Death Row by elq

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made by elq for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

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Your scheduled execution looms near. There is no escape, is there?

A short experimental horror game created using Godot.

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Controls:

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Ratings

Overall 433th 3.705⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 682th 3.295⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 549th 3.381⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 453th 3.804⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 182th 4.239⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 72th 4.109⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 754th 2.5⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 7th 4.565⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 25🗨️

Feedback

Blaasen
02. Oct 2023 · 20:31 UTC
Incredible art, atmosphere and audio. Super sick how much world you build with so little!
RobbzenOne
02. Oct 2023 · 20:37 UTC
I like the atmosphere. Well done :)
andypang1010
02. Oct 2023 · 20:42 UTC
Love the atmosphere and mood building! The art style is unique and gives a gloomy feel. It kind of reminds me of the sections where you escape the prison in "A Way Out".
AllenW
02. Oct 2023 · 23:23 UTC
The atmosphere is awesome! It really made me tense up. I also liked the open ending.
Ramon Camata
03. Oct 2023 · 00:34 UTC
SLEEP WHILE YOU ARE STILL ALIVE! AWESOME MOOD DUDE!
ansaws
03. Oct 2023 · 03:39 UTC
Great atmosphere the sounds really add to the experience
TheFoppian
03. Oct 2023 · 03:40 UTC
This definitely feels like a game where you were really focused on one thing, mood. And it really served this game well. The lighting, texturing, sound, all of it conspired to give this a truly creepy, dingy mood. Fantastic work. Just one thing, the web version is incredibly laggy. Just thought you should know and anyone else reading this, download it if you can for performance.
milq
03. Oct 2023 · 10:24 UTC
Spectacular! What a mood and atmosphere, the guard keeps me tense all the time and having to be in bed so he doesn't catch me. Great entry!
Depression
04. Oct 2023 · 00:04 UTC
He's just like me when I don't pay taxes!
Kro
04. Oct 2023 · 00:13 UTC
Cool game!
Also: I'm currently holding WORLD RECORD on speedrunning it! xDDDDDD
Strat with spoon is too easy, prolly requires nerf
https://youtu.be/_AN96U7-xHQ
Rusty2117
04. Oct 2023 · 21:32 UTC
Ok game, longer game would be better but good being down in a couple of days!
The XJ Project
08. Oct 2023 · 13:50 UTC
Yo absolutely amazing atmosphere and graphics. Only issue I had was I fell through the world trying to get through the wall haha but overall really cool!
Ace17
08. Oct 2023 · 16:47 UTC
I get this error in Firefox's javascript console. The game gets stuck on the "You regain consciousness" screen ... :-/

```
USER ERROR: SceneShaderGLES3: Fragment shader compilation failed: index.js:14111:18
ERROR: 0:414: '' : array size must be non-negative index.js:14111:18
ERROR: 0:422: '' : array size must be non-negative index.js:14111:18
<empty string> index.js:14111:18
at: _display_error_with_code (drivers/gles3/shader_gles3.cpp:242) index.js:14111:18
```
merdeboi
08. Oct 2023 · 16:48 UTC
This was great, really atmospheric, though it did take a very long time to break the wall :smile: Great moody graphics and audio, nice short game.
SvenErik
09. Oct 2023 · 05:12 UTC
Great atmosphere indeed! Would have liked to see more of it, but perhaps a tiny post jam update~
LDJam user 318832
09. Oct 2023 · 06:16 UTC
I really like the graphics and atmosphere of this game. When I break the wall with spoon, watching on time, hiding an evidence and quickly going to bed, I remembered the resident evil 7 when Clancy needs to escape. Good job!
shaner421
09. Oct 2023 · 17:09 UTC
Wow I really loved this game! One of the few LD games I have played that absolutely NAILED the vibe in every way. The audio, the assets, the game mechanics all fed into this thick sludge of an atmosphere and it sucked me in! So cool. If you don't mind sharing, how the hell did you do that cool particle effect in the cell? I use godot as well and it would be so useful to know roughly how that was set up. If not no worries, thanks for making a really cool game!
AXLplosion
09. Oct 2023 · 18:49 UTC
@shaner421 that's high praise, thank you very much! As for the particles, it's just a simple GPUParticles3D node that I modified with only a few settings like so:
![dust particles settings 3.png](///raw/88f/22/z/6016d.png)
The actual particle that is being rendered is just a very low resolution sphere. You might have to tweak some things depending on the lighting and scale of your scene. I hope this helps!
shaner421
09. Oct 2023 · 18:59 UTC
@axlplosion Thank you so much for the detailed explanation, I really appreciate it!
Erkberg
10. Oct 2023 · 20:02 UTC
When going to bed I was always like: "Nothing to see here, just chillin' with my trusty spoon" :)
Super atmospheric game with haunting visuals and audio, really enjoyed it!
Dan M
15. Oct 2023 · 12:02 UTC
Really great atmosphere, love all the assets, and the sounds (including the music) all come together really nicely. Definitely gave myself RSI though ahaha. Good job!!