Bejailed by bufferoverflow

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made by bufferoverflow for LD31 (COMPO)
My first Ludum Dare entry! It was terrifying and exhausting and I can't wait to do it all again in a few months!

A match-3, actiony, dungeon-crawly hybrid. You've been "Bejailed" and need to escape but the only way out seems to be by matching three 3 purple rooms.

My original idea was to try and find way to do a dungeon-crawly roguelike type thing with only one screen. I thought it would be cool if the player always stayed on screen and the rooms configured around them. Once I had a 3x3 grid going a match 3 game only seemed natural.


W,A,S,D to move

Left Mouse to fire gun

Right Mouse to use freezing gun

Stay in the yellow diamonds to activate a room

Three adjacent activated rooms clear giving a bonus depending on the last room cleared

Clear three matching rooms for a bonus

New rooms spawn and old rooms move down to fill cleared space

Clear three purple rooms in one go to escape

Don't die!

Good Luck

Ratings

Coolness 57% 3
Overall 3.56 222
Audio 3.58 102
Fun 3.41 270
Graphics 2.78 746
Humor 3.54 85
Innovation 3.91 111
Mood 3.14 371
Theme 3.84 271

Feedback

Xenolupus
08. Dec 2014 路 03:51 UTC
404 not found!
misto423
08. Dec 2014 路 03:58 UTC
Yea the web one wasn't working - 404 not found :(
crewderek
08. Dec 2014 路 03:59 UTC
404
馃帳 bufferoverflow
08. Dec 2014 路 04:00 UTC
Sorry, forgot to hit publish on itch. All good now!
tigerbyte
08. Dec 2014 路 04:01 UTC
Web and Windows links are broken. Concept is super intriguing so I'll bookmark this one and come back to it hoping the links are fixed! :)
Danman9914
08. Dec 2014 路 04:04 UTC
Really cool mechanic. Sound was good too: normally people recording their voice for sound effects doesn't sound great but you pulled it off well!
Muffinhat
08. Dec 2014 路 04:05 UTC
Pretty awesome for your first entry. I like how you combine top down shooters with Bejeweled-like mechanics.
tigerbyte
08. Dec 2014 路 04:06 UTC
Oh my god the music is hilarious. The sound effects in general are just great. I love that the enemies try to push you off of the center to activate the room.
Definitely polish this one up. It's worth another look.
wdebowicz
08. Dec 2014 路 12:42 UTC
Great music! Is it your voice? I like the shooting animation, and all kind of different enemies. I was surprised how the can interact with player. Very good entry!
KedumeBits
08. Dec 2014 路 15:51 UTC
The sound rocks :-D Nice idea.
Last Man Standing
08. Dec 2014 路 19:51 UTC
Really cool!
Jan Peter (jpdev)
08. Dec 2014 路 20:34 UTC
web one worked for me.

it's really hard. the purple square just would not die.
Gamepopper
09. Dec 2014 路 20:15 UTC
I have to admit I found the music hilarious. Neat game idea as well.
Empyrealhell
09. Dec 2014 路 21:41 UTC
This is a really cool idea, but it suffers from some technical problems in the implementations. The most noticeable is the fact that you can't move fluidly along walls. I would frequently get stuck trying to get out of a room, hanging up on a corner, or just grinding to a halt because I tried to move along a wall. Combine that with the fact that due to their size, the enemies are more difficult to hit than is common in these types of games, and the game ended up being much harder than it needed to.

There were also some issues with the way the rooms would line up, specifically when fire rooms are adjacent. In several cases, there would be rooms lined up that you could not traverse through because there was never a clear opening due to the fire walls always being on (much like in your screenshot). It's a cool concept, and I would like to try and beat it, but as it stands it's just too punishing to go back to.
Tater_hater
09. Dec 2014 路 23:59 UTC
We played your game in our first LD game review!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKO6wvKJawA
Loved it, it was very challenging
hundredhundred
13. Dec 2014 路 12:06 UTC
great soundtrack ahaha gameplay was a bit hard to understand, the game needs a bit of a tutorial. Overall cool entry
billrizer
14. Dec 2014 路 15:23 UTC
Cute SFX - interesting idea
01rafael
18. Dec 2014 路 11:34 UTC
Game is great and so addictive! I like it!
cxsquared
19. Dec 2014 路 04:02 UTC
Really cool and unique idea. Super hard bur really fun. Good work.
CMWeissMedia
19. Dec 2014 路 04:03 UTC
Awesome idea, though it was definitely too difficult. I'd like to see this game with less enemies right off the bat. Also it's a bit harsh that an enemy can pin you against the wall and continuously deal damage. I think you could get away with the enemies not colliding with the player.
Insality
28. Dec 2014 路 08:22 UTC
haha, nice music :)
nice idea and rly fun implementation, gj!
mohammad
30. Dec 2014 路 01:17 UTC
Awesome first game, keep it up!