Author here: Last weekend I participated in the Ludum Dare Game Jam (#44, Theme was "Life is your currency") and did a game from scratch in 48 hours:<p>TIME ZONE<p>How to play?<p>Arrow Keys Left/Right: Move left/right
Arrow Keys: Up: Jump
X: Shoot<p>Instructions:
Try to reach the exit before your life counter reaches zero. You can earn valuable time by collecting Life Capsules. When you destroy an enemy they will drop Life Capsules. But be careful: Each shoot costs you time.<p>Play at itch.io:
<a href="https://joemanaco.itch.io/timezone" rel="nofollow">https://joemanaco.itch.io/timezone</a><p>Source code:
<a href="https://github.com/JochenHeizmann/timezone-ld44" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/JochenHeizmann/timezone-ld44</a> (will add Readme/Build Instructions later on when I got some more hours of Sleep)<p>Soundtrack:
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/jochenheizmann/timezone-ludum-dare-44" rel="nofollow">https://soundcloud.com/jochenheizmann/timezone-ludum-dare-44</a><p>Ludum Dare Game Page:
<a href="https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/timezone" rel="nofollow">https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/timezone</a><p>I did everything from scratch (Code, GFX, Audio, Level Design). I've used Monkey (which transpiles to Javascript) to code it, Photoshop for the pixels (Artwise I was inspired by Downwell, which I tried to mimic, but I suck at art) and Logic and Renoise for the Music and Sound FX.
Took me a while to work out you could actually make time from killing enemies -- I saw they only created one time crystal, and that it took about three to kill them, then died due to being out of time, so didn't realise that the monster's ones are significantly more valuable. :)
Impressive game for only 48 hours of dev--need more levels! Was able to get a pretty speedy deathless run after learning the patterns. Actually skipping most enemies seemed to be a good strategy. Also enjoyed the mechanic of bouncing enemies into position to progress faster.
The character sprite and animations look very similar to downwell: <a href="https://youtu.be/kY83H8BdxhI" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/kY83H8BdxhI</a><p>Not a criticism, just an observation.