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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Game Design | #272 | 3.615 | 3.615 |
| Innovation | #328 | 3.441 | 3.441 |
| Graphics | #390 | 3.641 | 3.641 |
| Fun | #525 | 3.195 | 3.195 |
| Overall | #544 | 3.221 | 3.221 |
| Audio | #768 | 2.764 | 2.764 |
| Theme | #996 | 2.672 | 2.672 |
Ranked from 195 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
In what way does your game fit the theme?
Puzzle solving with various mechanics one of which is a rewind mechanic. And it’s controlled by pressing the right mouse click :D
Did you write most of the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes, credits are displayed for some sounds and icons.
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Good game with interesting puzzles. Doesn't feel like it fits the theme, but a good game is still a good game!
Good game, adding a tutorial would've been a good thing, cuz i didn't read the text, no one wants to read a wall of text for a tutorial, some stuff were tricky, but good game overall
Clever puzzle game, but I can't really say it fits the theme at all.
There is a bug where if you just hold down movement keys, the boxes will glitch out and leave the level; I could not understand what I had to do with the floating boxes that could go everywhere. Once I restarted and just did single presses; it clicked and I got to play a few levels. If you fix the collision detection, you might not confuse people on the first try.
Thanks for the feedback!, the theme is achieved here by the ability to control the "purple" objects and rewinding their actions!, holding down movement inputs shouldn't cause any problems, that might be a super rare bug :p. However, I've put a reset button on the top left of the screen to reset the blocks positions without loosing any progress.
Cool puzzle game! I also got a bit overwhelmed with the tutorial text, but I think the first level introduced the mechanics well. Nice choice of colors too!
Loved the game overall, great implementation of the theme and game design.
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Cool idea, unfortunately puzzle games aren't my forte but I still found it quite fun. With a bit more polish and a multitude of terrible ads - XD - I think this could make an incredible mobile game!
Can’t forget those ads XDD
Really cool game, did have a few bugs where my click wouldn't move the ball and if you reset the level with cubes on switches it would keep the doors down(accidental rewind mechanic? lol).
Hey, thank you for the feedback! The ball not moving accurately to the position is a mistake made earlier in development, and couldn’t be fixed easily later on.
The reset button is meant to only reset the cubes positions’ without loosing progress, to help anyone who is stuck and couldn’t figure out what to do :p.
Finally, the rewind mechanic in this game revolves around controlling “purple” objects, it doesn’t have anything to do with the reset button :D
Cool!
Thank you :D
Pretty good, game ! I enjoyed the theme and the gameplay was well-made!
Thank you! Glad to hear you enjoyed it :D
Nice and complex puzzle game!
Thank you :D
Cool puzzle game :) I like the aesthetic too
Thank you!
Really neat idea! I like how there are specific conditions that need to be met before moving the boxes. It's also nice how you have multiple decisions you can make, like rewinding, etc.
One suggestion is to improve the character controller since it isn't very accurate and not really smooth.
Other than that, the game is great!
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this! It's really delightful :D I agree the character controller is really finicky and it's because a mistake I made at the start of development and realized at a final stage, anyway I hope that it was worth while :)
This game looks great, and I think there are some interesting puzzles here. However, I felt like a lot of information was being thrown at me all at once, and I would've appreciated a more gradual difficulty increase. Nonetheless, I enjoyed playing your submission. Good work!
Thank you for taking the time to write this feedback, I appreciate it :D, I agree with you this would be a better experience with a proper tutorial.
It's a really good game with a nice take on the theme, but the bugged cubes (stuck in walls, stuck in other cubes) is the only bad thing about this game, remember, playtesting is a key to finding those bugs. Other than that, really solid entry
Hey, thank you for the feedback however, the cubes overlapping is intentionally left there to be used by the player to solve some puzzles in their way. But due to the excessive amount of people getting annoyed by it, I will try working on fixing it. Have a good day :D
fun game :), enjoyed the overall look and the theme blended pretty nice!
Thnak you so much :D glad to hear you enjoyed it.
that is a really fun game! Really like it and would definitly play again :)
Thank you! :D
Things I liked, honestly a very cool take on a puzzle platformer I liked the aesthetic you put into this and I like the almost jigsaw contraptions that you have to work through. I appreciated the particle effect coming out of the top that tell you what color your controlling as well.
Things I didn't like, this was a very buggy game. Cubes would overlap, pass through walls, and overall get into all kinds of shenanigans. I think devoting quite a bit of time to bug fixing would greatly help you in the future. In addition I don't fully understand how the rewind works? I understand its activated by right click but their is no prior visual knowledge informing me of it's effects.=
Overall its a really fantastic game and I think you should be proud of where its at! Hope to see more games from you in the future!
- Von Harley
I'm very grateful for you taking the time this honest feedback, It means a lot to me! there are some things I left intentionally just like the blocks overlapping each other, It's something you can pretty much use to your advantage how ever you like. But I agree with you, It could have been introduced a lot better to the player. These are things I will try my best to improve at for future updates and games.
Thank you :D Everyone loves the green ball :)
Innovative perspective on the theme, loved the simplistic aspect of the game, really fits the puzzle genre forward and gave it that feel. Good Job! Can't wait for the story mode!
Thank you so much for delighting feedback :D!