Scaling the Pale

PLOT

After the events of Scaling the Scale, the Raging Fatso got so mad about the lack of beer at the top that he swung his axe at the scale, causing the Great Beer Flood of 2024. Ever since the Flood, the scale turned pale, more enemies have been lurking in the scale, and the Raging Fatso is on the run from the police. He gotta climb that scale to the top...maybe there's a way out? Better than a jail sentence, that's for sure! Also, he has only one life now. Because his crippling alcohol addiction finally caught up to him.

ENEMIES

There are five enemies:

• LIBRUV - He quit. He doesn't count as an enemy any longer.
• TIMBER THROWER - He stands in place and throws timber at you. Don't ask us where he got it.
• BOILER BOY - He stands in place until he spots you; after that, he chases you until he hits you or the wall,  jumping pretty high to avoid short ledges. He has a chronic buildup of scale (white deposit) that leaves him prone to exploding.
• THE BOTTOM OF THE LEVEL - It's a looooooooong way down!
• YOU - You're your own worst enemy, and you're undefeated!
• THE COPS - They actually don't show up in the game lol. I only put them in the plot as an excuse for the game's existence.

CONTROLS

Arrow keys to move

Z to jump

Press X to throw axe

Hold X to retrieve axe after throwing it

CHANGELO

v1.0.2

• Fixed a bug where you could throw the axe twice
• Fixed a bug where if you held crouch, died, and stopped holding crouch before respawning, you'd still have the crouch hitbox despite being standing
• Made it harder
• Fixed incorrect viewport resolution on itch.io

v1.0.1

• Made it harder
• Added some unique death images/gifs. Teehee!

v1.0.0

• Initial release; happy holidays!

CREDITS

Code, music, and art (except for random gifs from the Internet): DragonAero

SFX: freesound.org

• Cyber Punch 01 by JohnLoser -- https://freesound.org/s/573376/ -- License: Attribution 3.0
• VOC_Male_Jump_05.wav by pekena_larva -- https://freesound.org/s/667297/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
• Train Whistle by RetroGuy23 -- https://freesound.org/s/652401/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0
• Cork squeak and pop - 221098_AshtiHari_SD100_Term4.wav by 221098HariPotter -- https://freesound.org/s/655564/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
• The rest of the SFX are in the public domain.

Offscreen indicator: https://eastway-davedave.itch.io/position-indicator-for-godot-game-projects

For the speedrunners: I blocked off all the shortcuts >:)