Gloomby's Misadventure [Updated]

Ludum dare 48 jam entry updated

Intro

The forest is in perfect harmony, joy spreads throughout. Every being living within its borders sings, chirps, or whistles in their high-pitched voices to express their supreme contentment. It must be stopped. Gloomby, you, will use their deep-humming gloom-spheres to vanquish all who dare to express their happiness! Gloom must come to the depths of the forest. And you must bring it there.

Gameplay

You begin at the edge of the forest where you must charge up your gloom spheres and use them to bellow at happy Felicitous. They will only be vulnerable if the pitch of your gloom is below the pitch of their song. As you approach, their song will be more audible but watch out, it will injure you with the sharp sting of happiness.

• Avoid the yellow spheres, they will reduce your health
• Charge your gloom spheres until their pitch is below the enemy chirps, you'll need to wait for your meter to fill to go deeper!
• Headphones recommended! - approaching the enemies will help you hear their pitch
• Check the pitch of your active projectile with [q] (or west button on gamepad).
• Don't let the enemies make it to the bottom edge of the forest

Controls

Keyboard + mouse:

• W, A, S, D = to move the Player
• Mouse Left/Right = Aim gloom spheres
• Left Mouse button = Fire
• [hold] Right Mouse button = Reload gloom spheres (Maximum inventory is 3)
• Q= Listen to the pitch of the current gloom sphere
• F = Cycle through gloom spheres to activate

Keyboard only:

• W, A, S, D = to move the Player
• Arrow Left/Right = Aim gloom spheres
• Spacebar = Fire
• [hold] R = Reload gloom spheres (Maximum inventory is 3)
• Q= Listen to the pitch of the current gloom sphere
• F = Cycle through gloom spheres to activate

Gamepad:

• D-pad = to move the Player
• Right trigger = Fire
• South button = Reload gloom spheres (Maximum inventory is 3)
• Right stick OR Left/Right Shoulder buttons = aim gloom spheres
• West button = Listen to the pitch of the current gloom sphere
• East button = Select a different gloom sphere

Credits

Much appreciation to OpenGameArt.org the source of the tileset used in this game. (We have opted out of graphics due to this.)