Out of Sight, Out of My Mind
An infinite runner, zombie survival game, "Out of Sight" is my first playable game and first game jam entry, representing my submission for Trijam #123. Any and all feedback would be hugely appreciated!
By using the perfect logic of every little kid, "hide" from the monsters by closing your eyes. Get as far as you can without getting caught!
Move left/right with A/D and forward with W. "Close your eyes" with SPACE in order to freeze the monsters where they are. Get points by making forward progress, and don't get touched by a monster. The zombies will not move while your eyes are closed, but if you run into them, they will still get you!
In spite of the "3 hour" recommendation, development took almost double that, with plenty more work that could be done. The game was developed using Unity, and several assets were found through OpenGameArt.org, (see below).
Music: "Horror Game Chase Theme" by Seizawa - https://opengameart.org/content/horror-game-chase-theme - License: CC-BY-SA 4.0
Zombie Sound Effects: "Zombies Sounds Pack" by artisticdude - https://opengameart.org/content/zombies-sound-pack - License: CC0
Zombie Sprite: "[LPC] Zombie" by Benjamin K. Smith, commissioned by castelonia. Based on the male LPC base by Stephen Challener (Redshrike) and the thrust and shoot animations by Johannes Sjölund (wulax). - https://opengameart.org/content/lpc-zombie - License: CC-BY-SA 3.0, GPL 3.0
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I got to 268! Well put together game! The only critique I have is maybe make some kind of visual thing to look at while your eyes are closed. It's a cool concept, but looking at a black screen for so long is kinda eh.
Nice score! Thanks for playing and the feedback.
Any suggestions for what the visual might be? I think you're right about a black screen not being ideal, I'm just not sure what would still make sense.
It'd be fun to have an ever-dulling snapshot of what you last saw I think!
I just got a very similar suggestion, so I think I'll try adding it. Thanks!
Very nice little game, I would make it a bit faster and add some more obstacles besides just zombies, since you can just keep walking in a straight line and be safe for a long time.
Nice game loved it.
Try making the start a bit faster, it takes time to reach the zombies
Thanks so much for trying it out and giving feedback!
I totally agree with your critique, and if I make any updates to this, I plan on starting the game with a few zombies already spawned in.