I'm excited to join this LD again :grinning: Last time, we worked in a team of two on TAO, which was made in pico-8. This time, I'm back as solo dev, going to cook something up in Game Maker!

Here's a first look of what I'm working on :grin:

(I integrated the GIF recorder in GameMaker as well, yay)

Drastic bugs require drastic measures :seenoevil:

Finally... What do you think of the basic concept?

I think I'm making good progress with my game. Player can already save, die & respawn :pray:

What do you think of the white outline effect? I was thinking to make everything more dark (since you are in the depths the level should be mostly dark) :thinking:

Growth mechanics Magnet mechanics

Let's see if I can finish the content in time :scream_cat: Leveldesign is really hard due to the design of my game :map:

This is what I got so far:

I always wanted to make a retro water shader (like in Zelda: OoA) - I think it fits the game, WDYT?

I'm about 70% done with the level design. My head is smoking. :grimacing: Less than 7 hours to go for the compo, and I still have to finish the level, add sounds, come up with a title, polish, .. -> worst case, I'll submit to the normal jam :shrug:

My game DYAMID is finally submitted for the Jam! Check it out HERE! :grin: I'm so happy I made it in time!

:gem: Check out my submission HERE :gem:

Please play & rate my game - I'd really appreciate it! Also let me know which game you made, so I'll also play & rate it :handshake:

If you're lazy or stuck in the game, you can also check out the gameplay video!

:pointdown: WARNING: SPOILER AHEAD :pointdown:

Don't watch this video if you haven't played yet!

https://youtu.be/a7DYacm0fKQ

I am a long-time GameMaker hobbyist, therefore I decided to keep developing in GameMaker studio for development speed reasons, while trying to keep somewhat close to the pico-8 look & feel, because I admire the pico-8 games. So I thought "Hey, what can one do on a 128x128 canvas? And how do I include it with the theme 'Depths'?"

So I thought, "depths" can mean two things: the literal depth of the map/world (hence, the underground pyramid), but also "depth" as in: there is more dimension to what you see & interact with.

This led to an idea (word-for-word in my design document):

"You carry a crystal, and the camera follows that crystal. If you fall, you come out of the top of the screen again"

This way, the level itself would gain a whole dimension of depth, because just changing the camera position, the possibilities would change completely.

And by quickly hacking things together (as I usually do), I went from this... ...to this... ...to this!

That's my thought process. How did you come up with your ideas & designs?

(If you like, have a look at DYAMID)