Escape the Lab! by Harry Jacobs

made by Harry Jacobs for LD 40 (COMPO)

The government have kidnapped some friendly, good-natured aliens and are experimenting on them in a secret lab!

You have broken in and must rescue them whilst being wary not to set off any alarms. Make sure you keep an eye on your little alien friends though, otherwise they might drift off and get caught!

Made with Unity, Paint.net and Ableton Live.

Would've loved to have had more time to add more levels and features. Only had time to put the moving tile mechanic in the last level :( Had good fun making this but unfortunately having other commitments this weekend led to me not spending anywhere near as long as I'd have liked on this.

HTML5 (web)	https://harryjjacobs.itch.io/rescue-the-aliens
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/escape-the-lab

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Rolle

07. Dec 2017 · 19:46 UTC

Wow, really well done! What a fun game! Sure, it's not perfect: sometime the character "sticks" to a straight wall, the aliens do strange things (maybe they are supposed to?) and the controls don't seem to listen as they should. But some minor refinement and this would be even better. I really liked it anyway. Fun idea with the aliens tagging along for each level, didn't expect that but it follows the theme nicely. Congrats on making a fun and enjoyable game in this short time! =)

Tom Schneider

08. Dec 2017 · 22:01 UTC

Nice idea! I think this has the potential to add a nice story told over the levels as you progress, but this is already a fun little game.

LMB

08. Dec 2017 · 22:32 UTC

A good entry, I played 'till the end! Loved the alien graphics and sounds of aliens being rescued. The music works very well, too. Another really nice thing: for a 48-hour development, you ended up creating a good number of different levels, each of which feels unique (this gives a feeling of "this is a real, complete game" that I only dream to achieve in the future).

Has a few glitches, all very forgivable given the short development time. Regarding the theme: surely follows it, but (in my opinion) not in a "surprising" or particularly creative way.

All in all, kudos for you!