mikejzx 2019-04-28 21:40
Excellent puzzle game! I quite like it - really requires some thought when playing. The artwork is also pretty good.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD44 → Entity Manipulation
By jcmonkey
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 116 | 3.63 | 61 | |
| Fun | 62 | 3.72 | 61 | |
| Innovation | 52 | 3.77 | 60 | |
| Theme | 418 | 2.80 | 59 | |
| Graphics | 346 | 3.02 | 60 | |
| Audio | 240 | 3.01 | 60 | |
| Humor | 373 | 2.04 | 53 | |
| Mood | 329 | 2.89 | 54 |
Excellent puzzle game! I quite like it - really requires some thought when playing. The artwork is also pretty good.
(It took me a bit to get the hang of it) but it is a really nice and original idea :smile:
Too smart for my pea brain I think!! Very hard. Haha looks great though very nice job, cool color scheme :)
Nice, I dig number puzzles!
I think this would be a good casual game. Great job!
Too hardcore math for me... But I complete a few level! YAY =)
Awesome puzzle game, tiny detail but would be cool if the x/75 score was maxed out if the player gets the optimal solution
That game is very challanging
Very nice clever puzzle mechanic here! the difficulty scale was also very well put!
Only weird thing is the way you coupled the theme onto it by giving the score based on your remaining life but as far as I see there is always only one solution, which makes the score a bit weird, either you succeed or you don't and everyone who succeeds will have the same score.
Maybe you could change the mechanic so that you can place multiple life tokens on the same tile. Which makes it possible to solve the puzzles in multiple methods and then the score will have a point :smile:
Very nice.. Really like the puzzels :D Took a few tries to get the hang of it :) I see you have the same issues with the web build.. I had to delete a few sounds causing issues, still don't know why? Sigh.. Great Job.
Quite hard to understand at first, but when you get a hold of it it's incredibly satisfying. Maybe even has the potential to become a standalone game! Fun 5/5
Wow this is a tough puzzle. :) The music could be a little more ambient maybe haha, the rave style music is a bit intense for a puzzle game.
Great puzzle design! Music could be a bit better, but better than none (like my game -.-). Good visuals and controls. Feels like a complete game :D
Hehe, I also did a puzzle game but yours have music.. I'm jealous!
Very nice casual puzzler. I would play this on my phone :)
Nice puzzle game ! A bit confusing first but quite fun & challenging when you get it :)
Super nice casual puzzler. Once I read the extra rules while ingame it finally clicked.. Really smart and simple design. Love it. Is the sound effect you going 'squish' with your mouth?
@youpeoples yes :D, i made it with audacity. and the clicking sound is a instrument from LMMS
love it :P
Really interesting gameplay! I didn't have any issues with sound on web version.
Amazing puzzler, with android support this could easily be something I'd play in the bus. The sound track is a bit repetetive, but the idea I quite nice.
My only real graps is the excessive red glow once you get low on health, that could be a little toned down.
I really enjoyed this game, although I felt that it got difficult quite fast! Hope that you continue to work on this!
Really clever puzzle game. Levels were designed just right to guide me through and teach you some of the intricacies. You have inspired me to try a puzzle game next jam. Well done!
@anderssonkev yeah with limited time i had to compromise and make the last few puzzles harder to allow for challenge in the game. but on a regular 100 level game there would be plenty of time to learn mechanics, which i will make in my post compo version
I really like the puzzle design. Challenging! I was stuck on 7 for ages.
Very cool puzzle game! I really like it.
You should've added a Label with the best score possible for each level.
Really fun idea, it's a pleasure to complete all levels. A bug appear if you right clics on a empty case and if there is at least 1 hearth on the game, then you can win hearts infinitely, on web game.
This is a really nice little puzzle - very nicely executed in graphics, sound and idea - well done!
What a brain-bender! I nearly gave up a few times, but in the end I completed all nine puzzles.
This did a great job of unfolding the complexity naturally. I didn't really need to dwell much on the rules or use the tab screen, I was able to figure out how things worked just by observing.
The blue cave feel, space-age music, and abstract techno-puzzle feel all came together into a pretty nice cohesive package.
If I could make one small tweak, I'd let the numeric keys select the entity type rather than clicking. But maybe that's just me -- I was making pretty heavy use of 'R' so I was already multi-inputting.
Solid all-around compo, nice work.
@pkenney yes i will be adding the numeric keys to allow selection in the next iteration. also i will be gutting out the life stuff in the next version too and just concentrating on the number values of the entitys and the manipulation. im gona make about 100 levels for the first game with just the simple number variations. then i got an idea for a second game with more added mechanics to complicate things further above the simple manipulations.
Difficult to start but once you get into it, its really enjoyable! It's a really good idea which has potential for future development!
Nice puzzle game. Would be interesting to know how much variety there is in solutions for each puzzle. I don't know if some of my scores were good or not.
In addition to the other QoL suggestions people have made, an unlimited undo key would be really nice, especially as this is a puzzle you kind of work in reverse and undo would be good for exploration of playing with putting things down to see how they interact.
Cool concept, but I don't think it fits with the theme very well. I didn't have any problems with the web version.Homemade sound effects add a bit of humor
The only thing I wish there was in the game is hitpoints somehow being persistent between levels, roguelike-style. Otherwise the cost just doesn't matter until the latest level or two.
I would totally play more of this! I'm not much of a mobile game person, but this would fit that paradigm well.
Interesting puzzles, difficulty seemed to be out of order at times. Would like if there was theoretical best score shown (perhaps computed algorithmically?).
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Nice work! but, it was very difficult for me.
Daaaamnt! This is a great puzzle game! VERY WELL DONE!
Congrats on making a unique puzzle game! The game really engaged my brain in a way that only good puzzles can. While I enjoyed the visuals and what you were going for thematically, with more polish/animations I could see this becoming a legit game. Thanks for sharing on the stream!
I completed every level optimally, because I'm a goddamn G, fool. Recognise.
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This is a cool and original puzzle game. I love the graphics and music. It's quite addictive!