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A jam submission

The Creature From BelowView game page

A monster lurks below the earth. Can you escape it?
Submitted by cperkins577 — 15 hours, 22 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#142.6544.333
Overall#171.8373.000
Aesthetics#182.0413.333
Gameplay#201.2252.000

Ranked from 3 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

I think I'm not understanding what to do, here. I made it into the maze, but as soon as I saw the Creature after the initial tease, he went straight for me despite walking in stealth mode, and no amount of rocks thrown would distract him. I even tried turning the flashlight off to see if that worked. Is that not the intended way to sneak around?

I also think you might have forgotten to put a limit on the framerate, because it made my fans spin up to 100%. Made it a little hard to hear the audio cues.

Developer

Ahhh, you're completely right about the framerate limit.

I will admit the lack of clarity about sneaking is likely a failure on game design on my part (I'm much more of a programmer than a designer), as I struggled to find a way to cohesively and clearly show that the stealth is sound based without giving myself too much work in the time I had to do it. The creature has a hearing range dependent on if you are crouching, walking, or running, and will move towards any sounds it hears. I am unsure about the issue with the rocks...

Thank you for your feedback, it's a learning experience for me (my first jam!), and I still have a LOT to learn! Otherwise I hope it was at least a neat little experience. :)