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CategoryRankScoreCount
Fun124.04
Coolness298
Overall393.97
Theme1014.10
Audio1963.31
Humor2842.68
Mood3633.13
Graphics4273.22
Innovation4673.23

Comments

paranoiks 2013-04-29 03:14

How do I vote for games?..
this one is awesome btw

colapsydo 2013-04-29 14:33

I like the mechanics and I was really happy to discover extra levels after the secret ones.
Levels are nicely designed and I like a lot the ones where the player has to decide to release red squares at the right moment.

mrspeaker 2013-04-29 19:39

Errrgh - how do i get throught that crazy lot-of-red-boxes level (maybe level 4 or 5)?

chman 2013-04-29 19:40

Very simple game but the clever level design makes it very fun to play. Good work !

tonic 2013-04-29 19:41

Pretty nice bunch of levels there.

goulding57 2013-04-29 19:43

Real neat. Good puzzles.

gamexcore 2013-04-29 19:43

Really smart, the last level was rather tough!

masadow 2013-04-29 19:45

Strong entry. Perfect game mechanics. Also, everything suit the theme perfectly, I loved !

ditto 2013-04-29 19:46

Sooo aesthetically pleasing! Didn't really like the music, but that is a personal thing I guess :P Really well done!

girlflash 2013-04-29 19:47

I really enjoyed this, it all fits together very nicely and the music gave me this lemmings-y "keep trying!" vibe even when I died a few times.

metadept 2013-04-29 19:48

I really like this one. The mechanics are tight, the puzzles are well designed, and the graphics/audio fit perfectly. Usually I try to offer some kind of suggestion for improvement, but this is pretty much complete. Also, wonderful secret level! Great job!

sparkleswirl 2013-04-29 19:49

Simple game. Dare I say, minimalist? The great level design makes it awesome.

norritt42 2013-04-29 19:51

So nice that you introduce the game in a pedagogical way

fpmiguel 2013-04-29 19:53

Great level design!

neight 2013-04-29 19:54

Nice level design, good music, very minimal. Had fun with it.

jlauener 2013-04-29 20:07

wow thanks a lot for all those kinds comments :)

paranoiks: You have to be logged in. Sometime it doesn't work due to cache issue in which case you have to clear your browser's cache.

mrspeaker: I don't like to spoil but can give a clue maybe. Level 1 teach you that the only objective is to reach the purple square.

unusualcadence 2013-04-29 20:14

Very slickly designed, especially given the time constraints! Had fun playing this and was muchly charmed by the soundtrack and Atari graphics

justin35f 2013-04-29 20:22

Great game!

domrein 2013-04-29 21:07

I really like it. Fun and simple mechanic and puzzles that explore it well. Good job.

screech 2013-04-29 21:31

Got stuck at level 9 D:, great game

kgs0142 2013-04-30 05:56

Cool!!
Simple yet brilliant,
The level of Pac Man and potato is really awesome!
Good job!

tankete 2013-04-30 06:02

Wow! Loved it! First couple levels are perfect. Then it gets super impossible...if you're dumb like me. Easily my favorite so far. Well done!

canyon 2013-04-30 07:19

This is my favourite so far. I think it is the winner.
I love how thoroughly you explored the idea. It struck me this game is just like old first person shooters e.g

canyon 2013-04-30 07:20

You collect red keys to get through red doors etc.

sheep 2013-04-30 07:51

Haha, the mini PacMan level made me LOL. Great game, very playable. Congratulations!

casino-jack 2013-04-30 09:26

I feel stupid for getting stuck on the level with two rows of red above and below you, until I realised that I didn't *have* to collect the green block and release them...

Also, love the inclusion of a Pacman level.

codexus 2013-04-30 12:35

Nice minimalistic concept, the levels were fun to play and I managed to reach the end. Good game!

