You Only Lose Once

A very short submission for the 2021 GAMEHIGHED game jam.

The game is a 2D platformer shooter rogue-like with procedurally generated levels and persistent weapon upgrades. You only have one life in each run but you keep all upgrades and gradually become more powerful and eventually you'll be able to finish the game in a single run. At least that was the idea. The game is far from finished and only contains one world, one environmental hazard (spikes) and one enemy (barnacle). Pickup gems to upgrade the gun speed, projectile speed and projectile size and pickup the star to finish. Every time you die or collect the star, a new unique world is generated. Also the main menu is a joke placeholder.

Developed solo in Godot using assets by Kenney.

Controls:

• A and D to move
• Space to jump
• Mouse to aim and Left Click to shoot