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A jam submission

"Mountain King"View game page

Don't let it catch you.
Submitted by Grubwall — 5 days, 23 hours before the deadline
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Submitted

o.o brutalist backrooms, the level looks really cool.

Also found the secret message :P

I LOVE it! Thank you so much for making this game for me! I love the sounds and map design! I really feel the stress kicking in when i hear that sound of the 'opponent'. I love this so much! One thing i have to say though is that it is quite hard. I love hard games but this is a bit too hard for me lol. Maybe something to slow the 'opponent' down would make it a bit easier. But besided that, i absolutely adore it! Again thank you so much! :D

Developer

Hey Mc_Beary!

I'm really glad you enjoyed it! 

I updated the game to make the opponent a little slower. It's also easier for it to lose you when it can't see for a few seconds. 

Submitted

good good good, made me feel genuine stress :) once i found the map it clicked for me
i went in blind without knowing that i needed to be collecting keys so it took me a lill' bit to figure out what to do.  super solid sound design, signaling where it is and how close it is from a distance.  supa epic :D  love the super brutalist liminal space as well.  the ai difficulty seamed good to me

Developer

Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad the map was able to help!

Submitted

you nailed the sounds! I genuinely was feeling a little scared hearing the murder roomba with its wonky wheel behind me and yelped a little when i heard its doors open. Too hard for me though i couldnt even collect one key without dying! the running feels great, but i feel like your moveset/options for outrunning the spicy hug robot is kinda limited? I felt myself wanting a wall vault or some way to stun Inky's mean brother, even if it were just an EMMI counter!

Developer

Thanks for playing and for your feedback! I agree that it might be too difficult. If you lose line of sight with it for a few seconds it'll move to a less accurate search mode but that's not very obvious.

This game looks really cool. It feels so liminal. Did you made it using UE%?

Developer

Thank you! Yeah I used Unreal Engine 5. I think that the global illumination stuff that engine's doing is helping a lot.

Submitted(+1)

It's a very cool concept, the place is stunning, but I think it would bу better with some stealth mechanics added. There's no loosing this thing and the map in the center is useless as you can't really look at it. I would love to play it in more of a run and hide, crouch past it mode

Developer

Thanks for the feedback! The letter I got mentioned that they liked to go fast and be chased, so I didn't really consider stealth mechanics but I agree that it could be a nice option for a player to have. If the bot loses line of sight to the player for around 4 seconds they go into a random search mode, but it can be tricky to pull that off especially in certain areas.

Submitted

I did it!!!! I escaped. Don't know if it was the updated version. I downloaded it on Dec 23rd. It took me several attempts and I had to learn to stop freaking out when I hear the hugger on wheels. I learned to loose it after you said how. Sometimes it seemed a bit too smart not following me, but cutting corners and intercepting me. It was brutal especially if I had 3 keys collected. I must admit, the architecture and atmosphere is what was bringing me back. Amazing game!

Developer(+1)

Wow! Thanks for getting to the end! 

I think you may have been playing the original version so well done. I hope it wasn't too frustrating!