Escape from власть (Vlast) by Crown Games

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made by Crown Games for LD 39 (JAM)

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You are the leader of a country by the name of власть (Vlast). You are in the process of rebelling against the Soviet Union in the 1980s, but you're fighting a losing battle and need to flee the country. Thankfully, your capital building is close to the Ukrainian-Vlastinian border which, in this alternate history, isn't a part of the Soviet Union. You need to get to Ukraine, but your troops protecting you have all been killed. You radio in for reinforcement, but it'll be at least another 4 hours before reinforcements can arrive. You're forced to stay in an abandoned Cold-War Vlastinian Bunker to wait it out, but there's just one problem; There's no power in this bunker. You find a generator room, but your flashlight has just died. You now have to use your limited wiring skills, and the scrap wire you've gathered so far, to connect generators up to the main battery so you can survive in this old, cold, airtight bunker.

Honorable Mentions: Special thanks to https://www.twitch.tv/aevek for streaming the game on Twitch :)

Developers: Made by Christopher Harris, Kevin Jones, Brandon Jones, and Kaden Fields

Screenshots:

Windows	https://www.mediafire.com/folder/9j8nfsfmoyvmgk5,hutewnz662dinxd,cb10b3468ba1y7b/shared
macOS	https://www.mediafire.com/folder/9j8nfsfmoyvmgk5,hutewnz662dinxd,cb10b3468ba1y7b/shared
Linux	https://www.mediafire.com/folder/9j8nfsfmoyvmgk5,hutewnz662dinxd,cb10b3468ba1y7b/shared
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/escape-from-vlast

Ratings

Overall	707^th	2.909⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Fun	780^th	2.455⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	568^th	2.818⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Theme	639^th	3.136⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	567^th	3.136⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Audio	466^th	2.762⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Mood	549^th	2.952⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Given		21🗳️	22🗨️

Feedback

elit3dgaming

01. Aug 2017 · 02:36 UTC

Challenging but fun. Character animations would be a thing to aim for also :)

CaptainDreamcast

01. Aug 2017 · 10:04 UTC

Never in my life did I desire a run button as much as in this game.

Other than that, the game is really good. Nice mood, graphics and background music. The puzzle design was really cool too. Extremely challenging with the time limit. Would love to see more of this!

PixelFormedStudios

01. Aug 2017 · 23:26 UTC

Very nice puzzle mechanic and the graphics were very impressive!

🎤 Crown Games

01. Aug 2017 · 23:27 UTC

@pixelformedstudios
Thanks! And thank you for streaming the game :)

Catoto

02. Aug 2017 · 23:40 UTC

@crown-games, the Mac version seams broken ( only 314bytes ) versus 26M from Linux.. =/

🎤 Crown Games

15. Aug 2017 · 20:26 UTC

@catoto This has been fixed. Thank you for pointing that out!

Valphera

15. Aug 2017 · 22:33 UTC

The blur effects and the lightning work is quite impressive, good job on that.
The gameplay is cool the puzzles are well designed, just a thing for the player: he's too damn slow haha
Good job overall

joebeard

15. Aug 2017 · 22:47 UTC

This was a cool game with a poignant story. It was a little difficult sometimes to understand the logic behind being able to place wires in some locations, but not in others. For example, why can I run a wire through glass but not over some rubble? The end was good, although the player character freaked out and shot off into the sky, which was quite funny :P

doomshmuck

16. Aug 2017 · 02:43 UTC

The graphics are nice looking, but the game itself is pretty un-approachable. The battery drains so fast that I didn't even have time to get my bearings before I lost. I finally figured out the first level, got to the second level and I don't even think I could move to the charge station in time, not to mention hook up the admittedly fiddly controls for connecting the wires. Maybe I wasn't playing the game quite right, though, I'm not sure.

🎤 Crown Games

16. Aug 2017 · 04:47 UTC

@doomshmuck There was actually some debate in the team about whether or not we should lower the battery drain rate, but we decided to keep it as is. I can see if we can include a Post-Mortem link in the description when the game is over. As is right now, we still have some things we want to add before releasing the Post-Mortem game. It should be done by at least Monday. The Post-Mortem version will be thoroughly tested by other people before we release it so we can make sure that the game is easier to play. And it's not that you're not playing the game wrong, the game is pretty difficult.

KiiroHanabi

16. Aug 2017 · 08:29 UTC

Got through the game! The graphics are good and the audio sets the mood.
The level design was good and the difficulty, even if it was too high at the beginning, was increasing nicely.

Good job overall!!

ZYXer

16. Aug 2017 · 22:32 UTC

Really good looking graphics! The glowing cables are a nice effect (though the glow is invisible behind the glas, which is a bit too bad).

I loved the background story, though I wished the story was a bit more integrated into the game. I didn't quite get the feeling of impending war. Music would also have helped the atmosphere.

I wasn't quite sure why I needed to walk around with the character, as he only influenced the camera, but I could place cable everywhere. It didn't give me the impression that I was playing the guy.

The level difficulty and difficulty progression was good. However, some things could be more visible, like when the cable is behind the generator, or the difference between tiles where you can place a cable and tiles with too much debris. Also, when you place cables that don't have power, they are nearly invisible.

Overall, good game! :)

Belga54

17. Aug 2017 · 21:14 UTC

The idea was cool and really unique ! Good concept, it was so funny. I also liked the difficulty that was increasing each level !

Liked the graphics, and the sounds was cool. Good entry !