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A jam submission

Hanging AroundView game page

Escape rising lava by swinging your buddy around. A GMTK 2021 submission.
Submitted by Private Butts — 55 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#46081.7502.625
Presentation#47701.7502.625
Overall#48951.7502.625
Originality#50161.7502.625

Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
You are tethered to another climber and forced to use your shared momentum to escape rising lava

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

No

We used pre-existing art

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam

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Comments

Developer

Best played with an Xbox controller.

Xbox Controls:
Tilt the Left Stick left and right to swing
Hold Triggers to grab
Tap A/B to lengthen/shorten the rope

Keyboard controls:
A/D to swing
Left Control/Spacebar to grab
Z/X to lengthen/shorten the rope

Submitted

Looks fun but I couldn’t figure out what to do. :/ Do I need a gamepad in order to be able to play?

Developer(+1)

Yes, it's best played on an xbox controller, but you can use keyboard controls. They're posted on the game page, but I've put them in a comment on this post as well.