Snail Gale by moasip

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made by moasip for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

blanktitle.png Your name is Gale and you turn into a snail every 10 seconds. Find a way to escape the lab without getting caught!

Gale can outrun the guards and open doors. Snail Gale can crawl in the vents, but will die if he transforms in the vent.

Controls:

  • WASD to move
  • E to interact with vents and doors

Tools Used:

  • Godot
  • Gimp

Font:

Neuropol

Authors:

  • Ryan Macumber - Art, Music, SFX
  • Trevor Tomlin - Programming!

Ratings

Overall 861th 3.234⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Fun 934th 2.969⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 243th 3.727⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Theme 174th 4.118⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 621th 3.591⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Audio 601th 3.078⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Humor 135th 3.813⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Mood 917th 3.056⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 11🗳️ 44🗨️

Feedback

Gnisro
03. Oct 2022 · 22:14 UTC
nice soundtrack and intriguing game design like how your forced to go snail to proceed to through the fends creates tension
MsPlanlos
04. Oct 2022 · 21:22 UTC
What a funny idea! :D Nice game!
Grandblood
04. Oct 2022 · 21:30 UTC
Like the soundtrack. Fun little game.
TheButterApple24
04. Oct 2022 · 21:30 UTC
I love the concept! Music and artstyle are also very well done!!!
ofiro
04. Oct 2022 · 21:36 UTC
I like the humor in this one. And Gale.

The guards were a bit difficult. Trying to escape the guards and then being transformed into a SLOW snail is really something :)
Arihan10
04. Oct 2022 · 21:38 UTC
What a nice game! The music and art is really well made, and the puzzles were interesting (other than sometimes being too simple). I don't really have many criticisms, so... good job!
Reckless
04. Oct 2022 · 21:45 UTC
Nice Idea for the theme! Making Gale a even quicker in his human form would make it less frustrating while also setting apart the two forms a bit more. I liked the music.
nullval
04. Oct 2022 · 21:51 UTC
Great artstyle, really inventive idea
tharky
04. Oct 2022 · 21:59 UTC
Nice graphics, I got stuck on walls sometimes but I've had fun with it :) Well done!
Alex de la Cour
04. Oct 2022 · 22:44 UTC
Honestly you had me at snail...this game really made me laugh! I loved the art and the music so much, I thought the story idea was great and very original but perhaps Gale could have moved a bit quicker, and I got stuck behind counters as the snail a few times.
EOShadows
05. Oct 2022 · 00:08 UTC
Good game! The graphics and audio are great (I especially like the walking animation of the player, and the sound effect of the bare feet one the floor), and I also like the concept. Though having to just stand and wait to transform into a snail so that I can vent can get kind of repetitive and slow, especially when I've got to do it after every time I die. However I think this is just a minor problem and maybe adding a feature where the player can also force themselves to transform (though maybe be unable to transform back just to keep the challenge there) might fix the problem. Other than that though, I thought this was good. Well done!
LDJam user 308534
05. Oct 2022 · 18:45 UTC
Love the sprites and the mechanics. Waiting out the 10 second timer was occasionally frustrating, but the theme integration itself was playful and interesting.
GordienkoGames
06. Oct 2022 · 13:52 UTC
Hey, I played your game on the stream - twitch GGame86

Something’s wrong with music
Please give my game a try if you have some time!
kuro
06. Oct 2022 · 20:23 UTC
Fun idea, fun execution. Well done .)
Flying Dog Fish
06. Oct 2022 · 20:34 UTC
Great take on the theme. The game looks and feels nice too.
KatBoo
07. Oct 2022 · 10:55 UTC
Fun concept and great focus on the theme. Would play more!
johanhelsing
07. Oct 2022 · 11:32 UTC
I love the character design. I like ambiguity of whether he actually is a snail, or just thinks he is one.

I don't mind the escape and timing being a bit hard, but some checkpoints would have been really nice, so I wouldn't have to replay early easy sections.
LDJam user 298496
08. Oct 2022 · 15:58 UTC
Really quirky take on the theme, great stuff!
Likirus
08. Oct 2022 · 15:59 UTC
Very fun game and interesting interpretation of the theme. Quite difficult to espace the guards though, maybe they could ignore the player when in snail form.
Volodymyr Karchevskyy
08. Oct 2022 · 15:59 UTC
Funny idea and design)
You've made a good game with cool music!
craftmuch
08. Oct 2022 · 16:03 UTC
Great game, solid execution of the theme switching between characters. Occasionally I'd get caught in walls and so would NPCs but its easy to forgive as overall it was great fun.
Helen
08. Oct 2022 · 16:14 UTC
I like Gale's appearance and how his nightgown shifts :D great game