Let's Kick Some Ice

Fight your way through a short, frigid blizzard of a level, using the weapons you come across.

This is the first Prodeus map I've ever made. I had to learn the Prodeus editor (which I had been putting off) in order to make this. Level is not as detailed as I usually like to be, but I think I settled on a nice visual theme. 

Gameplay is simple---you fight your way through a frozen level, spending most of your time descending deeper and deeper into an icy cavern. I chose the 'backwards' theme for this, and incorporated it by simply having the player pick up the weapons in the reverse order he generally would in the game. I also tweaked ammo pickups to try and force the player to use the lower tier weapons as he encounters them, even as the enemies get tougher. This obviously required some tricky tweaking and balancing to make the level fair and challenging without being impossible. I think I generally achieved a good balance.  

Instructions:

You must have the game Prodeus installed to play this map. You can download Prodeus on Steam.

On the main menu of the game, click 'Community Workshop'. You can find the map in one of 2 ways: by clicking the 'search' option and typing in the map title, or by clicking 'P-Link' and copy-pasting the map ID below.

Map title: Let's Kick Some Ice

Map ID: 5-i1uoT1eHz

NOTE: this is only the project page for the LD10 Jam submission. This page does not contain the map file; the actual map file must be downloaded from the Prodeus workshop page, (which is accessed from the Prodeus game menu) and played from there.