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A jam submission

PatternimaView game page

Art Puzzles Using Visual Effects
Submitted by mixel (@kaikikainoyume) — 17 days, 17 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Innovation#43.8893.889
Fun#103.5563.556
Graphics#113.7783.778
Overall#123.4073.407
Polish#173.3333.333
Progress#183.3333.333
Audio#532.5562.556

Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted(+1)

great job. I think this is a great game that with a little more could be a super game, the puzzles were fun and not to hard.

great job.

Developer

Thank you for your encouraging message! It gives me confidence and makes me very happy.

Submitted(+1)

Completed all three puzzle types, all levels! The concept is interesting: puzzles built around visual perception. The scrolling layer puzzles and the animated gradient puzzles had this moment of my eyes adjusting to see the individual components, almost like those magic eye posters. I once built a game that was an abstract spot-the-difference game, and a sort of similar mechanic applies there: cross your eyes and the differences pop out.

I found the difficulty pretty gentle overall: once I figured out the trick for each puzzle type, the remaining levels went quickly. Harder variants could be interesting, maybe patterns that are closer together in appearance or composites that are harder to decompose. The kaleidoscope puzzles were the most visually intricate but the easiest to solve for me.

Developer

I'm thrilled you played through the whole thing!
Since many people around me found it difficult or said it strained their eyes, I'm really happy to hear from someone like you who cleared it easily. I'll be giving more thought to the difficulty level as I expand the game going forward.

Submitted(+1)

This game is very polished and unique. Sadly, I suffer from migraines, and playing it makes me dizzy...! But I was able to complete a few levels. Very good job, the graphics are very good and the sounds are nice as well! :D

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing and commenting! I'm really happy.
I'm sorry I made you feel sick.
I'll adjust it to make the screen as easy to see as possible.

Submitted(+1)

I wish I could give some proper feedback on what would help to make it better. Maybe a setting to adjust the speed of the patterns? Still, it's a good game, good job!!

Developer(+1)

Just getting your honest opinion is enough! Thank you.

Submitted(+1)

wow, this is a unique gaming experience!  it took a little while to get used to the interface; I had to repeat a tutorial to understand the clicking order but I didn't mind that.  my eyes were completely overwhelmed at first but it was interesting how i was able to gradually distinguish the overlapping patterns.  only one suggestion:  this might be hard to accomplish, but it would be great if the two pieces in the shift puzzles lined up a little more cleanly.  the funny thing is, there's a puzzle in MY game where tetris-like pieces have to be rotated in order to fit together, but it was easier for me because the pieces were solid colours, not patterned.  and i avoided the issue of moving pieces altogether by having the player 'paint' each piece onto a blank grid, according to its shape and rotation.

 

all in all, i really enjoyed your game!  my favourite puzzles were the scrolling ones - they were easier on the eyes than the Shift puzzles and, for me, a more satisfying challenge than the Kaleidoscopes, which were aesthetically pleasing but fairly easy to solve (which is not a bad thing at all - i'm just a fan difficult puzzles).  :-)

Developer(+1)

It's an honor to receive specific feedback from someone with experience creating puzzle games!
Thank you so much. I'll definitely take it into consideration!

Submitted

This is a really innovative game. It explores a genuinely new kind of puzzle, and does so very successfully. When I work on shaders, I constantly run into confusing wavy patterns, but it never occurred to me that they could become the core of a game. That idea is great.

The tutorial is also clearly made with a lot of care and does an excellent job of explaining the mechanics. Really nice work overall.

Developer

Thank you so much for your encouraging words!

I'm relieved to hear you found the tutorial easy to understand.

Submitted(+1)

Thanks for the game, I played through a couple of levels and had fun, but unfortunately had to stop due to eye strain.

Developer

Thanks for playing, even just a little!
I'll keep tweaking things to make the gameplay more comfortable.

Submitted

I'm normally not into puzzle games, but this one kept my attention until the end. A very calm and relaxing experience, with pretty visuals and gentle puzzles. My only complaint is that I wish the UI was easier to use - it felt unresponsive at times.

Developer(+1)

Thank you for the kind words!
I'm honored if you enjoyed it even a little.
Your feedback is also helpful. I'll keep making adjustments to make it more enjoyable.