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A jam submission

Don't let the monster escapeView game page

Anti-puzzle game: stop a monster from solving a maze.
Submitted by krateg — 6 hours, 16 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#3603.8483.848
Creativity#9973.7583.758
Overall#12653.5253.525
Presentation#28352.9702.970

Ranked from 33 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?
Its a puzzle game, but there is an AI character that is solving the puzzle, and you as the player are supposed to stop the puzzle from being solved. In this way the roles are reversed in comparison to regular puzzle games.

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?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam

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Comments

Submitted

Nice one! The AI on the character was well done.

Submitted

Got me engaged until the very end! Felt super stupid because I wasn't appliying the "cant hold more than one key" rule. Good job!

Submitted

The AI character is smart as me lol. Spent some time trying to design very hard levels for this poor guy.  Really interesting game! Good job!

Submitted

Fantastic game, the puzzles are surprisingly difficulty, you really hate it when the monster figure out a way to beat you, truly making you feel like you've switched roles

Very well done! Great AI work for such a short time

Submitted(+1)

That's a really smart puzzle game, I enjoyed it until the end. I just felt that the puzzle's difficulty didn't really increase properly, the third level was way trickier than the fourth (but maybe that's just me) ! I'm also impressed by the AI, great work !

Developer(+1)

I tried sorting by difficulty, but there might be unintended solutions that i didn't find. Turns out designing puzzles is harder than programming the game, at least for me ;)

Submitted(+1)

This is like I Wanna Lockpick but reversed, really liked the concept! Utilizing the 'one key at a time' rule at the last level was very clever. I wish the puzzles had less red herrings though, but the game was still amazing. 

Developer

I wasn't familiar with that game, played it a bit and it is very similar :D I wanted to add more mechanics but I figured i would run out of time, so I've focused on the keys and doors.

Submitted

This is really interesting and original. The puzzles are amazings. Great work here!

Submitted

Cool concept, the puzzles are well designed.

Submitted

Interesting...

Submitted

I enjoyed it! The levels were not to easy and it's a simple and interesting gameidea! Some more soundeffeects would be nice though! Good game!

Submitted

Very fun and nice game, I found the last puzzle to be very hard, and the ai was really well done

Submitted

Cute game and allowed for a lot of fun puzzles!

Submitted

This is an amazing idea for a game, and it was executed really well! The AI is really impressive. I had a lot of fun playing!

Submitted

Very impressive AI. The puzzles were fun and challenging to solve and I the way you linked the game to the theme was creative.

Submitted

i like you have to work with the AI and the level components to complete the puzzle!

Submitted

Very clever puzzle!

Submitted

Great puzzles and interpretation of the theme! Also, very interested to know how you programmed the monster AI. Well done!