Normally I'd regret the lack of effort in the graphics area but since minimalism is the theme you get a free pass on that one.

exclamation_mark 2013-04-30 14:15

Excellent entry! I *love* how the level design introduces you to the mechanics and elements of the game one by one, with no need for a tutorial or any text at all! This is an unprecedented level of design polish for a 48-hour entry! You Sir, have my like, and five of my stars!

mase 2013-04-30 20:43

The Pac-man level was a nice surprise.

karlin 2013-04-30 23:55

Great game. You did a great job at exploring such a simple concept and creating such a wonderfully polished game. I liked the little touches such as adding grid-movement to the level with the 1-square hole. The pacman level was a nice surprise too (the level after it reminded me a little of frogger too).

The only slight criticism would be that the music, while rather good, got a little repetitive after a while and I (being pretty terrible at video games) found dodging some of the red square too hard on some of the later levels. Still a superb game and amazing work for 48 hours.

tankete 2013-05-01 05:45

Just wanted to pop back in and say that even after playing/rating 35+ games, this one is still my favorite. Great job! (again) :)

smaxx 2013-05-01 10:12

Very nice. Probably the most interesting "blocky" game so far this round. To those having issues with many red blocks: Try to unlock them the right moment so they just move with others rather than limiting your movement even more.

jlauener 2013-05-01 11:46

Again thanks a lot for the kind comments. This is so motivating that I'm now working on a post compo version with more levels!

Canyon:
My train of though came more from adventure/exploration games. But yeah that's similar. Get item X to unlock area that allows to get item Y to unlock another area, etc...

Karlin:
Funny that you spotted the different type of movement algorithms. I spent lot of time trying to find best way for player movement but ended up having two separate classes: one for normal levels and one for grid based levels.

You mention frogger and that's exactly that. I got the idea for the level by thinking about this game. I also wanted to have a space invader like levels but forgot about it.

jlauener 2013-05-01 11:47

tankete: thanks a lot :)

patrickward 2013-05-01 11:48

Wonderful game! One of the most playable games I've encountered yet. So simple, yet so much fun. It has a very minimal, retro feel to it, which I love coming from that era. I got stuck on those red boxes at first, but then realized how simple it really was. Excellent job.

pansapiens 2013-05-01 12:27

One of my favorites so far. Great use of the theme, nice clean & effective graphics and smart level design. You should be proud of this one, I would be.

ysengrimm 2013-05-01 15:45

A really nice game, though the concept is a bid too overused.

diamonde 2013-05-01 15:48

The frustration was high on that tricky level of yours... I was sure I had to time the movement perfectly and hit the exact pixels. Tried that at least 20 times before I realized the trickiness :D

jackspinoza 2013-05-01 19:11

brilliant, effective and understandable puzzles with innovative approaches.

georgebroussard 2013-05-01 22:54

Loved this! Great fun. Couple of super hard levels, but it's so fast to rety it taps into "one more try! so close!". Very very well done.

andrewshouldice 2013-05-02 01:17

One of my favourites so far! Very clever; well done!

bonezoner 2013-05-02 03:27

Ran into a bug with the room in your 2nd screenshot, the yellow barrier doesn't go away when you hit the yellow trigger. This definitely fits the theme!

jlauener 2013-05-02 05:34

soulcrusher: this is not bug, this is the puzzle! if stuck you can reset by hitting a red dot.

mrexcessive 2013-05-02 06:18

Excellent puzzler. Good job including tutorials... Requires a bit of thinking, but clue for 8 is good. Level number somewhere be a nice to have. Well done!

mrexcessive 2013-05-02 06:21

Had to say more.. gave good rating, then get to the pacman and frogger levels... VERY good job!

psenfilip 2013-05-02 17:43

Very cool puzzle game. I managed to beat it I just don't know if I did find the secret. Probably not, right.
Controls are good, music is fine and the levels are overall pretty well thought out.

dustystylus 2013-05-02 20:28

Wow, heehee, gets tough pretty quickly. Nice music. :)

kevinzuhn 2013-05-03 01:45

I thought it was well designed and had a good mixture of challenges! Also, that secret level completely caught me by surprise, but was worth getting to.

