This is my first Ludum Dare

Game dev tip: NEVER make a game in WinForms it looks awful. At least use GDI+ not buttons and controls. I understand you are new to programing and this is just a tip but if you want to make good games don't use WinForms. Use XNA or SFML or any other framework/lib that is for making gmaes. However
you should be proud of yourself making something in 72 hours.

what are gdi+, xna, and sfml?
thank you

i used Pixen to make the graphics and tried to make the white part invisible but it interpreted it as white for some reason

Ok so you are new to game development? It's fine you've tried to make something with what you know! No matter what others tell you. But if you wanna do something better for your next Ludum Dare, you should take a look a some programming libraries like XNA or SFML. If you want to make a game that works for every OS, you should take a look a Java, or Javascript/HTML5. If you don't know where to begin, just google these names.

About your game:
It made me smile because it reminds me some old games I used to play when I was younger :D I love the way you've managed to do what you wanted with a few tools!
The only problem is that when i come back the the first room, I press C and type "evo13", no error message but when I press G, it says "You need the stone key" :/

Some tips:
- Arrows are better than WASD because some people (like me) don't have a QWERTY keyboard, so it's very hard to play
- If some things aren't working in your game, describe the bugs in your entry to let people know that it's not their fault if it's not working correctly.

Good job for your first LD!

I agree, you should move to XNA for making your games (XNA is practically designed for them, after all).

thank you i appreciate the advice. I'm sorry about the bug i had no idea it was there or i would've put it in the description.i will do so now.

I just fixed the bug thank you for informing me

Could not run this game. The executable returns an error:

"Deployment and application do not have matching security zones."

I'm not running it from a protected folder or anything.

I don't know whats wrong. It might be u have a security program which won't let u run it because it thinks its a virius. It has worked fine for other people though.

I could not get it to start, i get a simple error message saying something like: "Could not start program". Looks nice, would like to try.

I uploaded the wrong program :(
I hope they havent judged yet

the one uploaded was a bug fix

the one before that worked.
I will upload the correct one now

The judging ended on Monday. Unfortunately, you cannot see your rating because there wasn't enough people to rate your game (it's at least 12) =/

I hope you will be back for the next LD in December. I will check out your game!