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"One day, a little creature woke up with a sudden spark of hope. It decided to leave these horrible caves before it was too late. Before being trapped forever in the abyss."


The Forgotten Caves of Foolish Linger is a short (45-60 minutes) 2D platformer game, about a little creature who needs to leave dark caves. Climbing your way up, you'll meet some of it's residents and you'll need to face obstacles that will try to keep you in the darkness of this hollowed place.


Disclaimer: This game contains dark and adult themes.

StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Rating
Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
AuthorOliver Hightower
GenreAdventure, Platformer
Tags2D, Atmospheric, Narrative, Pixel Art, Short, Story Rich
Average sessionAbout an hour

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TheForgottenCavesOfFoolishLinger-win.zip 169 MB
TheForgottenCavesOfFoolishLinger-macos.zip 167 MB
TheForgottenCavesOfFoolishLinger-linux.AppImage 174 MB

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I saw one of yours post about the game on Reddit and decided to give it a go. 

I just finished the game and really liked the experience. Personally, I didn't find it that difficult (I just missed a few jumps), but I can see how it can be tedious.

The game has some already mentioned issues, but I don't think they're a big deal, especially because this is your first game.

I usually don't make comments about anything, but it didn't felt right not letting you know that I enjoyed your game. Don't stop making games!

Thank you for playing the game and to leave a comment! And I won't stop making games, this is just the beginning.

Completed the game. 

It was quite difficult, especially in the beginning, when the character can't jump properly, and it really feels like you're playing something like "Getting over it" when you fall down and land at the very bottom, and you have no choice but climb up again, cause you don't know where the checkpoint is or if it's been rolled back now that you've landed on that platform, but given the game's message I believe that was done deliberately.

What doesn't feel as deliberate, though, is the fact that sometimes you don't see the platform that you need to jump on, cause it's too dark, and it just feels unfair.

Also had some other issues:

  • sometimes the character clips through walls
  • sometimes the character clips through stairs
  • dialogues have grammar mistakes(e.g. "you're courage")
  • when the character turns around, the positions of his feet(and the collider) shifts, and it can turn out that the collider is no longer on the platform and the character falls down

The message is fine, and the gameplay mirrors it quite well, until you get to one glaring issue: the game is basically telling you to stop playing it and go back to Real Life.

Overall, not bad, but I don't think I'll play it again.

Thank you for the review! It's true that the game have some issues and I'll try to fix them soon.

This seems like a very specific type of game I've been looking for.

I look forward to playing it!