A flooding cave is a terrible place to find yourself - especially if you happen to be water-soluble.

In Floodwater, you must ascend through a series of eight floors, solving puzzles to clear a path as you race against an ever-expanding pool of deadly water.

Controls

Use the arrow keys to move, and X to restart a level.

Floodwater was made for the fifty-fourth Ludum Dare.

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux
Rating
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(39 total ratings)
AuthorJohnGabrielUK
GenrePuzzle
Made withPICO-8
Tags2D, Ludum Dare 54, PICO-8, Pixel Art, Retro, Short, Singleplayer
Code licenseMIT License
Asset licenseCreative Commons Attribution v4.0 International
Average sessionA few seconds
InputsKeyboard, Xbox controller
LinksLudum Dare, Lexaloffle

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Raspberry Pi 2.2 MB
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Very fun little challenge!  I love Pico-8 games for their bite-size limitations.  And this is a perfect quick playthrough.  

it was cool but i did not comprehend that the orange thing was movable for like 20 deaths so they dont count

Metadata say it is under MIT. Where can I find the code?

I've included Floodwater in a compilation of games from the Ludum Dare 54 game jam @ 41:05.

Good spin on the typical sokoban formula.

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That was fun. Also didn't realise it wasn't real time so was really zooming through those early levels!

cool game. the puzzles are very fun and challenging.

gud

Man I was thinking there was gonna be more levels, but glad there wasn't cause that last one really got to me until I figured out that I didn't need to a box between the walls to block the water. Neat little puzzle game!

this is a blast!

Can you share a link to the Ludum Dare page?

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this is such a satisfying little puzzler! the way the mechanics are introduced on a "safe" level where you can't die was really player-friendly.

Really nice game :D

that was fun, nice job!

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Very nice.  I really like how you introduced each new mechanic on a non-water level first.  Extremely sporting of you :)  The graphics were also really well done.

very cool! i was ready for more levels haha

nice game

fun

Cool game. Well done!

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Nice! It wasn't until the final level that I realized the water only moves when I do, so I was very much trying to race rather than optimize. Obviously this didn't work for the final level XD (And here I thought I was able to "hold up" the water when I first pushed a block out of its way...) 275 seconds, 835 steps, 17 deaths on my first playthrough.

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Very cool game, and the music, badger-mushroom like!: