Fear of the Dark

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.65
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.67
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★51%
This is a fast paced, top down action game in the vein of PAC-MAN

You are trying to make your way through a power plant to shut off power to the city, leaving it defenseless.

- Eat all the guards on a level to progress, but don't get hit by any lights or you die.
- Turn off Generators to shut down lights.
- Be careful, the generators wont stay off forever.

Comments19

Perkovec24 Aug 2015, 23:58
Rather interesting idea!) Great work!
iapc
iapc25 Aug 2015, 00:14
Interesting idea, but gameplay felt too much 'like pacman, but' to really grab my attention. It may just have been me though.
WASDMagician25 Aug 2015, 00:19
Simple but effective art style and the music worked well.

Nice idea, I found it to be very difficult indeed.
Gil425 Aug 2015, 00:20
Gives fatal error when all the lives end, pretty fun overall though, good job bro.
Wontonz25 Aug 2015, 00:21
Interesting idea. That one spiral quadrant in one of the maps was impossible to deal with.
razavidn25 Aug 2015, 00:27
Music really sets the mood. There are a lot of "stealthy games" for this LD, but the power mechanic really adds a great new twist. Found it incredibly challenging.
glerikud
glerikud25 Aug 2015, 00:31
Not bad for a prototype, but it still has room for improvements.
mattthehoopy25 Aug 2015, 00:31
Very nice idea well implemented :)
trashmob25 Aug 2015, 00:59
Interesting idea :D
wg_phancock25 Aug 2015, 01:21
Pretty interesting mechanics, it's kind of like a stealth Pac Man lol
inurashii
inurashii25 Aug 2015, 01:24
Wow, extremely clever! Very cool mechanics, required advance planning and strategies, you even worked in good level design. Really impressive. The controls/physics didn't feel very good, so if there's any way to improve them, that's my only suggestion.
thedashdude
thedashdude25 Aug 2015, 01:44
The game fun and bug-free, but too difficult for my tastes. Good job though!
sydream25 Aug 2015, 09:08
Nice stealth game, good mechanics although not really a fan of permadeath gameplay. It is hard to play as you die immediately if spotted but otherwise a nice game
mzmiric5
mzmiric525 Aug 2015, 16:33
The music is awesome, really sets the mood, I like the stealth aspect, and it was quite fun to play.
Infernal26 Aug 2015, 03:55
Great job! The mechanic is quite well done!
nihilaleph30 Aug 2015, 22:52
Great concept! Music and graphics really sets the mood!
The lighting is very necessary but it made me a bit confused with so many areas. The characters could be a bit bigger, I often missed the guard because I was just a bit too high...
Also too difficult for me, couldn't finish xp I guess maybe make the light come back a moment later than the generator (like when you cut the generator off) or being able to attack the guard form behind would make things a bit easier.

Other than that great work!
Daisuke90912 Sep 2015, 18:16
Really interesting, creative idea. I would love to see this developed into a more complex product, perhaps with a shallower learning curve, although it did crash on me.

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