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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #373 | 4.029 | 4.029 |
| Overall | #499 | 3.629 | 3.629 |
| Fun | #560 | 3.514 | 3.514 |
| Originality | #1254 | 3.429 | 3.429 |
Ranked from 35 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
A difficult puzzle game, where you have every tool to succeed, yet success is out of your control.
Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
No
We used pre-existing art
Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
Yes
We created all audio during the game jam
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evil
Lol, thanks for trying out the game.
Very nice concept that could keep you busy for quite a long time.
Simplistic and really good looking. Thanks!
Thanks for trying the game out!
EXTREMELY hard for me, I only get pass the tutorial...Good game!
The puzzles are a little difficult to grasp at first. I made this puzzle game because I found most puzzle games to be too easy, or ended too briefly. I wanted to make a fair puzzle game where a player would have to sit there and think and savor each problem, maybe for several days on end. Regardless, thank you for taking the time to play the game, and best of luck in the GMTK game jam!
Neat little puzzle game that subverts expectations each level, some puzzles are hard but its a great concept for something that could be put on mobile platforms. awesome job!!
Thank you for playing the game, I might make this into an Android app one day. best of luck in the GMTK game jam!
Same to you!
Awesome simple visual design puzzler! Some puzzles are quite hard. This could be easiliy go to mobile game for killing time.
Thank you so much for trying out my game. I agree, I might make this an Android app one day. Best of luck to you in the GMTK game jam!
Visuals are suuuper clean. I know, it is easier to do clen stuff with only squares, but your UI and UX overall are nice. Good job
Thank you, I'm glad you like the UI and UX. Best of luck to you in the GMTK game jam!
This game makes me go YES!
Thank you for playing the game, and best of luck in the GMTK game jam!
This is so simple it hurts me. its well designed. Honestly port this to mobile and add more levels and you have a amazing game. Nicely done my friend and with Java no less.
Thank you, I'm glad you liked the game. I will consider making this an android app one day. Best of luck in the GMTK game jam!
Simple yet challenging! I love the simple design of the game and the gameplay is really fun! I would love to see more levels + music in the post jam version :)
I'm glad you liked the game. I might work on more levels and music after the game jam, who knows?
Fun to play! Some of the levels are quite hard too (though most of the game is a piece of cake). I felt like a lack of audio: wouldn't a little ambient music be the cherry on top? In any case, it's quite good.
-Loupyboy
Thank you for playing my game. I agree, there needs to be optional music for the game. I might update the game someday to include music. Best of luck in the GMTK game jam!
Thanks a lot, good luck to you too!
I had a lot of fun with the game. I really liked the puzzles, although I only managed to beat half of them. My biggest criticism is that I couldn't download the game in the itch.io client or play a web version, which made it really hard to play the game. I can confidently say that I've never double clicked a .vbs file prior to this game. So, making the game more accessible by making it easier and much quicker to start playing would help in the future. Other than that, fun game, fun puzzles, well done :)
The puzzles are a tad difficult, beating half the puzzles is perfectly fine. I agree, the vbs file is a little suspicious, and I need to work on a more effective and appealing way to share my games with others. Thank you so much for your feedback, and best of luck in the GMTK game jam!
good game i enjoyed
I'm glad you liked the game. Best of luck in the game jam!
It's super tricky to design a puzzle game, and from the looks of it it also looks like you coded it from scratch, which is impressive during a game jam! The interface and presentation in general are polished.
I only solved a couple, but it was a good challenge and I could see myself trying to figure these out during, say, a long journey. Great job!
Edit: I should also mention, however - it wasn't clear to me how this fits the Out of Control theme.
Thank you for playing my puzzle game, I'm glad you appreciate the aesthetics and game play! A lot of the code I write comes from years of practice and improvements, and has become a reusable stencil in my projects. It was with this stencil that I was further able to code this game.
As for the theme, In order for something to be out of control, full control needs to be established first, and slowly taken away. The sense of control was slowly being taken away from the player, as the patterns and grids became more absurd, level by level. I really hope this train of thought made sense.
Anyways, best of luck to you in the GMTK game jam!
Very solid game, I like the clean and pure presentation. To be honest I was never good at this type of puzzle but I had fun nonetheless.
The gameplay is simple, tried and true, and well executed, good job :D
Thank you for playing my game! Don't undersell yourself, the game was genuinely difficult to make, and to play test.
Best of luck to you in the GMTK gamejam!
A really neat puzzle game that starts off as very simplistic and soon turns into a very complex game that you could probably spend hours on trying to figure out some of these (queen level I'm look at you)
Very clean presentation by the way :)
Thank you for playing my game! Very few get to the Queen puzzle, I'm impressed! Best of luck to you in the GMTK game jam!
Simple puzzle game. I've seen the basic kind of this puzzle before but not the variations. Was cool to see what's all possible with this mechanic.
Also I like the sleek design.
Thank you for trying out my game, and best of luck to you in the GMTK game jam!
Nice concept! I would love to have this as a mobile game!
I was able to finish 14/16 levels.
I like the simple mechanics in combination with how complex it can get.
Thank you, I'm glad you like the game. 14/16 is the most levels completed so far by a player, I'm impressed! Best of luck in the GMTK game jam!
- So how minimalistic you want your game to look like?
- Yes
But seriously, such a minimalistic style is what makes the game distinguish even more! I absolutely love this puzzle, it really is thoughtful and clever game with interesting levels. Keep up with it!
I'm glad you like the puzzles, and the minimalist design. Best of luck in the GMTK game jam!
Best of luck to you too :)
Dont let the simple design fool you ! its hard , i am on heart level. not giving up yet . Creative and sleek :D well done!
Thank you so much! Best of luck with the GMTK game jam, and best of luck solving all the puzzles.
Cool entry! I do enjoy puzzles like this, I find with slow puzzle games like this music could add alot. I do like how creative you got with the level concepts. The "so close yet so far" level was probably my favorite flavor wise. The minimalist graphics really lend itself to this concept. Great work!
Thank you so much for trying out my game. Adding music to my games has been on my mind for a while. Maybe one day :D
Best of luck in the GMTK game jam!