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PrisonBreak by iiAtlas

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made by iiAtlas for LD25 (JAM)
EDIT: For those of you stuck on level two, there are two doors on level one. Make sure to try both! *hint hint*

PrisonBreak is a game my sister, Lola Wegman, and I (Atlas Wegman) created for the LD25 Jam. After shuffling through a few ideas we stumbled upon this one, a prison break. You are criminal who opens his cell door, and must escape prison. If caught by the guards you are sent straight back to your cell. There are no checkpoints, there is no saving. This game is the real deal...sort of.

Gameplay is relatively intuitive. Arrow keys to move, mouse to look around. Your goal is to dodge all guards and make it to the green doorway. Some levels have to doors, be carful which one you chose. Guards have a sort of "sixth sense" and can sense you even when you are not directly in their line of sight. Be careful, and good luck!

My sister and I worked nonstop to put out this game, complete with audio, multiple levels, and a couple tiers of gameplay elements. As such, the file size is not small (~15mb). If you are playing on a web browser, please be patient. It's worth it!

I hope you enjoy PrisonBreak, I think it came out better then expected :)

Windows https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6230132/LD25%20Builds/Windows.zip
OS/X https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6230132/LD25%20Builds/Mac.zip
Linux https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6230132/LD25%20Builds/Linux.zip
Web (Kongregate) http://www.kongregate.com/games/K1LL1ONA1R/prisonbreak
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-25/?action=preview&uid=18452

Ratings

Coolness 77% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.06 149
Audio(Jam) 3.33 80
Fun(Jam) 2.88 154
Graphics(Jam) 2.43 270
Humor(Jam) 2.09 238
Innovation(Jam) 2.71 190
Mood(Jam) 2.71 197
Theme(Jam) 2.94 225

Feedback

CptBubbles
17. Dec 2012 路 23:19 UTC
The game looks fun, but I always get caught the second level 2 is loaded :(
馃帳 iiAtlas
17. Dec 2012 路 23:36 UTC
There are two doors! One leads to the guards room which is, of course, impossible :P Try going to the left :)
enfyrneaux
17. Dec 2012 路 23:42 UTC
Solidly put together, but the mouse control is really sensitive.
Cat Burton
17. Dec 2012 路 23:43 UTC
A promising game! I also had issues as soon as level two loaded unfortunately.
馃帳 iiAtlas
17. Dec 2012 路 23:45 UTC
Make sure to check both doors on level one! (uploading a new version now to fix the confusion). Thanks for the comments everyone!
Rex Peppers
18. Dec 2012 路 02:04 UTC
Really good job, had a hard time getting past level 3
prettymuchbryce
18. Dec 2012 路 02:08 UTC
Not bad but too hard. Could have ramped up the difficulty more gradually.
sharbelfs
18. Dec 2012 路 02:11 UTC
nice game, loved the music
Dew
18. Dec 2012 路 02:11 UTC
Saving levels would be nice!

Great work!

Loves the Music <3
馃帳 iiAtlas
18. Dec 2012 路 02:13 UTC
Thanks everybody! Difficulty/no saving was intentional, I wanted to make a sort of "retro" ultra hard game. Maybe it was a bit too hard... :P
Crowbeak
18. Dec 2012 路 02:14 UTC
I found the camera control to be too sensitive for comfort. Lack of an option to invert the y-axis didn't help.
馃帳 iiAtlas
18. Dec 2012 路 02:46 UTC
Hmm interesting, I never thought anyone would ever want to invert the y axis but apparently I was wrong, sorry Crowbeak!
saguaro
18. Dec 2012 路 02:48 UTC
Great Game. Level 2 is pretty hard.
TwilightFlandre
18. Dec 2012 路 02:49 UTC
The music was nice and the voices were hilarious. The concept was great yet the prison guards lines of sight were a little wonky and unforgiving sometimes.
lando walters
18. Dec 2012 路 02:55 UTC
good game. extra points for making a decent game in 3d.
ENDESGA
18. Dec 2012 路 02:59 UTC
Thanks for rating my game!
Awesome game btw
IndieWithASide
18. Dec 2012 路 03:03 UTC
I like the idea, my only critique would be if we could adjust mouse/view sensitivity. Otherwise a successful entry, good job!
馃帳 iiAtlas
18. Dec 2012 路 03:11 UTC
You all have some pretty valid feedback, so thanks! A sensitivity slider is in the works (as in an invert y axis button). Glad you like the voices, I made them but I swear I sound nothing like that :P The power of pitch!
EatenAlive3
18. Dec 2012 路 03:27 UTC
I can't make it past level four D:

Really fun, really hard!
RatDog_Adam
18. Dec 2012 路 03:28 UTC
Pretty fun, audio was pretty funny too!
zatyka
18. Dec 2012 路 03:30 UTC
Cool music, but after getting caught several times, the beginning of the song became pretty repetitive.

I also wish you didn't restart at the very beginning when you die.
馃帳 iiAtlas
18. Dec 2012 路 03:34 UTC
Glad you all like the audio, the little sound bytes were the best I could come up with :P The "restart at beginning" is an attempt to make the relatively short (5 level) game feel much longer. I believe it accomplishes this quite well, force the player to improve their strategy over multiple playthroughs. I also think it gives it a sort of "retro" ultra hard style, but maybe this isn't exactly "fun." Thanks for the feedback!
Quantumvm
18. Dec 2012 路 03:36 UTC
Excellent music and great fun, although turning speed was a little fast, even with mouse sensitivity pushed way down.
illugion
18. Dec 2012 路 03:38 UTC
I'm gonna make iii--- "STOP HIM" NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
That was really fun to play ( and hard ) and i loved the song XD
馃帳 iiAtlas
18. Dec 2012 路 03:43 UTC
Glad you liked it! The sound bytes were a blast to record :D
Dark Acre Jack
18. Dec 2012 路 07:44 UTC
This prison is broken.
Kuothe
18. Dec 2012 路 08:24 UTC
Really nice sound effects :)
TheCze
18. Dec 2012 路 14:26 UTC
Awesome music!
iamorim
18. Dec 2012 路 15:38 UTC
Hey! You can check my game now. The link is fine. Try it again! Thanks :)
Mythalore
18. Dec 2012 路 18:09 UTC
Good concept, but the camera clipping, high mouse sensitivity and lack of graphics let it down.
bigbadwofl
19. Dec 2012 路 09:20 UTC
A fun concept and refreshingly difficult. Top down would have worked much better though.
馃帳 iiAtlas
19. Dec 2012 路 19:57 UTC
The game started out top down but I wanted to try something "different." Thanks for the feedback :)
Pitoum
23. Dec 2012 路 14:39 UTC
It's hard! The sight line of the guards is a bit tricky to really understand.
Nice entry, I worked hard to pass level 3!
matthias_zarzecki
26. Dec 2012 路 22:45 UTC
Nice little stealth-game! Love the music-switch, and the menu is nice too.

Controls are really fidlly though. The entire game resetting is also infuriating, it punished experimentation.
azurenimbus
05. Jan 2013 路 21:50 UTC
This game is really difficult to play because the controls are way too sensitive! I got frustrated early on.

It looks like it can be so much fun, though! If you do release a post-compo, I'd love to play it.
馃帳 iiAtlas
09. Jan 2013 路 05:10 UTC
Can't believe how well we did, thanks everyone!