Sam Hill
Sam Hill is a small metroidvania game originally made in one month for the Metroidvania Month 20 game jam and developed with the TIC-80 fantasy computer. The themes we chose for the original game jam were 'cozy' and 'hell'.
This is both my first time making a video game and my first time programming. I plan to continue development into the Super Metroidvania Month 20 game jam.
I'd like to give a huge thanks to Wizbird for making the art for this game; it looks great and it saved me a lot of time. :)
Programming by Tech3599 (Project Lead)
Art by Wizbird
Music by dinkst
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Development log
- Sam Hill v1.0.2 Patch NotesAug 10, 2023
- Sam Hill v1.0.1 Patch NotesJun 13, 2023
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Short, but cute. I enjoyed playing it. :)
i dont know what it is but at that very point where in need to run and glide, it jsut isnt possible!
like i can run by holding z but in that certain area up button then doesnt do anything.
or jump but then pressing and holding z doesnt do anything if i havent landed yet.
i dont know what that is
after closer examination, it seems like when pressing z, right and up arrow together, the left arrow jsut isnt registered.
in contrast z+right+up does work.
only z+left+up doesnt work together.
ages ago i read about some keyboard electronics where some keys cant be used together cause they are on thesame electric line or soemthing, mayb its that.
i have a german qwertz keyboard, for reference
That's super weird, but I am familiar with that general problem with some keyboards. I don't know if that's something I can fix with a technical solution. However, it is possible to rebind the keys with TIC-80's built-in options menu, so perhaps I should add a note about that in-game.
Also, I am planning to make the game less platformer focused and more story driven, so the problem may just go away then? :)
I dont mind the platformer part, I like metroidvanias in general.
The keyboard thing wasnt too much of an issue,
only the one place I mentioned was a bit challenging due to it.
but everything else was easily possible
Loved your game! Got to the "True End". Great job:)
Very nice, I like how the movement techniques complement each other.
solid! Player movement feels good. Just need to add branching and interconnecting paths to give it a less linear feel, maybe some other rewards for exploration, some cool art in individual rooms, and u got a great MV!
Thanks. I made sure to try to perfect the player movement before moving on to anything else. I plan to add a lot more stuff for the Super Metroidvania Month 20 game jam; I just had to rush a bit to add and polish the levels I do have before the deadline for the Metroidvania Month 20 game jam. :)
sweet, I'll definitely play again after that jam
Nice!!
I got the true ending! :-}
I cannot beat this, jumping while running left (z←↑) does not work (works when running right).
I changed the layout of the room in which I believe you were having problems. The long jump should be easier now. Please try it again and let us know if you have any other problems.
Reached true end, thanks!
i went ahead and reassigned keys in main menu to avoid this :-)