{"author_link":"\/author\/fragileannihilator\/","author_name":"fragileannihilator","author_uid":"49685","comments":[{"author_name":"fistmaker","author_uid":"56278","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:21pm","epoch":1450188960,"text":"Good game! Nice concept! Keep polishing it!"},{"author_name":"swipefaststudios","author_uid":"24642","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 5:58pm","epoch":1450201980,"text":"Funny Sound effects, interesting concept the mini map helped a lot!"},{"author_name":"EMPBomber","author_uid":"54948","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 6:03pm","epoch":1450202280,"text":"A good little game. Neat use of the theme."},{"author_name":"blackmagic","author_uid":"16703","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:27pm","epoch":1450214520,"text":"Very very nice idea. Graphics are efficient. I could buy a polished version with a good graphic designer's service. Well done."},{"author_name":"Mr.Chippy","author_uid":"59448","time":"Dec 15, 2015 @ 9:29pm","epoch":1450214640,"text":"Good concept.  Nice graphics."},{"author_name":"cgriff","author_uid":"51093","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 6:45pm","epoch":1450291200,"text":"Nice idea - I think I completed it, but I wasn't quite sure though..."},{"author_name":"UgiWithAKnife","author_uid":"64412","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 6:46pm","epoch":1450291260,"text":"Not bad, very nice idea. If you make so the game is less about luck and more about finding the best way it could be awesome. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Coomzy","author_uid":"45176","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 6:46pm","epoch":1450291260,"text":"It's a good kind of different :)"},{"author_name":"JohnGalt","author_uid":"43656","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 6:54pm","epoch":1450291740,"text":"Super fun!"},{"author_name":"Red_Fan games","author_uid":"47563","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 11:05pm","epoch":1450306800,"text":"Awesome! Impressive visuals, and amusing sound effects."},{"author_name":"torcado194","author_uid":"5839","time":"Dec 16, 2015 @ 11:08pm","epoch":1450306980,"text":"pretty neat game! but not a lot too it, just felt like a  betting game, where sometimes you have obvious choices, and sometimes you just get bad choices. i liked it though"},{"author_name":"PowerSpark","author_uid":"38755","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 12:05am","epoch":1450396800,"text":"Nice little game, it actually isn't bad exploration. The sounds were quite amusing :)"},{"author_name":"shrapx","author_uid":"44649","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 1:30am","epoch":1450401900,"text":"i was in the same boat with the running out of time during the compo and submitting for jam, the graphics look nice, and theres plenty of fitting sound and music. i didnt have much trouble completing. maybe i got lucky hehe. the layout of the rooms is quite interesting.. like there could be other things to add maybe? nice work! favourite room: the abyss type one with chunks of land where the doors are"},{"author_name":"Zeriver","author_uid":"51756","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 10:10pm","epoch":1450476300,"text":"Nice game, mechanics are intuitive. \r<br\/>Secret to reaching the end is to NEVER take teleports, i will gladly take damage over random teleportation that will take me back 2-3 rooms or event to the start."},{"author_name":"ramoncb","author_uid":"14743","time":"Dec 18, 2015 @ 11:13pm","epoch":1450480080,"text":"Fits very well with the theme! Maybe in the future would be cool if you introduce some NPCs to talk to ;-)\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Good job! =)"},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Dec 20, 2015 @ 4:50pm","epoch":1450629900,"text":"I think you did really well in the improvements you've made since you posted a version on the blog.  The different room types are cool, and it felt like you had a choice to make every time, good work"},{"author_name":"JaytleBee","author_uid":"33472","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 8:09pm","epoch":1450728240,"text":"A bit too random, but I really like the aesthetic. Would probably be cooler if the fifty-fifty rooms would stay the way they're rolled, even if you teleport (more strategy)."},{"author_name":"lurils","author_uid":"16303","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 8:12pm","epoch":1450728420,"text":"nice, interesting game, even if you didnt do all you wanted, it's pretty complete, well done"},{"author_name":"nuprahtor","author_uid":"2280","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 10:13pm","epoch":1450735680,"text":"Interesting take on theme, though, complete random, this was an interesting adventure. \r<br\/>The moments when you get a heart or lamp instead of damage three times in a row feels really good."},{"author_name":"Ludipe","author_uid":"20471","time":"Dec 21, 2015 @ 10:15pm","epoch":1450735800,"text":"Hey there fellow construct user! :)\r<br\/>Thought the game was nice and the art was good. It was an original concept and choice-making was interesting, perhaps it would be more fun with a little less of randomness.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>good job!"