Minimal Raider

A really fun adventure! Adding the secrets was a really nice touch :)

Thank you so much for this lovely experience!

The game reminded me of 'Nora the Explorer' that I had played a few hours beforehand.

This one seems a lot more thought-through though, and I will likely re-visit ist since I only found one of the secrets.

Loved the animations, the atmosphere and the difficulty. More please!

This is fab! I discovered this game because it's highlighted on the Climbing System Asset Store page, and am I ever glad it did. 

I'm totally inspired for my own platformer!

Aw, man. The game was going so well until I picked up the golden relic on the rooftop. Then Lara completely stopped responding to all keyboard controls as she very gradually drifted down into where the relic's pedestal descended (but at a far slower rate), which was immediate after the relic was acquired. Even when she touched the ground down there, and even after I repeatedly clicked "Respawn" in the menu, she didn't respond to any keyboard controls, so I had to quit the game. It was fun while it lasted, though.

As a long-time player and fan of the Tomb Raider franchise, I enjoyed this very very much. I really like the visual style. I finished the game with a deep sense of nostalgia, and I was left wanting for more. Thank you, and keep up the good work!

Hello, I really liked the game! I really want to know what engine it was made on ?! I want to create like the same.

Fantastic game and the soundtrack is very addictive. Thoroughly enjoyed it. This game is more tomb raider than the latest reboot trilogy. Thank you very much.

Can't wait for the next game.

Impossible to crouch under the spinning blades because they somehow get me even when crouching. Climbing mechanic is good tho

I played your game and had fun. Also, I misread the title and said "Minimal Radar" just a heads up (Skip to 7:14)

Great game

We had a few bugs but it was still great :D

Thanks.

The game has a great artistic style. It looked promising at first glance but I was unable to play the game because of the jump mechanics. I could not enter the temple because the character could not jump to higher places. Additionally, the color of rocks at the entrance is indistinguishable from the background white color. Could you please add some colors to make the rocks stand out from the white background.

I felt so nostalgic playing this. As someone who grew up playing Tomb Raider Im very happy with what you have created! Thank you for making this!!

This was a great homage to Tomb Raider and it definitely played like it. Awesome job! Keep it up!

This game was loads of fun! It's so cool that an Indie game looks so much better than the first games it's based upon (meaning the old TR games).  

I wish there were more so that I could play more! If this were to become a series that would be amazing! 

There were some wonks and tonks in the physics but it didn't ruin the fun. 

Great job! :)

It was a pretty good game! I made a video on it!

oookay so here's an issue for me.
the climbing system doesn't work on my computer. i got stuck and couldn't get past the first tunnel because i couldn't climb the terrain unless it was tall enough for the character to do the reach over her head animation.

any ledge that was shorter than that and the whole thing failed to get the character anywhere. I only got as far as inside the tunnel by cheesing running jumps to get over the ledges...

i use a mac laptop by the way.

I really enjoyed this, looks wonderful, had no real issues with the controls even though I was using my laptop track-pad instead of a mouse. 

I came across one slightly frustrating bug, the second jump I made right at the beginning I got stuck, mid-air on the corner of the step.  It's quite tricky to reproduce, but it would be a shame if someone got a bad early impression. I've attached an image of where it happened.

I would be happy to do some QA for future updates if you need anyone to give it a good bash, just send me a message on twitter or something. :)

Really liked this, it was good fun, really reminiscent of the old Tomb Raider games :D 

If you go in the car at the beginning the game ends

I loved this, buddy! Please tell me you plan to let go of tomb raider, giving the whole thing your own narrative and twist and mechanics, and punch out a few more of these? :D

Brace for something a little harsh:

So I was expecting classic Tomb Raider, but the jumping doesn't feel all that momentum based and doesn't quite nail the thrill of leaping large gaps. Not to say that it needs to be, but when the character auto grabs the ledge instead of wanting to jump off of it, there's a problem and this was a constant throughout. You could argue that it was the intent to go for Modern Tomb Raider, but the issue is those games don't really pride themselves on "jumping puzzles" as much unless you count "spot the white highlighted edge" as the same gameplay. Point is, level design feels like a classic tomb raider, jumping feels like an awkward modern raider, the two things don't mix well together.

The atmosphere doesn't really quite hit the mark either. The looping music really dulls the experience as opposed to implementing soundscapes and putting in musical ques for when you reach a new area or something significant happens. There's not much contrast other than the boulder scene inserting new music. It helps to rely more on ambiance and noise, and use music when necessary for an emotional change or discovery.

I also feel that getting to the series of ledges at the top of the first area to activate (the starting platform I think?) could have been more interesting to backtrack from. Instead you had to shimmy across the very ledges you climb up to. I really don't think wall climbing is that fun unless there's some kind of risk or thinking to it, instead they're just spammed along the wall to create filler and busy work. Not only that, but there's no way to jump down as a neat little shortcut, instead you pretty much die. Although by accident I managed to survive a fall near the secret green object (I assume that's optional). But I noticed a trend in a lot of games when they program ladders, it's always faster to go down them then it is to climb up, it's an interesting design philosophy that I think could have been used more here. When someone wants to go snow sledding, they wouldn't want going down hill to take the same time/effort as going uphill. That's kind of the logic I'm going for here.

Roll doesn't seem to do anything, and I got through the spinning blade section without really crouching. The timing puzzles before the boulder were pretty annoying. In old TR games they're usually timed in such a way that you'll get through them as long as you past the first one, but the obstacle usually isn't just the swinging blades but rather the crumbling floor or some other element that forces you to improvise while having to constantly run. Having to stop in-between each blade was pretty frustrating, and the timings were rather unforgiving. Again though, had a lot of issues jumping between the ledges in that section (where my character kept constantly grabbing it).

Overall there were a lot of movement glitches and odd behavior throughout. Kind of dulled the experience more. I thought the art-style and lighting was okay, but I've seen a lot of stuff like this before in unity. So I don't really have a glowing opinion on it. Sorry if this is all very negative but I'm pretty passionate about the old Tomb Raider games. And although I think the modern tomb raiders are fine, I do desperately want a return to old form. Mirror's Edge is the closest they got to that, but then the sequel went open world for no real good reason.

the game looks great, but you constantly get stuck and i couldn't get past a ledge in the first cave.  no it's not because I'm terrable at the game, it's because the came puts you in a constant loop of climbing sometimes and straight up won't let you climb sometimes.

Love the looks of it! Suggestion: configurable controls or at least arrow keys support :)

love the game dude. awesome concept however there are a couple of bugs. one of them is when i keep getting stuck in the first part when i try to climb something and my character just keeps repeating the climbing animation and doesnt move. the second bug i detected was sometimes when i try to climb my character just jumps and doesnt actually climb or takes the climbing position but doesnt actually climb. love the game and all but please fix these bugs. ill stay tuned for further updates

Made a video

I was able to identify some bugs and did a basic speed run, hehehe

Wow. Very impressed with how much you nailed the feel while improving the looks.  Love classic Tomb Raider and this is just rad. Thank you for making this!

Very interesting game, enjoyed playing it.