[mildtrepidation]

That's pretty cool! I'm not seeing any mention of Lode Runner on the main site or the original game page, though... it's a pretty obvious clone (that's not a complaint or jab, and it looks like you've made some cool additions), so it seems like a tip of the hat would be in order. Perhaps I missed it?

[techtalsky]

Yeah, loderunner is one of its far inspirations, but honestly you have no idea the depth of play of Spelunky. Game designer Derek Yu made an all-time-classic only a few years ago in Gamemaker. It's a platformer-roguelike with permadeath, level generation, and a profoundly tuned sense of difficulty that rewards repeat play. There's also lots of surprises and secrets for a determined player.

[Ogre]

It's really not much like Lode Runner at all. Lode Runner itself was a "clone" of Space Panic much more so than this is a "clone" of Lode Runner. In both cases, there is clear inspiration drawn from the earlier game, but they are very much original works.

I wrote a shareware Lode Runner clone on the Amiga 20+ years ago. Mine was definitely a clone, no bones about it. Spelunky is barely related.

[coderzach]

No it's totally different, try actually playing the game.