I have to say I found this game very interesting, but I was a little unsure about the end, you should have spoiler for the mystery somewhere :P It make me think of "And Then There Were None" Oh and I think that the secluded mansion on the small island in the depths of space fit the theme really well!
I like the mechanics and i think you've done a good job, not sure if there was a way to recheck the controls once you have started, but i kept forgetting them and having to restart :(
Nice little roguelike. I had no idea what to do. So I slaughtered everybody, got down the stairs and the red C told me I solved some kind of mystery ;) Was fun, thought.
Was kinda lost and took a while to figure out what I was doing. I didnt memorize all the controls and had to restart to get another look... but still couldn't find the fire button on my macbook :'(
I have no idea what the end meant. gameplaywise... a bit boring, I almost rage quitted while trying to find how to quit the dialogue. (not being able to check controls again without quitting and running again is really unfriendly).
If I get it right, I have to unblock the stairs and kill a spy. Not much of a puzzle, if there's some stronger meaning, I'm not seeing it.
Interesting, unique idea; I haven't seen anything similar in LD yet. I like roguelike styles in general, and I'm sure it would've been fun to write :) My suggestions would be to make it a bit clearer at the start what players are trying to do; add some more descriptions of what the keys do (including what the options are - e.g. where 'look' will do something different); plus maybe a bit more variety in the talking and such. Still good work to fit the whole thing into 48 hours, though.
Nostalgic at one level, but the actual layout had a horridly school cafeteria -like layout to me, which wasn't such a nice thing.
A key to bring up the help would have been useful.
(Bugs: * you can out into the garden from the right-side of the very first room, and then you can go off the side of the map and crash it * I seem to have killed quite a few people called Rex - are the names deliberately reused? * it seems that if you repeat an action already on-screen its not shown again; this is a pain with things that ought to be shown again, e.g. that a *different* door opens or whatever )
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@Mach60KAS I appreciate the feedback ^__^ I did have a more elaborate ending planned, but time conspired against me :(
Oh and I think that the secluded mansion on the small island in the depths of space fit the theme really well!
I had no idea what to do. So I slaughtered everybody, got down the stairs and the red C told me I solved some kind of mystery ;)
Was fun, thought.
If I get it right, I have to unblock the stairs and kill a spy. Not much of a puzzle, if there's some stronger meaning, I'm not seeing it.
A key to bring up the help would have been useful.
(Bugs:
* you can out into the garden from the right-side of the very first room, and then you can go off the side of the map and crash it
* I seem to have killed quite a few people called Rex - are the names deliberately reused?
* it seems that if you repeat an action already on-screen its not shown again; this is a pain with things that ought to be shown again, e.g. that a *different* door opens or whatever
)