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as asked for in the discord, i'll give feedback as unfiltered, blunt, and honest as possible.
i think this game is technically quite competent. the presentation feels like a mobile game in a lot of ways. the sound design is also pretty good and appropriate for a puzzle game like this.

the main issue with this game (and why I think it falls short of being a great "infinite loop" game) is that the solutions always feel either too linear or are too overwhelming and lead to a linear result. the game literally tells you when you found a solution via the check box at the bottom right of the screen. oftentimes, it doesn't feel like I got to a solution on merit of really thinking about it, and more that i clicked a few hexagons a couple of time until the game told me "you did it, you found the loop".

the later levels are nearly impossible to comprehend as well, and it feels frustrating when the solution is a small loop that's like 1% of the map.

while i find the aesthetics of the game to be serviceable, I think that from a "i saw this game on the grid for 0.5 seconds" angle, it looks kinda generic. I've played a lot of these types of games. you REALLY have to convince me there's something special for me to play it. this didn't exceed my expectations, it just kinda met it. this was exactly the type of game I was expecting form the thumbnail (for better or worse).

i think other infinite loop games stood out to me much more. if you want an example, I would check out "Infinite Energy" by LightPotato. the premise of that game stuck out to me immediately, I thought the puzzle solutions were very clever, and there were a good set of mechanics added in as the game progressed and got harder. i really don't think this game is a bad effort at all, but I think i understood why it whiffed for me. your other games on your profile look REALLY awesome, creative, and appealing to me (Blooming Together, One Seed, etc) so I think maybe this just missed in terms of my own taste.

Looks like GMTK already closed the channels to non-patrons. I remembered our conversation and I realized we never connected. I wanted to ask you if you submitted anything to Brakeys and maybe exchange some feedback. Either way, if you’d like to connect now or in the future my Discord is @josepvalls