EscapeOut by David S. Gallant

made by David S. Gallant for LD21 (-)

Made in FlashDevelop with Flixel. It's your average Breakout clone. Or is it?

This is not only my first ever Ludum Dare entry, but also my first game coded from scratch. I've previously used Stencyl to develop game prototypes. EscapeOut itself is more prototype than game: given time, I could improve it by adding sounds, a timer, powerups, and better visual cues. Still, I'm very proud of what I've produced. I hope you enjoy.

Web	http://silvermaplestudios.com/2011/08/22/escapeout/
SWF	http://silvermaplestudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Escapeout.swf
Source	http://silvermaplestudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Escapeout.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-21/?action=preview&uid=4967

Ratings

Coolness	1%	311
Overall	3.12	171

Audio	1.06	366
Community	1.67	432
Fun	2.76	224
Graphics	1.97	412
Humor	3.00	54
Innovation	3.53	80
Theme	3.62	71

Feedback

Rudy

22. Aug 2011 · 15:37 UTC

Brilliant idea! Gives the "uuuh" moment at the end. :)

Marach

22. Aug 2011 · 17:29 UTC

Haha, this game is awesome. Great idea.

:D

Marach

22. Aug 2011 · 17:58 UTC

Please write at least one blog post or you can't receive Trophies! :(

splixel

22. Aug 2011 · 23:25 UTC

Totally loving it :D

Klare

23. Aug 2011 · 00:32 UTC

Very cute :)

xRedx22

23. Aug 2011 · 14:52 UTC

Ha, very clever! I like how it's just a little twist on an old game, very nice!

onefineline

24. Aug 2011 · 02:47 UTC

Hahaha, I thought the game was broken for a sec.

mattperrin

24. Aug 2011 · 03:53 UTC

Nice little "gotcha" there. At first I thought it was a bug. :)

ratking

24. Aug 2011 · 13:26 UTC

Thanks for this game experience. :-)

Andrew

24. Aug 2011 · 13:29 UTC

I press 'w' and a message shows up: you escaped! is it supposed to do that?

jonnopon3000

24. Aug 2011 · 14:08 UTC

Haha, this made me happy :D
I noticed at the beginning when I thought I'd lost that there is no way to lose...and it clicked in my head when the top layer turned out to be blocks. Very clever.

Shigor

26. Aug 2011 · 02:32 UTC

Ok, I almost why the hell you just made another generic breakout / arkanoid clone?... then I missed the ball... Good idea, points for innovation :)

KevinWorkman

26. Aug 2011 · 21:21 UTC

This is the first game that actually made me smile. The "surprise" still feels weird to watch, it's breaking all the rules!

mikolalysenko

26. Aug 2011 · 22:33 UTC

Hah! I like it, very clever!

bach

28. Aug 2011 · 05:29 UTC

Ha, took me a while :) Love the idea though..

MacTuitui

03. Sep 2011 · 12:48 UTC

At first I was like, WTF? then I was like "Ooooohhh". Nice one!

wonderwhy-er

04. Sep 2011 · 16:26 UTC

Haha, funny idea, initially it is "huh, escape?" thoughts :D

Marach

06. Sep 2011 · 21:45 UTC

Still waiting for a blog post...

marudziik

09. Sep 2011 · 08:57 UTC

Very clever, but it did take me a while to get what I'm supposed to do. :)

angrygeometry

11. Sep 2011 · 08:42 UTC

made me smile. great idea, took a tiny bit of working out (i was playing it like breakout) but an overall satisfying game.

🎤 David S. Gallant

13. Sep 2011 · 13:17 UTC

Hitting W to win? Whoops! Left a debug function in the game :S

Marach - sorry about that, I'm a bad blogger and an even worse comment-checker. I'm not sure if it's too late to blog, but I will try.

🎤 David S. Gallant

13. Sep 2011 · 17:59 UTC

Marach - blogged.