Escape the Closet by TheWinrawr
A horror game where you are operating the world's most primitive computer
Controls
Mouse to click Keyboard to type
Tools used
Engine
- Godot
Graphics
- Aseprite
Audio
- FL Studio
- BFXR
- Audacity
- A microphone
- My breathing
| Link | https://thewinrawr.itch.io/escape-the-closet |
| Link | https://github.com/TheWinrawr/Ludum-Dare-54 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/escape-the-closet |
Ratings
| Overall | 10th | 4.273⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 74th | 3.857⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 20th | 4.364⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 11th | 4.5⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 29th | 4.273⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 14th | 4.136⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 4th | 4.409⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 14🗳️ | 25🗨️ |
Other than that, I think it could be cool if you had to turn the flashlight off in front of the monster or some other way for the monster to get you to keep you on your toes.
edit: ok, I didn't know the monster could get you when you make noise; before I only tried making noise at the beginning, when the monster is not that hungry yet :)
My favorite so far. Took me a few tries until I figured to hide my stuff when the thing approaches (thought it was a speed based thing). The mood is set really well, and the first person perspective + camera angle + freaked breathing make this feel claustrophobic, as I assume you intended :)
Awesome job :)
Puzzle part of the game was interesing for me, however it might be very niche (but it is not a problem at all). Also this game forced me to fix a problem with key duplication on my keyboard :)
Horror part of the game is also used very clever. First time it scares you very unpredictably, when you fully concentrated at puzzle solving. And then you cannot relax because you are in expectation of another.
Great combination of two of these genres!
The feeling of the game is very holistic.
Of the comments, I can only point out the repetition of shaking the screen (it seemed original to me the first couple of times, but later it began to get boring)
Overall, it’s very cool, I liked playing it and would like to continue if game will be fully developed.
Good use of theme. And great atmosphere. First time I saw monster I freeze immediately.
I'm not quite sure how monster reacts to my actions. Because I tried typing while it walks by and nothing happened in the beginning.
Would the monster ever break through?
Good use of a restricted amount of commands and a pretty nice progression of the gameplay.
I did not die, but from the comments I have read it seems my natural reaction to seeing a monster in a horror game (stopping everything) was the right one, hehe. Not sure what the flashlight was for however? Didn't kill me to flash the monster so I just flashed it every time it popped up just in case. (It does not have eyes though... So I guess it may have been pointless)
Congrats on your jam!