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A jam submission

Grapple RunnerView game page

Use a grappling hook to gain speed to run from a endless lava wall. For the 2025 GMTK Game Jam.
Submitted by Jonah — 5 hours, 37 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#9823.7143.714
Audio#33372.9052.905
Creativity#34573.3813.381
Artwork#41512.9522.952
Narrative#71541.7141.714

Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
The main mechanic of my game is for the player to loop around "grapple points" to gain extra speed and score. Since my game is an endless runner, this mechanic is essential to traverse through the terrain and to run from the lava wall.

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Jonah

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Comments

Submitted

At first I thought the projectiles try to kill me and tried to avoid them XD

Loved the game!! It's was very fun and the loop mechanic is cool!!

Submitted

Fun stuff, seen a few in the same vein but you did a great job making slingshotting feel good and predictable. Nice job :)

Submitted

Nice little experience to try and learn the ins and outs of the movement. Could see this smoothed out and expounded on a bit!

Submitted

Fun little game -- it's quite funny to slingshot yourself straight into the lava.

Submitted

Really nice take on the theme. Loved the momentum based movement, although it was a bit hard to control. I think a small circle to indicate the grapple reach would be nice. It was hard to know when to grapple when moving fast

Cute and fun game! Well done getting the movement to feel so clean and intuitive!

Submitted(+1)

Its so satisfying! Definitely one of the biggest things for me, good job!

Submitted(+1)

Orbiting to accelerate feels amazing.

Submitted(+1)

Really good fun and fits the theme well!

Submitted(+1)

If I had one word to describe this game it would be fun

Submitted(+1)

Most satisfying game award for sure.

Submitted(+1)

That was fun. Once I figured it out I was unstoppable