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Prison Digger

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Humor583.71
Fun693.64
Overall1153.64
Mood1733.53
Innovation1773.43
Graphics2003.83
Audio2363.36
Theme3163.27
Coolness169240

Comments

lolshouse 2014-04-29 03:43

I opened this game hoping for a realistic penal experience. Instead, I found myself waiting literal years in the game without release. Being an ethical and conscious video game player, I could not will myself to attempt escape. "Surely," I told myself, "I will serve my time and society will welcome me back with open arms." But nothing came. And so, as I type, I am still waiting for release...

Is this a scathing commentary of the state of the US penal system? Desperate for food and water, I attempted to catch the attention of a nearby guard, but all was in vain.

I am terrified I will be trapped in this prison forever.

Send help.

archaeometrician 2014-04-29 04:21

Wow nice game ! Much harder than first thought ! The gameplay is very interesting, I've tried and fail so much :P Really good game. Graphics are awesome !

angelk 2014-05-01 07:04

Impressive! The menu/gui is cool, the animation is cute, the SFX work well (although a tad loud but that's ok). The gameplay is pretty brutal and I was really never able to make it very far. It doesn't seem like there's anything I can do to attack the guards, so the game is a lot of trial and error to build a mental map of the level.

micdoodle8 2014-05-01 07:09

Exceptional game, everything from the concept to the music to the pixel art.

kirbikaka 2014-05-01 07:20

Hey this is a cool game! :D I like the mechanic of being able to see through the walls before you dig. And the level is nicely designed :]! The text at the beginning was a little hard to read, but it wasn't a big deal.

I think one thing I would have liked to see is a time limit or something that would play on the balance between being careful by taking the time to listen after each dig, and being a bit more risky by digging repeatedly. I felt like to beat the game, it just wanted me to play extremely carefully and listening multiple times before digging (in case of digging into a corner). I didn't have the patience to do that, unfortunately, so I have to say I died a lot.

The game is really fun nonetheless though! And the graphics and sound are awesome. Digging just _feels_ good, and I think that's really really important. I also really like the hostage rescuing mechanic, it's a lot of fun to have a little crew follow you around. Nice work! :D

xk 2014-05-01 07:33

Good job!

teambrookvale 2014-05-01 08:01

Awesome game, loved the graphics and audio and everything. Well done!

flatgub 2014-05-01 08:15

Really Enjoyed it! The graphics were really nice and the music was great! I loves the makeshift tools x3
The only problem i really had was the audio spam when you were colliding with a guard. Great work!
-Flatgub~

arcturusdeluxe 2014-05-01 14:36

Nice game! I really like the music. The presentation in general is really good. Fun times.

unixxnova 2014-05-01 14:41

some weird glitch happened and the sound really went up and went into static for a couple of seconds and scared the shit outa me, i like the graphics, good entry

cirrial 2014-05-01 14:53

Wow. Really nice. I like the listening mechanic the most out of this entry. Pretty solid all around!

lpghatguy 2014-05-01 20:00

Some of the audio was hard on the ears, like when you got busted. Good idea though.

byexlusive 2014-05-02 07:54

Great idea!!!

huvaakoodia 2014-05-03 12:08

Nice idea and solid execution, but one little change would make the game more bearable to me.
Instead of having to spam j to listen through walls the character could listen automatically when pressing/walking towards a wall.

phocker 2014-05-05 02:37

solid game with unique gameplay - great job

degtyarev 2014-05-09 16:47

Great entry!

oddly-shaped-pixels 2014-05-10 08:53

Great grafx and animations! Couldnt get very far but the idea is definitely innovative, great work :D

gamegrape-corporation 2014-05-18 16:39

Amazing game! Love the idea and overall game concept! :D Great Job! :D -Mallot1 GameGrape Corporation: www.codingrevolution.blogspot.com