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A small platformer about a little bug that got trapped in a pile of garbage. But it will be helped by the mysterious ability to cut through space. Will it see the light or forever remain among the debris of a long-forgotten civilization?

Extended version is available!

https://diralf.itch.io/above-the-threshold

You can find an extended version here. It was also made for a jam, a longer one, but here there is some progress. And there is also music.

Controls

• Move - arrows, A, D or click/tap on the screen
• WARP - drag&drop the character itself

Made for a 72-hour Jam format

In reality, I had about 14-15 hours of actual development time, the rest of the time I spent with my daughter and at work, but during that time, I was also brainstorming certain aspects, so you could say I was still developing it.

Team: Solo

Used:

• Game engine: Defold
• Extension: defold-orthographic
• Sample: pixel-line-platformer
• Graphics: Aseprite, Inkscape

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I did it!

Well, I couldn’t have even imagined participating in this, but the idea took hold of me. I don’t have much time to dedicate to it, maybe just 4 hours a day at most. But that didn’t stop me. I had to discard a lot, or rather optimize the idea, focusing on the most essential aspects. And I want to say that yes, I did it. In a minimal version, but I expressed the story I wanted to tell. That’s great.

No music 😞

As usual, I don’t have any sound effects or music. But adding them wasn’t at the bottom of my priority list. I even found some wonderful tracks that capture the mood with which this idea has been living in my head. However, I still need to figure out how to work with sounds in Defold.

Ideas

I also put aside a couple of mechanics that would add some variety to the gameplay. One idea was to make the tunnels collapse as the player progresses and new ones appear.

I hope that what I have done will leave a tiny trace in your heart.

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(WIP) Extended version

Currently, I am working on an expanded version of this small game. First and foremost, I will add music and sounds, an introductory animation, and I will try to improve the level itself both visually and in terms of gameplay.

Jam version

You can rate my Jam version. Look for the link below:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/threshold

Updates (JAM version)

• I changed the HTML overlay of Defold: I hid unnecessary elements and chose a dark theme instead of a light one to avoid distracting attention from the game itself.
• Changed a bit instruction for WARP to get an idea what need to drag
• I increased the character's trigger box for activating the warp so that it's not necessary to aim precisely at the character. It's more convenient for mobile gameplay.
• I removed the strange white square in the corner of the level.
• I slightly changed the trajectory of the bug's flight. It's still strange, but it's better than before.