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Dark Acre Jack's "Escapology" by Dark Acre Jack

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made by Dark Acre Jack for LD21 (-)
Step into the shoes of an amateur escapologist and master two illusions!

Directional keys to attempt Escape during Illusions.
M to Mute/unMute audio.
Escape for Help during Illusions.

Still burning a candle for Harry (1874-1926)

Kongregate http://www.kongregate.com/games/DarkAcreJack/dark-acre-jacks-escapology
Web http://dark-acre.com/ludum-dare/ld21/
Google Plus http://dark-acre.com/+
Timelapse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vOYzvIAxSE
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-21/?action=preview&uid=2947

Ratings

Coolness 12% 38
Overall 3.26 123
Audio 3.09 91
Community 3.20 89
Fun 2.83 196
Graphics 3.52 82
Humor 2.39 130
Innovation 4.13 15
Theme 4.39 2

Feedback

馃帳 Dark Acre Jack
22. Aug 2011 路 03:17 UTC
See the 'Web' link for OSX/Win standalone builds and source. Thanks.
Petzi
22. Aug 2011 路 19:12 UTC
It's a nice idea, theme-wise. It's pretty fun, despite it's simple gameplay, but it's really short (although pretty much all Ludum Dare games suffer from that). You can replay it, but it gets boring after a few tries. It could really have used difficulty settings and whatnot, for a bigger challenge.

The graphics, being 3D and animated, were obviously pretty elaborate for a 48-hour competition. The Audio was pretty satisfactory. Good work, overall.
matthias_zarzecki
22. Aug 2011 路 20:09 UTC
The theme and execution are quite unique. The only other time anything came close to this was in Spliter cell 2 :-)
wbobeirne
23. Aug 2011 路 05:02 UTC
Very original idea for the escape theme. Good looking game too. If only there were more scenarios! Great thinking though, definitely one of the more original games I've seen. Just needs more scenarios and gameplay devices.
cornedor
23. Aug 2011 路 06:08 UTC
NIce :)
Winterblood
23. Aug 2011 路 23:35 UTC
Great idea, but slightly disappointing minigames. Excellent presentation though, very polished!
hamburger
24. Aug 2011 路 22:59 UTC
Hah! I had fun. Loved the intros and outros. I'd have benefited from a way to review the instructions; both times I forgot what I was supposed to be doing due to poor reading comprehension.
馃帳 Dark Acre Jack
26. Aug 2011 路 20:54 UTC
Thank you everyone for the feedback thus far! I completely agree that a dozen more escape tricks would make this at least 11 times better, and by the time the deadline loomed I knew that, at best, the result would be more a demo of a much larger game.

Oh, and if you do miss the instructions ESCAPE during an Illusion attempt will pause and bring them back ;) Cheers!
dogbomb
28. Aug 2011 路 15:12 UTC
I'm an amateur magician and I adored this. I'd atually love to see this develop into a fully fledged "magic act" game. Link those rings, pull that rabbit from the hat, saw that woman. This fits the theme of the competition though and was fun as heck.

I loved the reprise of the handcuffs after getting the jacket off... I was all "YAY! I'm DONE... oh shiiii..." and panic set in.

Fun game, and with a bit of love and polish could be a great game!
ToxicLogic
29. Aug 2011 路 00:09 UTC
I really liked how balanced the game was. For both illusions, I felt the pressure as the clock ticked and I tried to escape, but neither were too easy nor too difficult. Great work!
ratking
30. Aug 2011 路 14:47 UTC
I love this game idea, and I concur - more more more! And then, please, let the magician explain his tricks! ;-)