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The Long Way Around's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #1097 | 3.984 | 3.984 |
| Enjoyment | #1213 | 3.625 | 3.625 |
| Artwork | #1342 | 3.828 | 3.828 |
| Audio | #1830 | 3.266 | 3.266 |
| Narrative | #2965 | 2.547 | 2.547 |
Ranked from 64 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?
It's about combining and separating roads to make a loop for the cars to go through
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See description for full credits.
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Perapl (pear apple 🍐🍎)
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Cool game! The flag level got pretty hard, couldn't finish it because I got a bug at the flags level where it would explode all the cars and fail me when I started the level. Looks like it's because one of the parts you have to move was already in a moving state or something
hi ceylanae! that bug honestly sounds pretty worrying, did the cars explode as soon as you started, or did you just find that you couldn't move the points they were on (the grey ones)?
If it's the latter, yes, you're not supposed to move or separate points when cars are moving through them, but can still combine grey (blocked) points with any other ones, that's actually the key to solving that level
if something else is going on, please let me know!
take care
hey yea no it’s the first, they would explode as soon as I started. One of the points seemed to be stuck in a moving state (orange background with fourway arrow)
yeah when you fail (or complete) a level, all the points get stuck in whatever icon they were last on, that's normal, but I'm worried about that "every car explodes as soon as the level starts" issue.
if you don't mind me asking, did that happen after you tried moving any point? (could also explain the point stuck in moving state)
or did that happen literally the moment the level loaded?
And did this happen every time you restarted or just once?
sorry, just trying to look into this
nw I understand, at some point in the attempts, the moment I tried moving any points which normally made the cars start moving made them all explode and this would happen every attempt after
Cute idea that starts simple but expands into more mind-bending puzzles, good job!
This is a really fun puzzle game. There were a few times where it felt like I could clip through red obstacles, but it wasn't enough to be a problem. A really great take on the loop theme!!
I really like the concept, the puzzles are great for what I played. The UX could use some help. But overall it is one of the most inventive and creative uses of the theme!
Making the connections was somewhat quirky at times, but the idea was very cool and refreshing. Great work!
This is a really solid and somewhat challenging premise -not only do you have to connect all the points in a loop, but you also have to do it before the car reaches a disconnected end! well designed, and a nice challenge :)
Really original! Out of the road loop games I’ve tried so far, I think I like this one the best. It’s cozy, but I really like the time challenge you added with the cars, it makes the gameplay feel dynamic. Great sound and artwork. Well done!
The concept of creating/joining loop is of course obvious with loop theme, but you make it interesting with the differents interaction even early in the game (with the not joining + switching), the game is fairly difficult with the levels. I would have loved that the objective was to cause the crash instead of avoinding it haha. Great job!
The idea is super smart! This reminds me a lot of Poly Bridge where you are limited by the length and number of nodes! The art style also complements this game very well, especially the “congrats” and “fail” arts.
The game is very fun, but i got some problems. I don't understand how we split roads already looping. And i never knew where is my maximum length with the points linking tracks together.
The concept overwise is really cool and original ! I love your idea and art, it's new and good !
hi railnof, try clicking the road nodes, that should separate them!
some mice might have trouble clicking it, sorry for that
A good jam game. I liked the idea and the experience was fun.
Very creative way to make the loop direction matter. I think editing the loops was sometimes a bit difficult since you couldn’t really tell how far you could drag a point. Overall very enjoyable though and impressive polish for a jam project!
Good concept and art for jam
Pretty solid idea and implementation, I like it! My only problem is that sometimes the tracks get disconnected in weird ways, but other than that good job!
Amaz*boom*
I couldn't manage the level with the long train on the left and the donut lake, even after finding out that scrolling on the nodes disconnects them more reliably I still made a lot of cars go boom. Lovely take on the theme, I had a great time watching those cows ride backwards across lakes :)
Cute art and great concept. I like that the moving cars add a sense of urgency to the road building, making you need to move fast. I think the timing could be slightly more forgiving. Still, it’s quite fun . Great job!
my cars kep tcrashing :(
Nice little game, i liked it
GAME is AWESOME , art sound and gameplay feels really good Thank you for submitting. I would LOVE to see this be a steam game one day GREAT JOB
Excellent game and choice of music! Enjoyable and chill, would reccomend.