},{"author_name":"psychonull","author_uid":"31386","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 2:20am","epoch":1450750500,"text":"Nice game!, good use of theme, like the music and graphics, the random way of choosing 50-50 ... good concept. great job! (it's not crap :D )"},{"author_name":"lawendt","author_uid":"62237","time":"Dec 22, 2015 @ 3:09am","epoch":1450753440,"text":"Really cool game, I loved everything on it. I could play for hours just to look for new variations of doors. The best thing in your game, is that there's feedbacks for everything with good audio and a very pleasant do see minimap. Anyway, keep up with the awesome work!"},{"author_name":"Tangible Games","author_uid":"25746","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 5:51pm","epoch":1450892760,"text":"I liked it :)"},{"author_name":"Gordy","author_uid":"65120","time":"Dec 23, 2015 @ 6:38pm","epoch":1450895580,"text":"Very interesting and good idea. I must say that I really enjoyed it ... I kept saying: again now that the ladies: D It's not difficult but it fulfilled the task, and it's fun .. 4 stars;)"},{"author_name":"gladers","author_uid":"40397","time":"Dec 24, 2015 @ 12:33pm","epoch":1450960080,"text":"Loved it, fantastic game! I played it through several times, I will be recommending! :D"},{"author_name":"Benjamin","author_uid":"2952","time":"Dec 27, 2015 @ 11:08am","epoch":1451214180,"text":"Very innovative I like it. The teleport make the game more interesting since you can use your map informations."},{"author_name":"nihilaleph","author_uid":"49665","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 1:03am","epoch":1451696280,"text":"Pro:\r<br\/>+ Very interesting concept\r<br\/>+ Cool use of theme\r<br\/>+ Audio and graphics are great\r<br\/>Con:\r<br\/>- I felt it could have either more randomness or more strategy to the choice of doors\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great work!"},{"author_name":"Tselmek","author_uid":"48996","time":"Jan 2, 2016 @ 1:07am","epoch":1451696520,"text":"Very nice idea but the randomness feels way too punishing, especially the teleportation. Pretty polished entry nonetheless."},{"author_name":"StrehFox","author_uid":"45227","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 5:58am","epoch":1451800380,"text":"There's something here, just needs a little dusting off to find the gem underneath."},{"author_name":"Wakefield","author_uid":"56653","time":"Jan 3, 2016 @ 6:29am","epoch":1451802240,"text":"Funny and great use of the concept! at first i didn&acute;t know how to advance but after a few trys I catch it, and really like it!"},{"author_name":"Haokarlos","author_uid":"62182","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 9:35am","epoch":1451899800,"text":"Nice game. Really like graphics and sound it's pretty immersive. I missed some more rooms but good job though"},{"author_name":"OccamsRazor","author_uid":"32648","time":"Jan 4, 2016 @ 6:22pm","epoch":1451931420,"text":"Very cool use of the theme, well made!"},{"author_name":"Jupiter_Hadley","author_uid":"27744","time":"Mar 30, 2016 @ 4:47pm","epoch":1459356120,"text":"Really unique concept! I included it in my Ludum Dare 34 compilation video series, if you&rsquo;d like to check it out :) https:\/\/youtu.be\/S5oK4fsls3Q"}],"images":["ld34\/49685-4c8137c1c02bac69336a772867168ee0.jpg","ld34\/49685-1a8cf7a34ef17e1a86581d82cd499469.jpg","ld34\/49685-6ffd15624c9a6da50bea946341985ba1.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/fragilegames.comuf.com\/LD34%20Mazes%20of%20Random%20v1\/Mazes%20of%20Random%20v1\/","text":"Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"5335","g_author":"49685","g_event":"LD34","g_eventkey":"31","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"5304","g_title":"Mazes of Random","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"261","g_commentcount":"33","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/49685-shot0-1450396780.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/49685-shot1-1450184232.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/511439\/49685-shot2-1450184232.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Your goal is to make your way through the labyrinth, which is a set of rooms with randomly generated properties. Every room has two doors and all you have to do is to choose one of them. There are signs near each door, which indicate what would happen if you enter that door. If your health or lamp fuel reaches zero, you lose.\r\n\r\nRoom types:\r\n1) [hearth] Restores a cretain amount of your HP\r\n2) [skull] Deals you a certain amount of damage\r\n3) [lantern] Restores a certain amount of lamp fuel\r\n4) [teleport] Teleports you to a random lower level room\r\n5) [?] - Any of the above\r\n\r\nI wantded to sumbit a Compo entry, but didn't finish on time. If you want, I can provide you with a *.capx project file\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTools:\r\n\r\nEngine: Construct 2\r\nArt: Construct 2 built-in editor, Photoshop CS3, Paint.net\r\nSound: Zoom H2n, Audacity,  cgMusic, Cubase Elements 7 + VST plug-ins.\r\nEverything was created by me within 72 hours.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIf you are going to write a comment, please state whether it was hard for you to figure out the game mechanics. \r\n","title":"Mazes of Random"}