Pain Reaction

bartol44 2017-12-05 23:36

Wow, I really had a lot of fun playing this game. Reminds me of some old mobile game, where u had to constantly disarm bombs. The game suits the theme well, is fun and engages player in gameplay. Sounds are cool, music is good. However, it lacks some explanation when does the small reactors turn into bigger ones and how does distance between reactors impact gameplay, or how is putting them in other parts of map changes the game (if it does it at all). Beside that, great game, I have sore wrist now ;(

dr-binary 2017-12-05 23:49

@bartol44 Fair points, all of them, and thanks for the detailed feedback! For future reference, the reactors become a large one once there are 15 neighbors to the one that you cool. The distance factors into the heat generated which is equivalent to your score. So you score more the closer together they are, but they go off faster. Finally, putting them in other parts of the map is just a strategy you can employ to try and time the reactors. If they have no neighbors, they don't heat as fast but are harder to get to.

surprisinglyshockedcat 2017-12-06 05:44

Yeah there definitely needs to be some kind of a tutorial. Apart from that though, it is a terrific game. I think a little bit of variation would go along way though, but that's just nit-picking. Good job.

dr-binary 2017-12-06 05:58

@SurprisinglyShockedCat Good to know, we'll take it all into planning for the next run. If I ever do go back and polish this one up for a cleaner release we'll definitely address those two. Thanks!

wowa 2017-12-06 12:36

Hum.. the "negative" things have been already said. Just one thing, the voice i a bit to loud but. But besides that, it's a pretty cool and addictive game! Very well done!

beebo-studios 2017-12-07 01:02

I agree the super reactors could have been explained better. I looked into the comments to find out I indeed had to build a dangerously large cluster. The audio is really good! The voice was quite unexpected, but conveys the feeling of imminent danger pretty well. I like the moment you lose control over your arrangement when all the messages start to pop like crazy and everything turns red. It's the good kind of expanding chaos that motivates you to do better the next time. Nice game!

dr-binary 2017-12-07 18:48

@wowa I hear ya, we'll have to look at balancing the audio in a future release.

@beebo-studios Yeah, I never even thought to include a tutorial but I see the need for sure.

Both your positive receptions are encouraging and the feedback is very needed. We're surprised our first entry is going so well!

2017-12-26 18:28

Nice little game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 40 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26D5qtoYgoQ