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GMTK Game Jam 2025

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A jam submission

Astral ✦ CogsView game page

The mechanisms of the universe
Submitted by Lucas Tristão — 23 hours, 37 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#7454.0874.087
Artwork#14503.7833.783
Audio#15503.3483.348
Narrative#16172.9572.957
Enjoyment#21703.3483.348

Ranked from 23 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?
My game is about creating mechanical loops that result in moons looping around (orbiting) planets

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Background music: https://freesound.org/people/X3nus/sounds/510994/
Button click: https://freesound.org/people/SmallConfusion/sounds/751088/
Cog Lock: https://freesound.org/people/Rudmer_Rotteveel/sounds/457454/
Mechanism sounds: https://freesound.org/people/apintofmild/sounds/641578/

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
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Comments

XentiosSubmitted239 days ago

I think the general gameplay and atmosphere was good. It only needs more mechanics to make more puzzles.

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Loopgage
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volts_alpacaSubmitted240 days ago

Love the puzzles and mysterious vibes with the graphics and ambient music combo. Great work!

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Beat Orbit
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wilskSubmitted240 days ago

An interesting and unique take on the theme!

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Nova Looper
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Ali MoghimiSubmitted240 days ago

I really dig your game's chill atmosphere. The game is short, polished and expandable.
Keep at it!

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Orbit Surfer (GMTK 2025)
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centipedemanSubmitted240 days ago

A polished puzzle—I like it

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Loop! Loop! Sushi
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LowPolyMushroomSubmitted241 days ago(+1)

Cool puzzle game, I haven't seen an idea like this anywhere around this jam so far. It wasn't longer than it needed to be, I think the length was just right (if anything, it could be longer, but i think you would need to add a whole new mechanic to keep it interesting, so you did good with what you had.)

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Bite Mark!
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ali.r.asadi75Submitted241 days ago(+1)

it remind me one of tomb raider underground puzzles

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One Day to Save Them
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CutieMonicaSubmitted241 days ago(+1)

Game is pretty neat, love the very enchanting vibe to it, though it does feel a little confusing at first, and resulted in me trial and erroring my way into the solution for the first puzzle and eventually learning, which felt a bit like bashing my head into a wall. That said, with a little rundown of the mechanics, this is a pretty dang good puzzler!

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Chronophobia
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Lucas TristãoDeveloper241 days ago

Thanks for the feedback! Could you be a little more specific about which parts of the puzzle you found confusing?

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CutieMonicaSubmitted241 days ago

Well, for example, when I placed one of the cogs on the axel at first, it didn't look like it aligned, and visually nothing changed, with the audio cue being my only real indicator that something had changed. Some preview showing you that the cog locked onto the axel you're hovering over and is a valid placement would be nice!

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Lucas TristãoDeveloper241 days ago

I see... That's very useful, thank you!

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GneissKittySubmitted242 days ago(+1)

Really cool puzzle game!! I love the 3D scene and astrology/navigation theme. (I would consider some smooth shading)

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DIE CANDY
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Lucas TristãoDeveloper242 days ago(+1)

Thanks! I don't really have a lot of experience with 3D design so I lost a lot of time wrestling with render pipelines to get this WebGL build working. I'll probably try to polish the visuals a little more in a post jam version

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GneissKittySubmitted242 days ago

I totally get that. Props to you for exploring something new for this jam! Next time around, you'll be that much more ahead of the game! :)

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Štěpán Jiří KarásekSubmitted243 days ago(+1)

Nice. Maybe the moon could already be in place, but overall, the mechanic and setting are great.

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Shape Shift
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dutchlishSubmitted243 days ago(+1)

I think this is very cool. The aesthetic and the gameplay feel really nice. i think maybe being able to move the camera might be good, just to avoid clicking the wrong cog, - and I felt like there was some bugginess in the win conditions (twice I didn't get all of the moon pieces to circle their earth and still progressed? Not sure whether this was intentional.) As others have said this is definitely one to be expanded upon. As a jam entry it is great, as a full game with some ironing out of gameplay, and many more levels maybe getting onto larger systems and bigger playing areas with some (but not much) more clarity on what's expected of the player (mainly with the win condition I mentioned), then this could be a fantastic mobile/desktop release. Great job! 

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That was your life
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Lucas TristãoDeveloper243 days ago

Thanks for the feedback! I didn't get to playtest as much as I would have liked, so yeah that was probably a bug I missed. I'll see if I can fix it after the voting period ends.

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AstroSamSubmitted244 days ago(+2)

Nice small puzzle game. I think this concept can really be expanded upon, and I only wish they were more difficult

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Aleph
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SmoresiesSubmitted244 days ago(+1)

I love this! A straightforward concept that can be built up in a ton of great ways! LOVE gear-based puzzles too!

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Circuit Loop
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Fiery51Submitted244 days ago(+1)

I liked it! A tutorial I think would have made a great addition, I couldn't figure out how to play the game for a while. The camera perspective made it a little hard to drop the cogs on, but its a super unique idea and enjoyed the puzzles!!

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Serpent Circuit
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