Ruin Rush

Yeah, I found that spot, the one area I forgot to add collision lol.

Thanks for playing and glad you like it!

I think you put more though it to the route then I did when I lay it down lol. I'm glad you got so much out of this small game.

and thanks for the feed back and commitment to the game.

also congratulations on the high score!

Man that's a nice score!

also thanks on the high praise, I'm pretty happy with the final result myself. I think there's only like 2 things I would fix or change to improve the game.

I think the impulse you talking about is the air acceleration. I double the player acceleration in the air to give better control over fine movements. your top speed is still the same though, its kinda a hold over from my sonic fan game days I guess.

I made whipping on the ground bring you to a stop to make it easy if whip things without getting hit, but also slower. so the air whip is a type of mastery thing I did.

originality is overrated, its nice but I feel executing a idea well is more important to the quality of the game. so that's kinda what I do, I take ideas I like and try to do them the best I can. but if I ever get a super original idea, I'll go about it the same way.

I was planing on using the leaderboards from the get go for this idea, so I kinda built the game around it. using arcade game philosophy and a game that need multiple play-thoughts to get the most out of it. also the rebind system was to deal with a certain person's and their complains about different keyboards layouts. ( can you guess who lol )

anyways thanks again for the feed back, glad you enjoyed the game!

Thanks for the feed back.

to be honest la-mulana was my key inspiration for this game.

while I did all the SFX myself, Adrien did the music.

I've always been a fast worker with my gm48 games. this game was more or less done in the last 12 hours before the jam ended.

glad you enjoyed the game, and thanks again!

Thank you!

I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as you did!

Thanks for the showcase!

just so you know, spike only hurt you if you land on them, you can walk though them just fine, you can also get to the chest with a short jump by taping it vs holding it.

anyways thanks for playing my game!

Thanks for the feed back!

I think I only make like 13 unique frames for the player, and 5 of them was the walk cycle. so it worked out pretty well. all of them was 24x24 so it was pretty quick to draw up.

ether way, glad you like it!

Thanks for the feed back!

Glad you like the game so much, it was kinda fun working in a small spite style then normal, and I'm pretty happy with the end result myself.

Yeah, the first pit was changes a few times to make players more inclined to jump down, still not happy with it. I tried putting some path sprites (the torches), and a slope at the ledge both kinda leading in to the pit. as well as a platform just a bit down, but even then only a few people even tried.

glad you like the game so much, and congratulations on the high score!

thanks for the feed back!

I like games that let the player finish when every, but reward them for playing longer.

add on that a time limit for how long you can play and its pretty fun and only a stressful as you let it be.

happy you liked the game, and thanks again for the feed back!

Thanks for the feed back!

I don't feel like the jump is too floaty, it feels the right amount of floaty to me, also there is a variable jump height. its not super pronounced, but if you tap the button, vs hold it your see.

anyways thanks again for the feed back, and glad you like the game!

Thanks for the feed back!

the ruins were fun for me to build, the traps were super fun too. and to be honest I'm still not sure on the optimal route myself.

here a secret btw for anyone interested, the seed for the RNG is based on how long you stay on the title screen. it updates every 10 frames. so if you really want to dive deep in to route planing. try staying on the title screen for different times and seen how much you can get from random drops!

that being said, thanks for the feed back and glad you liked the game so much!

Thanks alot for the feed back!

in development I wanted a game you can leave at any time, but incentivize you to push it for them gamer points. so its a game you can beat easy, but is a challenge to master. kinda like old arcade games, even lets you compare to your peers as to motivate you to improve and play more.

I wanted to add more paths, but with a 60 second time limit there is only so much I can add while keep it accessible to get too.

you lose momentum with the whip to give you more control over your attack range, and the player speed and acceleration is why the controls are responsive, with out it you have more trouble I believe.

so its a bit of a trade off, not everyone likes things a certain way, and that half the trouble as a game designer.

Still over all I'm glad you enjoyed the game, and thanks again for the feed back!

thanks for the feed back!

to be honest this is kinda my game development philosophy, you don't have to reinvent the wheel, to make a good game. just take ideas you like and polish them as much as you can.

so I drive to take the things i like and make the best version of them I can!

anyways glad you enjoy the game!

Thanks you!

platformers are my bread and butter at this point, so I'm glad people seem to agree about that statement!

I never liked games where you can be hurt by the sides of spikes, so I always make sure in games you can't.

I didn't set it up to teach people that, because its not a skill you need to do well in the game. so I more so had it as a surprise you can find by experimenting. as a reward for people of want to keep playing.

anyways glad you enjoy it so much! and thank you again for the feed back!

Thanks alot!

at this point, I'm really confident in my ability to make a fun feeling platformer, if nothing else!

thanks a lot for playing :)

Thanks for playing,

I think the art design came together well, believe it or not, I think I made the map with only 20 so unique tiles. 8-bit retro styles really make it easy to build with.

I was planing on using the leader boards as soon as I had an idea of what I wanted this game to be like, really helps when making people want to replay a game as small as this.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the feed back!

Thanks for playing!

I think the fact you can escape easily, but getting shinny gold and being rewarded for it, gives a nice push pull of how much you want to risk for that big number at the end.

making the map bigger with more time would work, but its a question of how much.

but I guess people wanting more is a good issue to have in a game?

anyways glad you liked it!

Thanks for playing :) I just discovered that GM48 online leaderboards are a thing, I should try making some for my own game!

Thanks for playing!

I'm so happy to have leaderboards, nothing adds to replay-ability like competitive people and numbers! :D

I'm pretty sure at this point, I have action platforms down. I really should try new things . . . I'm glad the art style worked out as well as it did, i was a little out of practice making sprites.

not sure if I can expand it more then what it is. so I'll just leave it here.

thanks again for playing, and I'm glad you liked it so much!