Dungeon.exe

Made for the Game Maker's Toolkit Jam 2025 - Theme: Loop

You play as a Cat in a Tuxedo who has been thrown in a dungeon for stealing the last can of tuna! Escape the dungeon by solving the puzzle of the looping level that never ends as the fabric of reality falls apart. Maybe you need to harness the power of the Glitches to unlock your way...

Controls:
WASD to move
Space to Jump
E to pick up crates or keys
R to restart Level

How to Play:
You must get to the exit door of the level. However, you aren't able to leave! The level will loop you back to the start. Something will change each time. You can throw keys through portals, and something might happen...

Theme Relation:
The level restarts after you try to leave each time. Therefore, you're quite literally stuck in a loop. 

Credits:
Lead Artist and Animator: Shady
Lead Programmer: David

Music Assets:
Music by Shononoki | https://shononoki.itch.io/
Sounds by flvffywvffy | https://flvffywvffy.itch.io/

Font Assets:
Pixel Operator Font from Font Meme:
https://fontmeme.com/fonts/pixel-operator-font/
Bongo 8 Mono by nathan Scott:
https://caffinate.itch.io/bongo-8
Boxy Bold font from OpenGameArt.org
https://opengameart.org/content/boxy-bold-truetype-font

Shady's Thoughts:
This game turned out... extremely OK. It has a lot of issues that we didn't resolve purely because of the time constraint, and both David and I had other responsibilities to do during the Jam. I submitted this with 20 minutes to spare. Ironically, the game themed around Glitches is probably the glitchiest game we've published for a Jam. There were so many more things I wanted to add to this game, but on Sunday morning, I just wanted it to be playable. I wanted there to be cutscenes and dialogue, and another character trapped in the decaying dungeon with you. But there just wasn't time, and I wasn't willing to stay up super late into the night to do so. I may return to this game after the Jam and update it to remove all the issues and add the story I wanted to tell in the future. Regardless, I hope you enjoy it!