Maze of Leaking Memory

by mironx
co-authored: @dexfrost89
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.67
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.62
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.47
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.95
You wake up in a maze. Is it a problem to find an escape? Usualy it is not. But you feel your memory is leaking. And several dangerous guys are getting closely. It's time to run through the maze and beat some enemies. At one moment you will find a vendor or several of them. But don't trust them. They will take your life and your memory as a part of your life.

minimap.gif

Control:
wasd - move;
h - heal;
space - melee attack;
e - range attack.



Credits:
Game by team DexIron (DexFrost89, Mironx);
Gameplay by DexFrost89;
Graphics and Animations (programmArt) by Mironx;

Sounds:
Reverb kick.wav by pedrocnbp of freesound.org;
Gun shot by schots of freesound.org;
Ambient level / location sound by kickhat of freesound.org

unfortunately we had to small our arts to smaller resolution, so they are almost pixelart in the game. But we will leave a link to the beta versions of the arts.

screenshot

Comments20

belug23
belug2330 Apr 2019, 22:53
I like the look and feel of the labirynth and the way you show the road. Thanks for that game.
Connell
Connell30 Apr 2019, 22:54
Interesting game. It is a bit confusing and the sound effects are very sudden. I would suggest make your representation of the theme more clear. I would greatly appreciate it if you played my game as well here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/spirit
Rainsong30 Apr 2019, 22:54
Nice work! Nifty game idea. It works really well with this theme.
SamuelDeboni30 Apr 2019, 23:41
Nice game, The lighting is well made and creates a really cool atmosphere for the game
FlashViper
FlashViper30 Apr 2019, 23:42
This is a cool game! The controls are a little quirky, and the premise isn't super clear, but the game as a whole was clever and concise. Also, is it randomly generated? If you can do that in 3 days, you're all set!
Kacper30 Apr 2019, 23:49
Good job! :)
dexfrost89
dexfrost8930 Apr 2019, 23:59
@samueldeboni Thx a lot:) Lighting was what i was doing for the whole 3rd day. Glad you liked it!

@flashviper Thx a lot! Unfortunately we could not generate the maze. We used online generator and edited them.
sylvie
sylvie1 May 2019, 00:58
I won but I didn't understand the memory mechanic - does it make the minimap last longer before fading away or something?
Mironx
Mironxauthor1 May 2019, 01:00
@sylvie. Yes the memory upgrades do exactly the thing you asked about. But unfortinatly it is rather rare upgrade.
webthingee
webthingee1 May 2019, 01:01
Interesting game. I was never sure how I was doing, where I was trying to go, or what exactly my goal was... but the revealing path, the dark colors, and the sound kept me engaged and I appreciated the experience. thanks!
Lubaka
Lubaka1 May 2019, 12:14
Cool game! I found the combat a bit difficult, perphaps making it attack at the direction of mouse would have been better but its still managable. I think its also a bit short, i finished the game in less than 2 minutes but i feel like i just got very lucky!

Great job!
zondarg
zondarg2 May 2019, 00:45
Interesting concept! The controls were a bit hard to get into, but then I liked the graphics vanishing effect of the maze and the lightning/line of sight with the minimap. Sound (shots) were a little loud maybe. Good job!
ant33310002 May 2019, 02:20
i like the idea of the maze and not being able to know where you are going, however the fighting isnt exactly easy. also not sure of how the health is your currency plays into it but overall decent job!
Mironx
Mironxauthor2 May 2019, 02:31
@ant3331000, yep there are too litle number of vendors selling upgrades and we have found out that we have forgoten to place "prices" there. But that is the place of the theme. Vendors take your HP and memory as far as counting your memory as part of your life and as part of the price.
Thenerdster2 May 2019, 04:16
Not big on maze games but enjoyed this one, memory mechanic was a bit hard to figure out but I saw a lot of creativity and mood. Congrats on a good entry :)
xkyl2 May 2019, 14:13
Ai is very dull. The motions is not very smooth.
dexfrost89
dexfrost892 May 2019, 14:19
@xkyl Yeah, we focused on the mechanics, but didn't manage to balance the ai(between being too strong and being too weak) and we also had to throw away most of the fames for our animations as we didn't have much time. Thank you for your feedback
Ross Salge2 May 2019, 14:39
I like the ranged vs melee attack, the enemies are pretty easy but had fun playing!
DIvan2 May 2019, 15:13
So much fun! Great job!
Beelzeboss
Beelzeboss2 May 2019, 16:41
A bit confusing at the start. It looks good and the game as a whole is unique. Well done!

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