The wall placement system was really neat. Nice job getting the different pieces to connect so seamlessly. The game itself was kind of confusing. Since I couldn't get an idea on where the enemy was spawning, I had trouble building a wall to prevent him from getting the treasure. Maybe split the game up into multiple, smaller levels with a clear start and end goal? I could see this turning into a cool 'complete the railroad as the train is moving along the tracks' type of game.
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Living Maze's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #1513 | 3.568 | 3.568 |
| Overall | #2580 | 3.061 | 3.061 |
| Presentation | #2683 | 3.045 | 3.045 |
| Enjoyment | #3340 | 2.568 | 2.568 |
Ranked from 44 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
As opposed to being a hero solving a maze to get to the treasure, you are a maze trying to stop the hero.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing art
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing audio
Comments
Fun concept and nice game. As others said, you could easily expand this in so many directions also with worms eating through random walls or you actually needing to shift your mace while attacker is running through it.
In regard to the tutorial. I simply overlooked it. It could be bigger and right in the center. For me it was not clear at the beginning that enemies can walk through the "player area". I thought it was a pit :D
The timer also seems to jump higher regardless of you win or loose the round making my first run (where I didn't quite figured it out much harder. Regardless, it's an awesome game
300 days ago(+1)
No I didn't have time to get the other blocks to where I felt good about including them in the game. Thank you for your feedback!
300 days ago(+1)
Thank you for playing! I'm glad you liked the concept. Yeah the character erasing paths was meant to be part of the balancing, but it doesn't seem like many people enjoyed that part of it. You actually move below them, so they fall down into your area below the dungeon. That's the idea at least.
300 days ago(+1)
The deleting around your character was meant as a balancing mechanic. You have to move around to place block, but the blocks get deleted as you do. I also though it might help it feel more like you were a part of the maze, but I think it might just take away from the fun of the building. A zoom was something I thought about, but I thought it would make it too easy.
300 days ago(+1)
That's a good note and I'll keep it in mind. This was my first game jam so I think I made quite a few beginner mistakes.
Thank you for the feedback! I'll have to consider how to fix that scenario. One of my testers during the jam suggested locking of building during the wave, but I really liked the idea of editing it while he's trying to get there. Maybe if you try to edit the maze during the wave, instead of going for the treasure he starts going for you, and you can take damage from him?
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