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Inversiosynthesis

By rojo

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1053.9523
Fun1083.9023
Innovation713.9523
Theme5023.5023
Graphics4763.6522
Audio1443.7823
Humor6722.7222
Mood1033.9523

Comments

ziamor 2017-12-05 22:22

This was a fun game, I played it through to the end, great job! I love the inversion mechanic. If you could somehow manage to fit the UI on android/IOS it could be a fun puzzle game.

moono 2017-12-11 19:51

The game has great gameplay, well matched music and graphics gives you that nice feeling of being alone in Space. I had a lot of playing it and it would be really nice to see longer version.

chao 2017-12-26 07:35

Really neat idea for a puzzle game, kept me entertained till the end. With more mechanics, it could be a really great puzzler. Other than that, the art and music were all great. Well done!

jk5000 2017-12-26 09:33

An very fun and a very well made puzzle game. Well done.

behenate 2017-12-27 18:46

Very nice puzzle game. Unfortunately i suck at logic games, but I really liked this one! Music is very atmospheric and graphics look good. Very nice entry!

remco 2017-12-27 19:49

_That was a nice little experience. Glad I am 'Safe at Last!'_ :slight_smile:

I could easily see this as a mini-game within a larger game. If you've just damaged your spaceship and need to repair it. I wonder, however, how much strategy is really required, there's a rather large element of luck involved, an in my play-through, I didn't bother with strategy at all (though it came close).

Something else to note: The explanation could've been a bit more clear. For the first two-and-a-half 'boards' I assumed that you could _only_ match the same symbols. (Which would've made the game a but worse...)

I really like the gentle humor. _'It's all very scientific'_ indeed :smile:

(I wonder, how much did you need the third day? Not sure how I can explain this, but it somehow _feels_ like a really well polished Compo-entry rather than a Jam-submission. But not in a bad way? Or maybe it's just me being weird :upside_down:)

rojo 2017-12-27 20:48

@remco Regarding the third day: I prefer working on stuff solo - which admittedly puts me at a disadvantage in the Jam. I didn't even settle on the idea for the game until well over 12 hours in. The Jam just seems to fit my creative / dev process better, but one of these days I'll probably try to do a Compo entry!

themonsterfromthedeep 2017-12-27 23:09

This is a cool little puzzle game. My main problem, which may be more of a YMMV thing, is that trying to wrap my head around everything is a little overwhelming. Perhaps there should be an easy-mode, where one of the two sides is rotated 180 degrees, so its easier to reason about.

zirconcode 2017-12-28 07:11

Oh I love the symmetry thing, reminds me of my first LD ever, it really messes with your brain since it's mirrored and not just translated, great idea! Seems really polished / like a finished game by feeling alone, not sure what does it but everything feels so smooth ^^

vasco-rodrigues 2017-12-28 12:25

Awesome game, it got me hooked and I don't even know why :p I loved the intro and all the mood of the game. The audio also helps a lot. It seems really polished and finished, very solid entry.

Congratulations!

patrick-d 2017-12-28 16:44

I liked it, the background music worked well too.

differentname 2017-12-28 16:45

It felt a bit overwhelming at first, which I guess fits the theme well. Towards the end I felt like I was starting to get some strategies to minimize the new anomalies. Good game!

trgoodhue 2017-12-28 17:15

Great short little game! I finished it in about 7 minutes! It was enjoyable overall though. The music was pretty nice, and it fit the mood very well. I liked the concept, it was unique. The game got more and more challenging as it went on (so it fits the theme really well). I liked the simple sound effects. And the gameplay was fun. I hope to see your game on the leaderboard!