killian 2018-04-23 13:47
Cool game, nice visuals, interesting interaction. And the pacing is really good for a puzzle game made in 48 hours.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD41 → Dyeswap
By morphine
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 19 | 4.10 | 72 | |
| Fun | 11 | 4.11 | 72 | |
| Innovation | 54 | 4.04 | 71 | |
| Theme | 265 | 3.76 | 72 | |
| Graphics | 160 | 3.70 | 72 | |
| Audio | 89 | 3.61 | 69 | |
| Mood | 77 | 3.65 | 71 |
Cool game, nice visuals, interesting interaction. And the pacing is really good for a puzzle game made in 48 hours.
Thank you very much! I'll check out your game once I start rating, need coffee!
A really clever way of integrating the two genres. The premise could definitely support a much larger game.
Thanks! Yea I thought the same thing - I actually wished I had more time to think about the puzzles because I wanted to support so much more but 48 hours ;)
I think the color indicator on the reticle could be a bit larger, but that is my only issue. Really good job with this!
Very good game idea: tetris + fps. I' m stuck on the rubix cube level :D Nice work!
Magic, full marks, perfect entry, great idea and implementation.
@seano hey man thanks so much I really appreciate that.
Really nice game ! I love it, has very portal-esque vibes. Well done ! :)
@JavaSaurus holy shit that's the greatest compliment ever. Thank you!
Loved the graphics! Interesting concept too!
Fun and challenging core mechanics. Great game, good job!
Great combination of genres! Reticle could be a bit bigger bug strong five stars in general!
Really great idea with a ton of content! I loved the They Live references.
The difficulty ramped up perfectly and not only were there a tonne of levels but every level was well designed. The only criticism I have is that at times the movement felt a bit clunky, but that didn't have much of an impact on my enjoyment anyway.
Thanks everyone for the kind words!
Wow, really impressive work. Not much to say that hasn't already been said. Great concept, awesome puzzle design.
I agree that the movement controls feel a bit floaty - the player doesn't stop moving immediately when the button is released, and that feels weird.
I got stuck at the "face down" level. I assume that's my fault and not a bug.
I wish there were sound effects!
@aaron-nemoyten Yea all levels can be completed - I am big on play testing and I went through each level on each build multiple times to makes sure :)
extra points for "they live" references :P
Really cool game, with a portal vibe. The puzzles where fun to solve.
Congrats on the entry!
Really nice entry there! i loved the gameplay, the art style it's simple but effective, good job!
Some of those levels are tough! Great entry!
"Home" and "End" probably aren't great keys to bind features to, since they don't exist on some keyboards (particularly on laptops). I found myself having to jump off the edge to restart. Thankfully, I didn't encounter any situations where I was trapped without a pit available.
The game itself is fantastic, though!
I was like 5 Minutes at the "face forward head down" level, came back to this site, read the comments, saw that you playtested every level, trusted you, invested another 5 Minutes and made it xD This game was GREAT! The sound, the style, the graphics, its just **awesome** :D Thank you very much for this experience.
This was a lot of fun, very polished. I'd love to play more levels! One thing - the menu says to press Escape to close the menu, but you actually have to press End (same button that opens it).
@lpriebe I 100% agree with you, it used to be Escape for the respawn BUT webgl doesn't like that and I was 100% determined for webgl to be 100% the best experience because I know how LDJAMs go and how you get download fatigue.
@leorid I am glad you figured it out. I wanted to have a variety of puzzle types in the game and I thought that a little subterfuge would be nice.
@pladams9 I noticed that this morning but did not fix it because I believe what you submit Sunday is what you stand by.
- menu didn't work with controller - joystick was bound to windows controls... (so trigger wouldn't work for Linux or MacOS) - see http://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php?title=Xbox360Controller for assistance - gameplay was really good
The graphics were great and puzzles were really cool too!! I guess you did a well job with the theme!!
@jason-kennedy - thank you! I actually use that wiki all the time for windows bindings but I don't have Linux to test it out on. Damn that the menu didn't work with controller, I thought for sure I tested that on Windows.
@morphine - it looks like you don't have a default UI element configured when the menu comes up.
Great game! Decent variety of puzzles for the amount of time you had to make them!
@jason-kennedy yea you know I wasn't even going to put that damn menu in :) but figured someone out there will want inverted axes so I did it and look what happens!! haha
Congrats on finishing such a well polished game! There is a good variety of different mechanics to make up the puzzles. Only suggestion I have would be to not use white for a dye color since the other colors really stand out in the world and show that these blocks are important.
