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Mathemagician

By bentglasstube

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2333.2724
Fun2563.0424
Innovation2453.0624
Theme3382.3424
Graphics1793.4524
Audio1333.3323
Humor2891.9420
Mood2912.7621

Comments

warren-fisher 2024-04-15 01:55

Really fun idea! The art you use is really fun and appropriate, and as far as math games go I could see myself playing this in school as a child. Would've loved to see some enemies thrown in, but obviously we were all crunching for time. I'm impressed that you used your own engine too!

myse 2024-04-15 04:10

This is my type of game! I had issues with the second room though, after getting it wrong on accident the used numbers didn't show up anymore, and I couldn't make a valid sum with the remaining ones, so I got stuck

bentglasstube 2024-04-15 06:22

@myse yeah, that's a definite problem with the game and unfortunately I didn't think of a way to handle it other than forcing you to restart, sorry you experienced it so early on.

mhanicos 2024-04-15 11:38

love the idea, but sometimes had an issue with selecting number, it could be hard to stand right at the position

mavvy 2024-04-16 04:31

First of all, props for having your own tech! (I played the HTML5 export, it runs very smoothly.) Second, love the art.

I had a little trouble picking a number at first, but after things got rolling I was really into this! Like, add some enemies and this is basically up there with Number Munchers for me. I have a pretty low attention span, so the fact that I can be glued to this for a bit is a good sign!

rob6566 2024-04-16 09:15

Nice idea, and nice work building your own engine! Nice sound, music and art. It would have been good to be able to undo if you ever select a number that doesn't work. I got up to room 13 before giving up.

goodwincek 2024-04-16 11:39

Had a great playthrough and it definitely left me wanting more! All the planned ideas you had sound really cool. Impressive that you built this in your own engine! Love the art and design. The thumbnail illustration is also really nice. Great work!

The music was also nice, That autotracker tool is really cool! Thanks for sharing that

linus-lindberg 2024-04-16 12:21

Nice graphics, nicely polished in all aspects. Really cool that you use your own engine!

flying-dog-fish 2024-04-16 20:43

Nice educational game. It would be nice if you made all the stuff you planned.

dasilvacontin 2024-04-20 06:53

Cool concept, nice music, and really good for getting better at summing numbers.

Unfortunately it lacks a "carrot", a reward to make you invested into the game and invested in completing the levels.

oadt 2024-04-20 08:45

Cute entry! I feel like the last levels got a bit easier because they had more 1 digit numbers in there but maybe I was just lucky? Some thoughts: * For me the time it takes to activate tiles is too long because you are not allowed to move during that time * I wasn't able to see a pattern to systematically solve the puzzles. Most of the time I took the largest numbers and tried to come up with a combination for the remaining numbers. * Its a bit strange that you cant deactivate tiles. At first I thought you could deadlock yourself because of that, but later undestood the health bar :smile: * Just a personal preference: When pressing multiple keys (like example W and A) I would expect the last pressed one to take prevalence over the other, but by the way the input is implemented A always takes prevalence. * Liked the graphics and music! Has a nice clean look!

baluj 2024-04-23 20:35

I like the concept and I've had a nice time playing it. But I would put some way to deselect a number. Good job!

piero-pbes-studio 2024-04-24 14:55

A real pleasure to find the dungeons of Zelda 1 even if it is to do mathematics. The concept is nice, we should keep digging to see what it can give in any case there is a very original idea

alchemic 2024-05-03 23:57

Cute game! I just wish it was a bit more fleshed out.