A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux

Newton's Nightmare: As Appleboy, defy Newton's laws of gravity while he attacks you with spiky caterpillars

Made in a week for Physics Jam (8 Bits to Infinity) for which the theme was Switch.

Controls

Keyboard
- Move: AD / QD / Arrow keys
- Attack: Space / Ctrl

Gamepad
- Move: Left-stick / D-pad
- Attack: X / A (XBox layout)

v0.2.0 - 2021-01-26

- Gravity wave every 10th attack instead of 10% chance
- Enemies have 50% chance of dropping a health pick up if player only has 1 HP left (still at 25% if 2 HP)
- Difficulty setting (Normal: Continue at same level, Hard: Restart all)
- Pause menu
- Moon a bit closer to Newton (to not hit Appleboy's head)
- Fix Quit button on Congratulations screen

Credits

Programming & Management by lilou_cormic (purplecable.ca)
Game Design & Music by Retro Indie Josh (retroindiejosh.com)
Visual Design & Art by Raindrinker (raindrinker.com)
Pre-made assets are credited in-game

Source code available on GitHub.

StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Authorslilou_cormic, Raindrinker, Retro Indie Josh
GenreAction, Platformer
Made withUnity
Tags2D, Arcade, Boss battle, Unity
Average sessionA few minutes
InputsKeyboard, Gamepad (any)

Download

Download
NewtonsNightmare_Windows.zip 27 MB
Download
NewtonsNightmare_macOS.zip 36 MB
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NewtonsNightmare_Linux.zip 41 MB

Development log

Comments

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From The Saturday Game Jam stream:

(1 edit)

bitchthiseggman


also i died on the last level and replayed it