{"author_name":"mklee","cat":"LD #19 - Discovery - 2010","comments":[],"epoch":1292804340,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"67764","p_author":"mklee","p_authorkey":"781","p_urlkey":"103567","p_title":"Corpse Runner","p_cat":"LD #19 - Discovery - 2010","p_event":"LD19","p_time":"1292804340","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"781","us_name":"mklee","us_username":"mklee","event_start":"1292544000","event_key":"5","event_name":"LD19"},"text":"

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Play it here<\/a> or grab the source<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Corpse Runner, a (very) simple maze game is finished enough for the competition entry. Made today after scrapping my initial project, it’s just a maze game with a single twist. Your goal is to find the exit to your maze within the time limit. However your time limit very very short (just 15 seconds). Plus the maze is very dark and you can only see your immediate surroundings.<\/p>\n

The twist is that at any point you “sacrifice” yourself for the next maze-goer. The next person will be able to “use” your corpse to extend his time limit and each corpse leaves behind a small amount of light.<\/p>\n

I started this game this afternoon after scrapping my previous idea which had a neat mechanic that just wasn’t feasible within the time limit. The maze was going to be a bit more full-featured, with keys that needed to be found and multiple doors to unlock before escaping. However the game is so simple that adding any more tedious mechanics just made it even less fun.<\/p>\n

I like the mechanic of dropping corpses and using them in future player runs even if the execution here is pretty limited. I might take some time and investigate it a little further in the future with a different game.<\/p>\n

Anyway Ludum Dare as usual was stressful, frustrating, and yet simultaneously a blast as usual. Best of luck to everyone else and I look forward to seeing what gems other people have made.<\/p>","time":"December 19th, 2010 7:19 pm","title":"Corpse Runner"}