split82 2017-12-04 20:13
Nice job! I finished all the levels pretty fast :) I would maybe just tweak the controls a little bit. They felt a little bit laggy.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD40 → Synapse
By geckoo1337
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 231 | 3.78 | 25 | |
| Fun | 179 | 3.76 | 25 | |
| Innovation | 13 | 4.23 | 25 | |
| Theme | 910 | 2.93 | 24 | |
| Graphics | 587 | 3.47 | 24 | |
| Audio | 264 | 3.54 | 24 | |
| Mood | 316 | 3.59 | 24 |
Nice job! I finished all the levels pretty fast :) I would maybe just tweak the controls a little bit. They felt a little bit laggy.
Now, this is a fantastic little game! The puzzles really aren't too hard, but that actually makes it quite a relaxing game. You did a great job on the puzzle creation part, they feel really thought out, but also easy enough to understand and finish. The only critique I would have is the input. It's definitely not bad, but I think it would benefit from being able to also use the mouse to drag the balls up or sideways, because the arrowkeys feel like they have to be timed very well sometimes. Good job on this entry!
btw, my score was 70
Nice game! I like the mechanics and figuring out what really is happening was fun. It's a bit short but so relaxing I replayed it 3 times, finally reaching 14 motions, which I suppose is the minimum (2 per puzzle). The controls are a bit weird at first, with the key needed to be hold just the right amount to make one motion, but it work ok after a bit. The visual is very polished and the music is relaxing too. Great work!
Hey, cool entry. It was polished and the mechanic was quite innovative. I did not completely understand how the mechanics worked but somehow I still realized what sequence to use to finish the level. I managed to finish all the levels but could not find the optimal sequences using only 2 moves per level.
This game would be really awesome if the levels could somehow be procedurely generated so you can take a break from work and play this relaxing game for a while :D
The graphics, sound effects and music was great but in my opinion blue would be a better colour than red taking into account the overall setting the game gives. Blue is a more relaxing colour in my opinion :)
Great entry!
Hey man! you did a great job here, the game feels very solid overall. I still can figure out the controlls but I'll keep playing :D
Congrats on the entry
The game atmosphere is very good, the minimalist design with the music made me feel I'm in some kind of 80s cyberpunk world. :)
I had no problem with the controls, I got used to it after a few levels. Overall it's easy but I could replay to get better scores, my best rating is A with 14 movements. B)
I love minimalistic puzzle games and when I saw your cover I though I would enjoy it. And you didn't disappoint ! Overall a relaxing and quick experience that would benefit from a fine tuning of your controls.
Loved your game & its atmosphere, wish there was more levels haha
Good entry, although sometimes I didn't understand logic of red synapse moves. Also it would be nice to have limit for moves per level.
Прошел за 71 ход. Респект тебе автор и удачи с новыми играми : )
Amazing game, really fun to play! Haven't really seen a puzzle game so far, so this was a nice change! The music worked well and the graphics were overall pretty good too! Nice job. :)
Nice game, it took me a while, but I figured out what was going on in the game. The graphics and sound were very stylish, and worked together well.
The controls didn't feel very good to me, with the rotations snapping forward and back. Maybe if a key tap corresponded to one rotation?
The idea was good, and both the music and graphics fits the game. The controls is a bit weird. But overall fine little puzzle game.
Nice work! I enjoyed the light puzzle though the controls seem a bit sticky. The music and audio is of high quality and fits the mood very well. How do you create such quality audio?
Nice puzzle game, and really original! The movements seemed a little janky, would be nice if they were a little smoother. Also I didn't fully understand what I was doing sometimes, some levels I beat and I wasn't completely sure what I did. But maybe that was the point, to "feel" out the puzzle? Really interesting, enjoyed this entry!
Cool puzzle game! Has a lot of potential for different puzzles. Felt like I was looking at a slice of something higher-dimensional. Minimalist graphics serve their purpose well. The puzzles can be completed rather quickly, however (maybe generate levels or make more?). Great job!
I love clever puzzles. After I understood the mechanic, I didn't let this one until I got 14. The worst part was the times when I did know wich rotation to do, but the inertia made the mobile pattern moving one more "face" than expected, because I released the arrow key a second's quarter to late. :P (I stayed with a best of 16 for a long time because of that) Memorize the two minimal rotations for each puzzle was challenging too. By chance, there is only seven of them. X) Good job (and fine minimalist arts too)
Fun game! I'm not sure if I ever truly understood how to properly move the synapses around but I had my own method of madness to complete the levels.
Our team does a weekly indie gamedev podcast called Nice Games Club, and we just did a Let's Play episode where we played thirty-six (!!) Ludum Dare 40 games, including yours (which we fell completely in love with)!
[Check it out here!](http://nicegames.club/2017/12/nice-plays-ludum-dare-40-games-2017/)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BGt66ZnLME
Very interesting to find a puzzle to play.
I did it with 56 moves, I do not know if I should have done it with less than this ... Because at one point this happened (image).
The sound was good.
LD40G.png
Anyway it seemed to be expected as it is equal to one of the images you used (maybe, hahahahah).
I like the aesthetic, and the puzzles are simple, but interesting enough to be a nice calming experience. I used the strategy of lining up synapses vertically first, then horizontally, then vertically again if needed. The controls were frustrating though- most of my extra movements were because the synapses slid past where I wanted them, often many times in a row. I'd prefer if a single button press just caused one clean rotation. Overall, cool entry, a solid basis for iterating new challenges to the puzzles.