Climbing Challenge is a 2D platformer game where the player controls a climber attempting to ascend a mountain while avoiding obstacles and collecting supplies. The game features dynamic difficulty scaling, physics-based movement, and an immersive audiovisual experience.
- A vertically scrolling map bounded by mountain walls on the left and right sides.
- A camera that follows the player character.
- A supply meter that starts full and depletes over time. Reaching zero ends the game.
- The score is determined by the maximum height reached.
- Time-based mechanics affecting difficulty and pacing.
- A main menu with options for fullscreen or windowed mode and difficulty selection.
- Difficulty-dependent parameters, such as:
- Probability of rockfalls and supply packs appearing.
- Rate of supply depletion.
- Background music.
- Unified sound levels (89 dB standard).
- Animated movement, including jumping and directional changes (4-frame animation).
- Subject to gravity.
- Game over when falling beyond a certain velocity threshold.
- Movement controlled via:
- Jump:
Spacebar - Left/Right Movement:
A/Dkeys
- Jump:
- Sound effects for movement actions.
- Generated within the camera's view and removed when out of sight.
- Serve as jumpable surfaces for the player.
- Appear randomly above the player.
- Ensure progression to higher altitudes.
- Animated objects.
- Spawn within the camera's view and are removed when out of sight.
- Restore the supply meter upon collection.
- Appear randomly (max 20 at a time).
- Disappear upon pickup with an associated sound effect.
- Animated objects.
- Spawn within the camera's view and are removed when out of sight.
- Decrease the supply meter upon collision with the player.
- Appear randomly (max 1000 at a time).
- Disappear upon collision with an associated sound effect.
- Increase in frequency over time.
- Windows: openal32.dll
- Linux: OpenAL package (
libopenal1orlibopenal.so)
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.