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Twisted Pairs

By yancharkin

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall8243.2537
Fun8443.0037
Innovation8742.8437
Theme7423.4137
Graphics9002.8833
Audio4603.2936
Humor4413.2034
Mood4783.5837

Comments

dhim 2024-10-07 22:33

ahah I thought they were just distracting visual above the game. Then I splat one!

ayamari 2024-10-07 22:43

AI generate graphics huh, it's still obvious even converted to pixels. Nice try but NO

yancharkin 2024-10-07 23:13

@ayamari I never tried to hide it. It should be obvious to most, shouldn’t it? Still, I did a lot more work than just using these images as they are. I don't think it's necessarily true that if you're using AI-generated images, you haven't done any work on the graphics. However, it’s probably a good idea to add a disclaimer to the description.

ruruie 2024-10-09 00:00

The splat is pretty spot on!

thechadrampage 2024-10-09 00:03

Honestly really liked how stylized everything in this game was! Excellent job!

zan-d 2024-10-09 00:04

When the bug crawled onto the screen for the first time I jumped a little :'(. The sound combined with the visual filtering actually created a really cohesive game environment, well done.

zhuub 2024-10-09 00:05

The music was great, I wish I was less of a wimp and hadn't peeked at the review comments before playing. Nice little twist for frenzied clicking!

tharinda-kodikara 2024-10-09 01:13

An innovative twist to a classic game. Well done!

leo-leo 2024-10-13 02:54

Well realized! Love the vibe!

jward 2024-10-14 03:54

Ha, fun (and a little annoying!) really nice work!

moonlightbomber 2024-10-14 07:24

Twisted, alright. With freaking cockroaches! I fear those insects, but this twist doesn't hamper my scoring.

larryseinfeld 2024-10-14 17:51

Fun twist on the classic matching game! I was trying to strategize when to squish the cockroaches to avoid too much splatter on the pictures, but it got challenging quite fast. Addictive little game, nice job! I liked the music and Gameboy Colour palette too!

euler-moises 2024-10-15 02:59

Cool idea. A little twist on the old memory game. You used the theme in an interesting way.

Congratulations

agoodbat 2024-10-17 16:51

Despite the use of AI, your approach to the game's graphics is still interesting, nice style!

roroto-sic 2024-10-18 20:09

I love the mood, and the idea of insect splash covering the screen! Graphics that are not AI are good. Just one note there is to much loli with nearly identical visual. my best is round 3

helicule 2024-10-18 20:15

Your game is really nicely done ! The general vibe and the little twist add a lot of flavor to it, it's just too bad that you used IA images without altering them that much, a lot af the character's faces kinda look the same which make the memory part a bit more frustrating for me '^'

weine 2024-10-20 14:57

Solid implementation and works well with the twist. It was also a good idea to pick a distinguishing style.

do3naut 2024-10-21 21:40

I like the style of this game! This interpretation of the theme is pretty clever, and I think despite having AI art for the tiles, which make them a bit hard to remember since they're similar, the graphics overall was thematically consistent and distinct which I think deserves credit :)

skleembof 2024-10-22 02:40

I don't think the cockroach mechanic worked out as well as you probably expected it to. My first playthrough I noticed that clicking and splattering them would make it difficult to see the faces, so on my second attempt I just ignored them and focused on trying to differentiate all the generic anime faces.

I think it would have been better if the roaches had a time limit where they exploded and left the permanent mark on the board, but you could prevent this by clicking them before that happens. This gives the player a secondary goal of trying to click on all the roaches while also trying to click and memorize the portraits. With the added time constraint this could make the game much more difficult and engaging. Currently it's just a simple matching game with some roaches crawling all over the screen.

yancharkin 2024-10-22 07:49

@skleembof Thanks for the feedback! Actually, I expected nothing from the cockroach mechanic; it was pure improvisation. :) But it sort of works, as every round the cockroaches' speed increases, making it much more likely to splat one (you probably didn't play long enough, which is understandable). Also, I added one more mechanic to the post-jam version. The game is already difficult enough, I’m pretty sure it’s impossible to reach round 10. BUT your idea is great, and since I'm planning to make at least one more post-jam release, it’s likely I’ll use it. Thanks again!

hybitous 2024-10-22 16:30

Very cohesive and cool style! :smile: At first I didn't think the roaches would affect the gameplay, but Combined with the timer, they made more challenging than i initially expected, not too difficult though. Great job!

maxdrago 2024-10-22 18:13

I love games like this. The roach idea was interesting. That's great! It's a great game.

pimping 2024-10-23 21:52

Great game, nice matching with theme, keep going