December 13th-16th 2013 :: Theme: You Only Get One
[ Real World Gatherings | Ludum Deals | Warmup Weekend ]
### IF GAME DOESN'T LOAD, MAKE SURE YOUR JAVA IS UP TO DATE (7u45) ###
Plot:
In charcoal, you play as an escaped prisoner trying to make his way out of the dungeons below a great and powerful castle.
You must avoid traps as you navigate through the maze of the dungeon walls, there is a catch though... You only have one torch...
One torch worth of light, that's all you get, so move quickly and carefully and try to escape.
There's a timer to help you stay on top of things, and a compass to give you an idea of where to head.
Good Luck!
Controls:
WSAD - Move around
M - Bring up minimap
Downloads and Links
Ratings
| #171 | Theme(Jam) | 3.10 |
| #328 | Overall(Jam) | 2.95 |
| #329 | Mood(Jam) | 2.74 |
| #351 | Audio(Jam) | 2.55 |
| #386 | Graphics(Jam) | 2.76 |
| #395 | Fun(Jam) | 2.52 |
| #428 | Innovation(Jam) | 2.38 |
| #1141 | Coolness | 45% |
Comments
Sadly, the game crashes rather randomly (Windows 7). It could just be Java. I had it crash once near the beginning of the game and once later on (I saw the exit!).
Solid concept, well executed. Really the biggest downfall is the sounds. The walk sound is like a robot, and the "creepy" sounds are a bit grating.
Nope, no web version. Planning to target web next time around. And these crashes are to to with some sort of memory leak in javafx (for sounds), Ill look into it and maybe fix it if I have time.
As for Win8, I'll take a look as to why that's happening...
Updating Java to the latest version (7u45) fixes issues on win 8 for me...
Sounds were kind of annoying, like the puzzle you had at the very beginning. Sadly crashed before I could complete it. I'd say this is rather decent, keep trying to improve.
Pretty decent idea. Seemed to work fine. Enjoyable, looked nice, sounds were a bit funky, but didn't bother me.
Good but since it required java 7 I had to run it on a slower computer (that had java 7 on it) which droped the frame rate.
I like the ambiance, with the sound and lighting. Brutally long maze, too. :)
Doesn't want to run. Win8 64bit over here :(, tried a few things (compat settings etc., but nothing). Will check back in a while to see if there's a fix.
If it doesn't load, run the jar and make sure java is up to date, worked with that on my win 8 machine
GRATE game (see what i did there?)
I didnt manage to finish it (fell in a hole after wandering for ages). It is such a big maze, I would have liked a checkpoint, or doors that lock behind me, to limit my wandering. More variation in the tiles would have been nice too
A little confusing, but I suck at puzzles so... :3
It's a nice concept and it's well done.
Nice. Not buggy, awesome sounds. The sounds are the best of all I think. It helps the mood really well.
The exe didn't work, but atleast the jar-file works. Or atleast it starts. The game did crash after playing for a while (I might've even been close to getting out!).
Walking down was tedious since I couldn't really see ahead of myself, but the game was pretty decent overall. I don't think the "spooky laugh" helped the mood though, just the ambient track (with rats and water drops or something) would've worked nicely imo.
Nice game overall, too bad it crashed.
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Do you have a web version?