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A jam submission

Trail is lavaView game page

Puzzle where you need to uniquely complete same level several times
Submitted by Retektor Studios, lakogelik — 1 hour, 13 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#6453.8573.857
Creativity#15073.8573.857
Audio#23193.1433.143
Artwork#41512.9522.952
Narrative#55882.0002.000

Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Player is required to complete same level several times

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Very nice concept, you should keep developing it and see what smart puzzles you can make! Right now it's obviously very short and easy. But a lot of potential here!

Submitted(+1)

Interesting concept you have there. The puzzles were very intuitive and fun to solve! I had a great time playing this entry!

Keep up the good work!

Submitted(+1)

Like a slug, but lava. Great game! It feels clean and polished, it feels good to play, the tutorial was clear and levels were well tuned difficulty for a short and sweet experience, and it reminds me of pathfinding algorithms (a bonus) and the classic mobile Flow Free game were you draw lines between points on a grid and they interrupt each other. My first thought was 'Oh no it's the freaking line crossing phone game ahhh'. I could easily see it getting more complicated too. I saw in another comment you scoped it down, I'd say that was a good choice. Something like side objectives would be a good contender for a reward for skilled players. 

Constructive criticism: Feels like a mobile game (probably because I was thinking about the mobile game and the simple design of it). It didn't feel like I was forced to learn anything with how I could mostly complete the levels in one try, reminds me of the GMTK puzzle design video (roll credits) where you misdirect first and therefore learn and analyze the structure that gets in the way. Also, I wish completing the level was more satisfying as it's just a quick cut. Maybe animating the entire room being filled will lava would be satisfying

Yeah going to echo others and mention small tweaks. I wish the green/red blocks were clearly split, sometimes I wasn't sure if it was 4 or 5 total so it made me second guess myself. An undo button with limited uses would be nice (command pattern lets goooo). 

Developer

Yea, honestly, designing levels with very limited mechanics was challenging, but it is what it is 😅

Considering it's my first jam and not being "locked in" during whole event made us cut a lot from a game, which could be a little bit more

I'll definetely heard all of you guys, so if I'll get to this project more in this future, I on my end fix what you've all suggested ❤️

Submitted(+1)

You did great, I couldn't even tell. I'm a happy player

Submitted(+1)

This was a fun playthrough! I could see a lot potential with this idea if you ever decide to expand on it.

Submitted(+1)

Fun puzzles, and the audio for walking is really satisfying!

(+1)

Very good! I love the music, and the puzzles are nice.

Submitted(+1)

Very nice puzzles, simple start but could become quite complicated levels if they were a little larger or an extra mechanic is added. Would like to see more definition/outline around the goal to make it easier to count at a glance how many squares it's made of rather than comparing it's size to the surrounding level.

Developer

Thanks for honest feedback! We tried to implement a lot more and I had some ideas, but due to limited time and lack of experience, we decided to scrap a lot in order to submit at least something finished 😅

(+1)

best game I've played in years!

Submitted(+1)

Really great idea! Played through the game up to the end, only problems is that not enough levels and lack of Cntl Z 

Developer

Yea, I might think that this would be issue 😅

If we decide to expand a game, I'll definetely add this feature, thanks for feedback!

(+1)

One of those games that's so simple, but you just want to keep playing!  Good job!

Developer

Thanks!!

(+1)

I finished the game! This is cute and interesting and I really liked the music. If you expand this I think it would be cool if there was a button to undo your last trail instead of restarting the whole level.

Developer

Thanks! Of course if this game shows promise! Even though I'm not sure about my teammates' opinions 😅

Submitted(+1)

Great game!