Escape Squad by yesandgames

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made by yesandgames for LD34 (JAM)
Four friends escape from their captors by using their niche skills as a team. Inspired by the potential LD34 theme "Stick Together," Escape Squad blends the isometric, top-down shooter mechanics of Binding of Isaac with the single-entity party mechanic of Legend of Grimrock to create a uniquely tactical action roguelike. Play as the four best friends Bearemy the Barbearian, Moz the Firefox, Bandit the Ranger Racoon, and Cynthia the Armordillo escaping from their evil captor-animals. Each shoots in the direction they are facing, and you can rotate the party to change your tactical setup.

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zenmumbler
15. Dec 2015 · 16:04 UTC
Ow, I was figuring out the controls as a mass of critters collected by the door and when I hit space, 20 explosion effects played simultaneously, which was rather painful.

Interesting idea for 4 characters joined together, but not theme-related. Nice go, tho.
LastResortGames
15. Dec 2015 · 16:16 UTC
Great Job. I like the idea of it. I kind of just ran straight through without killing anything. It was cool that each direction was a different attack.
Monochrome Bears
16. Dec 2015 · 16:34 UTC
Very interested game mechanic, but sad for absence of themes
monetai
16. Dec 2015 · 16:39 UTC
Nice to speedrun !
monetai
16. Dec 2015 · 16:40 UTC
I made it in 4.93 seconds =D
Galan
18. Dec 2015 · 03:00 UTC
I really like the idea behind this one. With some work this could be a really fun game.
nlbi21
19. Dec 2015 · 19:13 UTC
i like it the game mechanic. :3 Good job.
OberynMartell
21. Dec 2015 · 11:51 UTC
Interesting idea. The theme is missing, but nice mechanics. Congrats.
adsilcott
24. Dec 2015 · 05:31 UTC
This is a really cool concept. You should make more levels!
KaiseanGames
24. Dec 2015 · 05:52 UTC
Interesting concept. But my controller didn't work with back buttons (rotate).
akirassasin
24. Dec 2015 · 10:48 UTC
I don't understand how the bear's powers work, so I used him as a bear shield... Moz is OP though.
mockthebear
25. Dec 2015 · 15:21 UTC
fun 5/5
the sounds might be a bit too loud.