Ludum Dare #47compo
Time Prison
You were locked in the infamous Time Prison for a crime you did not commit!
Try to escape the Time Prison, and discover why it is considered inescapable; its time loop! Everything within it gets reset to a previous point in time every 27 seconds. Can you make it out in such a short time? Or perhaps you can cheat...
Controls
A and D - movementE - interact, advance text
Q - exit menus/interactions
Disclaimer
Expect to have to restart the game a couple times.There is a mechanic which I won't spoil that has to be used precisely to advance through the levels. Looking back, I had a cool idea that didn't turn out very well in practice in such a short jam format. I tried to mitigate its frustratingness a lot, but I'm sorry if it was still annoying for you. On the other hand, if you find the game fun, please let me know, I will be surprised and overjoyed!
I tried my hand at writing a postmortem, which you can check out here: https://github.com/tadeaspaule/ld47-prison-of-time/blob/master/README.md
Comments13
IndieQuest5 Oct 2020, 08:44
Very nice game, I think you did the designing a very smart way because repetition and back tracking can get old really fast but having the timer counting down gives a sense of urgency that allow this mechanic to remain fresh.
Nice game I liked it a lot!
Nice game I liked it a lot!
Terabyte5 Oct 2020, 08:46
good game!
Nice design!
It was fun to play.
There was not enough background music, аnything reflecting limited travel time
Nice design!
It was fun to play.
There was not enough background music, аnything reflecting limited travel time
Frogman5 Oct 2020, 08:54
Nice game! I really liked the concept, and it had an intriguing story. However, I had a bug where after resetting, the key-card in the first room wasn't there, so I had to wait for another reset for it to appear. This was quit annoying, so I only reached the third room, but I'll gladly try it again after you fix it :)
Geegaz5 Oct 2020, 09:13
Wooooooo that's a cool idea ! When I understood what I was supposed to do I just started experimenting and running around like crazy...
Sadly after a restart I got stuck at the start, the door was closed and the dead guard dialogue was stuck in the "already checked" state so I couldn't get the keycard.
But apart from that ? Honestly, it was great.
Sadly after a restart I got stuck at the start, the door was closed and the dead guard dialogue was stuck in the "already checked" state so I couldn't get the keycard.
But apart from that ? Honestly, it was great.
zimny115 Oct 2020, 16:34
I like this! It took me a moment to get the machanic, but I had fun trying it out! Good job!
Krg6 Oct 2020, 07:16
ya this game was cool but u can add a gun that will show where r u looking
Krg6 Oct 2020, 07:26
nice game music will make it more cool
caeonosphere6 Oct 2020, 10:32
This had me pretty stumped, I gotta say! I also only made it to the third room. Like ol' Frogman up there, I suspect that your restart doesn't reset the state of everything: I found myself launching the game again and again to get it to work.
I like the circular areas, though, and that guard puzzle is a fun idea!
I like the circular areas, though, and that guard puzzle is a fun idea!
TheWinrawr8 Oct 2020, 02:06
Pretty cool idea! I liked how you implemented the theme, there's a lot of experimentation going on that I enjoyed. I did run into a bug where the keycard in the first level wouldn't show up again, which prevented me from going further.
KunoNoOni8 Oct 2020, 02:18
I do agree the circular design was really cool. The reset bug slowed me down that I was only able to make it to the third room.
sop the turtle24 Oct 2020, 23:51
Pretty cool game. Level design was neat. Very difficult though. I couldn't get the door to open whenever it reset me after 27 seconds but it definitely kept me engaged and had a well put together world/story. Good job!
melvinng25 Oct 2020, 04:45
Good job! Keep up the good work. Th game has nice visuals and good gameplay.
I did encounter a bug when I reached the room with the message on the wall where it wouldn't go away, but I just restarted it and it was fine.
Good game!