Mazes of Random

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.57
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.16
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.49
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★100%
Your goal is to make your way through the labyrinth, which is a set of rooms with randomly generated properties. Every room has two doors and all you have to do is to choose one of them. There are signs near each door, which indicate what would happen if you enter that door. If your health or lamp fuel reaches zero, you lose.

Room types:

1) [hearth] Restores a cretain amount of your HP

2) [skull] Deals you a certain amount of damage

3) [lantern] Restores a certain amount of lamp fuel

4) [teleport] Teleports you to a random lower level room

5) [?] - Any of the above

I wantded to sumbit a Compo entry, but didn't finish on time. If you want, I can provide you with a *.capx project file

Tools:

Engine: Construct 2

Art: Construct 2 built-in editor, Photoshop CS3, Paint.net

Sound: Zoom H2n, Audacity, cgMusic, Cubase Elements 7 + VST plug-ins.

Everything was created by me within 72 hours.

If you are going to write a comment, please state whether it was hard for you to figure out the game mechanics.

Comments33

fistmaker15 Dec 2015, 14:21
Good game! Nice concept! Keep polishing it!
swipefaststudios15 Dec 2015, 17:58
Funny Sound effects, interesting concept the mini map helped a lot!
EMPBomber
EMPBomber15 Dec 2015, 18:03
A good little game. Neat use of the theme.
blackmagic15 Dec 2015, 21:27
Very very nice idea. Graphics are efficient. I could buy a polished version with a good graphic designer's service. Well done.
Mr.Chippy
Mr.Chippy15 Dec 2015, 21:29
Good concept. Nice graphics.
cgriff16 Dec 2015, 18:45
Nice idea - I think I completed it, but I wasn't quite sure though...
UgiWithAKnife16 Dec 2015, 18:46
Not bad, very nice idea. If you make so the game is less about luck and more about finding the best way it could be awesome. Good job!
Coomzy
Coomzy16 Dec 2015, 18:46
It's a good kind of different :)
Red_Fan games16 Dec 2015, 23:05
Awesome! Impressive visuals, and amusing sound effects.
torcado194
torcado19416 Dec 2015, 23:08
pretty neat game! but not a lot too it, just felt like a betting game, where sometimes you have obvious choices, and sometimes you just get bad choices. i liked it though
PowerSpark
PowerSpark18 Dec 2015, 00:05
Nice little game, it actually isn't bad exploration. The sounds were quite amusing :)
shrapx
shrapx18 Dec 2015, 01:30
i was in the same boat with the running out of time during the compo and submitting for jam, the graphics look nice, and theres plenty of fitting sound and music. i didnt have much trouble completing. maybe i got lucky hehe. the layout of the rooms is quite interesting.. like there could be other things to add maybe? nice work! favourite room: the abyss type one with chunks of land where the doors are
Zeriver
Zeriver18 Dec 2015, 22:10
Nice game, mechanics are intuitive.
Secret to reaching the end is to NEVER take teleports, i will gladly take damage over random teleportation that will take me back 2-3 rooms or event to the start.
ramoncb18 Dec 2015, 23:13
Fits very well with the theme! Maybe in the future would be cool if you introduce some NPCs to talk to ;-)

Good job! =)
SecondDimension
SecondDimension20 Dec 2015, 16:50
I think you did really well in the improvements you've made since you posted a version on the blog. The different room types are cool, and it felt like you had a choice to make every time, good work
JaytleBee
JaytleBee21 Dec 2015, 20:09
A bit too random, but I really like the aesthetic. Would probably be cooler if the fifty-fifty rooms would stay the way they're rolled, even if you teleport (more strategy).
lurils21 Dec 2015, 20:12
nice, interesting game, even if you didnt do all you wanted, it's pretty complete, well done
nuprahtor21 Dec 2015, 22:13
Interesting take on theme, though, complete random, this was an interesting adventure.
The moments when you get a heart or lamp instead of damage three times in a row feels really good.
Ludipe
Ludipe21 Dec 2015, 22:15
Hey there fellow construct user! :)
Thought the game was nice and the art was good. It was an original concept and choice-making was interesting, perhaps it would be more fun with a little less of randomness.

good job!
psychonull22 Dec 2015, 02:20
Nice game!, good use of theme, like the music and graphics, the random way of choosing 50-50 ... good concept. great job! (it's not crap :D )
lawendt
lawendt22 Dec 2015, 03:09
Really cool game, I loved everything on it. I could play for hours just to look for new variations of doors. The best thing in your game, is that there's feedbacks for everything with good audio and a very pleasant do see minimap. Anyway, keep up with the awesome work!
Gordy
Gordy23 Dec 2015, 18:38
Very interesting and good idea. I must say that I really enjoyed it ... I kept saying: again now that the ladies: D It's not difficult but it fulfilled the task, and it's fun .. 4 stars;)
gladers24 Dec 2015, 12:33
Loved it, fantastic game! I played it through several times, I will be recommending! :D
Benjamin27 Dec 2015, 11:08
Very innovative I like it. The teleport make the game more interesting since you can use your map informations.
nihilaleph2 Jan 2016, 01:03
Pro:
+ Very interesting concept
+ Cool use of theme
+ Audio and graphics are great

Con:
- I felt it could have either more randomness or more strategy to the choice of doors

Great work!
Tselmek
Tselmek2 Jan 2016, 01:07
Very nice idea but the randomness feels way too punishing, especially the teleportation. Pretty polished entry nonetheless.
StrehFox3 Jan 2016, 05:58
There's something here, just needs a little dusting off to find the gem underneath.
Wakefield
Wakefield3 Jan 2016, 06:29
Funny and great use of the concept! at first i didn´t know how to advance but after a few trys I catch it, and really like it!
Haokarlos4 Jan 2016, 09:35
Nice game. Really like graphics and sound it's pretty immersive. I missed some more rooms but good job though
OccamsRazor
OccamsRazor4 Jan 2016, 18:22
Very cool use of the theme, well made!

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