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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Accessibility | #4 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Audio | #7 | 3.643 | 3.643 |
| Controls | #12 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Overall | #15 | 3.439 | 3.439 |
| Fun | #22 | 3.286 | 3.286 |
| Graphics | #24 | 3.429 | 3.429 |
| Originality | #27 | 3.143 | 3.143 |
| Theme | #27 | 3.571 | 3.571 |
Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Godot Version
3.4
Wildcards Used
"Gotta Go Fast" and "Mom, I'm on TV!"
Game Description
A cave exploration experience, with randomly-generated mazes of various sizes and difficulties. Players are associates of the Ancient Ruins Exploration Association, and are tasked with aiding the Association with achieving their goal of discovering, investigating, and exploring all ancient sites.
How does your game tie into the theme?
The game centers around exploring ancient ruins and finding ancient artifacts.
Source
N/A
Discord Username
TheDebianDuck
Participation Level (GWJ Only)
I have only actively participated in this GWJ.
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Comments
i really like the lighting and the sounds. It took me a little while to realise i could climb across the ceiling but once i did it made life much easier. Collected all 9 in 2:04 (easy/ small settings i think). I like that you've shared the seed used for the map with the player so that i can send the seed to friends for them to do the same map.
This was great fun.. the web build crashed for me after completing one cave though. I just restarted and played again -- otherwise all was smooth. Solid submission that's for sure!
The issue with the crashing after the level is a known issue, and is fixed on my local. It isn't crashing, per se, but let's just say I made a change to the pause mode of a node without testing it, and it ended up affecting the win screen as well.. Found the issue after submission, but figured it wasn't necessarily game-breaking, since it didn't show up until after the level was complete, so I just called it out in the comments of the page.
Thank you for your feedback!
It was really fun to play.
Me: I hate plaformers, they are always to hard, require fast reflexes and have no tutorials, levels are too large etc. etc.
This Game: Hold my beer
Thank you so much for catering for crappy gamers like me!
I appreciate the feedback. I am not a pro gamer in any sense, so I make sure to account for those like myself, but not make it too easy. This entry definitely needs some improvement in that area, but it was developed with that as a core guidance.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very fun game! I liked the movement options and the simplicity of it. Opening up the area of light around the player might help make it feel a little more fair too.
Thank you for your feedback! The lighting is definitely something I need to play around with more. If I follow up on this, I will definitely keep that in mind.
Solid mechanics
Thank you for your feedback!
This game has a lot of potential!
The map generation is really nice, and the player having the moves they do makes navigating them a lot of fun!
Spikes resetting the player's progress entirely though feels super harsh, especially on the larger maps. The tutorial constantly interrupting and covering my screen was also a bit annoying, but nothing a few tweaks cant fix. My only other real issue with the game was that the player's vision is way too small.
Overall though, this was a pretty solid submission! I'd love to see it expand in the future!
Thank you for your feedback! The hard resetting was definitely something I found I didn't like with the bigger maps while doing my last testing, but I just ran out of time to address it. I have some ideas on how I can do this, and definitely plan on expanding this concept post-ranking. This was one of the most involved games I have made, and I was able to try out many new things, which was exciting!
I liked the music choice and treasure-hunting theme of this game. The tutorial was appreciated, and it did a great job walking me through all the actions the character can do + adding flavor to the game. I also liked how versatile the moveset is for the character (you can wall-jump, hang off ceilings, etc.), which makes the character really feel like a treasurer hunter.
The limited visibility did hamper my enjoyment of this game. I know it was intended to give the game a more treasurer-hunting atmosphere, but it made the platforming a bit difficult for me. It also felt a bit punishing that hitting the spikes once reset all your progress on the level.
Overall I enjoyed trying the game out!
Thank you for your feedback! I can definitely see how the lighting could be improved. It was a bit new to me for this game, so still on the learning side. With that said, it will definitely take a priority in the next iteration, along with improved respawning.