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Power Grid Graph Nightmare

By ultrarat

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall6503.0024
Fun7222.6324
Innovation5932.7623
Theme6133.1923

Comments

evrim 2017-08-02 07:09

My computer keeps telling me that the file is malicious and it doesnt let it run. This is the first game I receive such a message among many I played. I loved the idea of the gamebthough I would love to play it.

spice135 2017-08-02 07:12

Interesting game!

jaakko 2017-08-02 07:32

This is addictive. Good job!

ultrarat 2017-08-02 07:34

@evrim, what's your OS and virus scanner? ( I promise it's not malicious btw :)

krunoslav 2017-08-02 09:54

Nice game, some maps are interesting, but as you say, it is possible to have maps where you do not have many choices, like this one:

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mathiouza 2017-08-02 12:47

Nice game, but the radom do not like me I think x) Good puzzle game. (Try to make sounds next time)

filippy 2017-08-02 13:04

Always nice to see puzzle games, this one is particularly entretaining, with just the right level of challenge to keep it engaging

evrim 2017-08-02 14:45

@ultrarat Avast Antivirus. I did play it once and I am sure it is safe. But the second time I tried to open the file, my antivirus software was very strict about securing it and not opening it again. I just wanted to let you know of the problem. Maybe it can be corrected.

laaph 2017-08-02 18:45

Very nice! As someone who also tried to use SDL and remember the lazyfoo SDL tutorials, I'm impressed! It's the pipe game all over again. For those struggling with not many choices, remember you can zigzag back and forth. Sure it will cost more pipes but it might be fewer than leaving pipes all over the map.

theflyingkeyboard 2017-08-04 00:39

Really fun and simple idea. I enjoyed it very much, while playing. Random system needs more polishing, but is not bad. Very nice entry, great job!

tmpxyz 2017-08-07 09:15

A simple design & implementation, but there's a nice design idea within, the random tile is well designed, it would be better if there's some "wild card" or "special power" to add some spice;

spotline 2017-08-12 08:58

I had a security problem too. Everytime I launch the game i get "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file" and then the .exe gets automatically deleted. I scanned it with Avast who said everything was fine. Tried to add all authorizations and to unblock it but nothing changes :(

phi 2017-08-12 09:08

Interesting. The concept is quite simple and easily understandable, but I got frustrated pretty quickly because I couldn't correct mistakes. I agree that the level randomization isn't optimal. Maybe starting with a smaller world and more predictability would give you more control over the difficulty curve. I know it's very hard to balance puzzles like these, but some hand crafted level design could be something to try out. The graphics sytle is charming and intuitive, although not entirely consistent. But overall nicely done!

oakus 2017-08-12 09:34

Good concept, the random generation could use some fine tuning and special case handling, but generally it works and is easily understandable. Definitely a good job!

deadlyalive 2017-08-12 10:30

Very nice gameplay!

jemsmith 2017-08-12 11:40

I like what you were going for here, but I would like to see a version of this without the random draw of 3 tiles. I know that's the point for the most part, but with all kinds of interesting zones on the board, I feel like there could be a better optimization-style puzzle in here. The small random tile deck meant that I often had to place a few random wires in cheap zones just to get the tile I needed. I'm not sure what else would have to change if you had an unlimited deck, but it could be interesting to try.

2017-09-03 19:15

Nice game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 39 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqlTLOajPzI