#surmount

[indiana-jonas]

Big Announcement: Surmount, the game I've been working on for the past 3 years with my friend Jasper, finally has a release date!

It's coming to Nintendo Switch and PC on May 9th, 2024!

You can wishlist the game on Steam to be reminded about the release! Or try the demo, while it's still up. ;- )

[toyota-supra]

So about the Next Fest

I played a little bit of Surmount, as it’s a game I’ve been excited about ever since I found out it existed. I love climbing games, and this one in specific has a similar shoulder buttons = grips mechanic to what’s seen in Donkey Kong King of Swing and Jungle Climber.

they’re still very different games though, this didn’t feel like a copy of anything. it’s genuinely just a nice climbing game that happens to take those into consideration (I assume!)

I like it! though in my 30 minutes of game I have to confess it is a little difficult. your character doesn’t spin automatically, you have to do it yourself, which means you have to spin the analog stick and time your jumps... it’s probably something you get used to. also interesting how apparently the levels are randomly generated...

Steam page says it’s releasing this year.

[5water-kohaku]

[indiana-jonas]

A bit of Surmount concept art, I was very Master Roshi -inspired on this one.

[indiana-jonas]

Here are some of the earliest tests for the player/characters in my mountain climbing game, Surmount. And my first, very simple take on mountain generation. It has come a long way since then!

[indiana-jonas]

I'm currently making a climbing game called Surmount with my friend Jasper.

Here's a quick doodle in my sketchbook compared to what it looks like once I've put it into the game!

[indiana-jonas]

This is the very first sketch/concept art I did before we started making Surmount.

This is what it looks like now!

[indiana-jonas]

Bunch of early character concepts for Surmount. They actually ended up looking very close to this, happy about that.