It was a little slow but was very good. The puzzles were nicely balanced. This could be cool as a full game.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Engagement | #44 | 3.957 | 3.957 |
| Overall | #114 | 3.623 | 3.623 |
| Overall polish | #154 | 3.522 | 3.522 |
| Creative use of art assets | #186 | 3.391 | 3.391 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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I really liked how many different enemies and mechanics you added, there was so much content and so many levels, however I felt like a few levels were a little too easy and didn't require strategy or use the different mechanics, I could just go from side to side or something. But really interesting and impressive for the amount of time, I think a puzzle game is a really ambitious thing to make.
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Animal CrashAwesome game! The difficulty curve is handled very well. I never felt the level was too hard for me to finish. Learning what each new obstacle/enemy did was really fun too. :D
With the amount of levels, a level selection would be a great addition!
Well done overall!
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OOPS: Octopus Only Postal ServiceA very enjoyable experience with many little features and juices. Slightly jittery at times due to intensive resource allocation, but besides that the core concept was very well made and the art was used well. One thing I would recommend is a better tutorial and GUI since sometimes I don't even realise that I finished a level!A 4 star game! By the way, could you provide a code link?
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Defender's magicVery fun puzzle mechanic, and a lot of puzzles to complete, I got up to 26 I think, the turn based puzzle makes for a fun challenge. Really good game and an impressive amount of work. The one thing I would say is some kind of tween with the movement would make it feel smoother and once you have submitted a move maybe speed it up a bit, but that being said it was still really fun, nice job.
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Scunthorpe ScavengerAmazing game! It took me more time than what I would admit to beat it, but it was worth it!
Please make more levels and put this game up on Steam (also maybe a level selection system where you actually have to use your hook to get around)
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Spinning In StyleWow, thank you so much! Yeah I never really got to make a level select screen, the idea of using the hook to choose is a great idea though, I would've just made clickable numbers lol
There's definitely room for more levels and mechanics (potions that give you a shield so you can take more than one hit, enemies that follow you around) but it took so long to fix the bugs in the later levels I figured I'd call it at 24 hours
I didn't intend to make any changes after the jam but so many people have been asking for a way to speed it up that I might implement some of these things
So many levels! I kept thinking "Wow, this must be the last level" and then another one was after it. A lot of them I felt like I was cheating the intended solution though. Maybe some extra blocks to stop a lot of these cheesy solutions would be good
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ULTRAVIOLENT 2DThanks for playing! I tried to make the later levels harder, and also the hardest in each sequence (level 1-3 teach you, level 4-7 reinforce this with the option of cheese, level 8-9 test you, boss fight)
Iirc as you go up in levels there is less cheese possible but it's also totally possible I didn't find all of the solutions. But I also didn't want to completely eliminate all options so it's a fine line I guess. Maybe something to iterate on with more feedback
Nice puzzle game. Maybe increase the speed a little bit. Had fun playing it! Good job! :)
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War DrivenA bit slow for my taste but hey good work making it man!
I'm sure with some work and polish you can upgrade the experience^^
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Dog GaloreWhat a bizarre game! I've never seen a puzzle game where the objective would be to survive for long enough.
It would be nice perhaps to animate the those sprites while they move, so that the main character would not just blink out and then blink in on a square next to it.
Also, some levels clearly were cheesable - like lvl 16 you can just go left and right - I believe that was not intended solution.
P.S. I only got to jump-pads and bees, idk if there are more levels I didn't see.
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Mothership's factoryReminded me of Chu Chu Rocket. I can tell you put a lot of thought into the levels. A great example of a simple mechanic that can be stretched really far (no pun intended).
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Kosmic KartHey thanks for playing and commenting. Never heard of Chu Chu Rocket but it looks professionally made so I'll take that as a compliment :)
Yeah I recorded the development process and I'm confident that 60%+ of the time was spent making levels, the second most time consuming thing being finding and fixing bugs
Very clever mechanic, I might have liked some options about the game's speed but otherwise it's delightful!
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The Technomagical MethodI liked the turn based timing. Interesting concept for a puzzle game. Simple yet polished.
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Super Looter DeluxeI'm pretty impressed. Trying to make a puzzle game always seemed daunting to me, but the mechanic here is pretty clever. Also a surprising amount of levels/ mechanics given the time frame! Good job!
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