triangle-point 2022-10-04 01:19
Fun game low framerate for some reason but fun and hard puzzles
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD51 → bot.copy()
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 479 | 3.62 | 43 | |
| Fun | 498 | 3.47 | 42 | |
| Innovation | 217 | 3.76 | 42 | |
| Theme | 483 | 3.76 | 42 | |
| Graphics | 1002 | 2.81 | 42 | |
| Humor | 800 | 2.41 | 33 | |
| Mood | 948 | 3.00 | 39 |
Fun game low framerate for some reason but fun and hard puzzles
@triangle-point, thank you for playing! We apologize that you had performance issues, we never noticed any when developing, but we might need to profile it!
Really cool idea! It would have been nicer if there were more complex graphics, but the music was really great. Great job!
@fractal-flower-girl, thank you! We do agree that the graphics are a bit lacking, this was our first time working with 3D in Godot, and programming the core loop and features took a bit longer than expected perhaps. We're glad you liked it despite this!
As mentioned in the description the music and sound was not made by us unfortunately, but it's good that it felt like a good fit.
Really unique idea, nice work!
Fantastic little puzzle game! We also thought of doing a kind of "code monkey" style game but couldn't figure it out and you nailed it. It took me a few tries to understand what's going on but when I did, it was fun enough for me to finish the entire game. I wish there were more levels / more challenging levels. Great job!
A bit "easy" for me, I would like to play harder levels. I think there are too many ways to find a solution. If there were a puzzlescript version of this or a level editor I would definitly try to make some levels.
"Bots self-destruct if they determine they are stuck." => It never happened in my game.
Sans titre.png PS: cant upload a image of the winning level :(
@matt-ravenhall, thanks for playing, glad you like the idea!
Neat use of the theme and I like the concept! I found it a bit confusing on level 3 as I felt that the second clone didn't appear to follow the original instructions (went in a different direction sequence) and I didn't understand why - but definitely wanted to play more :)
@yoni, thanks for playing, we're glad you enjoyed the concept once it clicked! I've seen some other takes on the same programmable actions side of things, but they all seem very unique, fun to see that others had the same core idea but took it in a different direction!
We would love to have made more levels introducing more challenges and concepts, but in the end we ran out of time and had to polish up what was there!
@schadocalex, thank you for your playthrough and comment! I would agree that there could be more complex and interesting levels, we wanted to make sure we nailed the core concept first, but ran out of time to flesh out more challenges and so. A level editor would be a fun post jam project, you never know!
The exploding bot was more of a safety feature in order to ensure the player wouldn't get stuck if the bot couldn't move anywhere, the easiest way to trigger it was to not move at all, but there were other cases that could happen, so we decided to add this feature. If you didn't need it just means you were great at solving the puzzles :smile:
Thanks again!
Such a cool idea! Great job for a team of 2, you can be super-proud. This concept might be interesting to develop even more and adding some nice artwork. Thank you for sharing your work, I had fun playing :)
It's a great concept. The levels are also very interesting. Good job!
@simono, thanks for playing! It's entirely possible you encountered a bug that made the bot move weirdly, we had quite a few moments throughout development where the input of the player didn't translate 100% when copied, so while we tried to fix them all, perhaps some were left intact! Glad you enjoyed it anyway!
@lauptimist, thank you for playing and your kind words, it means a lot! We're very happy with what we submitted in the end, but we also had so many ideas to build on the core concept! You always want to build too much in such a short time don't you :smile:
Glad you enjoyed it despite the basic artwork, hopefully we can focus more on the art side next time now that we have some more 3D experience!
@mantou, thank you for playing, very happy you liked it!
As a programmer, I enjoyed playing. First try to strategize, then it's fun to watch how hyperintelligent creatures behave
As a programmer, I enjoyed playing. First try to strategize, then it's fun to watch how hyperintelligent creatures behave
@exaggegen, thank you for playing, glad you liked it! Now you can program while you play!
Nice idea, on the same philosophy as mine. Interesting stuff. I loved the music and I think it's a good implementation. The 10 second period, like other games, tends to make it a bit slow, but that's not your fault. Took me a few tries to understand that the commands are global (i.e. apply to all robots and not just the next one). Thanks and good job!
Very cool and fun game, you need to think about the movements before executing them, very interesting idea!
@jose-bonilla, thanks for playing our game as well, glad you liked a different take on your concept! Definitely agree about the ten seconds being slow in this case, it was one of the trickiest things about the theme in my mind :sweat_smile:
The idea is that the commands the player makes only apply to the next robot created, and then it should be looping those ten commands forever, so maybe you encountered a bug in your playthrough? There's bound to be a lot of issues we missed before submitting for sure!
@psv-games-studio, thanks for playing our game, glad you liked the mechanics!
Really interesting concept! and great implementation!
