Sand Trap
How long can you survive against cascades of falling rainbow sand? Don't let it reach the bottom or its game over!
Includes 2 power-ups, a dazzling 64x64 resolution, and enough sand to make a hermit crab sick.
Post your high-score in the comments! Mine is 1161
===CONTROLS===
Arrow Keys/WASD - Move paddle left and right
Z - Shoot sticky sand
Enter/P - Pause game
CTRL+M - Mute Sound (or click sound icon to the right)
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Made in 2023 for #LOWREZJAM
Development log
- Ver 1.0.1 - PICO-8 WASD key supportAug 14, 2023
- Ver 1 - Full Release!Aug 13, 2023
- Ver 0.9.1 - SoundAug 13, 2023
- Ver 0.9 - PerformanceAug 12, 2023
- Ver 0.8.2 - Graphics updateAug 12, 2023
- Ver 0.8.1 - Highscore updateAug 12, 2023
- Ver 0.8 - Inital ReleaseAug 12, 2023
Comments
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Weirdly Addictive, i played this for a lot longer then i would care to admit
Haha awesome simple and effective game. I really enjoy how simple things have been used to make a such pleasant and nervous gameplay. Very colorful eyecandy, addictive gameplay along with finding ways to break hiscore, and also I enjoyed that the gameplay somehow makes the ambiant music ^^ (the real music is nice too)
Awesome job, this one is in my favorite top list ^^
Cheers !
Just released my video of me playing Sand Trap
It's kind of addictive, good job friend.
what a fuckin' good idea!!! laser beam is terrible!!!
Really fun game. I love breakout and this is a great take on it. I do wish there was an option to use wasd rather than arrow keys...as my left arrow key is flaky. But that is quite arguably a me issue.
Thanks for the feedback and for playing! I went ahead and added WASD key support. I imagine a lot of people prefer those controls too so thanks for pointing it out! :-)
Thanks. The wasd controls work great for me. My top score thus far is 334, but this is definitely a game I am returning to after the jam is over.
Didn't think I'd see a new take on breakout.
Exactly.
This is really cool. I think you've hit on a fun take on the ball and bat game style. I really like the colours and the powerups are great.
Thanks for playing! I spent a lot of time getting the powers up to be fun and actually useful. I would add more but I cant think of any other power up types
You might not need any more powerups, its quite a statisfying gameplay loop as it is. I think the only thing I feel is missing is sound during the gameplay like little beeps or dings. I think you've got something good here though!
I don't usually add sound to my games and i was afraid that adding sound to this game would make it annoying, but I took your advice and i added sound and im actually really happy with how it turned out! Thank you <3
I just tried it again and the sound is great. The simple noises work really well and I like how the tone goes up with each hit. Good work!
cool
Yooooo this is sick. I love the colors. It's just pleasing to look at. I wish I could set the end screen as my background. It's addicting to play
Thank you so much! glad you enjoyed it!