ragzouken 2013-05-03 10:44

Very nice. The pacman level was cool :D Reminds me of early chips challenge levels :)

recursor 2013-05-03 19:42

Can't say I'm a fan of auto-generated music so I wish there was a mute button for that, but otherwise this is pretty good.

nseward 2013-05-03 20:08

Nicely done. Simple and fun. Lots of fun levels.

zatyka 2013-05-03 20:14

Lots of fun. Great puzzle design. Nothing to complain about.

spiridion 2013-05-03 20:15

Great illustration of how a simple mechanic can make a fun challenging game.

hello23 2013-05-03 20:45

GREAT GAME !! I really liked it, the idea and the minimalistic graphics.

pixelulsar 2013-05-03 20:52

Nice game, it was very fun to play.

naufr4g0 2013-05-03 23:26

Simple game but with a solid design! :)

sylvain-p 2013-05-03 23:45

Smart and fun good job. The concept could be continued at infinity.

bernhard 2013-05-04 05:03

Cool little switch puzzle game, good music!
I liked the relevance of the timing of the button presses to make the last few levels easier.

Jeremias 2013-05-04 08:59

(Spoiler)
The level where you have to ignore the yellow dot... I hate you :D

Nice game anyway. Felt very smooth and I didn't have a level where I needed too long to solve it.

caukamp 2013-05-04 21:13

Spot on! Very cool

christian-s 2013-05-04 21:28

Nice level design!

rezoner 2013-05-05 09:07

Interesting levels and nice audio. Good job.

ithildin 2013-05-05 21:23

Nice level design, good job! :)

saintheiser 2013-05-06 01:26

Not bad! Despite simple mechanic levels are looking fresh =)
Thanks for submission!

jadams 2013-05-06 17:36

A well designed puzzle game. Good job.

gatechgrad 2013-05-07 02:40

I really enjoyed this puzzler. Simple concept, but also really fun. Some of the later levels really made me think about when was the best time to release the barriers.

martin_monosys 2013-05-08 21:58

Fun game, very nice ! :)

kill0u 2013-05-08 22:24

Nice puzzle :)

gungnir 2013-05-11 04:27

Very nice game but some levels are really frickin hard. Some great leveldesign in there though.

jlauener 2013-05-11 20:40

Gungnir: Most of the levels can be solved easily, if you find the trick ;D

milktoast 2013-05-12 02:19

I felt like I was going through the chompers at the end of Galaxy Quest. =) Good job!

nimblegorilla 2013-05-13 20:44

Very fun game. Some of the puzzles are "harder" than others, but I like that each puzzle is quick to finish once you see how to solve it.

xanjos 2013-05-13 22:15

Simple concept but executed really well. The level design is pretty excellent.

fermcg 2013-05-14 00:39

Great game!

toaster 2013-05-15 19:43

That secret level was amazing. The rest of the game was pretty great too.

echa 2013-05-15 21:28

Exellent!

lu3mm3l 2013-05-15 21:36

This is amazing. Had to play until the end. Thank you. Also for the bonus stage :D

madball 2013-05-16 14:33

Hey! I got stuck on level 4! Just make a reset button.
I liked the idea. I used to do like that in Paint :P
I think you could create more puzzles, but you relied on avoiding instead... that`s your choice anyway.

davidpeter 2013-05-16 19:36

I really liked this game. One of the best ones I've played. The level design was excellent; I enjoyed that it led you to learn the game mechanics.

I'm not sure what the secret levels were, or if I reached any, so an indicator of this would've been nice.

jlauener 2013-05-17 19:40

Madball: Aye. Yes level 4 is broken in the sense that you could get blocked and there are no enemies thus you can't reset by suicide. But why the heck you didn't moved straight :D

davidpeter: Believe me, if you would have found the secret level, you would know it for sure ;)