Tamborine Man by Markavian

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made by Markavian for LD26 (COMPO)
Lead Tamborine Man through 10 minimalist puzzle rooms so that you can escape the sealed lair.
Explore, solve each room, and please, try not to make a mess of the place.

Controls: Use the arrow keys to Move, and the Space Bar to interact with items in the rooms.

- Sound Effects: BFXR.
- Graphics: Paint Shop Pro 7, Flash CS5
- Data and Code Generation: Data Fairy
- Compiler / Language: Haxe NME
- IDE: FlashDevelop
- Operating system: Windows 8 PC, Windows 7 Laptops

Ratings

Coolness 55% 3
Overall 3.59 184
Audio 2.72 544
Fun 3.24 323
Graphics 3.91 102
Humor 3.24 125
Innovation 3.33 396
Mood 3.43 173
Theme 3.39 702

Feedback

TrentSterling
29. Apr 2013 · 04:13 UTC
Its weird that I toss things behind myself. Overall the game looks and feels good.
bernhard
29. Apr 2013 · 09:24 UTC
I enjoyed the uniqueness of each of the puzzles. Also I somehow didn't expect to be able to bring items into the other rooms, had quite the AHA-moment :-)
SuperlevelSebastian
29. Apr 2013 · 15:30 UTC
Pretty sweet!
nixeldev
29. Apr 2013 · 23:00 UTC
Absolutely loved it, well done dude!
CyberYeti
29. Apr 2013 · 23:34 UTC
I really enjoyed the theme of every room and the puzzles that went along with them, great job!
qdowngames
29. Apr 2013 · 23:39 UTC
Yeah, the only problem I had was that I tossed things behind myself. I really liked the graphics though!
invaderJim
29. Apr 2013 · 23:39 UTC
Love the artwork! Couldn't help but make a mess of the place, sorry :(
anjack
29. Apr 2013 · 23:41 UTC
A good trial-and-error puzzler. I really enjoyed it!
FaBrito
29. Apr 2013 · 23:44 UTC
Nice work on the graphics and well adjusted "escape the room/puzzle" for the theme. Congrats!
geepit
29. Apr 2013 · 23:44 UTC
Really really nice! Solving the puzzles was really enjoyable :)
Richard Matey
30. Apr 2013 · 00:11 UTC
Should add a loading bar, nicely designed logo made me think it was part of the site.
N427
30. Apr 2013 · 01:26 UTC
Unfortunately I couldn't beat the last room with the star, lamp, tv, etc. Still pretty good though!
nonatomicpaul
30. Apr 2013 · 08:24 UTC
Sweet. Good effort dude!
dsoft20
01. May 2013 · 07:24 UTC
Nice graphics and nice puzzles!
chrismcr
01. May 2013 · 20:31 UTC
I'd love to know where the idea for this came from! Particularly making the antagonist a giant space hopper.
🎤 Markavian
02. May 2013 · 14:35 UTC
Thanks for all the kind words guys!

Hint: Final level requires you to craft one of each of the items that starts on the back wall. Its a circular conversion sequence, and everything you need to complete the room is already in the room.

The final boss was very last minute, I needed something big and slightly disturbing based on the same art style as the main character, so I lopped his head off, enlarged it, and glued legs to his head. And then made him float.

If I remade this game, I think I'd make puzzle bosses a core feature of the game; "They're big, and scary, they're in the room where you can see them, and you can't get past them until you've solved the challenge."
SnoringFrog
03. May 2013 · 21:12 UTC
Nice. Took me a while to figure out the room with the plants, but otherwise things went smoothly.
Drabiter
04. May 2013 · 13:50 UTC
Nice graphics, I can't solve the puzzle by myself but I enjoyed the tamborine man.
JohnnySix
14. May 2013 · 20:09 UTC
I kept getting told to go back, even though the room was complete - but I think I won in the end - though not entirely sure haha. Liked the style of the game, though it took some trial and error to figure out what to do. :D
Tipyx
16. May 2013 · 12:17 UTC
Very pleasant, I think it's the game among those I've seen which is respecting the most the theme. Good Job !