PLOT!

About this game

PLOT! is the solo developed, action precision platformer that has it all:

• Frustrating Jumps
  
• Annoying Traps
  
• Pesky Enemies
  
• Hard Earned Collectables

All rendered in glorious, buttery smooth 3D!


You have 90 seconds to:

• Find The Key
  
• Then find The Lock
  
• Finally, find The Door - which leads out of one level and into the next...

* Collect Gems to increase the time available.
* Collect Hearts to replenish health.

Complete each level in the fastest time to secure a spot on the global leaderboard.
Achieve a high Star Rating to boost your score:

• One Star - for completing the level
  
• Two Stars - if you get through without dying
  
• Three Stars - if you can complete the level without taking a single hit!

Keyboard Controls
Move with WASD or the Arrow Keys. Pressing up increases the ball's bounce height and down makes it stop bouncing, useful for rolling under low obstacles or staying on moving platforms.
The Spacebar or Left Mouse Button (in addition to either left or right movement) will shoot in that direction.
Escape to Pause, press again to return or use left / right movement for other options.

Gamepad
Left Stick to move left / right, South (A) to bounce higher and Left Trigger to roll. East (B) or Right Trigger to shoot (as above) and Start to pause / return, with DPad for options.

General
Pressing 'T' (keyboard) or Left Shoulder (gamepad) toggles the ball's trail.

Tips:
You can't destroy the traps! They will 'one shot' you, so best just avoid them... Colliding with a Green Meanie will also result in a sudden demise, but you can shoot them. They sometimes drop a collectable on death. Hearts restore some of your health and gems increase the time you have to complete the level. Crates and Barrels often contain goodies as well. Shoot 'em and try your luck.

There is a Compass in the top right. This indicates the direction to the next objective. It shows where it is, but not necessarily how to get there...

Bottom left are your Vitals. The red ring shows health and the white semi circle indicates time remaining. You start with just 90 seconds!
Inside the orb is elapsed time and current Star Rating. Remaining lives are shown to the left of this.

Latest news

• Patch Notes·20 Aug 2024Official

  Small fixes and tweaks

  Fixed spawning in the ground bug if holding 'down' when respawning. Fixed issue with opening the door if holding 'down'. Improved collision handling. Increased the size of the compass to make it more obvious. Made everything 'Slightly' easier... But only Slightly!
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• Patch Notes·12 Jun 2024Official

  Collision fixes and speed tweaks.

  FIXED: Issue where shooting not possible when rolling (collisions). FIXED: De-penetration from colliding object could cause issues in confined spaces (collisions). IMPROVED: Updated Unity Version (now 2021.3.39f1). IMPROVED: Removed a couple of redundant calculations in tight loops for a microscopic speed boost!
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• Patch Notes·28 May 2024Official

  IMPORTANT LEADERBOARD UPDATE

  Important Information: The Leaderboard display calls have been fixed (not so much a bug as a 'typo'). The original error resulted in the total time being incorrectly displayed both in-game and on Steam. This has now been fixed, but the leaderboards had to be wiped to remove the erroneous entries. Your individual level times and scores are unaffected - they are stored separately from the overall display. To add your times back to the global leaderboards you simply need to launch the game, and the overall values will be recalculated and updated for correct display. Speaking of display, times are now shown as 'hrs : mins : secs . millisecs', instead of just seconds, as was the case before. If your score does not automatically appear on the leaderboard (and you've finished the game, so it should be there), try toggling the 'Highest Scores' / 'Fastest Times' switch. This will force an update and everything should be good to go. Apologies for the inconvenience, but it was an important point. Additional Improvements: The camera tracking has been reworked, and smoothed considerably. Movement is now less jarring. The Lighting has undergone a bit of a 'tweak'. Not hugely noticeable, but still an improvement. A few general performance issues addressed. Removal of the Demo PLOT! has been out for a few weeks now, and the demo was intended purely as a pre-release feature. So I've taken the decision to remove the demo. Sorry to the people that this impacts. If you have any issues or questions regarding this update please let me know. Until the next one... Danny (allnodcoms)
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