Ludum Dare #21compo

Effugere -- an escape game

by signoise

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.39

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.72

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.89

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★1.67

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.61

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.00

Community★★★★★★★★★★1.29

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★2%

This was my first LD so I'm happy to even finish! Made with pygame. Escape from abstract levels as a green blob. . .

You have a special ability you can use once per level to temporarily overpower the enemies.

Linux and OSX version are same as source. If you have pygame, they should run for you.

Comments13

puffi22 Aug 2011, 16:48

Hey, the game idea/concept was pretty cool, but quick tip when distributing python (source) for Linux adding shebang line to the top of the main file would be nice.

dev_zeroauthor22 Aug 2011, 19:23

Thanks for checking it out, puffi. And, yeah, that's a really good point that I would have realized if I'd done a proper linux build. I'll make an update later today for any other Linux/OSX users.

ToxicLogic23 Aug 2011, 06:25

Cool idea - more levels would have been nice. :)

dev_zeroauthor23 Aug 2011, 17:17

Thanks, and you're totally right. I was shooting for 5 levels, but had to cut it to three. I was actually having trouble coming up with interesting levels-I'm very much a novice designer. Maybe some more game elements would have made more variety easier to create.

Cambrian_Man23 Aug 2011, 18:04

Congrats on finishing! Obviously, more levels would've been nice. I appreciated the voice instructions, since it wasn't immediately obvious what I had to do.

Tommislav23 Aug 2011, 20:35

Ah, I'm a fan of Metal Gear Solid so I really liked the idea. I was also positively surprised by the voice instructions, however it wasn't really challenging enough :)

johnfn24 Aug 2011, 07:13

Voice instructions! That was a neat surprise. I would like more levels though - and maybe sharpen up the graphics a little :)

N0_Named_Guy26 Aug 2011, 02:02

This seemed like a really teared down version of Metal Gear Solid. The 3rd level was really similar to a VR mission of aforementioned game... More levels would benefit the game. And I laughed at the end with "That isn't so hard"... Please improve this game! More levels would be enough for me :P

tcstyle26 Aug 2011, 11:21

Nice game. I like the basic game idea. +1 for spoken manual. Too short.

Dark Acre Jack28 Aug 2011, 19:52

Interesting, like a stripped-down Metal Gear Solid. Good work.

Six30 Aug 2011, 09:47

Nice stripped down stealth style game. Amazing how with such simple graphics, it can still give the feeling of something much more complex.

8bitmuse4 Sep 2011, 08:45

Hey, for a first LD not bad! Beyond needing more levels and variety of gameplay the distractor mechanic needs some fine-tuning seeing as I was able to finish all three levels without using one. I found the commentary a clever touch, good job!

summaky10 Sep 2011, 23:16

It was very sort indeed. Too short. Please, make more levels :-)