This game was built for the 2025 edition of the GMTK Game Jam, a worldwide game-making competition held every year. Since that year’s theme was “Loop”, I designed a game based on the myth of Sisyphus, in which he repeatedly pushes his boulder uphill. The player completes puzzle-like levels, though the end may never be reached ;)
The game includes, lava, gesysers, and many other challenging features.
I was happy of this first submission to a game jam, as I received positive feedback from game developers and was ranked in the top 20% in all 5 criteria. Even getting in the top 5% in the “narration” category. Moreover, it felt really rewarding as I was able to create a game in four days.
The music, code, and some of the sprites were 100% made by myself. Any developpers are free to use them as they will.
The game can be played on the browser through: https://henry-mcneill.itch.io/ascent-from-the-depths or alternatively, you can research "Ascent from the Depths" on itch.io. The code made in Godot is included on this Github page.
Moreover, you can access the comments left by developpers and results of my GMTK game jam participation in the followiung link: https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2025/rate/3782004
Commercial assets used in this project (listed font, sprites and SFX) are not included in this repository.
I currently have Godot at version 4.4.1
No AI has been used to generate the code, nor to generate assets. The code was entirely self-made. Here are the different external assets I used in my game:
Font:
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cinzel?query=cinzel
Textures:
https://craftpix.net/product/platformer-pixel-art-hell-2d-tileset/ https://www.gamedeveloperstudio.com/graphics/viewgraphic.php?pagename=Boulder&item=1v655s0q4n4m4w3r9d https://opengameart.org/content/2-seamless-lava-tiles https://bdragon1727.itch.io/pixel-gate-all https://craftpix.net/product/old-hero-chibi-style-character-sprites/
SFX:
https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/rocks-6129/ https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/tracks/503c2efa-c8e3-437b-b84d-2023401d7c34/#
Licensed under the MIT License - See the LICENSE document
External assets used in this project (listed font, sprites and SFX) are not included in this repository. They may or may not be used in modified versions of this repository (for more information, see the links from each external assets above).
The music, code, and some of the sprites were 100% made by myself. Any developpers are free to use them as they will.