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Elemental Connection

By rialgar

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness361
Innovation813.94
Fun1073.69
Overall1303.71
Mood5083.05
Theme5203.31
Graphics11122.12

Comments

garygreen 2014-08-25 15:26

I don't normally go for puzzle games, but I enjoyed yours. Nice work. Was there a Start again button? I got stuck on one of the later puzzles and couldn't see how to restart it without going back to the beginning.

mess110 2014-08-25 17:46

really enjoyed this game. initially I thought it didn't load. the screenshots helped :D

rialgar 2014-08-25 17:56

@garygreen, you can remove any connection by just redrawing it from its start. This will also reset all dots, which are purely asthetic anyways.

tgl 2014-08-25 18:06

A great minimalistic puzzle game

kapasrobert 2014-08-25 20:12

I'm actually amazed how simple but fun this is. Very good job

stephenhaney 2014-08-25 20:32

Very engaging... I played it longer than I expected. It took me a second to figure out to drag - I'm using a touchpad so it wasn't an intuitive thing to try. Some simple relaxing sound could help the mood, but overall I really enjoyed it.

rahazan 2014-08-26 06:43

Great puzzle games, new mechanics are introduced at a rate that is managable. It's fun and requires some out of the box thinking, it was sometimes however not clear which lines could cross and which could not.

Managed to finish it :)

rialgar 2014-08-26 09:26

@Rahazan they are supposedto be the 4 elements, and opposites can't cross. Namely Water(blue) <-> Fire(red) and Earth(green) <-> Air(Yellow), I thought about explaining that in-game, but I liked the minimalistic approach more, so took the Risk of player confusion

daanvanyperen 2014-08-26 22:54

Well thought out elegant mechanics! very innovative.

badgerpriest 2014-08-27 23:18

Soooo goood!

jpverkamp 2014-08-31 20:52

Yay puzzle games! It took a bit to figure out the rules of what could cross what, but I like that it was introduced slowly enough that we *could* figure it out by ourselves. I think the mobile / touch interface probably works better than a mouse. A lot of fun though. Also, this:

https://imgur.com/gCBs6hu

:)

fgm 2014-09-02 15:40

Eggcellent game. I love puzzle games, and this one is great.

banana4life 2014-09-02 15:46

Sometimes a little bit confusing.

jnyknn 2014-09-02 16:45

My first impression was: "What? Only two shapes! How can I control them?". But when I figured out how to play, I realized how intelligent and fun this game is.

tbamberg 2014-09-02 17:29

One of the best puzzlers I've played on the site. Really neat mechanics, and I was never too confused for long. A better hint/introduction on which colors can overlap would have been nice though.

dvanderaart 2014-09-02 17:30

Thank you? But I want more!

whalebot 2014-09-02 18:12

You should definitely polish this up a bit for mobile. This game was very entertaining to play through.

digiraze 2014-09-02 18:18

Great puzzle game!

maesk 2014-09-02 21:38

Awesome idea, it must be veeery enjoyable with a pen tablet. Anyway, first maze was too difficult as a third level. Maybe a more carefully planned increase of difficulty would be great. Anyway, it is a great puzzle game, good execution, nice work.

scottyb 2014-09-02 23:50

Weirdly addictive. Cool.

chuigum 2014-09-03 00:26

Great innovation! Looks like a lot of work was put into it, good job!

villhest 2014-09-04 15:43

Nice!

jonathang 2014-09-05 17:04

Very carefully thought out, I'm impressed by the way you gradually escalate the difficulty of the puzzles to teach the player new things without ever writing them out specifically. Felt like it ended just as it was starting to get tricky though - would have enjoyed some harder levels too! Great work!