The katorga escape

co-authored: @tomz-best
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.82
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.46
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.12
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.95
Do you want to escape "the katorga"?

Do you even know what the katorga is?

Play this misterious game to know the answer.. and don't forget to avoid stucking in the loop…

Controls: use arrows to move, "E" to interact.

Goal: you need to find a way to escape the screen by train.

This project was made as an entry for Ludum Dare # 47. The theme was "Stuck in a loop". After three days of development, the game is still a bit raw, but I hope you will get some fun playing it!

Thanks for playing! :D

Tags: #2d, #trains
Genres: adventure, puzzle

Comments14

BobParis755 Oct 2020, 17:53
i love the art style of this game
Thulium Games
Thulium Games5 Oct 2020, 18:00
I can't figure out how to play this game.
Advarsky
Advarskyauthor5 Oct 2020, 18:27
Hey, Thulium Games, you just need to find a way to escape the screen by train. :)
TangoMango
TangoMango5 Oct 2020, 19:44
The art style is amazing! Nice job
Unicornfrog
Unicornfrog7 Oct 2020, 15:51
art style and lighting is very nice. Congrats.
Nolife_M7 Oct 2020, 19:47
Love the art and the lighting.
AFlatThrasher7 Oct 2020, 20:07
The art was good, as people said. The music was a lot of fun, too!

However, I got stuck. I didn't know what was going to happen, so put a ton of coal into the train. It shot off and I had missed something, so just went in circles. After that point, even when I quit to the title screen and came back, I could never walk around again. Every time I left the train it would give the message and then I wouldn't be on the screen. I had to completely quit out of the game and restart it in order to continue. Just wanted to let you know.
Shambles7 Oct 2020, 20:14
really like the art and the music, like the others mentioned i got stuck, i managed to fill the train with a bunch of coal, got on the train and said it was too fast.
Tristan10Cats7 Oct 2020, 20:16
Pretty cute game, however after dying there was a bug that made me die everytime I went outside the train and I couldn't move. Other than that cute idea.
Just_Dante7 Oct 2020, 20:17
Art is nice. The fact that we die if we leave train too early is kinda stupid. Controls also could be better
ancient-pixel
ancient-pixel7 Oct 2020, 20:19
The art looks great, but i couldnt find a way to make the train move again, or switch my inventory items. I thought maybe i need to pick coal somewhere for the train.
guimoliveira
guimoliveira7 Oct 2020, 20:21
Looks good, great music and graphics. But I couldn't figure out how to play. :cry:
Advarsky
Advarskyauthor10 Oct 2020, 18:31
Oh guys, sorry for these awful bugs! Will try to update the game with a fix.
My main goal was to confuse the player a bit, and I see that the players confused too much here. Thank you all for the feedback - should rethink the way I give hints here now.
Advarsky
Advarskyauthor10 Oct 2020, 19:34
Ok. I've made a new release - hope all issues are now fixed.

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