A Pond Beyond
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( Windows version runs best! )
A game by NPJarcade, written in two weeks for LowRezJam2024.
- CONTROLS -
[MOUSE] or [LEFT]/[RIGHT] or [A]/[D] : change direction
[LMB] or [SPACE] : hop (hold and release to jump, tap to swim)
[RMB] or [DOWN] or [S] : cancel jump
[ESC] : pause the game
- INFO -
A short puzzle platformer where you play as a tiny frog who must make their way to a pond beyond and avoid many dangers along the way.
There are many flies to eat during your adventure, pause the game at any time to view how many you've got.
Currently there's no proper reward for collecting all of them, but gold flies add some additional challenge for hardcore players!
Pause the game if you want to resize the window during gameplay (applies only to downloadable version).
- CREDITS -
Follow me on Twitter/X @NPJarcade
Programming and graphics by NPJarcade, UK, 2024
Written in GameMaker Studio 2.3 - https://gamemaker.io/en
SFX generated using JSFXR - https://sfxr.me/
Audio edited with Audacity - http://www.audacityteam.org/
Music created using Beepbox - http://www.beepbox.co
Download
Install instructions
- Simply download A Pond Beyond.zip
- Extract your files to a preferred location on your PC
- Double-click the exe file and have fun!
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10/10
Super glad I checked this game out, has a theme and a feel is on point and executed perfectly. It is a slow burner for sure, but for the most part I don’t mind that.
Graphics and sounds are really well done, although we have the classic jam sound level balance issue here as well.
There is also something weird going on in 1 tall corridors/jumps (when something is on top of the player), time to time it either eats the jump or detects collision weirdly and you are not considered to be made a good jump and put back from where you jumped. This came out more on the chase scenes and the only thing that kinda tainted the experience.
Otherwise super solid entry.
INCREDIBLY FUN submission!! I absolutely adored Animal Well and this gave me similar vibes! Simple to understand jump mechanic but with all of the supporting creatures and enemies you introduced, each level felt interesting and unique!! Wonderful job 👏