Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD42 → Ice Interstice
By aeveis
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 69 | 3.90 | 37 | |
| Fun | 73 | 3.84 | 37 | |
| Innovation | 227 | 3.44 | 37 | |
| Theme | 131 | 4.00 | 37 | |
| Graphics | 59 | 4.07 | 37 | |
| Audio | 48 | 3.75 | 36 | |
| Humor | 213 | 2.80 | 33 | |
| Mood | 113 | 3.52 | 36 |
Very cute game. However I did mess up one one of the earlier stages and couldn't figure out how to reset the level (before the level that tells you how) and had to do a hard restart. You may want to put that instruction sooner.
Cute! and good. Being able to undo individual moves would be nice.
The puzzles on this game is well designed. The player is cute and lovable. each reset makes me more determined to finish the puzzle. You have great potential in the future, keep up the work.
Wow this game is really cool!
The settings and character is very cute, remind me of NES games I've played. The puzzle mechanic is really fun! It's stimulating and "free", unlike most puzzle games where you feel restricted instead of empowered. And the level design is pretty good as well. Love it!
cool game!level design very well!love this game!
Really interesting mechanic. It ends up being way deeper than you expect. I like how the early levels are very restricted but they still take some time to figure out. It really makes you understand your options better in the more open ended levels. But I do think around level 5 it became daunting, like you didn't know where to start. I also wish you could do multiple ice breaths at once, or at least it would move faster and get off screen so you could shoot another one.
Really cool puzzle game! I like the cute pixel art, although the HTML5 version feels slow for some reason, it doesn't go to full speed until a while later.
I'm quite bad at puzzle game but the idea is really interesting and a very good execution of it. I found the music catchy and all the sound fx make it pop. Great stuff :)
Great entry and a fun puzzle game. At first I thought the addition of the ice breath made for really simple puzzles, but some of the later ones were difficult without feeling cheap. Music and graphics were spot on. I also love seeing other people using Haxeflixel :smile:
A good game idea, the music should be improved. The graphics are good. Try our game too, maybe you'll like it)
Thanks for the comments everyone!
@rk3omega I repeat the r to reset twice, it's first displayed in the 2nd level. But it's something that gets easily overlooked, so thanks for the feedback! Ideally I would have had some way to detect if you were stuck and then have the reset text popup.
@toboggan good idea! Undo would be helpful.
@foolmoron thanks! I think multiple ice breaths would be nice too, I realized that after I implemented with just one and had to move on haha.
@gamepopper yeah, it is slow at first! I had another friend mention that to me. I'm not sure how to fix it though - it might be the way haxeflixel does some things or the version that I have, or maybe I have too many particles. I'll have to look into it at some point.
@awix I usually try to play the games of people who comment, though sometimes I may miss some at the tailend of the judging period. thanks!
I really like this. It looks and sounds great and its a good little puzzler. I only have one major problem and that was when I messed up a puzzle. I may have missed something but the game just continues and I couldn't work out how to reset the room. Other than that I enjoyed it a lot!
I enjoyed the cute graphics & tricky puzzles. Nice work.
Challenging. Definitely challenging. I like it though. I wish the game played a bit faster. Love the penguin character.
Cute graphics, nice game! I included it in my compilation video series of the Ludum Dare 42 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/x7vAI59f_1I
Really nicely done! The graphics are cute and the music and sound effects fit right in to create a cuddly, homely atmosphere. The puzzles themselves display a good skill curve. My only complaint is "more levels plx"!
Can be a tricky puzzle with a possibility for complex scenarios. The music is nice but can become a bit repetitive, if you extend it by just a little bit that can be solved though I think.
Cool gameplay idea and solid implementation. Very easy to learn the rules, the tutorial mission is definitely what I always want to do but just failed to add one in time. Oh and you use openfl? Excited to learn about this, time to pick up my flash and as3 skills again
Very cool puzzle design. The last level certainly had me stumped. I was most impressed with the creative audio, actually: it was a really nice touch to make each footstep play a different note.
Most puzzles seems to have multiple solutions, which I tend to favor and applaud for. I did think the harder levels requiring a specific set of procedures to be more annoying, but that probably boils down to taste. I did think the ice shooting mechanic needed to be more reactive to the player's input, or at least provide a clear visual indicator on when the penguin needs to cool down before launching the next ice beam. To be fair, this wasn't a game breaker in any way, since it's already turn-based, so one had all the time they needed to wait until the beam was recharged. It does appear a bit glaring, though, after smacking into the same ice cube over and over until a projectile is launched.
These are all nitpicks. Overall, I think the game came out as a nice package!
nice game 5/5
amazing game. 5/5! congrats for this work!
Cute game, I really liked how the ice breath added some nice complexity.
Clever level designs and I love how much you get accomplished with minimal assets. The sound effects when you step on the ice panels are super cute!
clever game mechanic - music and art was great as well - thanks for making it
Great entry!
I liked the mechanic a lot, it fit the theme and was deeper than it might appear at first sight. The puzzles were well thought and paced, and both graphics and sound/music were cute. I love the penguin <3
I didn't have issues restarting the level, was that updated?
Overall it feels really solid, and there are probably lots of ways to expand it should you keep working on it.
One of the best compo entries I've tried so far, congrats!
@ithildin Restart has worked fine from the start, but I don't call it out every level or if you get yourself stuck, so if someone misses the prompt they may not know what to do. Thanks!
Cute and efficient, it was fun to play, and well done on the polish (and everything, btw). HTML5 port is a little laggy, I think this is because of the reload of the music at each level (when the music loop is complete, the game is fluid).
A good idea that is very well executed and it was interesting to play through. The puzzles are not trivial but the ice breath is very powerful. Really nice touch with the xylophone/sound when the penguin walks. The penguin is amazing, and the liftoff at the end of a level seems like a tribute to Sonic, unless it's more common than I am aware of.