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A jam submission

Vlad's EscapeView game page

After waking up in an unfamiliar place, Vlad must escape to survive.
Submitted by Braydee (Game Dev Artisan) (@braydeejohnson), Chaunce_Shrewsbury — 8 hours, 19 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Graphics#513.6544.143
Audio#752.8983.286
Theme#813.1503.571
Fun#822.6463.000
Overall#972.8083.184
Originality#982.8983.286
Accessibility#1022.3942.714
Controls#1332.0162.286

Ranked from 7 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Godot Version
4.2.1

Wildcards Used
Here Comes the Sun, Think Inside The Box, Betrayal (sort of a nod at it)

Game Description
After waking up in an unfamiliar place, Vlad must escape to survive.

How does your game tie into the theme?
You must escape to survive, where sunlight is your enemy. Your space is limited, so you must think inside the box to find your way out.

Source(s)
No

Discord Username(s)
Braydee Johnson(@Xziron) and Chaunce Shrewsbury (@Deathzymo)

Participation Level (GWJ Only)
4

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Comments

Submitted

The game has a very nice atmosphere and pixel art. Really liked the music and how it "faded" back to the menu. It would have been better to let Vlad respawn at a checkpoint though. I understand that he has slept for a while but he moves too slowly! Anyway the game has a solid idea at its base and the dialogues are neat. Overall a good entry, congrats!

Developer

Thanks for the feedback! I agree a checkpoint would have been nice as well as the improved move speed! Some QOL stuff for sure!

Submitted(+2)

Really fun game! I didn't make it to the end, after a couple dumb accidental deaths after making quite a bit of progress I gave up lol. But its really great!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for checking it out! I would have liked to have implemented a save restore state at stages of the game, but only so much scope could make it. :)

Submitted

Vlad walks waaay too slow and I found some breaking bugs, (hitting Q after checking the first bookshelf makes the character unable to move and I had to recharge the browuser).

BUT the game is gorgeous! And the dialogs are nice. I could not get much into the game due to the bug and I didn’t want to start over but it was looking very promising.

Nice job!

Developer

Yea, the walk speed was a tough one, I wanted to keep the movement along the hidden grid as to prevent accidental steps into the light, but tying that in with proper animation cycles was a bit of a struggle I couldn’t quite get right.

There were a few bugs people seem to have encountered that I didn’t during development that I would have liked to have taken care of!

I’m glad you enjoyed it, let us know if you ever come back to finish it to the end! Bugs permitting of course. :P

Submitted

Very cute game! Loved the art style and the little bits of dialog. The mechanic was very well done. I unfortunately got stuck and was not able to get to the end. The game would have really benefitted from saving progress so that after dying you didn't have to play the whole game from the start. Overall a great entry!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for checking out our game! We had hoped to get something like save progression built in but didn’t make it that far. Thanks for the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

I like the sense of humor so much; all the weird little interactions (pumpkin seeds!) were just the best, and really scratched my text-game itch.

I also ran into a game breaking bug, and I had done enough that I was not really feeling reloading and replaying. I opened up the door and the entire game froze up, not letting me do anything. 

Despite that, I really loved this one. Also the art, especially Vlad's portrait, is just great and fits so well tonally with the rest of the game. I may be back to finish this one up. Excellent work!

Developer(+1)

This was a blast to make! I’m happy you enjoyed it!

I wish we could have better handled the reloading/restarting issues, it was a point of struggle for sure!

Thanks for checking it out and the feedback!

Submitted

I hit a few game breaking bugs that would lock the game up completely and I'd need to start over. I like the vampire in a room concept and was intrigued by the story as far as I was able to get. I wish I walked faster. 

Developer

Thanks for taking the time to comment. Out of curiosity, what game-breaking bugs did you encounter?

Submitted

The game would completely freeze and never recover. I didn't download so it might be something with in browser.