Excelsior

FULL SCREEN RECOMMENDED!

Welcome to Excelsior! This was originally my GMTK 2024 Game Jam game, but I took some extra time with it & changed pretty much everything, down to the core gameplay loop. While it is far from perfect, I'm happy with where it is--my goal with this project was to do every component slowly & from scratch (including art, animations & any other misc. components). If nothing else I feel so much more confident in Unity now that this is a packaged & enjoyable short game. (With that said, I am worried it is way too hard to beat as is--let me know what you think in the comments :0 ).

The goal of the game is to climb to the top of the building as the robot, Botsy. Climbing higher will let you pass upgrade lines, which give you points that you can spend upgrading yourself. Additionally, there are small platforming challenges or puzzles hiding 4 yellow gears around the map--collecting these let the player unlock new abilities!

The one thing I will say--if you fall super far but manage to survive, I recommend hitting R to restart the life. It isn't great design, but if you choose to restart you can recollect more upgrade points, so unless you are trying to complete my game with as few deaths as possible, use the restart button as much as you like.

(If you're wondering why there's no music in the intro, it's because you can't hear anything in space... duh...)