(}-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-{) STORY: You wake up, having no memory of what just happened. You are in a dark and mysterious cave, with your only possession: a flashlight. It is eerily silent, and the slightest sound echoes for what seems like eternity. Suddenly, you hear the sound of stone scraping against stone, and you turn, only to find a wall of jagged spikes heading in your direction. You turn back around, but what lay ahead is astonishing. A maze of shifting rock, stretching far into the complex of tunnels ahead. It seems like just too much, and you know it will be nearly impossible to get through. But you also know it is your only hope of escaping. Of escaping the dark, lonely caves, where you would be trapped forever if the spikes don’t reach you first. Of seeing daylight, its memory already fading into the darkness of the cavern. (}-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-{) The earth itself seems to be against you. Everything has a mind of its own. Moving platforms, disappearing platforms, jagged spikes, and more. Escape the seemingly endless Cavern of the Shifting Shadows! (}-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-{) CONTROLS: - WASD or arrow keys to move. - Pause button in the top right or P to pause. - Gravity orbs switch your gravity, they are the ones with crackling white electricity on them. - Fast/slow orbs change the scrolling speed. Fast is green, slow is red. - Coins don’t have a function yet. - A little higher screen brightness is recommended. - If you survive for long enough, you will get codes. Comment those codes for follows: • Code #1 - follow from a free follows account, @trial_chamber • Code #2 - follow from my alt, @ACopperIngot • Code #3 - 2 more follows (previous rewards + follow from and ) After playing, look in the blank sprite for a continuation of the story. (}-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-{) NOTES: - Made for a griffpatch academy challenge. If you haven’t already joined the academy, I highly recommend it! (Edit: I won in the “platformer” category!!!!) - Idea partially generated by chatGPT (}-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-{) CREDITS: - Thx for curating!!! - Used some of griffpatch’s platformer movement code - Used this scrolling tutorial: - I found the background online, edited it a bit so it loops better and fits the color scheme - Music: “Haunted Coal Mines” from this YouTube vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMSDjUjM_q0 - Everything else is me! (}-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-{)