Level 6 almost broke my brain 😂
Had a good time playing the game.
Nice job!
@jonah, thanks for playing! Glad you enjoyed it despite the brain breakage! :sweat_smile:
It was an interesting concept, well done! It was a little annoying to have to "charge" the moves though, maybe it would have been best to just lock movement for 1 second after each move but after the 1 second passes the player can move instantly without charging. Or instead of 10 seconds just make it 10 moves with no timer, but then it wouldn't be "every 10 seconds" :thinking:
I was able to clear some stages by using the blue robot as an obstacle for the red robots, to prevent them from going where they shouldn't. I liked the ending screen, it turned into a crowded party :smile: Good job!
There's not really much I can say except very fun and cool!
I really like the concept, pretty nice to plan ahead and then see everything work out! More levels/bots would have been cool :)
I really liked the idea. It's well implemented and that makes it fun. I agree that it would be nice to have more levels!
Good job!!
An interesting game with interesting mechanics, I saw that there are two people in the team, and this is a very big job, I think. The game looks simple, but on the other hand, not at all. Big fellows!) There is room to grow!
Nicely Done Bro. really nice concept and use of the 10 second theme. Would love to see this game developed further and released in a larger scale. Please do check out my submission as well.
@tex-killer, thanks for playing! We did have some discussions about the best way to handle player input, even at one point considering letting you move freely during the full ten seconds and record as many actions as you'd like, but in the end we opted for this approach, as it felt easy enough to implement and also should appear somewhat logical to the player. I do take your point about charging the move though, your suggestion of a movement cooldown instead might have worked well!
The party room was our favourite as well, glad you liked it! Thanks for your feedback!
@frigusterio, thanks for playing and your kind words, glad you liked it!
@substain, thanks for playing, we're glad you enjoyed the short experience that we managed to put out before the deadline! We would have liked to make some more levels and challenges as well, with some more concepts to explore, hopefully we can get the core experience implemented sooner next time to give some time for content creation!
@fosf0, thanks for playing! We will try harder to create more content next jam, always tricky to manage your time before the deadline!
@alexsolonnikovp4, thank you for playing, glad you liked the core concept! We did try to keep the scope down due to our team size, so it felt manageable for the most time, but there was a lot of features we didn't have time to explore in the end. Perhaps next time we will be able to build smarter so we have more time to make content!
@baylock, thanks for playing, glad you liked it enough to want to play more! Will try to check out your game during my next play session, hopefully this weekend!
That was cool, would be cool to see further developed. A reset button would be helpful or some way to go back to level select
@grizwhirl, thank you for playing and glad you enjoyed it! We do actually have a pause menu that you can access by pressing Escape or Start on a controller. It has restart and level select buttons, but it's only explained in the description here on the submission page, so it's not really exposed well to you as a user. We should definitely get better at creating tutorials and such for our jam games!
Very innovative and interesting game, well done.
@mar3k, thank you for playing, glad you enjoyed it!
Great puzzle game! Took a moment to understand the mechanic, but once it clicked the gameplay was a blast. One thing I would tweak would be a bit longer first cooldown after a restart, sometimes I accidentally missed the first move cause it happened so quickly. Graphics looked quite basic, but music and sounds were nice. Quite unique idea which fit the the theme nicely. Well done!
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Cool and interesting game!
I'm not very good at puzzle games. I stopped at level 6. I do really enjoy the idea and it suits really well the game jam theme ! I wish I could have some time before the level start so I can analyze the level and think about what I should do.
Keep up the good work ! :smile:
@justmars, thank you for playing, glad you enjoyed the mechanics after it clicked! We agree that we should ideally tweak the start of the level, we had some discussions of changing it so that the timer would only start once you took the first move, but in the end we ran out of time to add that. It's also the first time working with Godot in 3D for us, and creating all the art using simple engine primitives was the fastest way we could think of! :smile:
@georgy16, thank you for playing!
@harksa, thank you for playing, glad you were able to appreciate the idea despite having a hard time with puzzle games! We should definitely have added a buffer for the player at the start of the level, we had some ideas but ran out of time, but we agree it would have made it easier to plan out your moves. Thanks for your feedback!
Wow! This is a great game! Very decent implementation. Tricky game.
@bathpirate, thank you, that's very kind! Glad you liked it, hope it was a good kind of tricky! :smile:
Great puzzle game! Solutions weren't obvious but if you thought about it a bit you could come up with the answer, which is the sweet spot for puzzle IMO. I was also impressed that new mechanics appeared after quite a few levels. An impressive amount of content. Great job!
Very interesting concept. I like it
@darzu, thank you for playing! We're glad you're impressed with the amount of levels and mechanics, we hope to make even more content next jam!
@epeachyband, thank you for playing, glad you liked the concept!