Snakescape

by krasse
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.81
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.43
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.71
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.46
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.51
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.04
You are a snake that's trying to escape the Aztec temple of horror!

Controls:
Move the snake with WASD or arrow keys
Restart level with 'R' if you get stuck

Play our awesome web / html / unity game here!



Credits:

Krasse: Music, SFXs, Programming

Real Truth: Game & Level Design

CloudCraft: Systems & Level Designer

Hadi: Programming, Art



screenshot
Genres: puzzle
Tools: Unity

Comments46

caeonosphere
caeonosphere14 Aug 2018, 07:28
Reminiscent of Snakebird, but the special tiles add a nice twist. Good job, y'all!
Sinnis14 Aug 2018, 07:29
Well done ! You're game is very understandable and all four level were intuitive without being too easy. Congratulation about making good level of puzzle game in such a short time ;)
Plus you fit the theme not once, but twice !
Matank
Matank14 Aug 2018, 07:36
Wow, amazing puzzle game! Had a great time working through it. I felt like level 3 was the hardest one.

Cool concept and really used the theme well.
Talyn14 Aug 2018, 07:48
Impressed, The way you designed your levels is really great, the mecanics and the sounds are really immersive too. I hope there will be more levels in the future where I could spent my free time. Well Done !
loonydrope
loonydrope14 Aug 2018, 10:17
I really like the idea!

Appreciated the fact that you have time to experiment with the different tiles and restart when you make a mistake.
The music matches this impression of non-stressing game and I really liked that.

Good puzzle game!
MrBehemoth
MrBehemoth14 Aug 2018, 19:45
This was fun. I know that it's part of a whole lineage of snake variations, but it still felt fresh, inventive and surprising. The 4 levels were good, would play more!
Djack D Donovan
Djack D Donovan14 Aug 2018, 19:50
Interesting game, I like the aesthetic. I don't really understand where the levels are getting at though, there isn't really any form of challenge.
SkyreX14 Aug 2018, 19:53
Classical snake without any idea to make something different. Sorry goy but I can't do anything else but rate it 2.5
Donitz
Donitz14 Aug 2018, 20:05
The second level took me an emberassing amount of time to complete. Wish there were more levels. The hole-traversal mechanic is great and would allow for a large number of additional puzzles.
mgoadric
mgoadric14 Aug 2018, 20:06
Got stuck on level 3. Nice twist on the snake mechanic. I once lost all my body pieces, but couldn't eat any eggs even through I still had a head. It was frustrating to get stuck and have to hit R to reset and lose all of my progress just because I went in the wrong way somewhere. I liked how you needed to think about traveling over the holes just right.
-Synth-
-Synth-14 Aug 2018, 20:12
Very intresting!
sosaddude
sosaddude14 Aug 2018, 20:16
Okey, i'm ended last level and it was pretty good. From idea to realization. And this background music very cool. Nice work !!!
Flaterectomy
Flaterectomy14 Aug 2018, 20:17
Nice job, this is a pretty fun puzzler. There's room to build this out into a bigger game.

Aside from the egg, the function of the other icons/objects wasn't immediately clear. I had to use them to find out what they did. I wish there were twelve of these levels!
Sam Estep
Sam Estep14 Aug 2018, 20:49
This game is awesome! I got stuck after a few puzzles, but the ideas are very interesting. Great controls, fun music, solid art, challenging level design. Neat way to implement the theme!
WrenPirate14 Aug 2018, 21:47
I enjoyed this game. It was challenging enough to be interesting and easy enough to feel successful. The music is pleasant without being distracting. The sound effect when the snake eats an egg is clipping, though; the signal is too loud for my speakers, so it sounds distorted. Congratulations on a game that feels complete!
WrenPirate14 Aug 2018, 22:32
@krasse The sound when I first roll over an egg is clipping. I don't know how else to describe it.
Eryph14 Aug 2018, 22:48
Great atmosphere, nice puzzles and cohesive music ! I really enjoyed how everything comes together so well. Even if don't really like the aesthetic, it was really really clear and efficient. I hope there'll be more puzzles, it was too short (and a bit too easy) !
Well done !
diptoman
diptoman15 Aug 2018, 05:02
Really liked the take on the theme and twist on Snake! There were some floor blocks which looked like obstacles - they stuck out and didn't blend in the bg. Puzzles were otehrwise well thought out, well done!
Hadi Danial
Hadi Danial15 Aug 2018, 05:13
@eryph Would you mind elaborating on why you didn't like the aesthetic? Just want to know how I can improve. Thanks for playing!
Eryph15 Aug 2018, 12:17
@hadi-danial I find it pretty but I don't like the style, it's just personal taste ;)
Rebecca Kremer
Rebecca Kremer15 Aug 2018, 15:44
Very fun puzzle game :) Not too hard but the different elements really make you think before you move. Catchy music and cute visuals. Very polished for a jam game!
TroyD
TroyD15 Aug 2018, 18:24
Sweet. The music is fantastic
TwinGhosts
TwinGhosts15 Aug 2018, 20:05
Good game in all regards :D - I liked the sound effects, the art-style as it did what was required and it fit the gameplay really well! I especially like the level design, it kept me thinking and the difficulty increased with each level while the solution was rather easy after taking my time to look at the level.

It wouldve been nice to have some sort of animation for the wall part that opens up when youve collected the eggs and for the vines as it was a bit difficult to see at times, and as youve said during the stream, a tutorial wouldve been nice. But ah well a great game nontheless :)

Nice teamwork guys, great effort and it'd be nice if you continued on the game :D
Nam Nguyen
Nam Nguyen15 Aug 2018, 20:08
I like the music, it looks like just a snake game but there is an interesting element of puzzle to it. I enjoyed the game, good job putting it together!
Hadi Danial
Hadi Danial16 Aug 2018, 05:36
@twinghosts There's a vid on your acc =D Thanks! I had trouble watching in real time for some reason. Thanks again for playing!
Hare Software
Hare Software16 Aug 2018, 14:56
Really clever level design and an amazing take on a classic game. Everything feels solid and seems to make sense, great entry!
RubixNoob13
RubixNoob1317 Aug 2018, 03:55
Fun game! I only managed to drop the snake into a hole like 40 times :)
Hadi Danial
Hadi Danial17 Aug 2018, 05:16
@koala-squad thanks! Will watch when its done uploading. One thing, the game name is Snakescape, not Hissterics like it says in the description (we renamed it after we made the page), but its not a big deal. Thanks for playing and rating!
Keppu
Keppu17 Aug 2018, 06:37
I blocked myself on the start of the level 3 and couldn't find a way to restart the game. In a case of being trapped, it would be nice for the game to restart.

Otherwise it's a nice light puzzle game. Fits quite well for the theme, moderately innovative.

Graphics and audio are both functional.

I could imagine this being nice game for mobiles.
krasseauthor17 Aug 2018, 07:52
@keppu You can press 'R' to restart, which should have been an ingame hint, but time ran out. We tried to put it in the description of the game as in-your-face as we could, but it is obviously not an optimal solution. Thanks for playing and the feedback!
dragongino
dragongino17 Aug 2018, 10:23
snake mix with puzzles. I wish there were some more levels. and the game looks also very polish. I think you did great on this one.
Rupert Nerddaygames17 Aug 2018, 10:43
Nice game. Its like a 2D Snake Pass. It would be helpful if the snake was a bright or contrasting color from the level. Sometimes it took a second to figure out where I was starting from.
Wevel
Wevel19 Aug 2018, 21:36
Very fun game, some challenging puzzles. I did find one issue, where if you don't have any body parts you can't get any more, although I don't think it was possible to complete the level from where I was so it wasn't too much of a problem.
Hadi Danial
Hadi Danial19 Aug 2018, 22:10
@wevel Yup, this is the second time I've noticed it, thanks for reporting. I think I know what causes it, so hopefully it'll be fixed in the post-jam version, when we finally find time to work on it:p

Thanks for playing!
Jajo
Jajo20 Aug 2018, 11:50
Great game, just couldn't beat the last level D:
arron-fowler
arron-fowler20 Aug 2018, 21:40
I thought I was going to hate it. But I was pleasently suprised. Nice little twists and subtle challenges. Great work.
ijskar23 Aug 2018, 15:02
Good puzzle game, really liked the design of the puzzles. It reminded me of Snake Pass a lot. Music was nice! Had a good time with this one. :)
Diaxcor24 Aug 2018, 16:42
nice game one of the classics x) but somtimes idk why it dies in certain places and doesn't in others
T8kk
T8kk25 Aug 2018, 07:02
Nice! This game is actually very good, the design is well thought and polished and it's also fitting the theme. If you refine the graphics and polish around the rough edges you could literally sell this game by simply adding more levels. Well done team!
saoi-games
saoi-games29 Aug 2018, 04:51
I liked the game. You took the classic Snake game and turned it into a puzzler. The mechanics were a little different, and the icons were not always the clearest on what they would do. I still do not know why the purple drops removed one of the pieces of your body. There were some tricky elements you needed to resolve to complete some of the puzzles. I didn't understand what would make the briers start to grow, but once they did, I would get cut off quite quickly. They served as a sort of timer. I just wish they were more predictable.

Thank you for sharing your game.
Hadi Danial
Hadi Danial30 Aug 2018, 16:30
@saoi-games To be honest, the purple drop thing was supposed to be a placeholder and I couldn't redo it in time, it definitely doesn't fit in with the rest. Neither does the egg, but that was last minute. And I believe the more you move, the more the vines grow. Thank you for playing!
NOWICU31 Aug 2018, 04:11
Nice game,I like it;
Realy realy good level design;
Control could be better;
see you next ludum dare;
PavelDlouhy
PavelDlouhy1 Sep 2018, 04:22
Wow! This is so polished. This is one of the best entries I played so far! Good job. I especially liked transition effects between levels (it is rarely seen in LD games) and audio effects. The only thing I missed (or overlooked?) was the current level number displayed between levels. In 4th level I started thinking about how many levels I already finished... ;-) It also reminded me of one of my first games I implemented on ZX Spectrum compatible computer more than 20 years ago. The game was called Colonel Caterpillar and had similar game mechanics (yes, it was puzzle game inspired by Snake).

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