Having to click multiples times on the same wire would probably work best on mobile, it's a bit boring on PC. It's also a shame that wires only work in one way and not the other
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #1714 | 3.150 | 3.150 |
| Originality | #1941 | 3.185 | 3.185 |
| Overall | #2374 | 2.862 | 2.862 |
| Fun | #3393 | 2.250 | 2.250 |
Ranked from 200 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?
The circuit is joined together throughout the different levels and all bulbs would lit if everything is correctly joined.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
Comments
wow I fell in love with this small puzzle game.Thanks for making this . I wish there were more levels.
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Interdependence(GMTK Game Jam)Interesting game! It was quite strange to pick up maybe, a tutorial would have been great. But anyway, good work!
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Uber Squad -GMTK Jam 2021 Version-I like that each bulb builds on your existing circuit rather than split into discreet levels. I'd be interested to hear what other ideas you had for mechanics and puzzle design.
Neat presentation too!
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Link 'em Froggy!Hi Chinwizard and thank you for playing our game. In the beginning, our plan was to use the battery with a certain charge, say 3 and it can only light 3 bulbs, the more you connect will dim the bulbs. So you will have to go back to the first level and connect an extra battery from the last level, which will make everything connected in a circuit. Now that is like one big connected level and we will have more such levels added later. This game is going to be easy and our main goal is to help people relax with the visuals and soothing background music. Thanks again for stopping by. :)
Very interesting concept. It was so satisfing when the bulbs turned on! Only one suggestion, I think that a visual representation of where is -/+ on the moving parts, would be better than just guessing and if you are wrong turning it around. Overall a great game. I enjoyed it a lot! Good luck!
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SoullessThis was fun! Reminded me of the puzzles in old school adventure games like Myst. Very satisfying when a light comes on.
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Helm's OddityPretty cool concept, although I have some notes:
- Upon launching the game, it wasn’t immediately obvious what was interactable (and in what manner), and what wasn’t – I only figured out how to play by taking a closer look at the gifs on the game page
- It seems weird that the orientation of the wire matters, a conductor doesn’t care which way electricity flows, and it should work even if you rotate the wire 180 degrees; if you want to restrict it you should mark it as a diode or something
- The strategy seems to just be to go around clicking everything until it turns white – it’s less of a puzzle and more like manual labour
- Even after all that clicking, the light on the last page did not turn on for me, not matter what I tried
- On the other hand, the wiring diagram doesn’t really make sense either since the first couple lamps are connected in parallel but next two are in series with one another, so they’re driven at half the voltage. Then the last lamp is in parallel with the penultimate lamp so I don’t see why it wouldn’t turn on since it gets the same voltage as those previous two.
In order to make it more appealing, I’d make it so there are potential branching paths and you have to sort of manage how things are wired together and it isn’t just a matter of going around flicking things on systematically and you’re done.
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Wrath Of The JarhandYay! Another in-depth review. We are glad you liked the concept. This is our first game jam ever.
- (Upon launching the game, it wasn’t immediately obvious what was interactable (and in what manner), and what wasn’t – I only figured out how to play by taking a closer look at the gifs on the game page)
Yes, after all the feedback we thought of adding a gif so it helps people - (It seems weird that the orientation of the wire matters, a conductor doesn’t care which way electricity flows, and it should work even if you rotate the wire 180 degrees; if you want to restrict it you should mark it as a diode or something)
Yes, the conductors are not supposed to work that way and we had no choice but to use this way, the sprites we added had some issues with the alignment and we really had no time to fix that, so we kept the one-way fit. This will be fixed once the jam ends - (The strategy seems to just be to go around clicking everything until it turns white – it’s less of a puzzle and more like manual labour)
The initial approach was very complex and since we were running out of time, we had to compromise on the complexity of the puzzle. The idea was to have a certain charge left in the battery from the first level which would need a connection from the last one and so on.
We really appreciate the time you have invested into this review and we are making notes of the feedback and the suggestions we are getting from all of you to improve the game. The next update should have many things resolved and new things added. Thanks again, LurkNautili.
Interesting concept. Just, I wonder why only one side of the cricuit conduct electricity and not both (I spent some time befoore understanding that the sens was important
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Marry me...I think it looks really cool. The concept is good.
I wasn't sure what the win condition was so I moved on to the next level. I think it should only move on when you lit up the bulb. I also didn't realise the wires are directional, I think there's probably some way to indicate that.
Congrats on submitting a game!
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CRABBEDThank you for dropping a comment and we are glad to know that you liked the visuals and the concept :) The reason it does not move to the next level is that every level is connected and you can move either side to fix the broken links. We are keeping a note of all the changes we will have to make as per the feedback and the suggestions we are getting here. Thanks again and we really appreciate your feedback, Arya.
Cool game! Nice concept! It seemed like some of the wires only worked in one direction and I also wasn't sure what wires I could interact with and which ones i could not. But otherwise simple and satisfying!
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Turn the TideReally cool concept ! However the execution is not as the level as the concept, but it must be hard to do it ! Hope we'll see a full polished game with this concept ! :D GG !
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SAT (Jam version)Interesting idea. I liked the idea. Some small tweaks that could help are change the cursor or highlight the wire if it's one that I can rotate. Also, it seems like direction of the wire matters, but it was hard to tell which direction was the correct one since the wire just has two ends, not arrows pointing which side is the + and which is the - (or whatever it's called, I'm not an electrician, haha).
Overall, good job for a jam game!
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Puppet QuestThis is a great idea, and very well executed. The audio and visuals are great too. I just have one question, why does the direction of the bars matter? I noticed there was a flat end and round end of each, but I don't understand that decision.
In ay case, very well done and great game!
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Line BenderI really liked this- it’s a cool idea and the presentation is great.
I was surprised by the fact there was a right way around for the wires, and really missed the ability to just scroll the screen horizontally rather than having to jump a screen at the time using the buttons.
But 48 hours is not a long time, and I had fun, so :D
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KeyChainThe only thing I would criticize is the fact that there is no indication which of the connections I can click on to rotate them. I had all light bulbs lit except the last one because for me everything was connected properly (lighting up) that I was able to interact with. But overall, nice idea and hat fun clicking for the lights to turn on!
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Defying InstinctsI had to change computers to try this one, the resolution was too big on my laptop lol!
I liked the pretty glow style. I got confused initially why the first light was not turning on, until I figured out there's a direction to the connections! I think that could have been conveyed more clearly.
I would love to see more complex levels where you have to decide between multiple combinations, and actually find the right ones so you can complete the whole puzzle. Cool idea!
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Not Without YouThank you for checking out the game and dropping feedback. We are happy that you liked the glow effect in the game. We will be adding more complex levels and since we were fairly new and never uploaded any game here, we were not sure about the resolution. Thanks again for the feedback, Shapeshifting Rabbits.
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