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Catalyst

By de_von

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Audio3273.35
Innovation3903.31
Mood6273.08
Theme6593.53
Graphics8202.80
Overall8962.86
Fun9752.49

Comments

bessdlan 2015-12-15 11:27

original concept ^^

arcturusdeluxe 2015-12-15 14:22

Interesting puzzle idea. Nice atmosphere too. Good stuff.

refreshcreations 2015-12-15 15:33

Cool puzzle game, I can see how some extra elements and sphere types could add more strategic play for a post-jam version perhaps? But yeah, in it's current state, it's a sold game, with some rather nice music, nice!

kernel_panic 2015-12-15 19:20

The end condition seems to be a bit broken, sometimes I seem to win when I should have lost. The colouring rules are also a bit hard to memorise. I like the idea though.

anv 2015-12-15 19:40

Ecology meets Go. Interesting gameplay mechanic, involving a healthy dose of strategy - should I put undesired spheres in one group? Spread them out? How will they interact when different groups meet? Visuals and music fit into calm atmosphere of the game too. Could use some polish though.

rocketship 2015-12-15 19:56

The concept is great, and the game uses it quite well. It is quite easy right now, I found myself winning most rounds by just placing spheres quite randomly around. The presentation could be a bit more exciting maybe but this board game type of way works too, especially with the calm music.

bogden 2015-12-15 23:07

Interesting idea! A bit short though

kzdev 2015-12-15 23:20

All around good game. The gameplay, music, and graphics meshed well together, giving it a calm, relaxing vibe while still keeping me engaged. More levels would be cool, but even as-is I really enjoyed this one.

h-attila 2015-12-16 00:49

Interesting idea, a bit like Go or Reversi I guess. At first it was really difficult for me because the blending rules weren't obvious. Also, I don't quite understand the color switching function. Do I just get another random color then? The presentation is pretty nice though, it is a well made game.

tjxx 2015-12-16 18:11

Fun, but really challenging. I like the originality of it.

skripteriant 2015-12-16 18:40

it took me a few tries to understand what I was doing, but once I did it was really fun. very original puzzle game.

But It seems that the objective it tells you at the top doesn't match how you win. I think the win state might care more about the score then filling it with a specific color?

de_von 2015-12-16 18:53

You get the score according to the colour specified in the objective.

So if the objective is to fill everything with red spheres, then you would get 3 points for every red sphere, 2 points for spheres of colour which contains red colour and 1 point for any other colour.

Colour values change with the objectives.

azureaspect 2015-12-17 18:26

I was rather confused what I was supposed to do. The game said that I should fill the grid with blue balls. However in the end all my balls were green instead of blue...however my score was over 500 so I won the game o.o
Nice game concept though :)

simon-parzer 2015-12-18 10:46

Nice concept, great mood. It took some time to figure out how to play though.

tompudding 2015-12-18 10:53

Nice music and mood, but I was mostly confused about what would happen when the colours mets

raincoven 2015-12-18 10:54

good idea, but too boring, sorry.

mukult 2015-12-18 22:00

Interesting puzzle..

hotboxgames 2015-12-18 22:37

Nice simple game, fun to play with friends - gets quite competitive! Sound got a bit repetitive.

ewchap 2015-12-19 06:25

cool concept. nice mood setting background music as well.

beetracks 2015-12-19 13:36

Interesting puzzle game. Nice ambience too.

luysse_l 2015-12-20 18:02

nice concept, fun game

crucknuk 2015-12-20 18:11

Nice entry. Be careful, I had a warning on my computer when I tried to launch your game on webgl version. It said that it takes to much memory so it can't be played. I am on a correct computer and it is the first time I have warning like that. Anyway, it is an interesting puzzle gam. Good job ;)

de_von 2015-12-20 19:18

Thanks for the warning, I haven't noticed such a message before. We will look into that.

gebirgsbaerbel 2015-12-22 16:26

I really enjoyed the aesthetics of this game. However I never really understood the rules. No matter what I did, or where i clicked, I just always won.

dustystylus 2015-12-24 10:45

I keep winning, but I'm not 100% sure how. :D That said, I'm not complaining! Beautiful music.

hunttis 2015-12-28 09:23

Interesting, could maybe work as a mobile game as well?

The win condition check didn't work for me. I sometimes filled the grid with the right color, but it still told me I had lost.

haokarlos 2016-01-04 12:37

Nice idea