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Tiny Turtles

By rhyst, Baksteen, MapleTwig and MegTheCrafty

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1414.0026
Fun424.1423
Innovation614.0423
Theme5543.6623
Graphics6143.5624
Audio2623.6623
Humor4503.1920
Mood1684.0023

Comments

kaspjej 2024-10-07 23:53

Very relaxing game! Respect for using 3d!

munchie-games 2024-10-07 23:58

Weirdly relaxing. Such a simple mechanic but it can create actually a lot of interesting scenarios. Well done, I played this one the longest so far!

2024-10-07 23:59

Love the concept and levels overall, kind of irritating to be floating above the holes. Good job overall!

jeffrey-tan 2024-10-08 00:00

Really interesting levels! I liked how even though the inputs were simple, the levels had enough depth and complexity to challenge you. The sound design is also quite nice!

rufenerd 2024-10-08 00:05

Wow, awesome! When three turtles were going at the same time it stretched my brain in a super fun way. Very nice job, thanks!

supersayafynn 2024-10-08 00:05

It's crazy how many possibilities there are to build levels with one simple mechanic, really creative! Dunno if bug or feature, but on the diverging destinations level it was also possible to win if all turtles hit the same flag.

efurphy 2024-10-08 00:07

the different modes are a nice touch. also the first level of special shells can be cheesed!!!!!! u dont need to do anything, just press space when the last one gets stuck and u win

oxropy 2024-10-08 14:38

The last level of Basic took me a while to figure out what the solution was, and at first I thought that “journey thogether” was a co-op mode :D

nikolas-van-rus 2024-10-08 17:21

Interesting solution, funny setting. I didn’t immediately understand what to do at the last level. Good job.

firefalls 2024-10-08 17:37

It's turtle time!!

naphe-candle-mme 2024-10-08 17:50

This was a lot of fun, you did a really good job of showcasing the possibilities for puzzles that can be made with a single simple mechanic. I encountered a bug where on the first level of the last level pack the turtle just flew away and the game got stuck, but otherwise it was fun doing some precision turtle resizing

split82 2024-10-08 18:17

Super cool. After first levels I thought it will be super simple and not much space for clever puzzles, but last levels totally blew me away. Great job!

nikitastarostin 2024-10-09 18:51

I liked the game! it fits the ludum theme. calm atmosphere and cool sound effects! when you shrink the turtle, it's like bursting an anti-stress. But there was not enough tutorial on how to control the turtle, only by searching the buttons I could understand that it is reduced by “Space Bar”

chocolat-endive 2024-10-09 19:47

Good job, especially on the level design and ideas.

I really liked the music as well!

The levels with the 3 turtles were a bit difficult and there's one I didn't pass, where some of them have spikes on their backs.

evindor 2024-10-09 21:22

Very clever puzzles! The concept can be turned into a good relaxing one-tap mobile game. Also at first I thought it's gonna be simple, but diverging lanes and special shells add a ton of complexity. Great submission!

str8griz 2024-10-10 22:57

Great game with complex puzzling for such a simple mechanic! Small bug on the very last level in the special shells, turtles going to any flag counted as safe. Great Job!

jnur 2024-10-11 20:32

I was about to say "wow, this is a bit boring" after playing the couple first levels but then it suddenly got wild :smile: Very nice and surprising! I think I solved a few late game puzzles by just happening to mash space at just the right moments by luck, but the puzzles were really well designed!

pachino55 2024-10-12 20:55

I love this puzzle game! Nice job

prismapunch 2024-10-13 04:12

Very relaxing and I love the game mechanic a lot!

outstar 2024-10-13 18:17

That was really fun, more stressful than relaxing for me, which made a fun contrast with the music and ambience! I think I found a small bug (or maybe it was by design), but I was able to finish levels in Diverging category without keeping the "numbers" on ending flags in mind, I could just direct all turtles to one of the winning spots and it didn't change the outcome. I can only guess your plan was to give people the challenge of landing X amount of turtles in a specific winning spot, but it can be bypassed in the current build!

deadroach 2024-10-15 03:24

This game has a very soothing nature. The music is a perfect fit. I'll admit I thought the gameplay mechanic was dumb at first when I was playing through "Basics," but as I played through the different modes I was won over completely. The way you made legitimate puzzles I had to stop and think about where every piece of the puzzle is a shrinking or expanding turtle is both fantastic, and a sentence I never thought I'd be expressing to another human being. The idea this game spawned from feels like it should never have been able to provide us with a game that's this enjoyable and well put together - but here it is. Captivatingly simple and simply captivating, seriously great work on this one.