Necroban

le-slo 2020-04-21 14:04

Hey! Nice puzzlescript game, a bit confusing at first, but after learning how to play there are some cool expansions to the mechanics (specially level 6) that are very fun. Unfortunately, after level 9 levels are easier than I expected (than the previous ones). Also the Epilogue surprised me, but in the end there wasn't no challenge there, so from a puzzle perspective that was a disappointment, although for the narrative side was a very nice addition. Great work on having a single map with all the levels. Great job!

koolruz 2020-04-21 17:27

Interesting aesthetics, and a neat puzzle mechanic - I like the twist that you're able to choose which graves become the pieces that you're pushing around, and which graves are the goalposts. :)

I got stuck on the Dead End level - I couldn't figure out why you would sometimes drag a skeleton, but other times you could walk away from it without dragging it. I'd be happy to come back and give the game another try though, because I want to see where you go with the mechanics!

Edit: I went back and played a bit longer, and I figured out the mechanic now - I am just dense, and didn't realize that you would only drag the skeletons when moving directly away from them. 😅

zezel 2020-04-21 17:56

That's a very cool game, nice work. I was a bit lost at first but once you understood that's a pleasant game and fun to play. And the simple graphism are very cool as well :grin:

mrleeperry 2020-04-21 18:57

Took me a moment to get the rules, but was really neat once I sorted that all out. Nice work!!! Congrats!

oscarglo 2020-04-22 16:19

Nice game! Makes me wanna check out puzzlescript. The mechanics are simple, but the levels are very challenging.

auroriax 2020-04-23 19:07

Thanks for all the feedback so far, everyone!

stevenjmiller 2020-04-24 09:57

Absolutely wonderful game, the epilogue was a nice touch. The only issue I encountered was a strange solution/bug in Dead End (in case it matters, this was from the level select after finishing the game) which I have attached below. necroban.gif

ssstormy 2020-04-24 16:39

Pretty fun puzzler :). I'm not a fan of the amount of skeletons you have to deal with in the later levels (which is why I skipped 11 and 9), but all the other levels were fun to solve!

I had a minor issue at the beginning visually understanding what I was supposed to do to enter into a puzzle.

2020-04-26 04:48

Level 11 is so hard! I thought for 20 minutes and didn't figure it out.

ribout-horace 2020-04-26 14:32

I finally beat it ! Ok, I have to say that your game is for now my favorite from this LD ! Love all the detail and all the level (still have a grudge against the level 9 for keeping me this long on it, but so glad I beat it !) Really awesome !!

euler-moises 2020-04-28 17:43

Everything in the game is very simple, except Gameplay. A very well designed puzzle. It gave me a level design class. Thank you! I haven't reached the end yet, because there are 3 levels to go, but I will. You can be sure!

Congratulations!

loig 2020-05-01 12:42

Nice puzzle game. It took me quite some time to understand the mechanics, but after that I very enjoyed the puzzles!

justcamh 2020-05-01 14:07

Huh, puzzle games this smart make me feel really dumb. I'm stuck on level 3, and I'd swear that I've tried every possible combination, but I guess not. This is a seriously cool game tho, I'm impressed that you're able to make such a tricky level in such a small and limited space. It's a super slick mechanic with some really crazy possibilities. One thing tho, I like going into LD games blind, and that meant I had no idea what to do. I figured out movement and skeletons very easily, but I had didn't understand the skeleton mechanic at all. There could possibly be some better in game tutorialisation, maybe a hint at the start or a level to let you play around with it. Overall it's a really cool puzzle, congrats! :heart:

auroriax 2020-05-03 12:57

I've just fixed the bug that was reported by @stevenjmiller and uploaded v2! Thanks for all your kind words, everyone! I agree with a lot of the feedback that's been reported here, and might make an expanded version of the game when I have time.

notan-lemon 2020-05-06 03:58

This is nice! I like the grave pushing mechanic. It made later levels really challenging. Great job!