Blackout

by kaa
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.85
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.10
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.30
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.63
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.90
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.88
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.23
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★71%
Try to escape from the underground

Controls: Arrows + Space for use ability (if you got one)

This is our second game.
Iakovleva Anna - Graphics
Iakovlev Dmitrii - Sound
Lanin Konstantin - Code
Scherbakov Alexander - Code

Comments22

Evergreen Games9 Dec 2014, 08:53
Great mood and audio. the beast with lots of teeth is terrifying. controlls rarely respond (or i don't understand them... could use an explanation)
OttersDen9 Dec 2014, 08:59
Legitimately terrifying for such a simple game; love the dynamic use of light and dark... There were a few bugs with the enemy on occasion where he wouldn't move, but the mood is definitely there.
Macecraft9 Dec 2014, 19:10
Honestly, you guys did an awesome job. Really really awesome. I thoroughly enjoyed the idea of these 2 powers, one lights up but only for a flash. And the move one, that could be good or bad depending on where you landed. The voice was epic. Loved it.
Maurogik
Maurogik9 Dec 2014, 19:39
My god... It's like zombie Pacman came right back from the dead to haunt my nightmares. Simple game but man, this mood setting is off the charts ! Congrats !
Antworks Studio9 Dec 2014, 19:44
"Please stay..." Really terrifying! I think if the enemies where a little slower, I could enjoy more the setting.
Neil
Neil9 Dec 2014, 19:47
Good job. Excellent atmosphere created with sound, graphics and lighting. Some bugs with enemy not moving and had an unsolvable map.
guldlock9 Dec 2014, 23:21
Interesting game! I like it!
ChronusZ
ChronusZ10 Dec 2014, 00:48
As others are saying, you're spot on with the aesthetics. The first several times I played, though, I just felt more frustrated than scared because I would run into a dead end before I could get a power-up, and the enemies would just be right on my tail and kill me without any suspense.
zeal
zeal10 Dec 2014, 15:24
Hard and scary. Superb atmosphere.
rayman1900
rayman190011 Dec 2014, 02:20
The mood is very well done, but the enemy placement was too random that it didn't let me time to get get a chance to find a way out.
MrMordem
MrMordem11 Dec 2014, 02:21
Nice with the effet of light !, And the idea, and the environment juste perfect !
Yaroslav Kravtsov
Yaroslav Kravtsov11 Dec 2014, 12:49
This game shows that procedural generation is absolutely require for horror game. Every try keeps tension like first time. because player can't learn every corner of the maze.
JoshuaBurr11 Dec 2014, 14:28
I loved the creepy whispering and the general mood of this game. I had a few issues with it though. On several occasions I spawned in a hopeless situation as I was in a dead end and a bad guy was blocking my escape. I also noticed a couple of bugs. At one point my light power up stopped lighting up the screen, I still saw the glow around me but none of the darkness was lit. Also in the same game several (maybe all) of the bad guys stopped moving while facing a wall.
Nuclear Napalm12 Dec 2014, 03:23
Creeeeeeeepy... great mood and audio!
arzi15 Dec 2014, 22:08
Incredible mood! The art and sound work very well together.

I think the AI bugged out on me when I used the special ability (a teleport, maybe) and the monsters got stuck to the walls. I searched the whole level, but couldn't find a way out.
kaaauthor16 Dec 2014, 04:08
Thank you all!!

@JoshuaBurr
Yes, there are some lags with AI and abilities. You found almost all. We'll fix them all soon

@Yaroslav Kravtsov
You are right! This wasn't our initial plan, but my friend insisted that it was necessary

@FloatingGhost
We didn't even expect our game turn out such scary!

@arzi
There is the way out, try to use abilities
AlSweigart
AlSweigart17 Dec 2014, 07:33
Great graphics and mood, though it seemed kind of random and out of the blue whether or not I did well in the game. Often I'd flee the enemies only to bump into a dead end. Good game though.
Crosstales24 Dec 2014, 12:21
Nice horror-maze game - it was really creepy :-) Great mood and audio!

Very well done and happy x-mas!
Canyon28 Dec 2014, 08:43
Great score for mood

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