Ludum Dare #21compo

Southward Lies Escape

by paulsb

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.10

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.75

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.80

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.35

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.25

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.16

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.64

Community★★★★★★★★★★2.55

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★5%

You are trapped at the North end of a mysterious complex of connected rooms. Everywhere are mindless savages with a taste for violence and loot. You have only one last hope: Southward lies escape.

Coded with Flixel, arted with GIMP, sounded with bfxr + a mic, musicked with FL Studio and Kontakt.

Controls
Arrow keys: Movement
Space: Interact with doors and loot
Escape: Proceed from menu screens
M: Mute/Unmute

(There was an element of UK riot inspiration in the initial concept, but I lost my shot at high brow when I started barking like a dog into a microphone.)

Comments10

Rudy22 Aug 2011, 15:48

Gets a little repetitive; more variety and a minimap would have been awesome.

McTwist22 Aug 2011, 17:02

It is a clear goal and really easy if you are into games where you avoid obstacles.

PaulSBauthor22 Aug 2011, 17:46

Most people are telling me it's too hard so that's good to hear :)

Klare22 Aug 2011, 20:17

Very cool atmosphere. The music really added to the creepiness. The pitch black rooms were especially good :p

ZirconCode23 Aug 2011, 08:37

I enjoyed the audio and graphics style, gave a scary atmosphere. Thee rooms looked too similar for me to go and visit all of them.

johnfn24 Aug 2011, 07:01

This game has a great dark atmosphere, but is a little too repetitive. I didn't really feel like I was progressing until I suddenly won. It's still pretty nice, with great graphical style.

Fenmar24 Aug 2011, 13:40

The background music is awesome! I would like to have a minimap.

accidentalrebel24 Aug 2011, 15:11

Has a very nice and creepy atmosphere. Although when I played it I didn't know it I was progressing or not. Throughout my playthrough I was asking myself if I should just stop playing as there were no clear indication if I was doing good or not.

tgijsola25 Aug 2011, 02:40

Very cool graphics and sound. The whole experience was vaguely upsetting, which is to say I enjoyed it greatly :)

matthias_zarzecki29 Aug 2011, 15:38

I like the asthetics, they're quite unique.

Also interesting how the enemies ile onto you after some time :-)