Maze Runner by carlosvVk

made by carlosvVk for LD 42 (COMPO)

ENTRY INFO

Hey there! This year I tried to do something experimental in ~10h.

As the theme is "Running out of space" my take was using the visual space. As you progress in the game, your vision of the game decreases.

Furthermore, I wanted to match gameplay & control. You are a tetraplegic that has to escape from a maze, and you can only execute actions with your hand. You are constantly remembering the path you made in the maze so you don't get lost.

[itch.io blocks the twitter link so carlosvVk you can open it here.

CONTROLS

Left click: Go forward.

Right click: Go backward.

Mouse scrollwheel: Rotate.

Middle click: Blink.

TOOLS

Unity C#
Adobe Photoshop
Audacity
Ampermusic

CONTACT

Twitter: carlosvVk
Gmail: carlosizquierdo.dev@gmail.com

HTML5 (web)	https://carlosvvk.itch.io/maze-runner
Windows	https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IsEO7dnyc7U04c2QQDSYrsQRD7wOia6-
Source code	https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DOtJcvV7HKozEn3pIZiAC2c6FGXY5OdX
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/maze-runner

Ratings

Overall	622^th	2.868⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Fun	698^th	2.237⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	541^th	2.816⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Theme	698^th	2.368⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	604^th	2.579⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Audio	245^th	3.194⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Mood	380^th	2.895⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Given		9🗳️	9🗨️

Feedback

Usanio

15. Aug 2018 · 08:48 UTC

wow. i was impressed by the idea of the game! thank you for the great experience.

Smithy

15. Aug 2018 · 08:49 UTC

Was indeed experimental. I don't like it that I can't turn and drive at the same time.

HYPRGLOO

15. Aug 2018 · 08:49 UTC

Really interesting take on the theme, and a very impressive entry for only 10 hours of work. It was cool to be able to play the entire game with only one hand, but I found turning with the scroll wheel to be a bit awkward, maybe increase the distance turned with each click of the wheel. Overall the game was well crafted and interesting, so nice job!

TheDouche

15. Aug 2018 · 08:55 UTC

well this game was to slow for me, I think when the title screen in more impressive then the game there is something wrong.

Either way you created a working game so thumbs up to you!

MutsKun

15. Aug 2018 · 08:57 UTC

it's a fun idea but i do have a few criticisms:

- it's a little irritating that the map shows up in front of the screen, it might've been a better idea to create a bit of a minimap or something in the bottom right corner or something.
- When you turn yourelf in a certain way against the wall, you'll be able to drive through it.
![bug.png](///raw/9b0/21/z/19b06.png)

but anyway, good job finishing it in the time you had!

🎤 carlosvVk

15. Aug 2018 · 09:13 UTC

@mutskun Hi!

Thank you for the critics! To answer both:

- The map shows up in front of the screen because the theme is 'Running out of space', so as you discover the maze your 'visual space' decreases.
- That's definetly wrong xD

maoap

15. Aug 2018 · 09:40 UTC

Quite interesting game, however after some time it was still the same. And i didn't like controls, although I understand why you made it like this. And I really liked audio, good job :)

RoronoaCherry

15. Aug 2018 · 21:28 UTC

I liked the control but maybe they made me a little tired. Good music and good job!

Jupiter_Hadley

17. Aug 2018 · 14:13 UTC

Really neat game! I included it in my compilation video series of the Ludum Dare 42 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/argzN59wywI

velvetlobster

18. Aug 2018 · 02:02 UTC

interesting and creative, quite original. The music is good too

beta

18. Aug 2018 · 14:07 UTC

I saved a wheelchair family with my bare hands thanks to you buddy.

ccglp

26. Aug 2018 · 21:41 UTC

Sounds are irritating as a real wheelchair, so great work :)

(Great game pal, experimental indeed but that's what needs to be done )

cptalbertwesker

29. Aug 2018 · 17:56 UTC

Loved the music, and liked the added audio, I really enjoyed that I could play the game solely with my mouse which as you pointed out made it very thematic with the control scheme, I did manage to escape and very much enjoyed my journey along the way. Very nice game!

wildcard

30. Aug 2018 · 11:31 UTC

10h? That's impressive! I like the interpretation of the theme that the "space" is the visual area, you could perhaps do a little bit more with it to say, obscure the vision of the player. An interresting idea would maybe be to allow the player to draw things on the screen, like numbers for a password or something. That way the player will obscure the screen with their own "doodles" of clues to get through the maze.

I also appreciate the well polished start screen, well done! :D