How to play:

Keyboard
Move  left/right arrow
Shoot  Spacebar

 

This game is a love letter to VVVVVV which is a 2010 puzzle-platform game.

RRRRRR = Rotate Rotate Rotate Rotate Rotate Rotate

 

About the game:

The ordinary platformer games with jump or double-jump are kind of boring, 

Think of a platformer game where the player doesn’t need to jump to pass the level.

But if the player can't jump, how to get through obstacles?

In VVVVVV,  you can just reverse gravity and walk on the ceiling. Basically there is two gravity directions in VVVVVV, player can flip the gravity anytime.

But just upside down is not enough,

let’s be crazier than VVVVVV,  increase from two gravity directions to four gravity directions

Let's make it 4 way directions

However it would be weird to have a guy sticking on a vertical wall like this:


So I thought, why not keep the player stand still and rotate the world around him?

It ended up like this:

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Deconstruction of game:

You might already figured that the rotation effect is achieved by CSS transitions on the whole canvas. It's a little bit hacky to do it this way, but it's very easy to code and it works pretty well as an HTML5 game, and I think it's cool to take advantage of some CSS features to help realize part of the game mechanics.

I am always interested in sharing and discussing the technical details with the community by providing a deconstruction view of the whole project.

Leave comments below if you want to know the implementation details of any game mechanics and features.

If you want to know how to make this game, stay tuned for my blogs releasing soon.

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The art: 

The asset pack used in this project:

https://ansimuz.itch.io/grotto-escape-ii-art-pack

https://ansimuz.itch.io/grotto-escape-game-art-pack

https://ansimuz.itch.io/grotto-escape-chibi-monsters

I want to give a shout-out to ansimuz for creating those amazing pixel art.


Updated 21 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorMax
GenrePuzzle, Platformer
TagsPuzzle-Platformer

Comments

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This game has a very witty mechanic! love it and the simplicity of the combination of obstacles makes it challenging and fun

Great little game that I really enjoyed! Love this type of arcade-style game - agree on balance as it could be a bit frustrating getting through levels early levels even (find the right level-difficulty build-up), however, so much potential to further develop this little gem! Can imagine what this would sound like with sound and music  Well done!!

Really like the mechanic, the levels could use some balance, the shooting things over the spikes are brutal

Quite an inetersting concept and well-implemented game, really loved playing it. However, I think the puzzle design could be improved more and give the player time to slowly grasp the game. Apart from that everything was right in place. This game has the potential to climb the top spot ahead of time. I would suggest polishing the game a bit more and focusing on the user feedback to bump up the feel of this game. Also, try improving the game's page to something that matches the theme and looks good. I would love to check your other projects as well in the near future, added you to my future checking list.