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Southward Lies Escape by PaulSB

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made by PaulSB for LD21 (-)
You are trapped at the North end of a mysterious complex of connected rooms. Everywhere are mindless savages with a taste for violence and loot. You have only one last hope: Southward lies escape.

Coded with Flixel, arted with GIMP, sounded with bfxr + a mic, musicked with FL Studio and Kontakt.

Controls
Arrow keys: Movement
Space: Interact with doors and loot
Escape: Proceed from menu screens
M: Mute/Unmute

(There was an element of UK riot inspiration in the initial concept, but I lost my shot at high brow when I started barking like a dog into a microphone.)

Web http://paulsburgess.co.uk/flash-games/southward-lies-escape/
Source https://github.com/PaulSB/LD21
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-21/?action=preview&uid=1626

Ratings

Coolness 5% 115
Overall 3.10 176
Audio 3.16 81
Community 2.55 236
Fun 2.75 225
Graphics 3.25 134
Humor 1.64 306
Innovation 2.80 238
Theme 3.35 137

Feedback

Rudy
22. Aug 2011 路 15:43 UTC
Gets a little repetitive; more variety and a minimap would have been awesome.
McTwist
22. Aug 2011 路 16:57 UTC
It is a clear goal and really easy if you are into games where you avoid obstacles.
馃帳 PaulSB
22. Aug 2011 路 17:41 UTC
Most people are telling me it's too hard so that's good to hear :)
Klare
22. Aug 2011 路 20:12 UTC
Very cool atmosphere. The music really added to the creepiness. The pitch black rooms were especially good :p
ZirconCode
23. Aug 2011 路 08:32 UTC
I enjoyed the audio and graphics style, gave a scary atmosphere. Thee rooms looked too similar for me to go and visit all of them.
johnfn
24. Aug 2011 路 06:56 UTC
This game has a great dark atmosphere, but is a little too repetitive. I didn't really feel like I was progressing until I suddenly won. It's still pretty nice, with great graphical style.
Fenmar
24. Aug 2011 路 13:35 UTC
The background music is awesome! I would like to have a minimap.
accidentalrebel
24. Aug 2011 路 15:06 UTC
Has a very nice and creepy atmosphere. Although when I played it I didn't know it I was progressing or not. Throughout my playthrough I was asking myself if I should just stop playing as there were no clear indication if I was doing good or not.
tgijsola
25. Aug 2011 路 02:35 UTC
Very cool graphics and sound. The whole experience was vaguely upsetting, which is to say I enjoyed it greatly :)
matthias_zarzecki
29. Aug 2011 路 15:33 UTC
I like the asthetics, they're quite unique.

Also interesting how the enemies ile onto you after some time :-)