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Ice Tactics

By cappagames

Percentile
CategoryRankScoreCountLD52Ever
Overall6173.173124.838.5
Fun5853.033128.340.6
Innovation2463.553169.675.5
Graphics5953.143120.836.8

Comments

archfan7411 2023-01-09 22:40 ♥ 1

This is a new game genre for me, and I love it! Unfortunately, I seem to have gotten stuck on the fourth level when I tried to redirect my character right after a pause (the character just stays still on the arrow after the pause, no matter what I do)

Great game though!

cappa-games 2023-01-09 22:53 ♥ 1

Thanks for the feedback archfan7411! Unfortunately, the pause button is a little bit bugged. I recommend not putting pause tiles right next to other tiles for the time being, but I will fix it.

huozhedexiaoc 2023-01-10 05:31 ♥ 1

I like this game! Excellent idea!

If the number of arrows is limited, this will be a very strategic and fun game

cappa-games 2023-01-10 06:31 ♥ 1

Thanks for the feedback huozhedexiaoc! That will be coming soon! I didn't have enough time to implement it, unfortunately.

bowen 2023-01-10 08:11 ♥ 2

good idea, but I find I dont understand how to use pause button, and I hope your game can save buttons I put last time.

steffo 2023-01-10 09:00 ♥ 1

Arrows, arrows everywhere! ⬆️

Feedback

Game

Oooh, a **visual programming puzzle game with action elements**, since monsters move in real time! That's interesting! Have you ever played a game by [Zachtronics](https://zachtronics.itch.io/), by chance? Programming puzzles is their specialty (and solitaires, I guess?)!

I had to stop playing before the last level since I got **stuck after landing on a pause tile**, just like @archfan7411 said.

A good idea to make playing the game smoother would be **hotkeys to pick up arrows**: `W` would pick up ⬆️, `A` would pick up ⬅️, and so on, making placing them easier!

Distribution

Please **mention the platform your game is for** somewhere on your page: I'm on Linux, and I wasn't sure if your game could work on my PC until I downloaded it!

klinsmannhengles 2023-01-10 09:03 ♥ 1

The puzzles are well made, and I like the mechanics. For future improvements, maybe more limitation to the player could make it more interesting. Nice game!

ekaktusz 2023-01-10 09:21 ♥ 1

Very nice idea! I agree with the previous comment on limiting the arrows to make the game more strategically difficult. Good job!

efilheim 2023-01-10 14:11 ♥ 1

Cool idea to make a game around visual programming. Hopes this game idea will have a nice future !

koboldskeep 2023-01-11 05:35 ♥ 1

Could not get past the first pause button level. Otherwise a neat implementation for a puzzle game.

maytch 2023-01-11 22:37 ♥ 2

Unfortunately I got stuck on the 4th level with the pause buttons like others have mentioned. Good puzzle game though, with a few more mechanics in you can start inventing more mechanics simply with the in-game tools. As you mentioned you'd be continuing with the game, fast-forward buttons would be nice as well as keeping your tiles in place when you die so you could edit them.

luhuchiha 2023-01-11 23:30 ♥ 1

Nice puzzle game! You could add a "hard mode" where the number of arrows are limited. Overall, good job!

reikan 2023-01-12 18:39 ♥ 1

Nice job :)

dmitrygalias 2023-01-12 19:49 ♥ 1

Nice puzzle game! The graphic is simple but the game mechanic is very cool and deep!

zimny11 2023-01-12 21:40 ♥ 1

I really like puzzles like that! Interesting take with real-time timing. The art styl is nice too. Only thing to correct would be, as other mentioned, getting stuck on pause button. Good luck with further development!

iskra 2023-01-12 23:04 ♥ 1

Amazing game! I had a great time playing it 😃

szieberth-adam 2023-01-13 02:09 ♥ 1

Excellent game! You should make this a full title. ❤️

alex-de-la-cour 2023-01-13 21:08 ♥ 1

Nice game! Interesting mechanics that are built up in complexity as the levels progress, although I hit a bug in one of the levels that wouldn't let me progress. Cute pixel art and a good level of difficulty, requiring thought but not too punishing. I look forward to seeing where this goes!

kaliuresis 2023-01-13 21:49 ♥ 1

Fun game! Interesting blend of real-time and programming. I'm sad about the anti-octopus specism, I thought they were friendly at first. I found that you can overlap instruction tiles to make sort-of diagonal move tiles, which is probably a bug but also kind of fun to play with.

frozenfire92 2023-01-14 21:21 ♥ 1

Good entry and fun take on the ice puzzle game. I can tell you had a lot of ideas but were limited by the jam time 😅 Keep on makings games!

sergio-nikol 2023-01-15 16:39 ♥ 1

Good puzzle game. But it's bug with Pause button. You should made a full game from this ;)