Shifty's Shape Escape by grayhaze
IF YOU HAVE ISSUES WITH THE CONTROLS, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU TRY OUT ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVE CONTROL SCHEMES. SEE THE NOTE BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WHY THIS IS A HARDWARE ISSUE!
Say hello to a shapeshifting thief named Shifty who has found himself at the top of a very high building after a heist gone wrong. His only means of escape is to base jump through the floors below, contorting his body to fit through inexplicably placed holes which just happen to come in his shape and size. Will he reach the bottom safely? Is there a bottom at all?
Click the game to focus, then press SPACE to start. Choose a control scheme by using the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys. Check all keys can be pressed at the same time! Press SPACE to continue and watch the tutorial. Press SPACE one final time to enter the game.
Use the four keys chosen to extend Shifty's limbs. Only by matching the shapes to the holes exactly will he pass through unscathed. You're allowed to make a two mistakes, then it's GAME OVER!
To control the volume, press - or +, or press 0 to mute.
NOTE: This is the final bugfix version which adds additional control schemes to choose from. This is due to many keyboards not supporting multiple keypresses in certain configurations (see https://www.microsoft.com/appliedsciences/content/projects/KeyboardGhostingDemo.aspx). I have also added some non-EN keyboard options. Hopefully this fixes the issues people were having with their keyboards once and for all.
NOTE 2: As you progress the floors speed up. You may be (un)lucky enough to have an older machine which can't run the game at full speed, so it may appear much slower than intended to start out. Stick with it and it'll get challenging!
Created with HaxeFlixel and OpenFL over the course of a single day.
Fonts from Google Fonts.
Sounds are modified versions of free originals sourced from:
https://freesound.org/people/Ekokubza123/sounds/104183/
https://freesound.org/people/JohnsonBrandEditing/sounds/243380/
https://freesound.org/people/ERR0/sounds/210220/
https://freesound.org/people/timmy_h123/sounds/160500/
https://freesound.org/people/jasoneweber/sounds/179110/
Say hello to a shapeshifting thief named Shifty who has found himself at the top of a very high building after a heist gone wrong. His only means of escape is to base jump through the floors below, contorting his body to fit through inexplicably placed holes which just happen to come in his shape and size. Will he reach the bottom safely? Is there a bottom at all?
Click the game to focus, then press SPACE to start. Choose a control scheme by using the LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys. Check all keys can be pressed at the same time! Press SPACE to continue and watch the tutorial. Press SPACE one final time to enter the game.
Use the four keys chosen to extend Shifty's limbs. Only by matching the shapes to the holes exactly will he pass through unscathed. You're allowed to make a two mistakes, then it's GAME OVER!
To control the volume, press - or +, or press 0 to mute.
NOTE: This is the final bugfix version which adds additional control schemes to choose from. This is due to many keyboards not supporting multiple keypresses in certain configurations (see https://www.microsoft.com/appliedsciences/content/projects/KeyboardGhostingDemo.aspx). I have also added some non-EN keyboard options. Hopefully this fixes the issues people were having with their keyboards once and for all.
NOTE 2: As you progress the floors speed up. You may be (un)lucky enough to have an older machine which can't run the game at full speed, so it may appear much slower than intended to start out. Stick with it and it'll get challenging!
Created with HaxeFlixel and OpenFL over the course of a single day.
Fonts from Google Fonts.
Sounds are modified versions of free originals sourced from:
https://freesound.org/people/Ekokubza123/sounds/104183/
https://freesound.org/people/JohnsonBrandEditing/sounds/243380/
https://freesound.org/people/ERR0/sounds/210220/
https://freesound.org/people/timmy_h123/sounds/160500/
https://freesound.org/people/jasoneweber/sounds/179110/
| Web (Flash) | http://cavycade.com/ludum-dare-35-shiftys-shape-escape/ |
| Windows (Zipped .exe) | http://cavycade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ShapeEscape_WIN.zip |
| OS X (Zipped .app) | http://cavycade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ShapeEscape_OSX.zip |
| Source (Zipped) | http://cavycade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ShapeEscape_source.zip |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=23957 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 81% | 2 |
| Overall | 3.42 | 281 |
| Fun | 3.59 | 165 |
| Graphics | 3.52 | 251 |
| Humor | 3.14 | 142 |
| Innovation | 3.38 | 303 |
| Mood | 3.19 | 287 |
| Theme | 4.05 | 66 |
@oal: Fair point about the sounds. I've edited my entry to opt-out of the audio category, as although I did modify the sounds I sourced for the game, the originals weren't created during the competition.
@thomz12: The key is to use two hands. ;)
I thought it was fair to vote NA for your sound because you said you didn鈥檛 make them and this will not impact your score.
Unfortunately as you said in your description I was unable to press more than two keys at a time. I tried it on many browsers but couldn鈥檛 find a way to fix it. I found this a huge shame as I would love to play this game more.
I hope it does really well! 11/10
Next time I'll make a game which only uses a maximum of three keys! :D
Unfortunately, this is a hardware limitation of some keyboards and it's nearly impossible to choose intuitive controls which suit all keyboard layouts.
I have a minor bug that the game didn't detect I release the keys correctly.
Overall well done :D
I'm working on a "bugfix" to allow you to choose from a number of different keyboard configurations in an effort to stamp out the control issues people have been having once and for all. I'll post the update once it's ready, but if you want to be notified just follow me on Twitter @grayhaze.
SFX were on point, and visuals are cool as well.
I sometimes ran into a problem where I needed to press all 4 buttons, and I did, but the thing would only shape some of its limbs :( I think it's a keyboard issue though.
Good luck in the compo!
I like it, tho I dunno how much this concept could evolve difficulty-wise and so on. Does the game speed up after a while? Again, I couldn't determine, since I was unable to play the game properly. :c
Anyway, nice graphics! Very polished. And good input selection screen tho it's a bit confusing to know what to do with before you actually know how the game works, but you've got the tutorial as well, so it's fine, I guess.
No music, but sound effects at least. I see you unchecked audio ratings, tho, so no point in me dwelling on that. c:
Good concept in general. Nicely scoped and packaged.
Would be interesting if instead of being the ball you were actually fully extended and had to struggle to bring your limbs in to make it through the walls. Also you couldn't hold them in for long so that would explain why you would need to make the exact shape to get through.
(And I please don't take that as an insult ;D, it's a great little game)
And thank you for the azerty controls ! First keyboard controled game that didn't required me to switch language on my computer! :D