Gimli vs. Grimly

About This Game:

A "20 Second Game Jam 2025" gamejam submission.  Share what you think! Rate this game or comment below.

Gimli has delved too greedily and too deep.  Help them escape the mine before Grimly can catch up: you have 20 seconds!

• Find and reach the exit.
• Navigate the mine by changing the positions of minecart switches.
  • Switches of the same color change positions together.
• Manage cart speed to give yourself more time to make decisions - or to get a speed boost.
• Collect gems to score points.
  • If you escape and score points, you can compete on the online leaderboard!

Things that weren't finished:

These features would be nice but are not present.

• Support for game controllers and touch support for mobile devices.
• Currently, it is possible to get 'stuck' in a switch: toggle it to get loose.

Controls:

• Mouse
  • Click on switches to toggle position.
• Keyboard
  • Up/Down, W/S,  or 1-7 keys:
    • Adjust minecart speed.
  • Space
    • Change position of nearest switch.

Game Art, Sound Effects, and other Neat Things:

Thanks to all of these great creators.

• Art Credits
  • aamatniekss (Gems)
  • Chequered Ink (Fonts)
  • crusenho (Gem pickup effect)
  • Franuka (Dwarf & Tileset)
  • RGS_Dev (Grim Reaper)
• Sound + Music Credits
  • Audios With Love (Coins & Chest Sounds)
  • Cyberleaf Studio (The 8-bit Jukebox)
  • Epic Stock Media (Advanced Game, Battle Royale Game, War UI)
  • Ovani Sound (Retro Gaming Sound FX Pack)
• Tools + Libraries
  • DragonRuby GTK (Game Engine)
  • dr-high_score and dr-input (OSS DragonRuby Libraries by Marc Heiligers)
  • GIMP