@coldmoose - you know, ORIGINALLY white was supposed to be like a middle man and you couldn't swap directly, you could only transfer white <-> color not color <-> color. So for example, green could not be swapped with red, but only green to white. It was about as intuitive as my explanation ;) but the color was left over in the code so I used it for visual variety.
@morphine and on the controller (which had issues for me) I wanted the inverted controls :D
Nice game!
A bug: When I change color while standing in the glass, the wall push me to the top.
@xilentor - that isn't a bug, it means you are now colliding with the glass because your cursor is the same color as the glass's border, that is one of the mechanics.
Cool idea, first 3d game for ld41 i played.
I like the visual, the idea.
The first level where you change the colors was kind of trolly because i didn't understand the mechanics and the solution was hiding to the side. I think that idea could have been saved at least 1 level, just teach me i steal colors from the blocks first.
I got stuck in the first level with glass and couldn't figure out how to restart because "back" or "home" is not on my keyboard... maybe that's my fault.
But overall a cool game!
Absolutely amazing! Seriously the best game I have played so far. I really liked the teleport cube effect. might dig into your source to see how you did that.
Congrats on a great entry!
Very nice! I got a little annoyed with the music but since I know how to turn the volume down we're all good. Got a little stuck on the glass level and wanted to experience more games, so bailed out. Might come back though...
i got stuck on the second glass level... i dont understand how the border thing work i thought im aiming the black lines?
Simple graphics but its fun to play
Very cool game. Was trickier than I expected it to be. I got stuck on Sequence in my first playthrough, and I'm not sure whether some of the earlier ones were won legitly or gamed a bit by strategic jumps, but it doesn't matter because they are good puzzles. The controls were a little floaty but the concept and execution is great. Nice work!
Really cool game. I like the theme and lighting, you did a really good job of setting the mood of the game while not taking away from the game.
Very very solid entry, great work!
Cool game, congratulations. :)
(I did not join LDJAM41 so i can't vote, sorry.)
Thanks everyone for the comments! Just to reiterate every room is solvable and there aren't any bugs preventing solution so a little bit of experimentation and you should be able to figure out the solutions :)
a good idea well excuted , reminds me of portal, simple mechanics but rich gameplay.
@roy thanks man - I appreciate the comparison!
Really cool game, I enjoyed it very much! I am amazed at the level of polish you managed within such a short timeframe. I really enjoyed the music. I played until I got stuck on the "walk forward with your face down" level. There is a lot of potential here and the mechanic is cool and innovative. One note about the controls: on some levels I would have preferred a slightly slower walking speed (or some way to slow down by holding a key) I fell of the stage a few times by mistake. But a really awesome game nonetheless!
Thanks @driedwatermelon a lot of people have gotten stuck on that stage but I promise you there is a solution and if you do figure it out you'll be happy, it's not a bug :)
@morphine Yeah, I gathered that much from reading the other comments. I'll give it another shot later :)
Ooooh, really cool combination! 3D puzzle games have been around, but I've never seen it combined with the delete-3 concept. Some polish and this can be a full fledged concept!
@IronyGames Thanks! There is so much I wanted to do but 48 hours goes by quickly!
@morphine I tried again and managed to finnish the game, the rest of the game was as enjoyable as the first half. Well done!
Thanks @driedwatermelon! Glad you enjoyed it
Amazing puzzles! I like it so much!
@HagamosVideojuegos Hey thank you so much for the kind words!
Absolutely loved it. It's a great idea, well implemented, and the puzzles explore many of the main mechanic possibilities. Congratulations!
Thanks @MaikelOrtega!
I quite like the puzzles, but for me any amount of first person platforming is a major turnoff. Without that, this would be only of my favourites in this LD.
@arzi I 100% agree in hindsight I would remove any sort of timed jumping etc. and make it rely only on the main mechanic.
@Borodar you know I thought that name sounded familiar. I am a huge fan of your skyboxes! In fact - I recently submitted a bug request to you regarding the transform of the prefab affecting the skybox on the unity forums.
Best low poly skyboxes on the asset store:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/textures-materials/sky/farland-skies-cloudy-crown-pro-71105
A really fun puzzler, although I got stuck on the 'head down' level. The music got a little annoying after a while, but the puzzles made up for it, there where some really interesting mechanics there!
@Blinkenlights a lot of people have gotten stuck there but there is a solution and it's not completely trollish
thanks for the feedback!
@morphine I am intrigued...
@Blinkenlights well I really don't want to give hints but I promise you there is a solution.
I liked a lot of the games on this jam, but this one is the first that made me think "wow, I'd buy (a version with maybe more levels of) this!"
ps: I really loved the way the title zooms into the first level
@wendel-scardua Thank you for your comments! I am going to be turning this into a full game actually, I decided today based on all of the positive feedback.
