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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Sound | #7 | 4.197 | 4.197 |
| Mechanics | #16 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Overall | #30 | 4.049 | 4.049 |
| Aesthetics | #30 | 4.328 | 4.328 |
| Fun | #53 | 3.836 | 3.836 |
| Story | #202 | 2.689 | 2.689 |
| Music | #316 | 3.164 | 3.164 |
| Theme | #453 | 2.852 | 2.852 |
Ranked from 61 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How many people worked on this game in total?
1
Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
Sound effects and music from freesound.org; texture from polyhaven. All links in description
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Currently paused at level 10, but only because my tragic mortal duties have dragged me away from achieving true enlightenment. I shall return to this MASTERPIECE (I mean it) when destiny allows!
Crazy good, hard to see the theme in this one, but the game is so nice I forgot it is for a game jam, rly solid!
thanks!
you are right, my interpretation of the theme is not very obvious - but it's there. I wanted to capture that feeling of very old electronic toys with super limited output (like a couple of LCDs or a handful of LEDs) that still managed to create the experience of interactive worlds and mystery in the mind of their players. I still have fond memories of endlessly playing with this as a kid for example. so I guess "tiny worlds" to me means very limited technology that invites the players imagination to fill out the blanks - as a contrast to modern "open worlds" that are vast and spelled out in every detail but might feel empty and meaningless.
haha, sorry for monolouging a whole manifesto on you, but I wanted to spell it out once for me, too :-)
Damn great submission and i mean sumbission as a whole not only the game but the "marketing" around it. those posters look so proffesional and fun that for a second i thought it was a real ad. Great job!
This was so much more fun that I thought it could be, so well done. Sounds were perfect.
This by far is the most interesting submission I've played so far. You were able to squeeze out so much from one mechanic. The sounds you chose fit your theme brilliantly. Great job, I'd love to have this on my phone!
wow, thank you for the high praise!
the web build plays surprisingly good on mobile by the way.
This game is clearly brilliant. Unfortunately, I am not! Some of the puzzles I could figure out entirely on my own. Some I could understand what was asked of me but couldn't quite get there without the hints. And then there's the ones like level 45 which I cannot for the life of me comprehend. I'm sure it's very simple and obvious to smart people, but this was my limit.
Also! I really felt like some horrible math monstrosity was stalking me in the background while I banged my head
against the number walls. Which certainly added to the experience. But maybe that's just my take on things.
everyone making it to level 45 (no matter how) is brilliant in my book. thank you for the kind words and your time.
the hint in level 45 has a bit of an attitude and makes you wait - but it is there ;-)
to be honest, the puzzle type you seem to have problems with is a 100 times easier with the right outside knowledge (which is the binary numbers system in this case) and I always felt a bit uneasy to include it because of that - so you can totally blame the game.
this was simple in mechanic but really cool in concept! good job on the puzzles
Great idea. It somehow reminds me of the types of puzzles you'd see on the internet back in the day where you had to put the answer into the url to get to the next page - that sort of minimalism where the user is left to figure it out. I like that you added the hints. The game looks good and I had fun.
I only got to level 10 in my first attempt, but I’ll save it to finish all the levels later. The game’s atmosphere and theme relax me. It’s a very good experience! Good work!
Simple but effective puzzle game, it is challenging though. By the way i also made a puzzle game, you can try it out.
Your game is simply... good!
It is an intresting concept with good souneffects and graphics.
Theme and story are weaknesses, but the MECHANICS!
Good work!
Rate my game if you have time and...
Have FUN :3
Fellow puzzle game maker! Love the vibe of the AI generate posters. Very backrooms, creepy but very creative use! The puzzles are fun, don't know how you managed 66 levels of different stuff. Was really trying to think for some.
I really like the lore you have built around this, as others have pointed, I love how different each level is, I made it to 8!
only 57 more levels to go to enter kindtech's employee-of-the-month raffle!
What an interesting puzzle game, so many levels! I've marked this one to come back to, if you develop this further add a save feature. Great entry
thank you so much! if you're on windows you can also download it and play it in a tiny desktop window, if you want to keep going😇
I'm currently at level 64! This game is amazing... but there's no save game, is there??? I'm worried that I'm going to lose all my progress... how far does this go???
EDIT: I did it! This game made me feel like a genius, but I think there was one puzzle where I just did it through trial and error. Really amazing game.
you are nearly there! keep on keeping on!
(and yes - no save games, sorry)
That felt so rewarding. How in the world did you think of this game concept??? In any case, I love it. Thanks for sharing it.
thank you so much!
About the inspiration for the game:
I felt motivated to try to make a puzzle game that trusts players to figure things out for themselves after playing Blue Prince like a maniac (and seeing how I was not the only one enjoying it)
and then I was really inspired by the unsettling atmosphere of the show Severance which I watched recently. So these both things just came together.
I reached level 6, and I think I got the first thing to enter correctly, but then it just spaced out on me...
For some reason, on an earlier level I managed to the the "9" key somewhat stuck, jut a graphical glitch though, it still worked.
Quite a number cruncher, indeed.
"spaced out" as in crashed? sorry to hear that. I was naively thinking I had this thing bug free, but of course that was hubris!
No, more in the sense of making sense of it :)
aaahh! it's a rhythm game!
I had the impression there was a rhythmic component involved :D
I love puzzle games so... you got my vote!
I also like the merchandizing effort. Really great! A very original way to tell the story! I feel like it could have been a mini game in Fallout!
5 stars for sure! I lack some music? :)
thank you, truly! I am planning on a bigger game that has a world to explore but that features many types of puzzle-mini-games, so I'm quite happy that this one seems to do well.
I decided against music because a lot of the later puzzles fully depend on sound and I wanted the atmosphere to be just a little bit unsettling.
I got to level 10 or so and loved it. Stretching the theme into the abstract, the game world is simply a calculator. Still, the execution is spot on. The look and feel are wonderfully executed, and the simple puzzles are satisfying—outstanding.
so glad you caught my interpretation of the theme. I was a little concerned people think I didn't care for the theme at all. the windows build makes it super apparent, as you can play it in a tiny desktop window, but of course that's not how most people will play it.
now I am wondering if it's possible to play it on a smartwatch, too 🤔 that would be so funny.
It could be a killer smart watch game!
The Salvador Dali of GDTV jams, I'll always try what you put out there.
Got to level 6 and then the sounds were turning my brain into mush.
Will be back.
wow, thank you so much.
mother, look, I made it! I'm famous!😅
Stuck on level 6. Maybe add a hint for each level?
there's a subtle hint for level 6 in the title😇