Hello all, I am a longtime speedrunner content-enjoyer through out my life and I greatly respect what you all do!
I am an indie game developer and I have just released my game Rat Climber on steam and I really wanted to get it into the hands of speedrunners because I know this type of game will scratch that itch on many things you like about speedrunning.
The TLDR of Rat Climber is that you're a rat who must traverse up seven distinct labyrinthian zones (for example: seaside village, crystal caverns, swamp, ancient egypt) to reach the very top of the world and find cheese heaven.
There's no collectibles aside from a single secret cheese chunk in each zone (optional; getting all unlocks something extra)
There's no skills or powers either, just running, dashing (uses stamina and can jump slightly further/higher), and safety walking (prevents going off of ledges)
There's exact 1-to-1 collision on every object. No invisible walls. In many places you need to think like a rat to progress and go in a very tiny hole or on a ledge a few inches wide on random side of a building.
The whole game takes place in one level, all the biome zones are stacked vertically on each other. If you miss a jump and fall, there's a chance you can recover progress, you have decent airborne/falling control
Me, being the dev who made everything, I can beat the game casually in about 1h 20min. I'm sure speedrunners could go wayyy faster. I'd like to say there's no glitches or physics that will let you skip major chunks, but I know what you guys are capable of haha
If this sounds fun, I recommend you guys try it out, there's a free demo on steam and itchio of the first zone, and any content creators who would want to feature it on their platform, I'd be able to give them a free steam key copy if they wanted.
I'm really sorry if this post breaks the rules! (in which case it can be taken down) I'm not here with malicious intent, I am just trying to figure out how to get this game discovered by people who will appreciate it and have fun with it! If this topic is not allowed then I still hope this awesome community will discover the game organically on their own at some point.
Thank you all!
