EXPERIMENT#532 by Pete_H

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made by Pete_H for LD31 (COMPO)
4 people wake up in a room. The door is locked. A voice crackles over the loudspeaker.

Can you escape?

Controls:
Tab to cycle through characters.
Click anywhere within the room and the character will move there.
All interactions take place in the right hand window (smallest one). If a character is close to an object and can interact with it you will be presented with the interaction option in this window in a green text.

Twitter: @PeterHarries

Ratings

Coolness 62% 3
Overall 3.39 360
Fun 3.22 424
Graphics 2.71 799
Humor 3.19 177
Innovation 3.38 372
Mood 3.14 371
Theme 3.89 227

Feedback

DesignerNap
08. Dec 2014 · 10:26 UTC
Really enjoyed this! Took me two goes but I got it! Made the call at 3 hours the first time. a nice idea and well executed
SirJavaGaming
08. Dec 2014 · 18:25 UTC
Web version is just a black screen (Windows 7, Firefox 33)
daviosmash
08. Dec 2014 · 18:28 UTC
Took a while to get used to, mostly because I was kind of dense about grasping the concept - still played well. I would have liked a bit more ambiance to increase the mood and style, but good overall.
pjimmy
08. Dec 2014 · 18:29 UTC
nice concept, very funny puzzle
berkano
08. Dec 2014 · 18:41 UTC
Very creative and fun to play! Took me a few goes but was not prepared to give up, got me hooked. Nice job!
🎤 Pete_H
08. Dec 2014 · 21:24 UTC
@SirJavaGaming - Thanks, I'll have to test with FireFox and see what I come up with.
@Daviosmash - 100% agree!

@Everyone else - Thanks :D
skyr
08. Dec 2014 · 21:43 UTC
Fun game, took me 2 tries. It was a little easy after the call, but i liked the incident near the end. (I don't want to spoil for the others)
AinaSG
08. Dec 2014 · 23:31 UTC
Ricky exited the room wihout any trouble and the others did not? :/

Nice idea, a litle complicated to contol, will play again to try to beat it! Thanks for the game!

I loved how the characters moved diferent depending of their roles
Evergreen Games
08. Dec 2014 · 23:39 UTC
nice! funny and entertaining. like the variation between characters. wish it was longer.
terrytheplatypus
08. Dec 2014 · 23:42 UTC
I liked it, except I couldn't beat it, I couldn't shred the wires with Chris
flatgub
09. Dec 2014 · 02:56 UTC
Very interesting!
Well done.
MaddeStudios
09. Dec 2014 · 08:52 UTC
I quite enjoyed that! Took me two goes (one for finding out what to do, the other to win it), but I still killed Chris. Oh, well. Very fun.
wilbefast
09. Dec 2014 · 19:02 UTC
Lol - yeah I ended up just going for the 'use everything on everything' approach and it worked :P Managed on my second try. Nice little adventure game though the solution wasn't really intuitive enough to figure out by thinking it through. The character bios might have provided some insight (weak stomach, tall, etc) but can you get at them in the game? I didn't see.

Maybe if the guy on the phone didn't tell you exactly what to do, and only explained that you needed to get the knife from the top of the shelf and make a fire at a certain time? Then you could figure out the rest yourself. It'd be more interesting than just following orders.
Marcellus
09. Dec 2014 · 23:44 UTC
freed all 4 characters, had to restart about 5 times to try every possibilities i could find, had fun. good entry !
Jupiter_Hadley
10. Dec 2014 · 01:06 UTC
Love the commentary! I Included it in part 4 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/Kdfz6b6_ebE
🎤 Pete_H
10. Dec 2014 · 08:24 UTC
@wilbefast Thanks for the feedback, yeh some great points, I was going to tgry and get more interactions in and clues as to what to do in each move but didn't manage it :( (all those items with no interactions!)

Thanks for playing all!
dunin
10. Dec 2014 · 21:22 UTC
a little nice story. But why use this "tab" system? A simple point n click would be ok (click on the protrait...). As we use the mouse I don't understand why add keyboard control (or make keyboard only like Grim Fandango...)
🎤 Pete_H
10. Dec 2014 · 22:49 UTC
^ good point, I did consider adding a click to change character but got distracted by other stuff! lol
TriSquare
11. Dec 2014 · 00:34 UTC
this was the first game that i had completed and actually enjoyed the ending props !
🎤 Pete_H
11. Dec 2014 · 09:38 UTC
@TriSquare, Yey! Thanks :D That really means a lot!!!
planetdothead
11. Dec 2014 · 10:02 UTC
Great stuff :D perfect for the theme and pretty funny especially if you dial the wrong number!
mrexcessive
11. Dec 2014 · 13:09 UTC
Hi there. TAB key for cycling characters did not work on Web version (Chrome/W8.1). Not rated yet.
Alex Rose
11. Dec 2014 · 15:44 UTC
I messed this up a bit. I had Ricky at the door to prop it open, but I clicked "kick it open" and he left and the others all died. Then I killed Chris. Alas.

Fun idea, and well executed. Nice one.
Tasteslikefuture
11. Dec 2014 · 16:14 UTC
Awesome game! I highly suspect Meredith of being in on all of this though, something in her eyes... Great work!
hissssssssss
11. Dec 2014 · 17:32 UTC
Pretty neat! Small bug: If the lights are off when you die and then you restart the game, the lights are still off.
🎤 Pete_H
11. Dec 2014 · 17:39 UTC
Thanks! @TatstesLikeFuture, dial 666 with Meredith ;)
@Hisssssssss Nice spot, thanks! That was originally going to be smoke haha
PapyPilgrim
29. Dec 2014 · 18:55 UTC
I got stuck after using the phone (whitout the number): I couldn't control anything, so I had to restart