The Island of Dare by Fenmar

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made by Fenmar for LD23 (COMPO)
Made with HTML5, Javascript and the Canvas element, so you probably need a browser which is up to date. Tested with Google Chrome and Firefox.

You are stranded on a small island and need to survive and find a way to escape. Use WASD or the arrow keys to move. Avoid the bats (red X). You need to collect all items except potions (yellow exclamation mark) to proceed to the next level.

Have fun!

Ratings

Coolness 32% 874
Overall 2.84 508
Audio 2.79 301
Fun 2.47 622
Graphics 2.26 737
Humor 1.75 670
Innovation 2.21 741
Mood 2.53 532
Theme 2.21 784

Feedback

Booser
23. Apr 2012 路 19:41 UTC
Nice Music and good idea
Cosmologicon
23. Apr 2012 路 22:51 UTC
Good job on the music. The terminal graphics were a funny touch. Just so you know, I found a dungeon generator bug. At one point I got into an unbeatable screen. The items I had to collect were on the other side of the door and I couldn't reach them. http://imgur.com/It2nO
Raptor85
24. Apr 2012 路 04:46 UTC
i kept getting unbeatable screens in the giant bat area, they spawn in the doors and leave no way to the exit.

I like the music, it's...serene
馃帳 Fenmar
24. Apr 2012 路 05:41 UTC
Well, d'oh! I knew there is a possibility to get unbeatable levels, but I thought it would be so unlikely that I have not fixed it. Seems like I was mistaken.
emveyh
24. Apr 2012 路 18:45 UTC
Nice game, i liked the graphics and the sound. Played for about 5 minutes, then I died and had to start over again. I mean it's some sort of roguelike and they are known to be hard, but i think it's a bit unfair that you die from just one hit and you have no way to defend yourself besides the potions.
YMM
24. Apr 2012 路 19:18 UTC
Making the text skippable would reduce the punishment for death a lot, right now it's pretty frustrating. Cool dungeon generation.
Jack
24. Apr 2012 路 19:26 UTC
beautiful in its simplicity. I love what you've done with just text. Any significance to the player being a Y?
Pixelulsar
24. Apr 2012 路 23:34 UTC
I like the letter idea and the random generation, but I gave up because after about 4 levels of progress it brought me back to the 3 potions part.
馃帳 Fenmar
25. Apr 2012 路 05:08 UTC
Okay, I guess I should make death a little bit less hard. Maybe add lifepoints and a regeneration potion? @Jack: http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/mhGxnpu/jumping+couple+2

Thank you all for your feedback :)
TaoPhoenix
25. Apr 2012 路 05:35 UTC
I got about 4 screens in and then it seemed umbeatable but different, aka the famous "run the hands over the keyboard" did nothing against a green square. But I think I had all/almost all the previous T-mushrooms.
gnx
25. Apr 2012 路 21:06 UTC
I somehow really liked this. Minimalist games are very interesting to me. You manage to communicate a whole lot with some simple shapes and text.

On my first play I died and on my second I ended up in a maze with no way forward, so I guess it is somewhat generated each time?

A very nice idea, it would be fun to a play that looked and sounded like this but with a longer game and bigger world to explore.
racarate
30. Apr 2012 路 02:29 UTC
Man, that music loop was hyper annoying I wish it would have been a few minutes long instead of a few seconds long. Competent micro-roguelike. I actually liked the combination of WASD and mouse for item usage. It was frustrating that the instructional text displayed every time I went through. Does the game go on forever? I was about ten levels in and I assumed it was endless randomly generated dungeons so I quit. Not sure what the point of the mushrooms were, they were only in that one stage.
angrygeometry
04. May 2012 路 16:00 UTC
this was cute. browser kept scrolling the page with space so i had to do it without using potions. i almost managed it too. good little game.
barigorokarl
07. May 2012 路 21:34 UTC
I liked this alot! The "graphics" really suit their means and the little story really nice and fits perfectly. Very good job!