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Astral Instability

By thinic

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3.505
Fun3.335
Innovation3.665
Theme3.335
Graphics3.835
Audio3.505
Humor2.335
Mood3.335

Comments

hotaloca 2021-10-04 09:52

Congratulations! I think this is a super little nice game. The puzzle mechanics, graphics and audio just create a nice smooth experience... I really appreciated playing it. I like the theme of ghost moving into objects - this fits well with the puzzle mechanics, but I dont understand how it relates to the theme unstable. The graphics is great, but the floor floating animations are not needed - they distrubed me unnecessarily, and to me it would have been OK to simply imagine Im in a haunted mansion or something (eg you have everyday objects - great idea) but could be in a more regular stable house setting. It took me some time to figure out mechanics, so a few more easier maps would have helped. Anyway, really nice job!

wuppos 2021-10-04 11:23

Really cool game, with some really good puzzles! They were the exact amount of difficulty, and scaled very well. The last level had me stuck for some time, but in the end I managed to solve it :D The art and music really fit the silly story as well, which was perfect! It was a nice touch that the objects changed each time you restarted. As a little point of feedback, it was hard to see the buttons sometimes. Especially when you just see a new level, it is hard to find the buttons if an object is on top of it. Usually my first few attemps were just teleporting around to see where everything was. I was also not a big fan of the extreme shaking when an object was near the breaking point, but that might just be me. Finally, some objects could move a lot more steps than what you actually needed for the solution. I think that in puzzle games it is generally a good idea to give each component exactly what it needs to solve the level, and not more. This is to avoid the player from becoming overwhelmed with possibilities. In this case it was not too bad, but maybe something to keep in mind :) (This is of course also a really subjective thing.) Thank a lot for making this! As I said, I think the puzzle design was a really strong point of this game, and made it truely enjoyable! Together with the pretty art and sounds this gave ma really good time! Great job :D

jka 2021-10-04 12:08

Excellent! Graphics are simple, but very effective. Really nice puzzle mechanics and level designs. Especially, the last level had me stumped for a bit, but I found it compelling enough to stick around until I found the solution. Well done! :thumbsup: