Made in 5h (+3h postjam) for the GMTKJam2023 (theme: "Roles reversed"). Started very late sunday on the last day of the jam, could have used 1-2 more hours to be okay-ish for the deadline! So I wasn't able to submit on time... but I missed it in the most hilariously dramatic way 😂

Pictured : sadness

How to play

You are Waldo! Every 10 seconds a magnifying glasses searches everywhere for you! Hide!

After 8 seconds a yellow path appears and shows you where the magnifying glass will go.

After each search, the glass will move faster, and will do more complex paths to search for you.

Controls

wasd/direction arrows : move
spacebar : zoomin/out

Press Space to start the game!

Post-Jam Version & bug fixes

[v1] fixed web version not loading!
[v2] restart button added at the endadd multiple points to magnifying glass paths (it's too easy without this, I know!)
[v2] ~~BUG: sometimes magnifying glass doesn't move~~
[v2] ~~BUG: sometimes instant game over??~~
[v3] NEW fixed lines! They should look better and correspond to where the glass is exactly going now!

Upcoming (if there's interest) :

sounds!
todo : fix the corners of the screen (too easy for now!)
Todo: make it harder to stay on the same spot
feedback after not getting spotted!
Teleport doors!
risky bonus : when you are on a yellow line, gain points?
dash button (maybe when you dash too much you leave behing glasses, a hat etc and the magnifying glass can look around where those are?)
better graphics! (roads! landmarks! interesting stuff!)
better path / more interesting magnifying glass "ai"
randomly generated city?

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