The Gorge

Game created for the Brakeys Gamejam 2023-2!

Theme for the jam: Diving Deeper

WARNING: Contains some pixel gore.

Gigio always wanted fame and success as an explorer. But now he saw that what he truly wanted was a challenge. Was it curiosity, bravery or pure idiocy, he just wanted to explore every crevasse and hollow of this planet, no matter the risk.

And now, he approached his final challenge. With his trusty grappling gun and hope for the future, set on exploring every crack in this bottomless pit.

He was going straight into the belly of the beast.

The Gorge calls.

You just gotta dive deeper. Help yourself with your grappling gun to reach the bottom of a procedurally generated level, helping yourself with checkpoints along the way (this blue crystal).

Will you unveil the secret?

the only scoring system for now is your best time, try to reach the bottom as fast as possible and share your time with your friends! (and in the comments if you want!)

CONTROLS (unchangeable for now):

[Mouse Left] Throw and maintain rope

[Mouse Right] Climb Rope if hooked

[Space] Jump and Double Jump  (Double Jump can be executed once before touching ground, and only if you are not freefalling)

[LShift] Dash  (can be executed once before touching ground, and infinitely while on the ground)

This is my first team project on the site! Credits:

Distru121(me) - coding, graphics, some sound design

Cragisandro - coding, graphics, animations

Tornavo Evolution - graphics, coding helper

Aleciao - sound design, coding

PLATFORMS FOR ASSETS USED:

Youtube, Pixabay (sound effects)

We all hope you will like this game prototype! :D The game's a mess for now (we really did the small hours on this one), but I hope it can be a fun experience! Write down any thoughts you have about it in the comments, every critique is precious to us!

In the future, we might consider updating it...you just need to know that the Gorge has many, many more layers ;)

Known bugs:

There are still many (some worldgen glitches, sometimes janky player movement, collisions with certain blocks), but at least, the game is playable normally!

Also, there technically is a speedrunning exploit...but I'll not tell you what it is ;)