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I've Seen This Room Before

By gelisam

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness296
Innovation554.08
Fun1213.67
Theme1364.04
Overall1823.63
Humor1943.16
Graphics7592.76

Comments

mokosha 2014-12-08 05:33

Good job, fellow Haskeller! It's nice to see people trying to bring Haskell to mainstream game development!

I couldn't figure out how to get past level five, but otherwise you had the right idea.

drtizzle 2014-12-08 23:00

Very good job! Reminded me of The Stanley Parable for some reason

mrhill 2014-12-09 03:01

Clever puzzles, got to use the brainmachine on this one

ruthiepee 2014-12-09 03:02

Great execution of the theme. It's clever that the same level changes to become a new level. I liked the simplicity of the game a lot. I tested the Mac version and unfortunately I think the textures don't load? They're just primitive black and white shapes. Or is that on purpose? OK, clearly I didn't make it past level 5 either but I did enjoy the concept a lot.

themonsterfromthedeep 2014-12-09 03:06

This is a great game - I really love the interesting puzzles (although I couldn't get past the second puzzle)

fatkarate 2014-12-09 03:10

Cool idea.

madcapacity 2014-12-09 03:17

Nice concept - I really liked how you could step back through levels. I couldn't get passed level 5.

Graphics did not load for me on OSX, all the bmps in /images were not found.

cxsquared 2014-12-09 03:26

I really loved the puzzle design. Really nice work.

gelisam 2014-12-09 04:49

@ruthiepee, the black-and-white images are a fallback version in case the textures aren't found. Since you saw them instead of seeing a crash, I'm glad I put them in :)

For the textures to be found, the working directory must be the same as the executable's. Try opening Terminal.app, navigating to the folder and running it there using "./ludum-dare31".

ruthiepee 2014-12-09 14:48

Just FYI gelisam, running it from Terminal worked for some reason. Thanks. Game was still fun without the graphics though. :D

dorkster 2014-12-09 20:40

Great job. It took me a bit to understand what was going on, but it was a nice "ah-ha" moment when I figured it out.

I couldn't get the Linux version to run, but the Windows build worked just fine in Wine. Below is the error I got on Linux:

./ludum-dare31: : ATUSHûHìH-Ó : Error 43356896

gelisam 2014-12-10 02:49

@dorkster: Wow, that's quite an incomprehensible error message! I suspect I might have packaged too many .so files with the executable, causing some interoperability issue with the so files on your system. Deleting the duplicate .so file should help, but this message doesn't help us very much in figuring out which.

gelisam 2014-12-10 03:08

To those who gave up because the puzzles were too hard: here's a walkthrough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S2D_-qNV4U&list=UUj3bTCRO7WUVBQLtOhnc6Sg&index=1

runedrake 2014-12-10 04:24

Love it! Could not get past level 12 though... tough!

rjhelms 2014-12-10 04:30

Really innovative use of the theme. Good puzzles!

max_peabody 2014-12-10 04:31

Around level 12 it broke and wouldn't let me move up anymore :(

Great level design, though, and I loved how you made use of the theme.

rjhunter 2014-12-10 04:35

I (eventually!) made it to the end. I kept getting stuck with not *quite* enough keys, but I persevered until I figured it out.

Great level design!

One suggestion I would make is to make the transitions between "rooms" feel a bit more... transitional? Right now it feels like the player is transported to the top, rather than walking down stairs to the same room. If that makes sense.

Good job, overall!

hundredhundred 2014-12-12 15:13

Lovely game i enjoyed this one, This was very innovative and i loved the puzzle idea! Great entry! gave me a good laugh with my friends!

cosine 2014-12-12 15:18

Clever take on the theme. I'd like to see more done with the concept, with more than just doors and keys (possibly boxes that you can push around?)

zkenshin 2014-12-12 15:20

This was well done, nice job! Really liked the transitions between rooms.

ibilon 2014-12-13 13:13

Great level/puzzle design!
Managed to go to level 12 before getting stuck and having to watch your walkthrough.

01rafael 2014-12-14 20:13

Character is great! ))
I'm not sure that I've dig in gameplay

boxedmeatrevolution 2014-12-14 20:50

Great innovation and very good puzzles. I don't think I've played a puzzle game with this mechanic before, and it was fun figuring out how to get past the tough levels. I have no complaints, other than the fact that you've made me crave more puzzles!

sorlok 2014-12-15 01:59

Very cool game! Loved the balance between "rewinding" to exploit duplicates and accidentally undoing your own progress. Cool ending idea. Would love to see more!

rantt 2014-12-15 02:03

Fun puzzle game, took me a while to solve it. I enjoyed it, great job :)

ryannielson 2014-12-15 03:02

Fantastic game, and great use of the theme. Going back in a time is a fantastic way to solve puzzles or just fix mistakes. Well done!

rono 2014-12-16 02:53

Interesting idea, but didn't get how to go past level 5 :(

phocker 2014-12-16 03:36

i see what you did here - very clever - awesome game

benmcnelly 2014-12-16 05:17

I would love to see you draw this idea out more! Did someone say Haskell? :D

ishadow 2014-12-16 14:54

Very good game! Very unique and fun to play.

vicious_br 2014-12-16 17:09

the penalty is harsh, greate game!

raxsus 2014-12-16 18:46

Pretty fun, funny, and interesting. I don't think I finished it though.

dunin 2014-12-19 18:16

that is a clever game! Second puzzle took me a while.
I like the end too.

Lucariatias 2014-12-21 00:10

Some really clever puzzles - loved the mechanic of being able to move back and forward between the different levels. Would be great to see more levels and a visual makeover, and some audio.

maxmetallica 2014-12-28 03:51

nice game good job

rockhoppergames 2014-12-28 04:43

Great idea! The puzzles were interesting, from a conceptual level, and didn't outstay their welcome. A very nice use of the theme!

kualitygames 2014-12-29 20:58

Really challenging game! Graphics really do fit the game. Good job, especially for a compo. You must be a very smart guy to be able to design these levels.

diningphilosopher 2014-12-29 22:52

Very nice game!

thenumberguy 2014-12-29 22:54

Love the idea of going back in time to complete future levels! You should definitely expand on this one.