Thanks so much for playing, glad you are enjoying it so far! There is a way to win, there are 15 puzzles (packets) in total, and they progressively get more difficult.
What puzzle have you made it to? Also, how have you enjoyed the storyline?
I think my best so far is to make it to the 10th. As a general question for any puzzle, it sometimes seems as though multiple solutions should work on the first line, but it's looking for one specific solution. Is that correct, and if so, is it just trial and error to get that right sometimes, or am I missing something?
I like the story (both on here and in-game), but honestly I've tended to skip over it once I get going. I'd suggest some images or more detail in the text, but what's there makes sense given the minimalist nature of the game.
Great to hear, and congrats on making it to 10! You are correct, the initial row can have multiple solutions, the idea is to use mastermind/wordle logic to deduce, once you do so it reveals the next row which provides more clarity on the coloring and so on!
One limitation I had due to the hardware was in the puzzle generation, when I initially built this in bash the generation checked to ensure there was only 1 possible solution for the full puzzle, this is tooooo compute intensive for the GB hardware and meant the puzzles would generate slowly and sometimes error out.
Thank you for the feedback on the story as well, I want it to be narrative but totally see some potential value in artwork instead of the plain text!
I hope the learning curve keeps you engaged, I am really proud of the ending. It ties the whole narrative together!