Ludum Dare #21compo

EscapeOut

by davidsgallant

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.76

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.53

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.62

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★1.97

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.06

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Community★★★★★★★★★★1.67

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★1%

Made in FlashDevelop with Flixel. It's your average Breakout clone. Or is it?

This is not only my first ever Ludum Dare entry, but also my first game coded from scratch. I've previously used Stencyl to develop game prototypes. EscapeOut itself is more prototype than game: given time, I could improve it by adding sounds, a timer, powerups, and better visual cues. Still, I'm very proud of what I've produced. I hope you enjoy.

Comments22

Rudy22 Aug 2011, 15:42

Brilliant idea! Gives the "uuuh" moment at the end. :)

Marach22 Aug 2011, 17:34

Haha, this game is awesome. Great idea.

:D

Marach22 Aug 2011, 18:03

Please write at least one blog post or you can't receive Trophies! :(

splixel22 Aug 2011, 23:30

Totally loving it :D

Klare23 Aug 2011, 00:37

Very cute :)

xRedx2223 Aug 2011, 14:57

Ha, very clever! I like how it's just a little twist on an old game, very nice!

onefineline24 Aug 2011, 02:52

Hahaha, I thought the game was broken for a sec.

mattperrin24 Aug 2011, 03:58

Nice little "gotcha" there. At first I thought it was a bug. :)

ratking24 Aug 2011, 13:31

Thanks for this game experience. :-)

Andrew24 Aug 2011, 13:34

I press 'w' and a message shows up: you escaped! is it supposed to do that?

jonnopon300024 Aug 2011, 14:13

Haha, this made me happy :D
I noticed at the beginning when I thought I'd lost that there is no way to lose...and it clicked in my head when the top layer turned out to be blocks. Very clever.

Shigor26 Aug 2011, 02:37

Ok, I almost why the hell you just made another generic breakout / arkanoid clone?... then I missed the ball... Good idea, points for innovation :)

KevinWorkman26 Aug 2011, 21:26

This is the first game that actually made me smile. The "surprise" still feels weird to watch, it's breaking all the rules!

mikolalysenko26 Aug 2011, 22:38

Hah! I like it, very clever!

bach28 Aug 2011, 05:34

Ha, took me a while :) Love the idea though..

MacTuitui3 Sep 2011, 12:53

At first I was like, WTF? then I was like "Ooooohhh". Nice one!

wonderwhy-er4 Sep 2011, 16:31

Haha, funny idea, initially it is "huh, escape?" thoughts :D

Marach6 Sep 2011, 21:50

Still waiting for a blog post...

marudziik9 Sep 2011, 09:02

Very clever, but it did take me a while to get what I'm supposed to do. :)

angrygeometry11 Sep 2011, 08:47

made me smile. great idea, took a tiny bit of working out (i was playing it like breakout) but an overall satisfying game.

David S. Gallantauthor13 Sep 2011, 13:22

Hitting W to win? Whoops! Left a debug function in the game :S

Marach - sorry about that, I'm a bad blogger and an even worse comment-checker. I'm not sure if it's too late to blog, but I will try.

David S. Gallantauthor13 Sep 2011, 18:04

Marach - blogged.

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