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Dungeonbane - Dungeon Master & Escapists by Silverfyre

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made by Silverfyre for LD33 (JAM)
You are monster either way in this game:
1. Be the Dungeon Master - BE the boss of the monsters and setup monsters in your dungeons, don't let the escapist run away!
2. Be the Dungeon Escapist - Be the monster that attempts to escape the dungeon created by the Dungeon Master!

Dungeon Escape Controls = { Up, Down, Left, Right } Arrow Keys.

Notes:
- It will be more fun to have different players as Dungeon Master & Dungeon Escapist.
- Due to time constraint, there are still number of design flaws which may make Dungeon Master over powered. Fellow Dungeon Master please be reasonable :P
- I'm a pure programmer, therefore - Graphics & Audios were 80% obtained from Asset Store, 20% were taken from existing assets.

Please test it out and let me know if you like it :)
Windows (Bug Fixed) https://www.dropbox.com/s/wyqqz1xyv00voz8/Dungeonbane_Windows_v1.1.zip
OS/X (Bug Fixed) https://www.dropbox.com/s/0bigmax28e5x0t5/Dungeonbane_MacOS_v1.1.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=56104

Ratings

Coolness 67% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.85 843
Fun(Jam) 2.58 873
Innovation(Jam) 2.94 576
Mood(Jam) 2.76 781
Theme(Jam) 2.70 957

Feedback

Karai17
25. Aug 2015 路 05:48 UTC
Game didn't quite match the theme, but was still a good game nonetheless. Integrating path finding in just a few days is impressive. Keep working on it!
馃帳 Silverfyre
25. Aug 2015 路 10:02 UTC
As a Dungeon Master you are the Master of the Monsters!
As a Dungeon Escapist you are the sane monster running from monsters! *Tries hard to fit the theme*
Fanatrick
25. Aug 2015 路 14:38 UTC
Played this a bit with my sister, she liked it but I wasn't satisfied. The dungeon master is a bit overpowered like you said haha. Even for a Jam I'd go against the asset store, it's a cool project but goes nowhere near what can be accomplished in 72 hours.
Hegback
25. Aug 2015 路 15:06 UTC
Feels like unrelated to the theme, and that the escapist is walking too slow somehow. But generating a map for players to edit is kind of interesting.
TackoramaLtd
25. Aug 2015 路 16:55 UTC
The Dungeon Master element of the game made sense and has potential to be really interesting - especially if AI of the escapist if really good. But relying on another player doesn't fit the theme and is hard. Good use of graphics and audio assets though.
wicht
25. Aug 2015 路 17:08 UTC
I think this could be a lot of fun if you put even more work into it... I agree the excapist walks way to slowly for my taste... but nice music and overall idea.
CrazyMinnowStudio
26. Aug 2015 路 02:50 UTC
I was waiting for it... and then the monster saw me and it got exciting! I agree the idea is good, but the escapist moving so slowly was a turn off in the beginning. Maybe use a bigger map so that the escapist can move faster?
Jupiter_Hadley
26. Aug 2015 路 12:24 UTC
Cool concept! I love how you can make your own levels. I included it in part 6 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/keaznjOtLXA
rudra
26. Aug 2015 路 15:02 UTC
Pretty fun game ! Nice idea :)
Kassimkot
27. Aug 2015 路 02:15 UTC
too slow. way to slow. and it didnt felt like were a monster, rather than just placing monsters on the map and have someone else escaping it. interesting though.
馃帳 Silverfyre
27. Aug 2015 路 07:32 UTC
The escapist moving slow seems to be an intermittent bug in the game, I've tried it on several machines, sometimes it works properly, some times it has the bug.

I will try to fix and re-upload a new version as soon as possible, thanks for playing, commenting and voting everyone. Appreciate it. :)
馃帳 Silverfyre
29. Aug 2015 路 05:26 UTC
Temporary solution to it: Set Graphics Quality to "Fantastic", that would solve the slow moving escapists problem.
馃帳 Silverfyre
31. Aug 2015 路 10:07 UTC
Fixed the slow moving bug and re-uploaded as version 1.1. Thanks for playing :)
ManuelGF
31. Aug 2015 路 10:39 UTC
Hard to play, but nice idea.
SlayerEXE
31. Aug 2015 路 10:42 UTC
I especially liked this game, winning many points by having two different game modes. Visually it is very nice. Good job.
crucknuk
31. Aug 2015 路 14:04 UTC
The idea is good, but I think the "dungeon master" part should be a bonus to have custom levels among predefined levels
LewisChaplin
31. Aug 2015 路 17:21 UTC
Nice game, played both parts on my own, dungeon monsters are a little hard as you cant see, to beat them, if you added some way for the explorer to win would make it a lot more balanced. Good Job.
馃帳 Silverfyre
01. Sep 2015 路 03:06 UTC
You can choose Easy mode to not limit vision. :)
Aaranos
07. Sep 2015 路 02:05 UTC
I was put off a bit by the character's sprite clinging to walls and being upside down. The core mechanics are neat though.