Candisorter

emery 2017-12-06 08:37

Your game Candisorter is a really cool idea and really puts the theme of "The more you have, the worse it is", into a really cool game. I enjoyed the game a lot and the idea of having to constantly keep track of not only the different candies but which is bad and good.

Pros: - The Concept was great and I had fun playing it - The fact that you added so many different keys you could play with for different people and controllers

Cons: - Maybe add a bit more of an indication when the "Whats good and bad " changes, because it makes it more challenging than it should be - As stated in your description, the pause loophole

Overall this was a really nice game and you should be proud of what you achieved. :)

magmafortress 2017-12-06 08:39

I found the sounds a little confusing. Maybe it was the "changing" sound that was throwing me off when I thought I'd grabbed the best candy?

I feel like less text on the screen could be better too. I found I just didn't have any time to read it but wanted to just because it was there...

epb9000 2017-12-06 09:21

@MagmaFortress, given that the changing sound throws me off too, I could see that. A stronger visual cue, perhaps without the sound, likely would have been a better choice.

Kinda ties into what @emery was saying about having a better indication of when that changes.

In-person testing I did at work (possibly on company time) seemed to show that the change mechanic tripped most people up, but I couldn't quite put my finger on why that was.

I think the 'too much text' piece was a part of that too. On top of not being very obvious that it changed, until you learn the board's layout and filter the excess - it can be hard to determine what you need to be collecting. I built the board, so I didn't notice it while I was playing. A simplified board would have provided better information density, and let people better respond to the changes.

angelonias 2017-12-06 16:24

It feels like Xmas! :)

cliff-lee-cl 2017-12-08 10:15

Polished great game!

The concept is good for the theme! Good job!

local-minimum 2017-12-08 17:40

Easy game to get into (even if the instructions to start kind of made it sound more complex than it was). I though the sound effect for when the change appeared was enough warning. One thing that surprised me though was that I actually only needed to know which was the best. I kind of expected it to sometimes not offer the best and thus force me to select the second best (or worse).

derr 2017-12-10 06:46

Cute and polished christmas game overall!

I think the "Just okay" item could be cut to make it even more simple and concise. I found myself just staring at the "Best" item, waited for the bins to fill and then quickly clicked the one that had the right color palette. You could throw off the player by introducing items with similar palettes but different shapes etc. if you plan to pursue this idea further. :)

shivur 2017-12-27 17:48

Good innovative idea, but the candy are going too fast, I don't event have the time to move the mouse to the correct candy.

themonsterfromthedeep 2017-12-27 23:58

My main suggestion is to do something to make it easier when switching which candy is the best. I found that I often missed the first one in a new "round" because I was working to interpret which candy was the new best. Just giving the player an extra second or two would be enough.

Of course, the game, as it currently stands, is pretty easy. It's pretty easy with a touchscreen, but I actually scored higher, I think, when just using the keyboard, because it's actually faster to do than with a touchscreen.

I don't know what could be done specifically to make it harder. I did miss a few candies, although that was mostly either that I simply didn't choose one (when the best one switched), or, once, while using the keyboard, my selections were lagging behind my brain, and I was selecting the number that I should have pushed for the previous set of bins. But it was overall pretty easy, so looking into difficulty might be a good idea.

multiplexor 2017-12-28 01:34

Interesting Idea! The candies on the background confused me a bit at the beginning though!

I like the increasing difficulty and how the scores for the different candies is managed!

Keep up the hard work :)

dumivid 2017-12-28 12:23

Sorry, can't let a quality review, don't have enough time, just want to help to get out of danger zone. Overall i think game is good, keep going. Happy Holidays.