Escape the TV!

by dexyne

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.82

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.75

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.04

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.11

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.32

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.42

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.00

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.33

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★40%

Hello everyone from two guys who really like video games.

It's our first participation to a Jam and our first collaboration on a project, that was a great experience and we hope you will like our game.

What's the game? A guy has been ate by his TV and he try to escape, you can help him by zapping between 3 TV channels, changing barriers position.

Commands:
Move with WASD or arrow keys, zap with alpha keys (1, 2 and 3).

Good luck and have fun!

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UPDATE 2014-12-17
You can now play and download the game from itch.io :)

Genres: puzzle

Comments23

Bevilacqua9 Dec 2014, 01:34

I enjoyed it. I am horrible but I enjoyed it. :)

DefectiveMelon10 Dec 2014, 03:56

I like this idea, it's cool and you could expand on it if you so choose.

rjhelms10 Dec 2014, 20:15

Interesting idea! Some janky behaviours when I switched to a channel that had an obstacle on the tile I was standing on, but it didn't seem to affect my progress through the puzzle at all.

Nice interpretation of the theme, and a lot of potential for a bigger puzzle game if you wanted to keep going on it.

Dexyneauthor11 Dec 2014, 12:39

Bevilacqua, DefectiveMelon, rjhelms - Thanks for playing, rated and commented our little game. :)

rjhelms - This behaviour is known and not the time to "fix" it or find a solution about it.
The only real problem with that is some bugs like going through the walls, otherwise you can switch to another channel and your position will be the same.

fil00dl11 Dec 2014, 14:00

very interesting game concept, great execution on the theme

Nelly12 Dec 2014, 07:47

Dexyne, nice game) Answer for your question for unity 4.6 beta and GUI (http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=19528) - yes, there is message about "beta versison". Is it main reason of this error? Sorry for my bad english.

Dexyneauthor12 Dec 2014, 20:33

fil00dl, Nelly - Thanks. :)

Nelly - Yes I ran into this too and not see correctly the buttons (with a message about the beta version).
To export to the web you need the release version (just download the last version, it's actually out).
Thanks to my friend - and coworker - saying that he has no problems with it, because the notification update for new versions on unity is a bit broken.

jpcote13 Dec 2014, 02:48

Nice concept! Way too short but it was interesting

Dexyneauthor14 Dec 2014, 11:21

jpcote - Thanks!

RockhopperGames14 Dec 2014, 12:34

Yay, another TV game! Switching worlds is fun, and the music is nice too, this could be pretty good with some more content!

Namide14 Dec 2014, 12:37

Good concept!

billrizer14 Dec 2014, 13:23

Fun concept - not sure it was even possible to find the escape though :P

AlbertoSM14 Dec 2014, 17:58

Good idea! I had a bit of fun playing it, but the music sounds a bit boring...

Dexyneauthor15 Dec 2014, 12:06

RockhopperGames, Namide, billrizer, AlbertoSM — Thanks for playing and commenting. :)

billrizer — The escape is not hard to find. :p

AlbertoSM — The music was made in the last hours with only the idea of something giving a bit of pressure. I agree it's not the best.

Random Seed Games18 Dec 2014, 01:14

Short and sweet, but pretty fun mechanic. Nice job!

Dexyneauthor18 Dec 2014, 01:19

Random Seed Games – Thanks!

spacedoubt18 Dec 2014, 01:41

The only game shorter than mine! :) Clever idea. Could be really interesting if expanded upon.

Dexyneauthor18 Dec 2014, 23:53

spacedoubt — Thanks! I will take a look at your - short - game!
And we think about expanding the game.

getwonked20 Dec 2014, 03:43

Cool Concept Would have been nice to make it a little longer and 1 major bug if you press 123 simultaniously you go through the walls but good job

Dexyneauthor20 Dec 2014, 17:06

getwonked — Thanks for playing! And yeah you can pass through walls by forcing in it while changing channels.
I will look to fix that.

Ossi29 Dec 2014, 17:33

I managed to make it to the exit! I wish there were more levels, I like this concept a lot. Very clever use of the theme even if it was a bit easy and simple. Well done!

DiegoHenriquez29 Dec 2014, 23:48

this is a pretty interesting game I really liked it :D. The game was short though :D looking forward for more levels :D

Dexyneauthor30 Dec 2014, 14:21

Ossi, DiegoHenriquez — Thanks! We wanted to add more levels but not the time on this first collab and ludum dare game.

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