One Does Not Simply Walk Into More Doors

by wertle
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.81
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.13
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.93
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.75
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★73%
Tiny ghost loves candy. Get the most candy. Arrow keys to move.

Lisa Brown - design and art
Joonas Turner - sound
Adriel Wallick - design and programming

Other stuff (links on the game page)
Floor tiles from plaintextures
Wall tiles from TRaK
Some sounds made by Lisa with bfxr

Music Credits
"Kazoo and Uke Frolic and Feud" by Kara Square
www.thinkrootrecords.com
Licensed Under CC BY-NC 4.0

Comments49

Germanunkol8 Dec 2014, 20:18
I didn`t get more than a few candies! Could you please add WASD as control because my keyboard doesn`t work. But I really like the game!! Great Idea, Great music, great graphics. Everything fits very well. It`s really fun to play!
regisRquoi
regisRquoi8 Dec 2014, 20:26
Fun! My best score was 31! Might play it again after I rated some other games :)

Having to go through the door at least once to get the game started is good, it makes the player understand how the doors work, but it's a bit annoying that you have to do it again everytime after you died.

It wasnt so much intuitive what the guys with the lamp will do if I touched them also, and didn't want to try because it's long to re-do a party (because of what I just said), but anyway I had to touch them at some point^^

Ps: Face's experessions are wertle so much ._. Makes the game even funnier! I specially like the "worried ghost" when you're close to be eaten, he looks so much affraid of dying D:

Ps bis: Kazooooo musiiic :D
MatthewHolland8 Dec 2014, 20:47
It's good. I love the art and music, the doors concept is nice, and the controls are really pleasing.
T1MGames8 Dec 2014, 20:53
I Love the concept of this game! The difficulty escalates quite quickly, but that aside Great job!
qleonetti8 Dec 2014, 21:29
Solid gameplay and fun music :)
AdventureIslands
AdventureIslands8 Dec 2014, 21:48
Great game! Very polished entry with no big issues. The little ghost is too cute. The music and sounds are great and very fitting.
Cat8 Dec 2014, 21:51
It's bit difficult! Cute concept though. :)
hypnoticbytes8 Dec 2014, 22:37
Fun to play, love the music. But the game is difficult... :)
folmerkelly8 Dec 2014, 23:32
I was digging this, it's cute as a button and a clever concept. Props
lukz9 Dec 2014, 00:19
Nice game! I love the music!
barryrowe
barryrowe9 Dec 2014, 04:01
Awesome job. The animations and audio are spot-on! The game feels hectic but not anxiety inducing. The controls are really satisfying, and I feel bad for the little ghost because I suck at not getting chomped.
abdurrahmankh
abdurrahmankh9 Dec 2014, 04:07
I love how the ghost be afraid when he is about to die :P good fun good art good audio, I love it :)
SilentNight9 Dec 2014, 04:41
This little game isreally cute. Its really fun to play ad I like how the stage changed every candy. Very well done graphically and musically!
deadpixelsociety
deadpixelsociety9 Dec 2014, 05:07
It's fun! And that background music makes me just want to dance back and forth with the ghost for a while, lol. High score of 9. I think the floaty (lol, ghost jokes) controls makes it harder as it goes on a bit, but that's not necessarily bad.
dlmrky9 Dec 2014, 10:49
This was fun. Reminded me of some of the Dizzy spin-offs on the ZX Spectrum (Fast Food. Go! Dizzy Go!). Great visuals, sound and controls, what's not to like? :)
Daveloper
Daveloper9 Dec 2014, 11:41
Great submission, really enjoyed the anxious ghost state when the monster is close!

The doors introduce a nice hectic feeling but never feels to hard to beat.
Team BluCookie
Team BluCookie9 Dec 2014, 12:47
Fun, entertaining and cute. Gets hard quite quickly though.
Pete_H9 Dec 2014, 12:51
Loved the audio! Nice strategic element when you start getting multiple doors. My best run was 6 candies. Very fun :)
JJEvil
JJEvil9 Dec 2014, 15:11
Great entry. It's fun. Good work!
JavadocMD9 Dec 2014, 21:44
Adorable! You played the theme "straight", but it so solidly influences the gameplay that I had to give that a bonus star. The limited space is used to its full, tension-creating potential!

My only note is that, on my first replay, I sat around longer than I'm willing to admit waiting for Chompy to appear before I realized I needed to go through a door. D'oh!

