Subsurface
Subsurface
A little Metroidvania for the PICO-8 featuring:
- 40 screens to explore
- 6 upgrades to find
- 6 or so enemies to fight
- A single boss fight!
WARNING: Starting a new game will wipe your save without warning! I completely ran out of tokens before I could add a conformation message so be careful! (That said, it only takes about 10 minutes to beat the game from start to finish, so losing a save is probably not the end of the world.)
Information
This is my first attempt at making a Pico-8 game and I'm reasonably happy with it. I was definitely hoping to do a lot more and add a lot more polish but I completely ran out of token space. In the future, I'll probably plan things out a little better to make sure I can fit in everything I want. That, or maybe spread things across multiple cartridges.
Controls
- O / [z] to Jump, Wall jump, Glide and Swim
- X / [x] to Shoot
- Left Arrow to run left
- Right Arrow\ to run right
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A really good game!
great fun!
ended up having to cheat to win, but the story is beautiful
a couple of parts could have done with some difficulty tweaks [specifically the top right and bottom two areas - i am genuinely unsure if it's possible to complete them without taking damage], but this was lovely. i thought the "twist" of the ending was quite clever too. glad to hear you'll be working on larger things in the future!
I am stuck at the red part and i don't know what to d
holy cow this is one of the greatest Metroidvanias on this website - and I’ve played them all! Absolutely perfect game, love the level design. So cool you managed to incorporate a map on pico-8! Loved the abilities and just the pacing was masterful. Please keep making Metroidvanias!
edit - just realized you also made menerva-324 which is one of my GOTYs. Incredible. You gotta make a full scale project and get it on steam, easy day one buy and I’ll convince many others to check it out
Thank you!! I'll definitely be starting a larger scale game soon.
that makes me so happy
Sure, I've uploaded binaries for a few platforms.
thank you!
Really well done! It reminds me of Metroid crossed with Blaster Master! It looks, sounds, and plays great. I liked the letters on each screen describing the back story too. The lack of invincibility frames however and getting hit multiple times after a mistake can be frustrating at times. And, the difficulty really ramps up in the lower left corner of the map where you get the last button(?) and then have to get all the way back the checkpoint in one life. Maybe I'm just not great at such precision moves. I finally beat the game and really liked it! I decided that the ending was about their friend falling into depression and the player making an effort to come find them? Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but that's what I thought. I'd love to see their further adventures! Cheers! :)
Great game
it was nice and good game tbh , ehh the ending was a bit wired- ,and the letters i think or the player talking to herself was a bit cool if i may say beisde that the game is great , great job keep going
great work dude, congrats.
Nice Job!
The game is very polished.