A minimalist adventure platformer about a girl in a cave. Inspired by Celeste Classic and Celeste Classic 2. Written in a custom engine built from the ground up with Javascript by Alex Yang in 2 weeks.

Controls

Gameplay	Arrow Keys, X, Z
Restart	R
Show Scoreboard	C
Fullscreen	Double Click
Options	Enter

Walkthrough

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Credits

Game Design, Programming, Main Art, Sound Editing:
- Alex Yang
Diamond Art Sprite:
- Kicked-in-teeth
Music:
- "Signals" by Lance Conrad
Sound Effects:
- All by anonymous users on StoryBlocks
Font:
- PixelFont By PaulBGD
Color Palette:
- Pico8
Playtesters:
- M. Yang
- Sachin Allums
- G. Yang
Special Thanks:
- G+S Yang
- Mark Brown (GMTK)
- Maddy Thorson
- And the player

More information

Status	Released
Platforms	HTML5
Rating	Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (5 total ratings)
Author	yamEater
Genre	Platformer, Adventure, Puzzle
Tags	2D, 8-Bit, Cute, Minimalist, Pixel Art, Retro, Short, Singleplayer
Average session	A few minutes
Languages	English
Inputs	Keyboard
Accessibility	Color-blind friendly, Interactive tutorial

Development log

1.1.03
Apr 02, 2021
1.1.02 - Cheat Codes!
Apr 02, 2021
1.1.01
Apr 01, 2021

Comments

Caution Wet Floor Studios3 years ago(+1)

All the puzzles in here are INCREDIBLY well designed, with an assumption and an "aha!" moment. Very well done!

bigjus3 years ago(+1)

quality work , really well done

yamEater3 years ago

Dev here! Thank you for your support! I'm glad you enjoyed my game.

shadree3 years ago(+1)

The jumping needs to be way too precise to be fun.

yamEater3 years ago (1 edit)

Dev here! Thanks for your feedback, it means a lot!

I wholeheartedly agree that the jumping can be a little precise, especially for the first few levels. I constrained myself to 16x16 tiles, which means the player's jump height can't be too high if I want to make long levels, which means I can't allow a large timing window to jumps. Most jumps are a little precise because of this.

I think the levels themselves can also be a little difficult. I was only able to get three play testers on board, and two of them played the easier levels after they'd already had some experience with the game. I tried to make the first and second levels as forgiving as possible, but I wasn't really able to get a good gauge on how easy the first few levels were for new players.

I'll find a couple new players and ask them whether they thought the first few levels were too hard, and make changes accordingly. I'll also use what I learned for my next games!

Edit: Also, if you're having trouble and a jump just seems impossible, consider looking for another way to beat it! Don't be ashamed to look at the walkthrough if you get stuck.

shadree3 years ago (1 edit)

After I played it for a bit it got okay but a few levels into sticky blocks and it got hard again. Saying "it's too hard to be fun" doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad game. With the cute aesthetic, I assumed incorrectly it was a simple platformer.
I will try play some more later.

rangerxz83 years ago(+1)

Works on firefox now. 10/10

yamEater3 years ago

Dev here! Thanks for your support! How do you know if the game was 10/10 if you haven't played it yet

rangerxz83 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

I died 30 times on level one when using bing

yamEater3 years ago

A valiant effort

theDubW3 years ago(+1)

I am the current speedrun world record holder with a time of 4:56.49

yamEater3 years ago

Dev here! That's a great time TheDubW! Only 5 seconds to cut before you hit sachinallums's personal best of 4:51.55!