Igbi Goes Deep

Igbi Goes Deep - A game by Jared Saizdelamora

Created for Ludum Dare 57 - "Depths"

Pilot our titular hero Igbi as he explores the depths of his world, finding valuable resources and unlocking new items and abilities that allow further progression.

*IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are judging for Ludum Dare 57, please stick to playing the current HTML5 or the original Windows downloadable; the new 1.1 version has a bunch of fixes and QoL changes that wouldn't be fair to judge for the Compo, but my neurotic self had to fix today. So, if you enjoy the original, try checking out the updated version with a slight reduction in jank, and confirmed ability to finish the game!

Controls - 

-Run with A&D

-In water and on ladders, use W&D to rise and fall

-Jump with space

-Select items in inventory with 1-9 (there is a slight highlight to show the currently selected item)

-Press Q to drop selected item in inventory

-All items can be picked up with E. Special items are activated with R.

-Make sure to highlight an item in your inventory before you approach the Item Purchaser in the starting area.

-Harvest resource nodes with E. Once harvested, there is a cooldown shown. Be aware, some nodes don't always drop resources, it's a random probability.

Tools used:

Unity - Game Engine

GIMP - Graphic design

Mixcraft/Audacity - Audio

My garbage off brand android phone - Photography

GUIDE *spoilers ahead*

I'm putting a general guide here to help in case anyone gets stuck. 

The game starts in the Hub area. While there are some vendors selling inventory and health upgrade, it's best to ignore them, and continue heading to the right. In the city biome, you'll see a downwards pipe that is blocked, with the message "Too dark, need a lantern". Keep heading to the right, and you'll end up in the pond; holding W and D at the top of the water will let you swim over to the lantern salesmen, who will sell you the lantern for $100. Once you pick up the lantern with E, instead of going to your inventory it will remove the obstacle blocking the way down to the sewer.

Head down the ladder to the sewer, and take the first left pipe. There are some tier 2 resource nodes (garbage bags), and at the back Is the snorkle salesman. Nodes in the sewer give $25 as opposed to $5 from the surface, so load your pockets and go back to the hub to sell. As long as you have an item in your inventory selected, hitting E in front of the Item Buyer in the hub will sell that item (even if the text above his head doesn't update). It takes 4 runs to the sewer to get enough to buy the snorkle, which will allow you to swim indefinitely, and more importantly get to the next biome. It's probably a good idea to buy the heart and inventory upgrades from the hub area before you proceed.

Next, head to the bottom of the sewer, and make your way left. Head down the water pipe, and keep left. The correct path will take you to the Mushroom biome, though there are some good items in the pipes area. In the Mushroom biome, you can find some tier III resources that sell for 125, and in the bottom left corner you'll find the jumpshroom, enabling double jump and removing fall damage. Additionally, if you follow the mushroom platforms up, you can unlock the ladder that leads to the hub; just hit E on the key underneath the hub, and the way will open.

Now that you have the snorkle and jumpshroom, head back to the sewers and take the bottom right path. Now that you can double jump, you can enter the next area, the Crystal Caves biome. Be wary of bats, and the white gravity inversion pads. 

At the bottom right of the caves, heading through the tunnel below the water will bring you out back to the pond, allowing quicker traversal back to the mine. In this area, look for the Merchant selling gravity inversion orbs. You can purchase one (or more), and for 30 seconds you can invert gravity anywhere on the map. There are tons of secrets hidden this way, including the last biome, the Void. Use an orb while standing in the city or pond to fly into the sky. Void resources are worth over 1k, but they'll likely drop back to ground and need to be found.

If you get to the secret room all the way to the left of the void, congratulations you've won!

1.2 Changes

-Fixed the scrolling background layers

-Added more nodes, adjusted balance for prices

-Added arrows to indicate exits

-Fixed jumpshroom room, easier to get out now

-Fixed platform collisions in crystal cavern and mushroom zone

-Added full biome for final area

-Added touch controls and optional button (still need to connect to merchants as well)

-Fixed UI for multiple screen sizes

-Added water sound effects

-Dying now sends you back to the hub with your progress intact

More to come soon!