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A jam submission

Stairway to HeavenView game page

Simple platform game where you climb the stairs to heaven.
Submitted by Nelson Almendra (@nelsonalmendra) — 4 hours, 36 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Use of the Limitation#632.0002.000
Enjoyment#762.0772.077
Presentation#811.7691.769
Overall#821.9231.923
Concept#871.8461.846

Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Team members
Nelson Almendra

Software used
Unity, Aseprite, Rider

Use of the limitation
The ground is destroyed after 5 seconds

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Comments

Submitted

Well done! But I very fast understood the pattern and learnt how to play unstoppable)

Submitted

JESUS STICKS IT TO THE DEVILS!

I liked the acoustic guitar music, but I would have liked an indication that the game was infinite. I was climbing up waiting for an ending of some kind, but it never came.

Submitted (1 edit)

Jesus stick is the funniest weapon I've seen in a little while. Some of the collision can be a little sticky though (no pun intended).

Submitted

Pretty straight forward game. Could use some more variety on the enemy spawning and patterns, and some way of telling how far you made it each try.

Submitted(+1)

The game has a good potential, would be perfect with a little more diversity in the mobs, as well as the attacks ! :) The music is so good, it's precisely what made me want to keep climbing the stairs.

Nice work !

Submitted

seriously, that song is so good.

Submitted

It is a really good base for a "flow game" I could see it go faster and faster and faster...
Nice work !

Submitted(+1)

Nice work. The character is cool and the music is nice.

One thing I would have liked is multi-directional throws, I seem to only throw horizontally.

Developer

Thank you for your feedback! Yes, the throws are only horizontally but it would be cooler if we could aim with the mouse.

Submitted(+1)

Nice game! Definitely hard at the beginning with the disappearing platforms and one-hit deaths, but once you get the idea it's pretty easy. Only suggestion would be to change the ground to fit with the rest of the art, as it feels too simple.

Developer

Thank you for your feedback, I wanted to make the ground something a bit more interesting but couldn't come up with any idea :/

Submitted(+1)

Good work! The ground disappearing kinda caught me off guard.

I did get to a stage where i got in the rhythm of the game, and it was extremely easy after that.

you run, jump, shoot jump shoot then run again. Repeat.

Because of that, i would have liked some randomness to the game, more/less demons, different positions.

I ended up quitting as it didnt seem there was a goal? It would be great to know how many steps ive climbed up, since its a stairway to heaven, and maybe have a goal. something to aim towards.

But, it did keep me playing longer then some other games on this jam :D so good work!

Developer (1 edit)

Hi, thank you for your feedback!

I agree with what you said and I know there were some things that I would like to have implemented but didn't have time to do it properly. I was thinking of making the gates to heaven as the goal and end of the game. Also, the enemies always spawn on the same location, it's a bit predictable but didn't have time to randomise it.

Regarding the ground I tried to make a visual clue to the player that the ground will disappear but couldn't think of anything cool so it ended up like this.

Anyway, thank you for the time you put into playing my game!

Submitted(+1)

Great effort though! Keep it up with the jams, its how we improve :)

Personally, i would have made the ground flash for a bit .. or cracks appearing and it shaking a bit.