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Gears

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potatoing_ 2016-08-29 05:54

Really hard to get into, but I like it! Can't seem to delete gears however, that could just be me:0.

potatoing_ 2016-08-29 05:55

Deffintly will check later:)

danilafe 2016-08-29 05:59

Deleting gears can be done with Delete :)

Or should be, it deletes the gear under the cursor.

manabreak 2016-08-29 06:34

Really difficult game, but I like the take on the theme!

bogden 2016-08-29 06:59

Interesting idea, but the instructions are super dense and the controls are a bit wonky. Lots of potential, but the UI is real rough to get around.

A little odd that the copper gears look like there's a progression from 1 to 4, but they end up just going in different directions.

Could be really cool to introduce gears over time so you don't overload the player with all of them at once.

potatoing_ 2016-08-29 07:01

Maybe my delete button is working:0. Really fun nevertheless!

danilafe 2016-08-29 07:11

The UI is definitely the weakest bit, I agree.
To be honest, most of my time went into rendering the god damned lava tiles so that they change based on lava around them.
Seriously.
I wanted to make it to Compo, but if that wasn't my goal, tutorial levels would definitely be necessary. Thanks for the feedback!

aun 2016-08-29 08:28

Very hard game, I am not sure to understand the goal completely. Sure tutorial levels are necessary or at least progressive difficulty because reading and remembering everything is quite hard at first. The music is quite painful :) I guess it depends on which gears you use.

sun-wukong 2016-08-29 09:01

Looks interesting, but I can't delete gears! Tried all combinations with the Delete button, but with no success.

flatgub 2016-08-29 09:14

I had to mute the game because there was a lot of loud overlapping sounds but after that it was great! Quite an interesting system for programming!

burnedkirby 2016-08-29 09:40

Messed up the second level by forgetting to check the human under the cursor, too bad there isn't a reset level button.

Has potential, and is interesting, reminds me of assembly.

onyon 2016-08-29 10:40

Really confusing at start and the sounds are pretty annoying, but overall cool concept.

themightysice 2016-08-29 11:01

Theme on point, but really hard. And the sounds can get a little bit annoying. And a tutorial would be helpful since the start is confusing.

lonesurvivor 2016-08-29 11:45

Very difficult, it surely helps if you have some background in assembly xD

And, for the other players, you can delete gears with backspace, not with the delete button.

lcmw_spud 2016-08-29 15:55

Very difficult, as many others are saying, but it is very much like programming.