Door Loop

Door Loop is a short 2D platformer created for the GMTK Game Jam 2025.
It was my first time using the Godot engine, and also my first game jam ever.


The Concept

The jam theme was “Loop” – so I built a simple but tricky idea:

  • Choose the correct door → move forward to the next level.

  • Choose the wrong door → get sent back into the loop.
    Again. And again. Until you find the way out.

👉 Hint: don’t trust the labels on the doors too much. Good luck 😉


Features

  • Minimalist 2D platformer gameplay

  • Short, quick playthrough – perfect for a jam game

  • A looping mechanic that tests your observation, memory, and patience


Future Plans

Although the jam is over, I don’t plan to stop here.
I’d like to develop Door Loop further and at the same time grow my skills in Godot – this time at a more relaxed pace than the 96-hour jam rush.

Expect improvements such as:

  • more animations and visual polish

  • the possibility to play directly on the itch.io website ✅

  • additional levels and “bonus rooms”

  • small quality-of-life tweaks (zoom etc.) ✅

If you have any ideas for improvements, feel free to write them in the comments 😊


Credits

  • Music: RoyaltyFreePlanet (YouTube)

  • Sound effects:

    • "Door" – DRAGON-STUDIO (Pixabay)

    • "Jump" – freesound_community (Pixabay)

  • Assets:

  • Game design, scripting, level design: gumovakachnicka ❤️


 Thanks for playing my first game! Any feedback is very welcome 😊

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Development log

Comments

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Akagitsune170 days ago

In the end i gave up on join this gamejam but i really wanted to try this and its nice... I mean its fun to some extent and its not too long to get annoying. It sure had some space to be improved and i really look toward some next version (if there will be any). Good job on first game jam anyway i just wasnt brave enough to do same so you had my admiration

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gumovakachnicka170 days ago

Thank you so much for your kind words 😊 I definitely plan to keep working on the game, there are a lot of ideas in my head, so hopefully the game will be a bit more fun. If you ever participate in a game jam, I'll definitely keep my fingers crossed and wish you good luck, it's challenging but worth it.

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Gorji172 days ago(+1)

I played your game and as a first Game Jam project, finishing it solo and delivering it on time is already a big achievement. Well done!

Here are a few things I noticed while playing (feel free to take them as feedback too):

  • I liked the core idea, and it fits the Game Jam theme really well, that's a strong point.

  • After two or three levels, the gameplay started to feel a bit repetitive. I think it could become more engaging if the player could enter the fake doors, or if the levels had more depth. For example, entering a “secret” door or adding more layers to each level would make the experience richer.

That said, as I mentioned at the beginning, great job overall. For your next game, don’t forget to playtest often, and always ask yourself:
- Is this level fun?
- Does it introduce a new challenge?

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gumovakachnicka170 days ago

Thank you so much for your feedback. I have a few ideas in my head on how I would like to improve the game, so I will add some modifications when the voting ends. The first modification will be to play the game directly from the itch io site and not have to download anything, next I'll be able to zoom the game to fullscreen and I'd like to add door animations (hopefully that won't be a problem) 😁 Then I have ideas in my head for adding bonus rooms for the "fake" doors. So hopefully I can make the game more fun.

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