Unstable Dome by zenwraight

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made by zenwraight for Ludum Dare 49 (COMPO)

Player is stuck in a dome having some rooms/passages. The dome is magical and unstable. In order to exit the dome, player needs to find and collect two magical items hidden in one of the rooms.

Player should be careful when picking up the objects, on touching them, the dome senses the magical power of the item and then throws player into a randomly picked room/passage. This is could more confusion to the player on which room or path it should take in order to exit the cave.

Player can exit the cave only from a one exit door, which is colored differently from the other doors and player needs to collect all the magical items, before it can exit out and enjoy the free air.

Help the player to find both the magical items and exit safely out of the Unstable Dome.

Screen Shot 2021-10-03 at 1.22.33 AM.png

Ratings

Overall 482th 2.976⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 456th 2.81⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 422th 2.929⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 324th 3.429⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 414th 3.048⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 295th 2.594⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Mood 387th 2.912⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Given 46🗳️ 2🗨️

Feedback

ThaCuber
03. Oct 2021 · 13:26 UTC
I like how some rooms loop around and one room even leads to itself
🎤 zenwraight
03. Oct 2021 · 15:40 UTC
@thacuber thanks, ya that was the purpose to confuse folks a bit more, I think, I could have added more rooms to it.
Nameless Ghoul
05. Oct 2021 · 07:11 UTC
Nice simple game, I would've liked to see some more polish on the game as some things like the room changing animation feel off. Also would've been a lot more intuitive if the doors were little portals instead as they seem to only work one way. I'd also love to see some more content in general as I got lucky and finished it in less than 30 seconds.
🎤 zenwraight
05. Oct 2021 · 16:00 UTC
Thanks a lot @nameless-ghoul yes your points are valid, I could only spend 12 hours or so on this game and that's why the game lacks many things. I even forgot to add some audio to it, which I will be doing soon. Thanks a lot for the positive feedback.
popertots
06. Oct 2021 · 20:37 UTC
Short, Sweet, to the point. very nice
🎤 zenwraight
06. Oct 2021 · 20:39 UTC
Thanks @popertots :) I should have also added a nice sweet song, forgot to do that because of time.
THX
06. Oct 2021 · 21:34 UTC
Cute game, short but fun. I really enjoyed the transition effect whenever I picked up a key. Nice entry :)
🎤 zenwraight
06. Oct 2021 · 21:49 UTC
Thanks @thx :)
Dante2001
06. Oct 2021 · 23:09 UTC
Love pixel games and the fact that this is a compo makes it a really solid entry. Loved the room rotation and the controls were tight. Some FX would've been great, but then again 48 hours to do EVERYTHING by yourself is really hard. Respect man.
🎤 zenwraight
09. Oct 2021 · 16:37 UTC
@dante2001 thanks a lot , it means a lot :)
LDJam user 226027
11. Oct 2021 · 06:09 UTC
I liked the graphics and the playability of the game. Simple and cute entry!
🎤 zenwraight
12. Oct 2021 · 01:00 UTC
@grilladroid thanks a lot :)
Daniikk1012
14. Oct 2021 · 05:40 UTC
Good game. In my first run I got extremely lucky and after collecting the first key I ended up in a room with another key, after picking it up, I got teleported to a room with the exit and finished the game without passing through a single door.
zimny11
14. Oct 2021 · 06:51 UTC
The art style is nice and clean, game mechanics are easy to understand, and the whole idea for the game is interesting. The game is short, but I actually appreciate that you did not add, like a 100 rooms, just to prolong the game :) The effect on collecting the idea is nice. I wish (and I think it would improve the game), if there was few more rooms and items to collect, and each item did some different effect, like messing up controls (up is down, left is right). Also, maybe rooms could be more maze like. Anyway, good job with the game!
🎤 zenwraight
14. Oct 2021 · 07:00 UTC
@zimny11 that's actually a nice idea, should have thought about it. Will do it next time. But thanks for the feedback. I will really keep this in mind :)
zimny11
14. Oct 2021 · 07:05 UTC
@zenwraight I guess almost everyone has this moment of: "I wish I had though about it sooner" after LD submission :P
Alekzandar
14. Oct 2021 · 07:22 UTC
What a game!
Fis
14. Oct 2021 · 08:06 UTC
The game progress is nice and the graphics are well used. A litte bit chaotic, but that's the topic for sure.

I'm really curious how you made this game in plain javascript - thanks for sharing the code for the project!
🎤 zenwraight
15. Oct 2021 · 15:59 UTC
Thanks @fis and @alekzandar :)