polished!
jk5000
16. Apr 2025 · 10:41 UTC
A fun and pretty well made little game. I would like to see my score when the game is game over. But overall a good jam game. Well done.
Amolker
16. Apr 2025 · 15:13 UTC
Great concept and pretty well execution! I think there is good potential here.
I like the cute graphics and nice music.
The gameplay is quite random. To pass you need to start a huge chain reaction, but it's more a question of luck than skill. Despite this, the game left a pleasant impression, I hope you can develop this concept in the future.
Also, I recomend to add some screenshots on the page to have more feedback.
I_POTS
17. Apr 2025 · 16:44 UTC
Good game! I like this gameplay!Very beautiful game graphics!
AToxigner
18. Apr 2025 · 07:23 UTC
Hi, I think I'm unable to download the zip file. Not sure if I'm the only person having this problem.
Update: Sorry all, it was my problem! I can download the game now. Overall, pretty solid gameplay!
Outish
18. Apr 2025 · 13:34 UTC
I really like how full of juice this was and the depth (pun intended) it had with the different characters swap/mine and items. Good job
Thoastbot
19. Apr 2025 · 17:04 UTC
Love the design, really solid sprites - overall great game.

@atoxigner i could download it just now, so pretty sure it works.
Paul Thick
19. Apr 2025 · 17:11 UTC
I feel like the mining 3x3 ability on anubis is really overpowered since the score is based on the number of tiles you destroyed. With this strategy I went on the stage, where I couldn`t fit all the artifacts. But at this point it is nearly impossible to predict any combos with lining up the tiles. Also the items exhibition reminded me the Bookworm Adventures Deluxe. Nice!
LDJam user 258850
19. Apr 2025 · 18:09 UTC
hell yeah very satisfying once I got the glasses! ^^

![image_2025-04-19_190918186.png](///raw/223/f3/z/6c557.png)
HolyBlackCat
19. Apr 2025 · 18:54 UTC
Oh, a match-3! I don't think I've ever seen those on LD before.
Sibi
20. Apr 2025 · 12:08 UTC
Oh wow I had a hard time putting this down again. The spectacles feel almost mandatory, or at least they make everything so much more satisfying :D
Catusfelony
20. Apr 2025 · 22:37 UTC
I tried playing the web version but only got a 404.

Played the Windows version though, it's really fun! This is a really tight match-3 and I liked the mechanic of having just a limited set of swaps/breaks for each level... Then the items kind of took me by surprise with how much more interesting they can make things!! You could probably make a full game out of this, you know...
Local Minimum
21. Apr 2025 · 12:14 UTC
Yeah same here I get 404 about missing index.html:

```
Uh oh!

If you're seeing this error, it means I can't find your index.html file.

This usually means you created your .zip file by zipping the entire folder, and index.html is somewhere like MyGame/index.html. If you recreate your .zip with index.html file in the root, this error should go away.

See the embedding guide for more details. ludumdare.com/resources/guides/embedding/
404 Not Found
```
Samuel Hollywood-Summers
21. Apr 2025 · 20:15 UTC
I really enjoyed this submission. The audio was spot on for the mood of the game, being relaxing and calm, with rewarding SFX on combos. Once I got to grips with the mechanics and scoring, I realised just how powerful the broken sunglasses were, allowing me to complete all the floors and finish the game. The game could probably be balanced a little better in that regard, but it did feel good to watch all the combos going off. The game did start to stall and slow during the late game mega-combos though. Overall, a really fun submission. It is always a good sign when people finish your jam game. Well done!
coyotethursday
23. Apr 2025 · 07:58 UTC
The tiles felt really good to play with both in terms of visuals and audio, and chaining together crazy combos was really satisfying (although at times it felt like it was more about luck than strategy, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but something I noticed). I really liked the art for the little animals, having Anubis blankly staring at the board while I got a 40x chain of Ra made me smile.