Donut Heaven

"The ANGELS of PLANET EA█T█ are a lot sweeter than you'd think! Help FALLEN ANGEL SPRINKLE on a delicious and divine adventure to get back home to DONUT HEAVEN."

For AGBIC 2021: https://itch.io/jam/a-game-by-its-cover-2021

Concept by baku (@bakumoe): https://famicase.com/21/softs/010.html

Controls

Gamepad (recommended)

• Move: left joystick
• Jump: A
• Slam: LT, RT, or B
• Dash: LB, RB, X, or Y
• Respawn: View/back/select

Keyboard

• Move: A/D or left/right arrows
• Jump: Space
• Slam: S or down arrow
• Dash: Shift
• Respawn: R

Credits

• Concept & title screen logo/art: baku (@bakumoe)
• Design, programming, art: Kai Kuehner
• Sound:
  • Jump, hurt, attack by cicifyre: https://opengameart.org/content/female-rpg-voice-starter-pack
  • Flaps by AgentDD: https://freesound.org/people/AgentDD/sounds/246225/ https://freesound.org/people/AgentDD/sounds/246224/
  • Slam by studiomandragore: https://freesound.org/people/studiomandragore/sounds/401630/
  • Whoosh by man: https://freesound.org/people/man/sounds/14609/
  • Wind by Divinux: https://freesound.org/people/Divinux/sounds/254642/
  • Shatter by ngruber: https://freesound.org/people/ngruber/sounds/204777/
  • Plingy Coin by Fupi: https://opengameart.org/content/plingy-coin
  • Land by MentalSanityOff: https://opengameart.org/content/jump-landing-sound
  • Smash by datasoundsample: https://freesound.org/people/datasoundsample/sounds/41348/
  • Portal Idle by couchHero: https://freesound.org/people/couchHero/sounds/168910/
  • Transport by tim.kahn: https://freesound.org/people/tim.kahn/sounds/128587/
  • Hits by Independent.nu: https://opengameart.org/content/37-hitspunches
  • Angel happy sound made with sfxr: https://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html
• Music:
  • Happy Trip to Mars by Alex McCulloch: https://opengameart.org/content/happy-trip-to-mars
  • Spectacle Carousel by 3xBlast: https://opengameart.org/content/spectacle-carousel
  • A New Day by SpiderDave: https://opengameart.org/content/a-new-day
  • The Journey Continues by Ivan Stanton (northivanastan): https://opengameart.org/content/the-journey-continues
  • Prismatic Light by tcarisland: https://opengameart.org/content/prismatic-light
  • Friends by Josh McKay: https://opengameart.org/content/friends-0
• Font: Montserrat https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/montserrat

Extra Ideas

• Levels
  • Frosted Fields
  • Jelly Swamp
  • Chocolate Mountain
  • Donut Heaven
    • Introduce dash refill crystal?
    • chain together lots of flying moves?
• Improve jump candy art?
• Lerp in/out slam swoosh sound?
• Set particles at ending zone?
• Extra mechanics
  • Enemies
    • Movement patterns
      • Walk back and forth on platform- turn around if hit wall or edge
      • Walk along all edges of platform
    • Slam/dash combat
      • Bounce away only for enemies with multiple HP
  • Recharge all crystals whenever touching ground?
  • Show collected sprinkles (some total in each level)
• Art
  • Level
    • Cotton candy bouncy clouds
    • Double jump refill candy (improve)
    • Decorations
      • Swirly brown sticks
      • Peppermint swirls
  • Enemies
    • Jelly slime
    • Licorice spiky bug
    • other candy demon guys
  • Cutscenes
    • Intro cutscene
    • Boss conversation
    • End cutscene
  • Gray out wings if can't double jump, gray out donut halo if can't dash (separate out donut halo, duplicate fall/slam/dash sprites)
  • Player start slam animation
• Sound
  • Add earthquake rumble to slam loop?
  • Walk (step)
  • Enemy
• Juice
  • Slam particles come from collision point
    • take color of terrain?
  • Dash start effect
  • More dash/slam trail effects?
• Levels
  • Level 1- Frosted Fields
    • Terrain- light brown gingerbread with pink/blue frosting; donuts; light blue background with hills
    • Introduce jump
    • Introduce double jump
    • Introduce static hazards
    • Introduce bouncers
  • Level 2- Jelly Swamp (patches of bouncy floor)
    • Terrain- dark brown with light brown frosting; all-red jelly patches; purple background with trees
    • Introduce slam break floor
    • Introduce slam bounce (on jelly floors)
    • Introduce combat
  • Level 3- Lollipop Forest (lollipop & candycane trees)
    • Terrain- pink with dark brown frosting, pink background with trees
    • Introduce slam bounce (on round bouncers)
    • Introduce falling hazards
    • Introduce double jump refill
  • Level 4- Cake Cliffs
    • Terrain- red with white frosting, blue-green background with cake mountains
    • Introduce dash
    • Introduce dash break wall
    • Introduce dash combat?
    • Introduce dash bounce
    • Introduce dash refill crystal
  • another level if I have time
  • Level 5- Chocolate Mountain (vertical climb, lava rivers)
    • Terrain- brown chocolate squares; dark brown lava rivers, yellow background
    • Dash through multiple barriers hanging off ceiling
  • Level 6- Donut Heaven
    • Outside terrain- cotton candy clouds, donuts, dark blue space background w/ stars (music: Soliloquy)
    • Inside terrain- dark brown with pink frosting, light brown walls (music: Heroic Demise)
    • Castle
    • Boss- Lord Licorice
  • keep momentum- speedrun routes
  • secret sprinkles in early levels where you have to use future mechanics