Fear of the Dark by JamesTanm

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made by JamesTanm for LD33 (COMPO)
This is a fast paced, top down action game in the vein of PAC-MAN

You are trying to make your way through a power plant to shut off power to the city, leaving it defenseless.

- Eat all the guards on a level to progress, but don't get hit by any lights or you die.
- Turn off Generators to shut down lights.
- Be careful, the generators wont stay off forever.

Ratings

Coolness 51% 3
Overall 3.44 237
Audio 3.60 88
Fun 3.44 196
Graphics 2.92 553
Innovation 3.48 183
Mood 3.67 98
Theme 3.65 303

Feedback

Perkovec
24. Aug 2015 · 23:53 UTC
Rather interesting idea!) Great work!
iapc
25. Aug 2015 · 00:09 UTC
Interesting idea, but gameplay felt too much 'like pacman, but' to really grab my attention. It may just have been me though.
WASDMagician
25. Aug 2015 · 00:14 UTC
Simple but effective art style and the music worked well.

Nice idea, I found it to be very difficult indeed.
Gil4
25. Aug 2015 · 00:15 UTC
Gives fatal error when all the lives end, pretty fun overall though, good job bro.
Wontonz
25. Aug 2015 · 00:16 UTC
Interesting idea. That one spiral quadrant in one of the maps was impossible to deal with.
razavidn
25. Aug 2015 · 00:22 UTC
Music really sets the mood. There are a lot of "stealthy games" for this LD, but the power mechanic really adds a great new twist. Found it incredibly challenging.
mattthehoopy
25. Aug 2015 · 00:26 UTC
Very nice idea well implemented :)
glerikud
25. Aug 2015 · 00:26 UTC
Not bad for a prototype, but it still has room for improvements.
trashmob
25. Aug 2015 · 00:54 UTC
Interesting idea :D
wg_phancock
25. Aug 2015 · 01:16 UTC
Pretty interesting mechanics, it's kind of like a stealth Pac Man lol
inurashii
25. Aug 2015 · 01:19 UTC
Wow, extremely clever! Very cool mechanics, required advance planning and strategies, you even worked in good level design. Really impressive. The controls/physics didn't feel very good, so if there's any way to improve them, that's my only suggestion.
thedashdude
25. Aug 2015 · 01:39 UTC
The game fun and bug-free, but too difficult for my tastes. Good job though!
sydream
25. Aug 2015 · 09:03 UTC
Nice stealth game, good mechanics although not really a fan of permadeath gameplay. It is hard to play as you die immediately if spotted but otherwise a nice game
mzmiric5
25. Aug 2015 · 16:28 UTC
The music is awesome, really sets the mood, I like the stealth aspect, and it was quite fun to play.
Infernal
26. Aug 2015 · 03:50 UTC
Great job! The mechanic is quite well done!
Berserker_Chris
26. Aug 2015 · 10:13 UTC
Great Idea, good game.
Eldan_Knight
28. Aug 2015 · 17:00 UTC
Great concept!
nihilaleph
30. Aug 2015 · 22:47 UTC
Great concept! Music and graphics really sets the mood!
The lighting is very necessary but it made me a bit confused with so many areas. The characters could be a bit bigger, I often missed the guard because I was just a bit too high...
Also too difficult for me, couldn't finish xp I guess maybe make the light come back a moment later than the generator (like when you cut the generator off) or being able to attack the guard form behind would make things a bit easier.

Other than that great work!
Daisuke909
12. Sep 2015 · 18:11 UTC
Really interesting, creative idea. I would love to see this developed into a more complex product, perhaps with a shallower learning curve, although it did crash on me.