Don't Look Back by PeteDS

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made by PeteDS for LD34 (COMPO)
First Ludum Dare, let's see how this goes....

You come home to find a letter from your wife on the floor and a messages scrawled on the wall. Time to escape...

Ratings

Coolness 41% 1679
Overall 2.81 805
Audio 2.75 423
Fun 2.36 892
Graphics 3.50 274
Innovation 2.50 820
Mood 3.47 175
Theme 3.71 498

Feedback

silkworm_sweatshop
15. Dec 2015 · 03:21 UTC
First entry I've played with a story/narrative-focus. Interesting. I wonder who is coming for them. Zombies? Nazis? Zombie Nazis?
M a r o o v a n
15. Dec 2015 · 15:24 UTC
Liked the graphix a lot and mood of the game
But didn't like at all the camera behavior
and music, which sounds good, but it's very very short
and at the end of the game it had started to annoy a little bit
endel
15. Dec 2015 · 20:53 UTC
I would like to play, there is no Web/Mac builds? :(
MechanicalLife
15. Dec 2015 · 22:47 UTC
the art and the narrative setup has a nice feel to it, there are a few issues with the game however, The camera has a tendency to stick to the back not allowing you to see whats up ahead. I also had trouble reading what I could stand on and not, especially on buildings with the windowsills. I like that the game has a beginning and ending, that ties it up very neatly and gave me a nice note to end the game on :) A nice first entry i would say ;)
Zeezgames
15. Dec 2015 · 23:56 UTC
That music wow , did you make that? i loved the riff

the game was nice simple controls worked well :)

Well Done!
shadow64
17. Dec 2015 · 00:24 UTC
Congrats on your first LD! I would echo some of what's already been said. It looks like the viewport for the later rooms weren't adjusted so your player is constantly at the edge of the screen instead of the middle like in the first two. It's an easy bug to get in GameMaker, so I don't hold that against you. The game is pretty short and sweet and the controls fit the theme, so well done! Congrats on finishing and welcome!
daveh
18. Dec 2015 · 00:37 UTC
I'm getting the sense that they're running from Nazis? You managed to create a lot of atmosphere, which was good. Solid and complete for a first LD entry. Good job. :-)
Jakob37
20. Dec 2015 · 14:25 UTC
I found it a bit scary to provide the game administrative rights for my computer. Would it be possible to create an executable which doesn't require admin-rights?
zenmumbler
20. Dec 2015 · 14:42 UTC
Sorry, any app randomly asking permission to do stuff with my computer is not getting it. Can you setup the gamemaker exe to be stand-alone?
Gipzo
20. Dec 2015 · 14:43 UTC
Very hard to see where to jump,
But atmospheric and pretty interesting to play )
Hot Box Games
20. Dec 2015 · 15:12 UTC
Nice :)
Best mood for me so far, the audio was a nice touch
good job
Kushulain
20. Dec 2015 · 15:13 UTC
There is a lot of work given to the graphics, the background and the music. You really introduced an attractive universe here. Some more look into the gameplay and camera would have been great.
tyrants.not.found.team
21. Dec 2015 · 16:12 UTC
Pretty nice, took me a few tries to finish it, kept hoping it was short because dying took you to the very beginning so heh, glad it was short from that point of view :)
SkullPixel
24. Dec 2015 · 15:41 UTC
The controls are cleverly made, the game runs well, and, was I running from nazis? ;)
uthamon
02. Jan 2016 · 12:49 UTC
Narrative game are so rare in LD, I'm glad I've played yours because of the atmosphere you created. Good job.
anarbitrarymustache
04. Jan 2016 · 19:26 UTC
I liked the look. Except I think some better cues to distinguish what was a platform and what wasn't would help. The music, though not bad, didn't invoke "Run" to me. Great job for a first entry.
IAmSpencer
05. Jan 2016 · 01:39 UTC
simple idea, but a fun little game, nice job :)