Hollow Floor

[h2]Hollow Floor[/h2] The game starts in windowed mode with a small resolution. Despite the large pixels, the game scene is clearly visible. There’s an option for fullscreen, but the scene is square-shaped, leaving black borders on each side. The menu text is a bit blurry, but once the game starts, there’s no text or instructions—this is great, as it lets you discover the game features on your own. [h2]Features[/h2] You’ll find a coin counter, a death counter, a map, and a timer (optional, for speedrun only) By the way, there are achievements that require a deathless run. My first death occurred within a minute of gameplay -_- Don’t expect to get a deathless run on your first try; some rooms give no warning, so you’ll only know what to avoid after experiencing it once. [h2]First sequence[/h2] After a few minutes of exploration and vine climbing, I was looking for a power to jump or something similar, but instead, I received a power to walk on air (without any way to gain altitude, though). :/ Also, the power doesn’t consume any energy if you stand still, so feel free to take your time. The moment I got this new power, I remembered a past room where I couldn’t reach a bonus. With this new power, I could get it easily—or so I thought! Turns out, it teleported me to another area: the famous Green Challenge Room, which rewards one of the three gems for the first door. Next up, the Red area, and more death without warning. Second power unlocked: YOU CAN JUMP NOW, BABY! This should be game-changing—oh, but it also prevents the gentle up-and-down movement I was using to descend and stop just before a spike… CURSE YOU, JUMP POWER! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3365764176 [h2]Gameplay[/h2] Control are simple, four directions and one action button (X), the character goes where i would like, no big issue there. Level design is quite good, many path displayed but your lack of power force you to follow a simple way, once you got a power, you can backtrack or keep going for more power (and backtrack at the very end for completion goal) No specific puzzle here, just exploration which unlock more exploration. Backtracking is optionnal for a run, but completionist would require it to get all coins. Graphic are pixel-shaped, good old style. Regarding the sound design, two points : one the music is a chill and peace ambiant music. quite relaxing. Then second point, the sound effect can be very aggressive at some point (like when you die) The game is easily playable with a gamepad. [h2]Conclusion[/h2] The game is good, well executed by the developer, worth the price. If there was a downside, it is mainly for achievement hunter because it require a perfect knowledge of all rooms and traps in order to 100% the game. It’s developed by solo developer Ahmed Khalifa.

Short puzzle platformer, but quite difficult. Good for those that like to suffer.

Short, but sweet. Honestly, the sweetness outweighs the shortness.

short but sweet and I enjoyed getting all collectables, no way in hell im beating it without dying tho 8/10

Honestly shocked with how much I'm enjoying this. It does get a little bit Xtreme Difficulty for my tastes, but then again maybe I'm just stupid because a lot of the times I've thought that I just haven't been understanding a mechanic. If you like Metroidvanias, surprisingly lush music and games that do not waste your time explaining stuff to you, this is a wonderful way to spend an evening.

Short and sweet vania that gets a lot of mileage out of only 2 types of hazards (there is danger, but no combat). You begin with even less mobility than one might expect, and over the course of the game you unlock a few useful upgrades. The map is peppered with checkpoint/respawn bells and optional gold coins (which must be banked at a bell), and the game rarely asks you to pass through more than a few screens of danger between bells. The map is divided into a few regions that each prominently feature a particular mechanic. Each region houses one of the upgrades along with a challenging trial that tests your mastery over that upgrade. A basic clear can be achieved with a relatively small portion of the map explored, so a hefty portion of the game is optional. I chose to complete the trial gauntlets and collect all the coins, but I'm satisfied not trying for a deathless clear. I did find that some aspects of the movement felt a bit hard to get used-to -- • when you jump to a vine or ladder and try to grab on, there's nothing damping the horizontal movement and it's very easy to slip right off until you get used to releasing your directional input at the right moment. • the mobility features rely on "snapping" your character into a specific row of tiles, and even with practice it seems to require a tremendous amount of precision to reliably snap to the row you want. • when you gain the ability to have controlled descent, anything more than a brief tap will send you plummeting into the bottom of the screen, which likely means a death in most of the areas where you'd use this ability. The game is very charming overall. There are a few cheeky gotchas to make sure you're paying attention, but it never feels hostile. The map is also just small enough that I didn't dread backtracking for missed coins. Gems / 10

Don't let the minimalist graphics dissuade you. Hollow Floor is a tight little game with some unique movement mechanics as well as clever and challenging (not quite) platforming sections.

cool little metroidvania platformer!

Я обожаю эту игру. Я люблю метроидвании и пресижн платфоремеры. Однако оба эти жанра требуют глубокого погружения и затрат времени, которых у меня к сожалению нет. И эта игра стала для меня глотком свежего воздуха. Она минималистична во всем что можно, минималистична на столько, что в ней даже нет ни сюжета, ни лора ни энваронментал сторителинга, наличие которых, казалось было обязательно в метродиваниях с самого их зарождения. Но нет. Оказывается можно сделать интересный геймплей не подкрепляя его никакими нарративными инструментами. Как только я открыл эту игру я сразу понял что ее разработал эдакий гигачад метроидвания-энжойер. Без лишних слов показывают ворота, от которых отлетают 3 кристалла в разные стороны и игроксразу понимает, что ему надо найти эти кристаллы. Также по пути тебе встречаются монетки, можешь их собрать если хочешь запотеть. Больше игра тебе ничего не говорит. Далее нас встречает минималистичный геймплей. Сначала у нас нет прыжка, мы можем только падать и карабкаться на лианах. Затем у нас появляется возможность удерживать свою высоту и ходить горизонтальнов воздухе. Затем появляется возможность прыгнуть. Ну и затем, как лейтгейм фича, появляется возможность восстанавливать стамину в воздухе, делая наше передвижение по сути неограниченным. На каждом этапе разраб придумывает инетерсные платформинг паззлы, которые очень творчески утилизируют минималистичные возможности персонажа. Бектрэккинг в игре просто шикарный. Никогда не было душно, и всегда было интересно по разному использовать уже знакомое окружение при наличии новых обилок. Короче хидден гем, всем советую, разраб красава, не зря мою сотку залутал

this is one of those gems that largely goes unseen on steam, its a short play but i had more fun with these mechanics than a lot of puzzle platformers