Ludum Dare #29compo

Deep Maze

by hexabeast

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.87

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.08

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.54

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.35

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.39

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.28

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.49

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★96%

In Deep Maze you'll need to have a good memory.

Follow the paths with good Color and you live.
Follow the paths with bad Color and you die.

Because if you choose the wrong way...

Commands:
D/A or D/Q = right/left
W or Space = jump

WARNING: The web version worked only on FireFox for me, IE and Chrome showed an error, and I had not enough time to fix it :(
I recommand you to use the Java version if you have java installed on your system.

This game was made with Java/Eclipse/LibGDX/Photoshop/Tiled

Comments44

smartties27 Apr 2014, 21:13

It's the first time i heard about Ludum dare, and i was really impress with this game.
A retro game with innovative gameplay. Moreover it is soft.
You have to play this game !

Pete_H28 Apr 2014, 02:28

error parsing file: map2.tx :(

Pete_H28 Apr 2014, 02:28

on the web version.

hexabeastauthor28 Apr 2014, 05:49

I know :(

That's why I recommand using a recent version of Firefox or the Java version

SyBen28 Apr 2014, 15:45

Not my kind of game, but liked the idea of a "non random" maze

sknoslo28 Apr 2014, 15:48

My memory is so bad! Nice game.

Agreon28 Apr 2014, 15:49

This Game has some very innovative ideas!

Maek28 Apr 2014, 15:49

Great game but it' really hard.

NikinCZ28 Apr 2014, 15:52

Blackness with lot of colorfull rectangles.

CheeseyBob28 Apr 2014, 16:00

Definitely the best game I've played so far! A cool concept well executed. Loved the gaphics style and animations.

Belingo28 Apr 2014, 16:35

Nice game idea, my memory is very bad ;)

cageinabird28 Apr 2014, 16:42

It's an interesting idea, but I'm not a fan of trial and error gameplay too much.

ccglp28 Apr 2014, 16:44

Concept so clever, I thought we all have bad memory xD

hexabeastauthor28 Apr 2014, 17:24

"trial and error gameplay too much."
If you remember the colors, you can finish the game without any error, but it's not easy ;)

Zerod28 Apr 2014, 17:42

Nice i Love LibGDX too :)

hexabeastauthor28 Apr 2014, 17:55

@Zerod: I installed LibGDX last tuesday, and began to learn it friday for this ludum dare :)
After making this little game, I can say I like it too! Simple, multiplatform and powerful.

João Kucera28 Apr 2014, 20:30

That's a innovation!

Crazi45628 Apr 2014, 21:39

Fun game, shows how bad my memory is!

minibutmany28 Apr 2014, 21:44

Mad hard! I like the idea of merging a memory game with a platformer.

Seraphina28 Apr 2014, 21:55

I'm going to blame my numerous deaths on still being tired from this weekend. Neat little game.

hexabeastauthor28 Apr 2014, 22:17

Thanks !

DevWouter28 Apr 2014, 22:47

The game flashes continues on my screen (IE11) for some reason.

dosER_4228 Apr 2014, 22:48

The game crashed on start.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: ThePond.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 535eb84c
Fault Module Name: ig4icd32.dll
Fault Module Version: 8.14.10.2230
Fault Module Timestamp: 4cc50139
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 002092cd
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

dosER_4228 Apr 2014, 22:50

sorry, missed comment (previous one)

hexabeastauthor28 Apr 2014, 22:51

The web version doesn't work well, as I said. I recommand the jar or Android version (or Web with Firefox)

hexabeastauthor28 Apr 2014, 22:52

I forgive you dosER ;)

terraco28 Apr 2014, 23:18

You're right, doesn't work on many browsers :(

torcado19428 Apr 2014, 23:45

interesting concept! though some of the patterns weren't in the origional reference, and someone could easily take a screenshot.

Zephyr29 Apr 2014, 00:12

Not a big fan of memory games, but this was well done.

mandrake29 Apr 2014, 00:15

This ran nicely on my android tablet when I figured out where to tap in order to move and jump.

otato29 Apr 2014, 00:16

Graphics style was simple but well done. Some sounds/music would've been nice, but otherwise well done!

Rick Hoppmann29 Apr 2014, 00:18

Kinda hate the trial-and-error principle.
Things would've been way less frustrating if there would've been checkpoints.

Jerick29 Apr 2014, 01:11

I am super bad at memorizing things like this, so this game is super hard for me!

KevinWorkman29 Apr 2014, 03:52

Interesting idea. Although as others have said, the trial and error does become tedious. Maybe if it was faster paced that wouldn't be as frustrating.

hexabeastauthor29 Apr 2014, 06:20

It's notre really trial and error: all the good paths are given to you at the beginning of the game. If you remember them you can finish the game at the first try...

Logun29 Apr 2014, 06:47

I like how he jumps :D
A bit punitive, it is hard to retry everytime from spawn !

mollymus29 Apr 2014, 11:59

Aww, I love playing games by other libgdx users - unfortunately I get an error 'Error parsing file: map2.tmx' when trying to run it in Chrome:( Ill come back and see if its been fixed later! Good luck!=)

hexabeastauthor29 Apr 2014, 14:03

mollymus, please try the jar version or the web version on Firefox, it doesn't work of chrome because big tmx maps (here ≈250*350) don't work well with web version on LibGDX games.

howieV (binarygirl)29 Apr 2014, 15:44

nice concept.. thanks for reminding me how rubbish my memory is haha :)

Lars Faust29 Apr 2014, 16:45

Pretty good, i concentrated on just memorizing the good colors without symbols and then choose either them (if available) or other colors WITH symbols. Worked pretty well.

NoorStudios30 Apr 2014, 12:48

That pixel stickman has such a cute way of jumping! Very entertaining, and smart idea. Great for mobile.

Lucariatias1 May 2014, 20:23

A novel idea. I loved the graphical style and the platforming/puzzling balance was handled almost perfectly.
Perhaps use less patterns, they were difficult to remember and I ended up screenshotting them at the beginning.
The collisions seemed slightly off, I could jump through the ceiling.
Very impressed with what you did, although more content would have been nice.

hexabeastauthor1 May 2014, 20:48

Thanks Lucariatias!

tomvert2 May 2014, 21:05

Interesting memory mechanics, there's a lot to remember right at the start, maybe you could have start with just a few symbols ? Anyway good job :)

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