Ganglyfish

Factsheet

Developer:
Ganglyfish
Based in Baltimore, MD

Release date:
19 July, 2018

Platforms:
itch.io

Website:
ganglyfish.com/#games

Regular Price:

USD

$3.00

Description

LOST CAVE is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle platformer where players must manipulate their view of the world in order to move through it. When moving normally through the world, the environment behaves like a flat 2D world; However, players have the ability to “shift”, allowing them to rotate and zoom their perspective on the environment like a 3D world, causing objects in the foreground and background to change size and position. This mechanic allows players to solve a variety of challenging puzzles that force players to think creatively about how their view of a location is effected by their perspective.

History

LOST CAVE (originally Cave) was made as part of the 2014 Global Game Jam. The theme for the jam that year was the phrase "We see the world not as it is, but as we are."; This led us to create a platforming game where players changed their view of the world and in doing so changed how the world could be moved through. The prototype we made won all of the Jam Site awards for the UMBC Global Game Jam site. After the jam, some of the team decided to keep working on it, with the intention of releasing a full version in the future.

Features

Solve mind-bending puzzles.
Explore a beautifully strange world.
Gain an entirely perspective.

Videos

Trailer YouTube

Gameplay Video YouTube

Images

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Logo & Icon

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Awards & Recognition

"Showcased at the Smithsonian "Indies from the Middle" Event" Smithsonian American Art Museum, 7 December, 2014
"2nd place, People's Choice Voting" Gamescape @ Artscape Baltimore, 20 July, 2014
"Jam Site Award Winner, Global Game Jam" UMBC, 26 January, 2014