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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness276
Innovation2833.53
Theme4163.70
Overall5123.24
Fun8642.75
Graphics8692.61
Humor9181.66
Mood10562.18

Comments

phask 2014-12-07 17:32

Remember to focus the Unity3D player once with a mouse click so the controls work (at least it's like that on my computer).

acidave 2014-12-08 08:18

Interesting combination of mechanics, increasingly challenging with simple but neat graphics. Well done, especially for your first game!

dezzles 2014-12-08 09:20

A bit hard to play for the colourblind. I couldn't see a difference between the yellow and green places

phask 2014-12-08 09:22

I'm sorry Dezzles! I really didn't think of that :-(

thalikoth 2014-12-08 09:22

It's a fun game. I'm guessing you're German because of the keymapping. On international keyboards the Y and Z are the other way around. Maybe you can still add support for that.

seledorn 2014-12-08 09:25

Always fun to get to test your memory. Shouldn't the y key instead be z? Was really confused there for a while

phask 2014-12-08 09:51

Aww, damn. Yes, I am from Germany and here the 'y' and 'z' keys are switched :(

phask 2014-12-08 09:57

Hey guys, just added the 'Z' key as equivalent to the 'Y' key for the english keyboard layout. Should be working now!

mattpattie 2014-12-08 10:42

Enjoyed playing this. i like the whole puzzle genre well done and for a first game this is amazing work!

hexagore 2014-12-08 10:46

I gave this a good crack. First level, I thought, yes, I can do this! Then the second level the representation of where I was going was so different I completely forgot my path :) Nice idea, genuinely felt brain cells creaking trying to play it :)

krisjet 2014-12-08 11:24

Interesting memory game. Maybe have a timer that determines how long you have to prepare for each round? Now I feel like the best way to beat it is to create an optimal route and write it down, which I guess isn't the intent.

phask 2014-12-08 12:54

@Krisjet: Everyone can play the game as he wants, I wanted it to be open. You can do it like you proposed and write your path down or you can even make a screenshot and put it beside the game to solve it. It depends on how hard you want it to be.
The real challenge is to memorise it though ;-)

ferraware 2014-12-09 05:03

One of the best mechanics I've seen today! Keep it up!

wilson 2014-12-09 11:57

Slick little game - nice concept well executed!

monos 2014-12-09 12:35

YESH, I DID IT
http://abload.de/img/clipboard02nsd9z.png

Really interesting game, personally i'd make an Android/iOS version, would be perfect as a smartphone game :D

phask 2014-12-09 13:24

Glad you guys like it :-)

jacksendary 2014-12-09 21:09

Seems that the website is down, at least it doesn't let me access it correctly...

krunoslav 2014-12-09 21:11

Same for me, it does not work.

code-medicine 2014-12-10 00:19

There is a surprising amount of depth you dont see at first. Especially good for being your first game!

phask 2014-12-10 08:21

@Krunoslav, Jacksendary: Should be working now.

@Code Medicine: Thank you :)

djk 2014-12-10 08:57

Pretty fun! It had a nice difficulty ramp - at first I thought it was going to be entirely too challenging, but the first couple levels were easy enough to ease me into the experience. One thing I might suggest is changing the control interface a bit. Since I'm more accustomed to using WASD, I would sometimes hit the wrong key and end up burning a move. Perhaps consider switching it to a mouse click (just draw a border or highlight a hexagon when you hover over it, to show which hexagon you're selecting to move to). Just a thought.

phask 2014-12-10 09:00

Hey djk, thanks for the feedback. Indeed, the controls are the first thing I would improve. Sadly I didn't have enough time to tweak them. Thanks for playing! :)

wakka 2014-12-10 10:39

I got a score of 27250. A really good game. I like Hexagons :)

stray 2014-12-10 12:47

Wow, I didn't get it at first but... It's really fun

hypnoticbytes 2014-12-10 19:51

Nice gameplay mechanic, loved it!! 5/5 innovation and fun!!!

grid96 2014-12-10 20:02

Really cool game idea, nice puzzle challange. And thank you for QUERTZ keyboard support

tritegames 2014-12-11 10:46

That was fun. Like the challenge level. With some sounds and a bit more visual feedback like flashing when you collect something or hit a red thing, it would make a great game :)

sinistragames 2014-12-11 14:52

I like it! cool innovation, but a little hard! Great game : )

pestelcrew 2014-12-13 15:54

interesting concept)

erik 2014-12-15 08:22

Neat idea. Keyboard controls are pretty challenging. Maybe useability would be improved if an outline of the hex cells was visible during play?

shivur 2014-12-18 16:43

Very original.

gameproducer 2014-12-28 19:53

Nice idea, well executed. I think controls are not that good. I noticed I needed to look my keyboard in order to move. I would have liked simply the possibility to click (or tap if you plan mobile version) hexes around you.