Robot Pit Escape

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.14
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.10
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.36
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.04
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.47
Community★★★★★★★★★★1.55
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★8%
My first Ludum Dare entry! Only just made it in. It's a puzzle platformer about pushing blocks to climbs upwards and escape from a pit.

It has 15 levels, with a big new game mechanic introduced on level 11. The controls are;

Use the left and right arrow keys to move left and right. Press up to jump. If you have a gun press the space bar to use it. Press R to restart a level. Press H if you need help and help text will be added to the end of any text that is on screen. You can go forward or back a level using the < and > keys. If the game doesn't respond to key presses click on it to gain focus.

The game seems to grow rather hard early on so if you have to use the help option or even skip a level don't feel too bad. Make sure to get through all the levels one way or another so you can see the ending screen though.

Created in FlashDevelop with AS3. Bfxr was used for sounds.

Comments14

JohanAR22 Aug 2011, 19:52
That's some pretty cool game play, and the puzzles get very challenging after a while.
Devenger
Devenger22 Aug 2011, 19:54
Shockingly innovative, mind-bogglingly challenging. You're onto something with this game idea, find a way to bring it to more people!
TaslemGuy
TaslemGuy23 Aug 2011, 02:24
Thought the game way pretty neat.
mes
mes23 Aug 2011, 08:03
some interesting puzzles, some felt a bit tedious. that ending screen surpassed my wildest expectations.
tequibo
tequibo23 Aug 2011, 13:23
Very nice puzzle game, good job!
kato9
kato923 Aug 2011, 19:37
Cool concept and very solid execution. nice job!
lilserf
lilserf25 Aug 2011, 01:46
Fantastic gameplay mechanics, I love it. With some fancier graphics and controls, this would be very releaseable. My favorite game so far!
foobaz26 Aug 2011, 02:39
Nice puzzle game. Very fun and interesting level design. The font was a bit small though.

I found a bug (although not game breaking). You can push a block and shoot a laser at the same time (putting the block in an intermediate location).
wbobeirne
wbobeirne26 Aug 2011, 14:04
Wow, I wasn't interested from the screenshots, but this is a seriously awesome game you have here, hilarious text too. Polish this sucker up with some better graphics, sound, and music, and you've got a serious game. Some amazing level design in here, if only a little too tough for a few. Definitely used the H key a few times.

Fantastic submission, congratulations.
bach
bach27 Aug 2011, 06:35
Neat game play. Makes me think - I like it :)
siebharinn
siebharinn28 Aug 2011, 01:22
The addictive qualities of tetris plus the addictive qualities of a platformer. Nicely done!
matthias_zarzecki30 Aug 2011, 16:36
Neat mechanic. I also like hoe the levels ramp up in difficulty.

There seeem to be, however, a lot of ways to get stuck.
uuav
uuav3 Sep 2011, 09:34
nice one! (kinda similar to my game :) but harder puzzle and physics ! really good levels !
recursor
recursor3 Sep 2011, 16:15
Very unique and very fun game mechanic!

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