Prison Blues by Drury

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made by Drury for LD 38 (JAM)

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Stealth game

Controls:

SPACEBAR - advance conversations

LEFT/RIGHT/A/D - walk

UP/DOWN/W/S - interact with objects

R - retry level

https://drury.itch.io/prison-blues

Ratings

Overall 235th 3.619⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 221th 3.476⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 212th 3.476⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 506th 3.19⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Humor 177th 3.25⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 44th 4.143⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

GhostAndShell
25. Apr 2017 · 07:50 UTC
is it also on indiexpo.net?
🎤 Drury
25. Apr 2017 · 08:19 UTC
Not really, why?
drazil100
26. Apr 2017 · 09:33 UTC
Pretty solid game with some interesting level design to it. I loved the style of the art and what you did with the dialogue boxes and the writing was really well written (even if there was WAY too much of it) This was fun to play and figure out how to get through!
binaryferret
26. Apr 2017 · 17:51 UTC
I really liked the 'cut scene' style. Small area with dialogue. I could see this type of thing working through different scenes.

In the main game, I really liked the aesthetics. Simple but effective game play. I liked how you left little snippets on your current situation/what's going on throughout the levels. Made the story more interesting and the ending left me wanting to know more! :D

I enjoyed your writing style! Thanks for making and sharing this game.
Rombus
27. Apr 2017 · 01:19 UTC
Really cool graphics man!
I got stucked on the second level, that camera always get's me x_x

I want to try it out more to see how it ends :D
stevenjmiller
27. Apr 2017 · 06:54 UTC
I really liked the graphics, and the overall presentation was excellent. The only issue I had was that the game was very short, which made the difficulty have to jump rather than grow steadily, but obviously there is only so much you can do due to the time constraints. The writing was definitely the highlight for me, and the story was still intriguing and interesting despite the game's length. Great job!
batmanasb
27. Apr 2017 · 21:26 UTC
Pretty good writing and lovely pixel art... and then it ends too soon :frowning:
morbidcamel101
01. May 2017 · 06:29 UTC
Great game - the text is a bit hard to read through when you just want to play :) Thanks for joining my channel!
Max Amaden
01. May 2017 · 13:04 UTC
Great little game! Love the artwork and the writing, really kept me hooked. Keep up the good work!
redpanda
01. May 2017 · 20:41 UTC
Pretty cool game, love the banter at the start :D
Meaty McLazerPantz
03. May 2017 · 14:13 UTC
Nice! The stealth mechanics - hiding in shadows, waiting for cameras, etc. were fun. I liked figuring out which doors to go through to go where. Good stuff.
Iron Leonem
04. May 2017 · 04:33 UTC
Great game, great mood. Story was interesting, but could have delivered differently.
LorenzoS
06. May 2017 · 23:01 UTC
High mood score. Nice entry. I love pixel art, and animations are nice. Stealth gameplay is quite basic, but it work very well. As many said, I wish it was longer, because I liked the writing and story looks something that can be nicely developed. Good choice of music, bravo.
OptimusCrask
17. May 2017 · 07:34 UTC
Really digging the art style. Gameplay is pretty smooth.
fangzhangmnm
17. May 2017 · 07:38 UTC
Neat graphics and stylized music.
Fun and neat gameplay.
However, the intro dialog is tooooooo long
jelch
17. May 2017 · 13:57 UTC
Loved the exposition, awesome ambiance.
pascalman
17. May 2017 · 13:58 UTC
Really pretty game. Great job!
Joyfulxp
17. May 2017 · 14:26 UTC
Cool gameplay and music.
matita
17. May 2017 · 14:50 UTC
Great story! I want to know more!

I hoped that the game finished with "to be continued..." to be sure that you're planning to keep working on it, because the story is so intriguing.

The soundtrack choice also is perfect.

The only downsides are:
* it is too short, but you focused on the story and in my opinion it worked, since I want more!
* I know that I can press spacebar to skip the captions, but a full "skip scene" would it be great. For this prototype I think it is not necessary, because the most of the game is in the story so there's no need to skip it, given that unfortunately at current stage there is almost no replayability

Great work and please continue!
wolderado
17. May 2017 · 16:11 UTC
Great story! I really like the style of the game