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« on: October 15, 2013, 03:08:15 AM »



The Escapists is a prison break game that allows the player the 'freedom' to live the life of a prison inmate, ultimately planning and pulling off an escape.

You'll have to stick to a schedule to avoid arousing suspicion, craft the tools you'll need from stuff lying around the prison (or, instead, steal them), make use of/stay off the radar of your fellow cons and guards, and eventually build your own escape tunnel while keeping it hidden from the people that might reasonably want to cave it in.

The game took 4 days on Steam Greenlight to get accepted, which I'm pretty proud about.

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« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2013, 04:17:13 AM »

Nice style! I like the contrast between the cute sprites and the harsh setting. Your main character couldn't be more generic though... The "white guy with brownish hair" stereotype isn't that exciting.
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« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2013, 11:05:24 AM »

Nic art.
And the gameplay seams intringuing.
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« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2013, 11:11:36 AM »

Looks cool. We need more prison game, such a great setting for a game

Wanted to ask: are you aware of the upcoming game Prisonscape?
http://www.prisonscape.com
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« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2013, 01:18:52 PM »

I am now Smiley It looks more of an RPG if I'm not mistaken.

Thanks for feedback fellas
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« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2013, 04:59:46 PM »

This gives me some sort of nostalgia for a game that I can't remember....

I love the art! Keep it up, I actually really want to play this.

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« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2013, 07:35:07 PM »

This gives me some sort of nostalgia for a game that I can't remember....

I love the art! Keep it up, I actually really want to play this.

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Reminds me of the old Commodore 64 game "The Great Escape" except that was set in a POW camp in Germany during WWII.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Escape_(video_game)
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« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2013, 11:03:30 PM »

Will you be able to snitch on people? Sorta to get the guards to be less suspicious of you. Also shivving overly suspect people might be neat.
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« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2013, 04:45:42 PM »

You have a rep with each guard and inmate that can go up or down depending on how you act.

Getting in good favor with the guards through various means (e.g. snitching) means they'll be a bit more lenient with you. Which will in turn mean the inmates in general think less of you Tongue

Just more or less finished the inventory system which includes a clothes/apparel slot and an equip/hands slot. So yeah if you knock a guard out you can jack his uniform.

When he wakes up in his boxer shorts though things will kick off, that's where duct tape comes in- don't just knock him out, capture him and keep him in the hole under your cell Tongue
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« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2013, 07:58:25 PM »

I keep looking at this.  It draws my eye.  But I also laugh every time.  I am constantly expecting the peanuts gang, you know, Snoopy, Charlie, Linus, Schroder, Lucy, more of 'em than I can name, to be mulling in that very prison.  I don't know why.  But I do.
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« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2013, 11:41:40 PM »

Really interesting setting and nice graphics. Will definitely keep my eye on this one. Looking forward to new developments.
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« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2013, 04:45:47 PM »

Thanks for the feedback guys

I've now gave it a name and put it up for a modest Kickstarter campaign so I can work on it full time for a few months.

Here's a lil work in progress teasery vid




The Escapists Kickstarter
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/409406442/the-escapist

Also plonked it on Greenlight;
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=187980844
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« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2013, 02:59:58 AM »

Little write up over at Indie Statik which explains the game better than I could Shocked
http://indiestatik.com/2013/10/24/the-escapists
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« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2013, 04:06:53 AM »

You had me at "Back to Skool". Smiley
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« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2013, 11:05:35 AM »

Back to Skool was incredible- spent hours on it. Along with Fantasy World Dizzy, my favorite speccy game :D
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« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2013, 07:52:48 AM »

Doing alright on the Greenlight (I think).



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« Reply #16 on: October 27, 2013, 04:42:44 AM »

Kickstater - Update #1 - The Idea
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/409406442/the-escapist/posts/641058

And a Greenlight update to keep you guys updated on the progress:


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« Reply #17 on: October 27, 2013, 06:01:30 AM »

Now, all you need is that 4k peeps pledging a single £, and then it's done.  SmileyToast Right
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« Reply #18 on: October 28, 2013, 12:11:37 PM »

haha true. Probably won't happen though :D

Todays stats:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=187980844
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« Reply #19 on: October 28, 2013, 01:51:58 PM »

Game looks great! Hope you reach your goal!
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