Love the art style, and it's a really neat concept. Mouse control didn't feel especially great, I think I would have preferred a real cursor to just the highlighting the selected box.
Oof, 47 meg download :( I would recommend splitting the .zip up into three separate ones, one for each platform. 15 megs is a lot more manageable!
As for the game itself, I like the art, and wanted to keep playing to see all of it, but it became too frustrating to continue on. Excellent feeling of tension, it was quite nightmare-ish, so you nailed that aspect of it!
I love procedural audio generation, this was quite a cool idea. I agree with the previous poster, it was very difficult to judge where I was at. Eventually I figured out that there was a crosshair, but even with that everything moved too quickly to really get into the groove.
Great concept, and good execution on the music generation!
2082 before I fell to my death. Was getting some weird issues with edge-grabbing, where he would grab on to the bottom of a block instead of the side of it. Other than that, really fun, addictive design and a great cohesive art style.
Fun little dungeon crawler! Would have liked to see some treasure, maybe a little character progression or powerups, and a little more variety in the levels. I liked controlling four dudes at once, occasionally using the lesser party members as meat shields :)
Best game I've played so far. Wonderfully realized world, great level layout, good difficulty level, and excellent artwork and style. Haven't finished it yet but I absolutely intend to come back and beat it.
One thing, is there really no audio or is that just on my end?
LD21 — Escape (44)
Escape the Dots by PeerM 2011-08-29T02:39:00
Surprisingly fun, for as sparse as it is. Controls feel great, too. With a huge swarm of dots behind me, it feels a bit like geometry wars.
Fred the Astro-Miner by supermaximo93 2011-08-25T20:42:00
^--- Same here :(
Failed Turn-based Space Combat by roBurky 2011-08-25T02:42:00
Yeah, totally see where you were going with this. Cool idea for sure!
Southward Lies Escape by PaulSB 2011-08-25T02:40:00
Very cool graphics and sound. The whole experience was vaguely upsetting, which is to say I enjoyed it greatly :)
Help! I'm trapped in a compact 2D Riemannian manifold! by mikolalysenko 2011-08-24T21:18:00
Really impressive use of the maths! :)
Shapechanger (incomplete) by Goldendice 2011-08-24T21:15:00
Nice musical accompaniment!
Impossible Escape by DrSuperSocks 2011-08-24T02:45:00
Couldn't quite figure out how to control the rovers... cool game otherwise!
Chemical A-21 by ryantouk 2011-08-24T02:34:00
Love the art style, and it's a really neat concept. Mouse control didn't feel especially great, I think I would have preferred a real cursor to just the highlighting the selected box.
Pretty cool though!
And resistance was futile by nilstastic 2011-08-24T02:21:00
Nice arts! I kind of feel bad for the little... things though :(
Escape from Planet 21 by whiletruefork 2011-08-24T02:17:00
Beautiful graphics and style, very well done. Losing entire thrusters is just way too punishing, though. Still, quite fun!
Escape from Leong Mansion by Neonlare 2011-08-24T02:10:00
Great graphics, I absolutely love the death animations!
This is your dream by stRana 2011-08-24T01:58:00
Oof, 47 meg download :( I would recommend splitting the .zip up into three separate ones, one for each platform. 15 megs is a lot more manageable!
As for the game itself, I like the art, and wanted to keep playing to see all of it, but it became too frustrating to continue on. Excellent feeling of tension, it was quite nightmare-ish, so you nailed that aspect of it!
Evasion by MacTuitui 2011-08-24T01:51:00
Nice! I like the graphics style, and the lighting system is really neat.
Reminds me a bit of the game 'Frozen Synapse,' but more stealth-y.
Lost Psyche by NeiloGD 2011-08-24T01:15:00
I love procedural audio generation, this was quite a cool idea. I agree with the previous poster, it was very difficult to judge where I was at. Eventually I figured out that there was a crosshair, but even with that everything moved too quickly to really get into the groove.
Great concept, and good execution on the music generation!
Bomber Planet by adamatomic 2011-08-23T20:51:00
Very cool idea, bomberman mechanics in a zelda-sized world. Would love to see this fleshed out into a full game!
I'm Being Eaten By A Spider Queen (And I Don't Like It One Bit!) by L 2011-08-23T20:02:00
First game I've played with an 'Insolence' meter. Nice.
Rainbow Jail by Benjamin 2011-08-23T20:00:00
Gorgeous, fun game! Very well done.
Slimecave by teomat 2011-08-23T18:59:00
Neat little game, very endearing character art!