I really enjoyed this and played through until the end. The aesthetics were very good. The visuals and music played well together and your puzzle design was excellent. My only point of concern were the controls. They seemed very jumpy. In some of the puzzles, jumping and landing with any sort of accuracy was very difficult and multiple times I found myself jumping too far and having to restart the puzzle because I fell off the platform. Because of this some of the puzzles (particularly the one that relies on timing) were more frustrating than they should have been. Overall though, you did an excellent job on this. Nice work!
@jharler thank you! yea, if I had more time I would tweak the controls more for sure and also remove that one particular puzzle that requires precise jumping.
Wow! just wow! So many levels! And the concept! Just wow! Loved it!
@MariosManiatis Thanks man! Appreciate it
I played the game yesterday, and even after 1 day, I can't criticize anything (except the "forward with face down" level, felt more like searching the scene and less like a puzzle). This game is perfect. Great job.
@yetman hey thank you very much! I really appreciate it
__Fun__ Why didn't you say you also made a first person puzzle game :D I really enjoyed this. I'm amazed by the amount of levels you were able to make. Also you mechanic is really simple, yet most of the puzzles were really well designed.
__Innovation__ Like most puzzle games, innovation is key, and you nailed it. __Theme__ The theme wasn't obvious to me until the end, they blend really well. __Graphics__ Simple, yet effective.
__Audio__ The music got repetitive to me rather quickly. But annoying, so I guess it's decent. The other effects work well too.
__Mood__ Like with anti-chamber it really felt empty. Which I personally don't like, but it works really well for a game like this.
__Overall__ Yes, this is a really great little puzzler. Well made!
@abductedPlatypus Thanks! Really appreciate it!
Very good concept for a really good entry. You fit with the theme - fps+puzzle+match3. Mecanics work well as expected. Levels are clever. However music is too repetitive and a litle bit annoying after a while. One of my favorites entries for the 41 Ludumdare. Well done ++
@Geckoo1337 Thanks!!
Really cool game! Feels more like a match 3 puzzle platformer than a match 3 shooter, but thats much better in my opinion because you had really clever puzzles! It also feels like theres an underlying story that I might be missing
@random-thoughts - Thanks! There is a full version coming which might explain the story better :)
Great concept man, super challenging and very interesting! There was no audio for me (I played it in Chrome) so I haven't voted on that, but everything else was great!
@Sarrixx Thanks dude! I appreciate the feedback.
Great game. The mechanics of the puzzles and leveldesign are very high level. Congratulations!
I left my rating of your game, if you can leave your feedback in our game, Witch's Escape.
I hope you continue with the project.
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape
@cristiano.m.garcia Thanks man! Checking out your project right now.
What a great game! Just played through all of it. With a gamepad, as you notified me was possible! <3
I really, really love puzzlers and this was a great one. Really impressed by how many levels there were too since churning out content usually is one of the biggest issues with the LD time limit. Seems you must've found your mechanics quite soon into the jam?
Did not initially except having to do anything time critical, so at first I got kind of stuck for a while at the first level that forced me to quickly shoot in midair while also controlling the character. It was difficult! But finally I made it and after that initial one I learned to expect it, so the next time the same kind of challenge cropped up, I figured it out much faster. Might've been good to maybe have something to explain or indicate this a little more clearly. c:
The music wasn't technically bad but it kind of stressed me out and I think I would've liked something more mellow for this kind of game where I have to spend time thinking and experimenting in a mostly non-action oriented fashion, so maybe it wasn't the best fit for this game. Ended up having the volume turned way down. But again, not because the compositions (impressed that you had more than one, at that!) weren't good but because they made me feel an urgency that wasn't actually there. :p
Also super nice touch with the camera going through the logo at the beginning! Did not expect that at all. Might have to try to squeeze something similar into a future game myself if it seems fitting of the game and I have the time!
Overall one of my absolute favourite entries so far that scored really high with me! Would adore playing an extended version with more levels. Fantastic work!
@ava-skoog - Thank you so much! That was very kind of you to write such a lovely review. I agree about the music and in hindsight I would have done a much more mellow vibe. I'm going to go play your game now!
Congratulations on some great final scores! You really deserve it! :D
@ava-skoog Thank you very much!
I solved one of the levels by standing in the walkable glass and then switching colors to make the glass that I was standing in solid. I got pushed up onto the top of the map and then just walked over the unsolved puzzle and through the yellow exit. :P Nice game! I don't remember what game it was, but there is a 4-dimensional puzzle-shooter game where you place and destroy colored blocks to solve puzzles, and your game reminded me of it.
@flying-cat-of-the-pepes - Thanks!