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A.C.E.

By thegamer1123211, awerar and malte-hedenstrom

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2223.9628
Fun2803.8028
Innovation4733.6328
Theme6603.7528
Graphics44.8129
Humor4043.2825
Mood1284.0924

Comments

herman-chau 2020-10-06 06:14

The graphics look great and once I got to the glitchy blocks the game made a lot more sense and became really cool!

In the beginning though, I had no idea how the controls worked and only eventually stumbled upon pressing ESC to display the controls. I think it would have helped to force display them at the beginning of the game.

nikolai-shkurkin 2020-10-06 06:18

I tried to open the macOS application but all I got was "The Application A.C.E - Mac OSX.app can't be opened." Then if I try really hard I get "... because the developer cannot be verified." Let me know if you publish a newer version that world on the latest macOS. Cheers.

indiequest 2020-10-06 06:51

Beautiful textures and lighting. The robot model is very nice. Enjoyed playing!

gonzalol 2020-10-06 06:52

The graphics and music are great. I think it's pretty hard to understand the controls at the beginning.

manubown 2020-10-06 07:23

An amazing game, it reminds me of portal

alextagtal 2020-10-06 07:25

Strong portal vibes! Loved the idea and the puzzles, the graphics and sound effects are great. Not sure if I used the correct controls though, I found out that 'R' makes my cursor visible so I can click on things. A hotkey would be nice (unless there is one and I missed it.

decipator 2020-10-06 07:28

Hey, this looks like a solid entry, graphics definitely had some love, sound is interesting but repetitive, UX need further thoughts.

UX felt a bit off, some key bindings could be further thought and reused on smarter ways, like the mouse interaction, usually you activate the mouse when press ESC, and if you second press ESC you go to the pause.

The play and rewind mechanic felt a bit hard to manage/understand (need to record, play, rewind, record again, play, rewind, record) I believe that most of this mouse interactions could be automated based on user behavior like it makes a path, if the user go back on it it is already rewinding or undoing it for example.

Took me a while to understand how to move/use the character, the tutorial panel on the same wall as me was strange, so I did not saw it right away, what felt a bit awkward.

Good idea overall :)

linetaru 2020-10-06 11:44

I really enjoyed your game, the concept is very interesting and gives an interesting control.

The keys are not easy to take in hand at the first level then after we chain the levels when we understand.

The transition between the record and the move is not instantaneous so we lose a little time at certain levels.

Otherwise a good experience, fun and graphically very beautiful.

somogy 2020-10-07 00:15

Awesome graphics! Great game!

codertrevor 2020-10-07 02:22

I encountered a bug on level 7 (I think it was 7, the first level with three robots). I recorded a sequence for the guy who was at the top in a little room on his own, but when I tried the solution he didn't do what I had recorded at all. I had him pick up a box and run against the door until his buddy could let him out, then he was supposed to let the other guy into the room and drop off his box before going to the charging pad. I spent a lot of time recording the actions of the two others before I tried the solution, so when it didn't work I gave up.

The guy by himself was recorded running into the door with his box in his hand so when the door was opened he'd run through it. It worked when I was setting up everything but when I played the solution, he glitched through the door early, which may have messed up the rest of his playback. He then went over to the charging pad still holding his box. I hope you're able to replicate and fix this game-breaking bug because I really wanted to finish the game, but I'm not going to count this against you in terms of rating.

This is more or less a perfect jam game! The graphics are gorgeous, I liked the audio, the mood is good, and the gameplay matches the theme. The controls are a little bit overwhelming at first, and I don't think using the RMB to switch characters is mentioned anywhere.

Your game idea is really innovative and well-executed, and I'm super-jealous of your puzzle-design skills. Awesome job!!

dodidouda 2020-10-07 08:05

Amazing graphics and textures! The lil robot is so cute!

twohands 2020-10-07 19:02

Wow actually really good Game. Nice graphics, nice mechanics, really good idea! I like it. One bug I've found is that the timer and recordings sometimes don't get resettet if you hit the reset button. Sometimes if you don't stop the recording and reset the timer simply keeps running after the reset. But anyways really nice Game!

jarvisp99 2020-10-07 19:26

Great Graphics and shaders ... I Would Really want to get in touch with you guys....controls caught me up for a bit but then I figured that out.......Really a Great Game man....Really Enjoyed..

joedev 2020-10-07 19:29

Wow this is such a polished entry! The visuals and audio are fantastic, and there is so much juice squeezed into these little robots. The mechanics were also fun and satisfying to get right, although I did wish that the playback was sped up a bit (and maybe repositions your camera so you can see the whole thing?). But otherwise, fantastic

alexey-erzyukov 2020-10-07 20:02

Awesome game!

Nice level design and music

Pretty robot :)

And interesting pazzle

Good job!

malte-hedenstrom 2020-10-07 20:29

Thank you all for the feedback and kind words, we greatly appreciate it!

@alexey-erzyukov, @joedev, @jarvisp99, @twohands, @dodidouda, @codertrevor, @somogy, @linetaru, @decipator @alextagtal, @manubown, @gonzalol, @indiequest, @nikolai-shkurkin and @herman-chau.

kolkav 2020-10-08 07:03

The game has an amazing character design! Actually, all in-game assets are really cool, but the robot hand down is super cute! There are some small rocks in tutorial/controls section, but these are minor issues. Overall, awesome entry!

awerar 2020-10-08 08:57

@jarvisp99 you can contact us if you want through twitter @_nullref.

saurterrs 2020-10-08 11:46

Very cool and funny puzzle game. Reminds me of Portal and similar. Very liked how parallel robot work is done. Great job!

indieronin 2020-10-08 19:23

A very well made game, the graphics look really great and the mood is set easily. Keep up the good work!

frigow 2020-10-11 12:08

It took me a while to get the hang on the controls (reminds me of the camera controls of Unity or UE4), but eventually I was able to progress in the game. The glitchy blocks create great puzzles, the like of Braid now that I think about it. The cell shading robots are also very adorable. Great job!