Ernest the Plump Adventurer (in trouble) by agersant 2011-08-23T18:34:00
Great little platformer. Wonderful art, nice soundtrack, fun gameplay!
Escape Cat by FrikaC 2011-08-23T18:19:00
'nyan' is surprisingly hard to type over and over
Escape from Hell by Overkill 2011-08-23T17:26:00
Excellent pixel art!
Next Time I Won't Trust the Man in the White Van by Spaceoff 2011-08-23T05:54:00
If there are two things I love in this world, they are sliding block puzzles and good pixel art, and this game has both of them. Fantastic!
Action Time : Escape from the dangerous explosive complex by TurboDindon 2011-08-23T05:48:00
Holy crap, this game has like all of my favorite mechanics, PLUS JETPACKS AND SNOWBOARDS. Incredible.
I Think In A Minute Or So I Will Explode by Hangedman 2011-08-23T02:29:00
2082 before I fell to my death. Was getting some weird issues with edge-grabbing, where he would grab on to the bottom of a block instead of the side of it. Other than that, really fun, addictive design and a great cohesive art style.
Sharks Are Evil by Psy 2011-08-23T02:16:00
Sharks are crazy, unpredictable beasts! Also, evolution has granted them the power of teleportation.
Mob Escape by JoeDev_net 2011-08-23T00:34:00
Fun little dungeon crawler! Would have liked to see some treasure, maybe a little character progression or powerups, and a little more variety in the levels. I liked controlling four dudes at once, occasionally using the lesser party members as meat shields :)
Escape the Normal Life by Lancelot Gao 2011-08-23T00:24:00
Yeah, really beautiful minimalist (procedurally generated?) graphics. Fun game, too!
Escape Cod by Tom 7 2011-08-23T00:16:00
Your intro music touched my heart. Inappropriately.
Dinosaur Liberation Front by lilserf 2011-08-22T23:47:00
It's surprisingly fun to chuck those dinosaurs around. Cute sprites, too. Well done!
Escaping the Rat Race by machine_screen 2011-08-22T23:41:00
The transition from rat race to indie-dream world feels great. I want to spend more time in that world!
Tongue, tip of the by Nizan 2011-08-22T22:27:00
I can honestly say I've neither played a text adventure with platformer elements, nor a platformer with text adventure elements. Good job :)
A memory by maxx 2011-08-22T21:31:00
Very pretty, moody graphics and setting.
Rescue Support by Accidental Rebel 2011-08-22T21:22:00
Excellent concept. This is the start of a pretty great, addictive little game.
EscCtrl by Haversack 2011-08-22T20:50:00
Might be because I'm loopy from working on my own project, but this game is seriously cracking me up right now.
Catch soundtrack, too.
Mouse Trap by N0_Named_Guy 2011-08-22T20:47:00
I like the soundtrack, really adds to the feel of being trapped in this maze. Also the maze in this game is a metaphor for life, isn't it? :)
In Chains by xRedx22 2011-08-22T20:40:00
Loved your artstyle, the writing on the wall in room 1 is a nice touch :)
Also nice use of quicktime events in a platformer, don't know that I've ever seen that done before.
Save the Miner! by AClockWorkLemon 2011-08-22T20:30:00
Cool cave generation, very pretty lighting!
Esc. the Robot by dray 2011-08-22T20:27:00
Good controls, although the perspective makes it a little tough to tell where you're jumping sometimes. Fun!
The ESCape by mattperrin 2011-08-22T19:27:00
Very innovative idea! Interesting tension in choosing when to ESCape when there are doubts around.
Hell Fortress Escape by hulahulahest 2011-08-22T19:19:00
Best game I've played so far. Wonderfully realized world, great level layout, good difficulty level, and excellent artwork and style. Haven't finished it yet but I absolutely intend to come back and beat it.
One thing, is there really no audio or is that just on my end?
Escape the Fate by Jwatt 2011-08-22T18:56:00
Way cool game!
Also your blog posts are hilarious.
ESCAPE by Armageddon 2011-08-22T18:35:00
Got a lot easier when I realized I could infini-jump!
Also I love the art style! Simple, tiny, effective.
Trenches by MaskedPixel 2011-08-22T18:16:00
I agree with Frib! Great controls on a really tough little platformer. I really like the vertical wrapping feature you introduce on level 2.
Metal Sphere Solid by matthias_zarzecki 2011-08-22T17:44:00
What an unexpected mashup of mechanics! Nice!