Trepang

A university student project, Trepang is a surreal side-scrolling 2D maze shooter which precedes Trepang 2 in name only.

Initially based on the theme "alone", the game evokes surrealism and marine biology. The protagonist is a sea cucumber named Wopley trying to escape an endless cave filled with hostile starfish, squids, and jellyfish. Wopley combats enemies by projecting his own organs at them, meaning that his ammo is also his health; shoot too much and he dies.

Physics are comparable to Asteroids if it had no inertia, and the level design is comparable to a maze, where the player is placed at a start with their objective being to find the exit, except there are no significant maze walls to serve as obstacles.