****I FIXED SOME IMPORTANT BUG THAT PREVENTS THE GAME FROM STARTING****
As a result of this I had to remove all audio, so the files are significantly smaller than before. If you still get problems please say so in comments. Since I can only have 5 links I removed the HiDef download link of the old build.
You can still download it here: Windows - HiDef http://www.mediafire.com/?hybb4pjxib9wpxs

Dare To Escape is a bullet-hell platformer.

You need XNA/.NET 4 to play the game.
I am sorry for this! Never had to distribute an XNA game before. Thought they would work out of the box.

It's my first time participating in LD and the first "serious" game I did by myself.

Sadly there is not much content due to huge time problems.
In exchange the difficulty curve is insane in the two levels it has.

If the HiDef-version doesnt work for you, try out the Reach-version! If the Reach version doesn't work pls specify the error you get.

I didn't include the uncompressed audio files in the source as they take 300mb of space. If you want to compile it you have to remove all occurences where the AudioManager or AudioHelper is used.

The music was generated using http://tones.wolfram.com/generate/ . I hope this is allowed seeing how programs such as bfxr are allowed to generate sound effects.

There is currently a bug in that bosses sometimes dont spawn if you play the game in one session. If you find a blue orb without there being a boss you should restart the game. You can use the resume feature afterwards to start at your last checkpoint and the boss should be there this time (if you didnt save after picking up the blue orb).

I might expand upon this game in the future. If you're interested to see more content and better mechanics etc. feel free to visit my blog: http://projectblackdragon.blogspot.com/