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A jam submission

Escape The DarkView game page

Use the candle to get to the light!
Submitted by coolrobotmonkey — 10 hours, 10 minutes before the deadline
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Escape The Dark's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Graphics#213.6083.857
Special Feature Implementation#223.8754.143
Theme Implementation#362.9403.143
Overall#362.9403.143
Gameplay#412.6732.857
Fun Factor#412.6732.857
Audio#751.8712.000

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

How is your game related to the Theme and Special Object?
It's located within a dungeon and the player uses a candle

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Comments

Submitted

Nice work.

The game looked and felt good. The controls were great. Great choice for the art. Really fit the mood.

I would have liked a death animation sequence. The quick jump back to the beginning left me wondering how I'd died a couple times. And I think with a platformer in the dark, the enemies should be slower or stationary. Asking a player to make quick reactions in the dark is a big ask. 

Overall though. Nice little platformer. Nice design choices. Everything worked.

Cheers,

- D

Submitted

OH! And music and SFX would've really bumped it up to another level.

Submitted

To elevete this game you could try editing its itch.io page, the white default design doesn't fit the tone of the overall experience :)

Submitted

Here are my notes while playing:

  • Maybe a bug? It might be a bug that I can turn off the light and walk into the skeletons
  • Maybe a bug? I can turn off the light and push them off the cliffs
  • I felt like the game would have been better with a flight light. Without the light being on, it punishes the player, which means dying and memorizing the level, which is what I ended up doing.
  • Audio would have really made this game
  • The artwork was on point!
  • I wish the enemies would go back to their original position after I turn off the light. Not trying to make it too easy, but a lot of times, I died simply because I didn't want to potentially fall into a hole and die.

It's a great game, but it has legs to be expanded.

Submitted

What a stylized masterpiece! Amazing job with the lighting effects and visuals, though some audio would be nice!

Starting sequence is also a tad confusing with the player spawning in the dark.