Fear and Freedom

by korvexx

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.97

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.82

Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.82

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.37

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.56

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.03

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★65%

Locked away due to a terrible curse, an opportunity presents itself and the prisoner's "other half" realizes the chance for escape. Race to the top to become free again, or lock yourself away forever.

Has three endings -- depends on whether the prisoner, the beast, or both (at the same time) reach the top.

Created by Andrew Deem and Bez Imlay.
Made with GameMaker and GIMP.
Grandma Engine by Matt Thorson.

Didn't have time to do any audio work so we opted out of that. Barely finished this before I (Andrew) had to work, so there are a few knowable bugs. If you encounter one, please feel free to comment about it (would love to find more so I can fix them later). If you get stuck, just press R to restart from a checkpoint.

THANKS FOR PLAYING! :)

EDIT: I have an HTML5 version in the works that I will upload later! :D

Genres: platformer

Tools: GameMaker

Comments24

thebrickanator13 Dec 2016, 20:40

This was a cool story, I did like the challenge of trying to escape with both characters at the end, but I couldn't do it so I just reached the ending with the prisoner but still had fun doing it. I did notice there were a couple small glitches in the graphics but apart from that the game seemed to function well.

Megalink14 Dec 2016, 01:34

The artwork needed some work but the story was awesome. I feel like they should replace the 'mood' rating with a narrative rating. Good job.

sacredseedstudio14 Dec 2016, 01:46

This had some great level design. The final climb was a little too challenging and I ended up giving up after a few minutes. With some polish this game will shine! Good work!

babyjeans14 Dec 2016, 03:00

I felt it started out a little clunky, the graphics are a bit rough, but it was a neat twist to change the control scheme up.

DalesDiscountTires14 Dec 2016, 03:01

Cool little story. Controlling both characters at once was pretty cool. It would be cool if each character had a different mechanic when you were controlling them individually. Nice job!

liquidmedia14 Dec 2016, 03:05

Good Game nice mood and fun to play once you get use to it.

MiniBobbo14 Dec 2016, 03:07

Solid entry. I liked the difficulty progression. I wasn't able to get both to escape at the same time, so I guess I miss out on the third ending.

Piscythe14 Dec 2016, 03:08

The golden ending challenge certainly isn't easy to get right. I'm glad you had the sense to add so many checkpoints.

Uruca Games14 Dec 2016, 03:09

Good job with the history!!! I win with the monster eheeh is pretty hard win with the kid. Congratulations, good game!

Ithildin14 Dec 2016, 21:57

Nice twist at the end! :)

schizoid2k14 Dec 2016, 22:27

Nice platformer. Graphics a wee bit small on the web version, but definitely playable. thanks!

MementoGames14 Dec 2016, 23:01

Oohh I loved the final challenges! I managed to escape with the beast only :(
Awesome entry!

rodobodolfo15 Dec 2016, 09:59

Pretty fun to play, nice and fast but controlling two melted my head and I couldn't master it. Story was fun, shame you didn't get time for music to add to the drama. Nice work.

pcmxms15 Dec 2016, 14:46

Wow, in the first try I found a bug! Haha if you press "R" before begining, the player will respawn outside the playing area :P Interesting story and level design, but the "R" button is a bit buggy. Also, it would be nice to have some indication of where is the checkpoint.

There are some issues with the collisions too. The char, when jumping against the wall, keeps shaking and all... Not game breaker, but still nice to see it fixed.

Another interesting thing to add would be different obstacles.

Cheers!

Andrew Deemauthor16 Dec 2016, 08:23

@pcmxms: Ah, thanks for pointing that out. Just fixed it! You'll no longer be thrown out of the room when pressing R when you first enter the game.

Thanks for all the comments, everyone!

Patomkin17 Dec 2016, 09:08

I like how you introduce new mechanics over time. Like, moving platforms, then temporary platforms, and then Boom! You control both at once! Adds new gameplay each second, it's fun :)

ahmedmohi17 Dec 2016, 15:09

Good work and nice story it would be better if movement and jumping was alittle bit faster

MrErdalUral18 Dec 2016, 14:22

I really liked the last part. Very well done! Thank you for the game!

mirta00019 Dec 2016, 03:56

reached one of the endings (if there are multiple anyway), it's a nice little game :D

Iak19 Dec 2016, 09:36

Nice little story for a platformer. Getting the 3rd ending is rather challenging, fun.

Gipzo20 Dec 2016, 14:41

Nice game. I liked how main character changed throughout the game. Final puzzle is fun too: first I thought I must bring both characters to the top, which is pretty difficult :)
Finished the game with both endings :)

SimonHutchinson25 Dec 2016, 16:06

Nice work integrating a story into your game in such a short time. I get a bit frustrated about hitting the side of spikes.

Nice level design.

Clemzd26 Dec 2016, 20:57

I won with the monster =)

acotis29 Dec 2016, 20:13

Nice. I like the story here, it was simple yet not underwhelming, and compelling. The art kind of took away from the game, though, as the background was very simple (but in-focus) while the character's icon while talking was blurry and out of focus (did you perhaps scale it up with the wrong scale tool in GIMP?) One other issue was that, when I am racing the beast out of the tower, the camera doesn't scroll up enough for me to get out unless the beast is up far enough as well. But still, this was good overall and I look forward to what you come up with next time!

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