First attempt at Trijam from August 9th through August 12th.

This game is called "The Great Mon Climb" It's about a space man climbing Olympus Mons on Mars. It's based off of The Oregon Trail. 


------ HOW TO PLAY -------

The game uses basic Pico-8 controls. Simply press Z or X on your keyboard to progress! Ctrl-R will reset if you die.

Note: In future updates there will be options to eat/survive with your rations/oxygen. For now it's luck of the draw to try and get to the top of the mountain.


------- TO DO IN FUTURE UPDATES----------

  • More events
  • Death screen
  • Victory screen
  • Restart game without CTRL-R
  • D-Pad options for proceeding, eating, resting, etc.
  • Better animtions
  • Better mountain detail
  • Twinkly stars

This game is absolutely not finished, however in the spirit of the trijam time limit I went ahead and uploaded. I may polish it up a bit later but for now enjoy my very first game jam submission!

EDIT: It appears my HTML file didn't work when uploaded. I re-uploaded after the deadline passed. 

Comments

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its interesting but so much text can be hard to read on pico-8, maybe add some visuals too?

Need how to play guide

Absolutely. I went ahead and added a short one on the game page. Thanks for the feedback!