Ludum Dare #21compo

.: The Escapist :.

by jorjon

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.91

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.83

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.86

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.00

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.60

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.17

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.07

Community★★★★★★★★★★3.43

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★7%

- Follow the instructions to free the Escapist from the water tank.
- Use the mouse to locate the hidden key in the water, and use it on the lock.

This is my first entry to LD! Thanks for playing!

To report any problems, please use the comments below.

Comments22

Tulrath22 Aug 2011, 02:49

Ran fine, but after I drowned it just beeped at me :) Still fun though.

kevglass22 Aug 2011, 11:49

Short but totally awesome. I escaped and felt like I'd achieved. Good job!

Chinchilla22 Aug 2011, 12:15

Hahaha... I enjoyed the crowds measured, rational reactions.

maxx22 Aug 2011, 13:57

I like it a lot! Add scores at the end!

Lattyware22 Aug 2011, 16:49

Good fun. Made harder by the fact my keyboard has no characters printed on it.

dramble22 Aug 2011, 17:23

Liked that the key was random each time.
Just rather plain and short I'm afraid.
Perhaps if there were several tricks that needed to be performed.

Klare22 Aug 2011, 18:14

Simple, but fun! The audio really added to the gameplay. Nice :)

kavs22 Aug 2011, 19:21

Nice and simple!

I found that if you spam the tap buttons too fast, it doesn't work that well. I wanted to spam click as fast as possible and that's what lost me the first time around, but I won on the second attempt. :)

foobaz22 Aug 2011, 21:46

The anti-mashing mechanics is interesting but there's still too much mashing (and not enough varied gameplay).

The crowd's reaction was funny.

hayfield23 Aug 2011, 14:36

The anti buttonspamming measures are interesting.
Once the key has been obtained, clicking on the lock doesn't seem to always work.

Shigor23 Aug 2011, 18:01

Too bad there's not more. It's too short even for LD entry.

elbowroom23 Aug 2011, 18:12

Pretty good, I enjoyed it. however the key didn't seem to work?

stigrv23 Aug 2011, 19:21

Tough crowd.
Talking about the ending :)

Terra24 Aug 2011, 00:06

I won on my first go, but had another to see what happens when you die...

I'm glad I did, heh. Also, I like drambles idea about tricks to preform.

maxx24 Aug 2011, 13:57

I loved the crowd response in the ending.

d_m25 Aug 2011, 16:40

Good job for a first LD game! I think your choice of shaky line art was smart, and the sounds were simple but helped increase the feeling of pressure. Some music would have been nice, and I finished it quickly, but it was definitely enjoyable.