Robot Pit Escape by SuperSausageDog

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made by SuperSausageDog for LD21 (-)
My first Ludum Dare entry! Only just made it in. It's a puzzle platformer about pushing blocks to climbs upwards and escape from a pit.

It has 15 levels, with a big new game mechanic introduced on level 11. The controls are;

Use the left and right arrow keys to move left and right. Press up to jump. If you have a gun press the space bar to use it. Press R to restart a level. Press H if you need help and help text will be added to the end of any text that is on screen. You can go forward or back a level using the < and > keys. If the game doesn't respond to key presses click on it to gain focus.

The game seems to grow rather hard early on so if you have to use the help option or even skip a level don't feel too bad. Make sure to get through all the levels one way or another so you can see the ending screen though.

Created in FlashDevelop with AS3. Bfxr was used for sounds.

Ratings

Coolness 8% 60
Overall 3.62 48
Audio 2.04 269
Community 1.55 463
Fun 3.69 20
Graphics 2.36 341
Humor 2.47 119
Innovation 4.14 14
Theme 3.10 218

Feedback

JohanAR
22. Aug 2011 · 19:47 UTC
That's some pretty cool game play, and the puzzles get very challenging after a while.
Devenger
22. Aug 2011 · 19:49 UTC
Shockingly innovative, mind-bogglingly challenging. You're onto something with this game idea, find a way to bring it to more people!
TaslemGuy
23. Aug 2011 · 02:19 UTC
Thought the game way pretty neat.
mes
23. Aug 2011 · 07:58 UTC
some interesting puzzles, some felt a bit tedious. that ending screen surpassed my wildest expectations.
tequibo
23. Aug 2011 · 13:18 UTC
Very nice puzzle game, good job!
kato9
23. Aug 2011 · 19:32 UTC
Cool concept and very solid execution. nice job!
lilserf
25. Aug 2011 · 01:41 UTC
Fantastic gameplay mechanics, I love it. With some fancier graphics and controls, this would be very releaseable. My favorite game so far!
foobaz
26. Aug 2011 · 02:34 UTC
Nice puzzle game. Very fun and interesting level design. The font was a bit small though.

I found a bug (although not game breaking). You can push a block and shoot a laser at the same time (putting the block in an intermediate location).
wbobeirne
26. Aug 2011 · 13:59 UTC
Wow, I wasn't interested from the screenshots, but this is a seriously awesome game you have here, hilarious text too. Polish this sucker up with some better graphics, sound, and music, and you've got a serious game. Some amazing level design in here, if only a little too tough for a few. Definitely used the H key a few times.

Fantastic submission, congratulations.
bach
27. Aug 2011 · 06:30 UTC
Neat game play. Makes me think - I like it :)
siebharinn
28. Aug 2011 · 01:17 UTC
The addictive qualities of tetris plus the addictive qualities of a platformer. Nicely done!
matthias_zarzecki
30. Aug 2011 · 16:31 UTC
Neat mechanic. I also like hoe the levels ramp up in difficulty.

There seeem to be, however, a lot of ways to get stuck.
uuav
03. Sep 2011 · 09:29 UTC
nice one! (kinda similar to my game :) but harder puzzle and physics ! really good levels !
recursor
03. Sep 2011 · 16:10 UTC
Very unique and very fun game mechanic!