And for the record: 16 pieces.
Rushout Games
Rushout Games9 Dec 2014, 23:32
Really nice game and the music was really cool too. The game got really hard really fast but it's cool since it explained everything you need to know at the very beggining. Loved the sound effects. Great job!
jellyislovely
jellyislovely9 Dec 2014, 23:56
You really nailed the animation and feel of the game. The music and gameplay all merge brilliantly. Good level of difficulty as well.
codeapparat
codeapparat10 Dec 2014, 00:08
Lovely art and music and a challenging yet fun gameplay mechanic. What else could you wish for? :)
Rodaja10 Dec 2014, 00:11
Sometimes I felt like I couldn't really scape the gift-wrapped crab claw thingy, but it might be just that I'm really bad at running away from stuff.

Lovely characters and music, I just wish the ghost would dance at the start and then I'd never actually get to play.

It's very nice overall, great job!
aquisenberry
aquisenberry10 Dec 2014, 12:25
Awesome game, I really enjoyed playing it. Sound sets the environment quite well.
Cake&Code10 Dec 2014, 15:53
Dang, only managed to get 17! Pretty fun game, easy to learn, and it was a challenge. In a pinch it was impossible to know which door would lead where and you just had to risk it or get eaten, enjoyed this a lot! :)
gladers10 Dec 2014, 21:23
Awesome game. Graphics and music are adorable. Great job all round! :)
alvarop11 Dec 2014, 02:38
We got a reverse-pacman situation going on here. Nice game.
Virtually Competent11 Dec 2014, 02:49
Cute and unexpectedly difficult!

The first few times I walked through the doors, I didn't think much of it...but then there were a TON of doors and I walked through one...only to come out right next to it, still very much in danger. They're linked together in pairs!

Very smart little gimmick that makes for some interesting scenarios. Love the music, too. Great work all around. :D
Lynx
Lynx11 Dec 2014, 04:03
So charming and simple! I adore the visuals and whole concept!
Jupitron
Jupitron11 Dec 2014, 12:48
Simple game but really fun! Cool music and overall style fits everything together just nicely.
flyingbear12 Dec 2014, 09:41
The level of charm on this game is off the charts! The combo of audio/visuals just put a huge smile on my face while I was playing. Great job!
BCSGame13 Dec 2014, 18:38
I feel like this game was based on the fact that pacman is a sociopathic jerk. I liked everything but the Kazoo lol.
RobotLovesKitty
RobotLovesKitty13 Dec 2014, 20:53
Haha, I loved the music and the little ghost's expressions!
And that name.. <3
-Kitty
PIXEL^314 Dec 2014, 08:35
I loved the tutorial here. Really eases the player into the mechanics. There was a problem with it though after I got into the game proper. It was tedious. I was dying a decent amount and when you get to the end game your strategy is 'go into closets door and hope you end up in a good spot' and it's hard to do that when you only have 4-6 doors which was tripping me up and making me spend more time then needed in them. Maybe have the game check if the players highscore is greater than the number of tutorial candies?

Despite that the game itself is pretty fun and I could see people playing it when they have a little downtime from work and the like.

-AlucardX60
tigerbyte
tigerbyte14 Dec 2014, 21:30
Great jam project! Terrific art style, as always, Wertle! Great concept, too. Took me a minute to figure out the doors were matched. Love the music. Difficulty was a bit high for me, but I might just suck at video games.
dusho17 Dec 2014, 19:09
really nice art and music !
Linear19 Dec 2014, 18:49
This was simple, but really enjoyable. I really had a fun time playing around, something that's hard to say about most LD games.
sebasRez
sebasRez19 Dec 2014, 19:11
Cool, easy to get a grasp of which is good. It becomes a bit of trial to see which doors go where since they are always changing. I Think its funny that the monster somewhat resembles pac-man making this a reverse tale of the classic game.
CoderDozer
CoderDozer19 Dec 2014, 19:48
Real entertaining with nice characters and great animation and audio. Nice job.
Chaoseed20 Dec 2014, 01:06
Very cute! The animation and music are great, and the gameplay is pretty fun. (Although I really DID just walk into more doors...)
CScribes22 Dec 2014, 21:18
One of my favorite games of this jam thus far :D Love everything about it but, the music was a little irritating after a while. Thanks for sharing!
vidarn
vidarn22 Dec 2014, 22:26
Great game! The cute animations and the sound really made it feel polished and nice.
I also love how you introduce the concepts of the game in a very intuitive way.
rojo
rojo26 Dec 2014, 22:46
Loved the overall feel of the game! The animations were great, and in particular the state change when the candy monster was hot on your trail was a nice touch. Music fit pretty well, too. Good job!
pht59x29 Dec 2014, 23:45
Quite a pleasant game in all respects

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