The Loop by PhillSerrazina

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made by PhillSerrazina for Ludum Dare 47 (COMPO)

You have entered the loop!

You're trapped, but please take your time to relax and enjoy the ride!

Use WASD to move, SHIFT to sprint and E to interact with things. Use your wits to beat the Loop Master's puzzles and escape!

Have fun! Please let me know what you thought :)

Software Used:

-Engine: Unity 2019.4

-Art: Inkscape & GIMP

-Sound: Ableton

-Font: https://www.dafont.com/sweet-buddy.font

Youtube	https://github.com/phillserrazina/LD47
Youtube	https://phillserrazina.itch.io/the-loop
Youtube	https://phillserrazina.itch.io/the-loop
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/the-loop-1

Ratings

Overall	312^th	3.426⭐	29🧑‍⚖️
Fun	365^th	3.148⭐	29🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	221^th	3.5⭐	30🧑‍⚖️
Theme	93^th	4.071⭐	30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	241^th	3.574⭐	29🧑‍⚖️
Audio	210^th	3.333⭐	29🧑‍⚖️
Humor	108^th	3.36⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Mood	260^th	3.28⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Given		30🗳️	25🗨️

Feedback

testuser

05. Oct 2020 · 03:31 UTC

I missed the "E" key and restarted the game pretty far in...

The spacing for the buttons in the final level wasn't clear (to keep it coded, what is "M" and what is "R" relatively is a little unclear at first).

Fun game, nice puzzles/ciphers! I like the art and music.

Gilad Bar Ilan

05. Oct 2020 · 07:10 UTC

The game is pretty fun, I LOVED the graphics.

🎤 PhillSerrazina

05. Oct 2020 · 09:43 UTC

@testuser thank you for playing! I agree, some of those things could have been better done. Maybe next time :)

@gilad-bar-ilan thank you!!

INCD021

05. Oct 2020 · 13:21 UTC

Arrghh, finger slipped to r instead of e. :/ Oh, can see above I'm not the only one. Might be an idea to change. Like the mood, and the relaxing music :thumbsup:

gingerBill

05. Oct 2020 · 13:21 UTC

Simple but fun little cypher game.

waynetron

06. Oct 2020 · 11:15 UTC

Very cute, well done. Somebody go to door 150 and see if there is an easter egg, I really don't want to walk that far!

🎤 PhillSerrazina

06. Oct 2020 · 12:58 UTC

@incd021 Ah that's a shame :/ will definitely keep that in mind for future projects! Thank you for your playing!

@gingerbill Thank you! :)

@waynetron Ahah thank you! I hope someone goes there eventually :)

JudgeZedd

07. Oct 2020 · 15:53 UTC

Presentation's so lovely. Great little puzzler, very clever and fun to play!

dunderroffe

07. Oct 2020 · 19:05 UTC

Ha I did investigate door 150 :) Very interesting!
Fun game :) Good entry

crneumre

07. Oct 2020 · 21:19 UTC

Great little game, the story and presentation are top notch.
I didn't really feel challenge in the puzzles except the last one tho. I think you could have expanded it to have more interesting puzzle mechanics.
Also the art and the music are simple but really well done, they sell the mood of the game very well. Cool entry!

sop the turtle

08. Oct 2020 · 23:56 UTC

This one was really great. I liked the little puzzles and stuff and the narrator. It was a really fun game and the last puzzle did require some thinking. I really had to kind of sit down for a moment there but I did figure it out. Great job on this one!

P.S. Also I had to go check out 150. Made me laugh out loud for real.

Pincushion

09. Oct 2020 · 00:06 UTC

Cute game. I like the format. It also looks really good.

🎤 PhillSerrazina

09. Oct 2020 · 09:39 UTC

@judgezedd thank you! Glad you liked it!

@dunderroffe ah! Someone had to be the first! ;) thank you for playing!

@glaciereclipse I agree! I only thought of good puzzles once the jam was over ahah. Thank you for playing!

@sop-the-turtle thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! And I'm glad loop 150 didn't disappoint :)

@pincushion thank you, means a lot!

Endurion

09. Oct 2020 · 12:37 UTC

Argghh, I should've listened and written down the code :)

On the second run I finished it. Would be neat to repeat the code at the door.
Anyhow, nice game! Also, extra kudos for the easter egg ;)

VPhyre

09. Oct 2020 · 15:58 UTC

Very enjoyable your game. The mechanics of reading, interpreting and clicking are interesting as well. Overall it delivers a good experience. Congratulations.

Eugenik

09. Oct 2020 · 17:35 UTC

That was amazing!

schwede

11. Oct 2020 · 19:14 UTC

You got me definitely in a loop! An idea would have been to make it like a real loop. Going for a while to the left or right would have brought you to the end of the other side. Nice game!

Fractal

20. Oct 2020 · 19:53 UTC

Very cool puzzle! I made an escape game with a repeating room too :D
There was some weird keyboard issue, I don’t use a qwerty keyboard but even after switching to qwerty it was still using my previous layout, which was somewhat inconvenient. But otherwise, well done game!

m0dsat

27. Oct 2020 · 12:50 UTC

Fun little game. Not too easy not too hard. The the numbers are years comment really got ideas brewing in my head for other games. Oh, and room 150... totally worth it! Thanks for the game.