SLIMEBALL

SLIMEBALL is being made into a full game! Support it on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/Kabloop

Oily slimes are on the loose! Kat, a warrior cat wielding a giant sword, has been tasked with clearing them out and helping the Skremplets. But who is behind these freaky slimes? Play now, and find out!!

Made for the Robot Party Game Jam 2025!

Note: Those on very slow connections (less than 1mb download) are recommended to give the game some extra time to load so the music can load as well.

Controls 

(Keyboard/gamepad)
Arrow Keys/D-Pad - Move
Up Arrow/Up D-Pad - Talk/Continue conversation
X/(A) - Jump
Z/(X) - Hold to charge, release to attack.
F9 - Restart level from checkpoint

If using a keyboard, please play in full screen!

Credits

Programming, Art, Design and Writing by me, Kabloop!

Additional Assets (via asset packs)
KennyNL (Art)
@nyk_nck (Art Effects)
Original music by Marllon Silva (xDeviruchi)
"Sound Effects by Coffee 'Valen' Bat

Community Skremplets Featured (from Discord)

Caulifordo - By Crowno
Gormo - By BIG_FROG
Agni - By Rayluaza

Additional Links:
If you liked this game, then please check out my game, DIGGERGUN, on Steam. It's a life-sim about the cost-of-living and minimum wage workers.

Gamedev Facts

• Game Engine: Construct 3
• Dev Time: Around 8-10 days
• Resolution: 128x128 (1:1)
• Sprite Size: 8x8 tiles for the environment, and 12x12 for characters. Kat's sprite size is 16x16 to accommodate her sword (charging and attack animations).
• Colour Palette: 16 colour PICO-8 (https://lospec.com/palette-list/pico-8). I actually really like it! I will probably use it again for my next project.
• Cut Content: Nothing substantial. I wanted to add some "challenge" rooms, but ran out of time. I also wanted to add a Skremplets town... but it was cut pretty early on as it didn't seem necessary.
• Hardest part of development: There were numerous bugs around the charge and attack gameplay. Fixing them required some code rewrites towards the end of the project, which is always a pain.  I always find it challenging when starting a game to find the "viewpoint"... I would define that as the visual aesthetics and how the player sees/interacts with the game (resolution, sprite size etc). This is where most of my projects get stuck, as the game doesn't "feel" right. For this game I decided to use PICO-8 style sprites, expanding the size constraints where needed. Everything just flowed together well from there (for once).
• Funnest part of development: Getting the combat to work and it clicking instantly. It felt amazing. I got that mechanic in day one and from there everything just flowed. I also loved seeing the community Skemplets!
• Fun Fact: Nate the Dog is based on my best friend, Nathan. People frequently compare him to a dog (in a positive way!!!), so I took the opportunity.
• Other Thoughts: I wanted to make something cool, which I felt would appeal to Kyle and chat. I tried not to worry too much about how everything fit together... I just tried to make something which I felt suited the overall theme and community of the jam.

Make sure you check out the other games in the game jam!

If you want to buy me a coffee: Ko-Fi link!