I played this yesterday and I have to say that I'm really impressed. The visual style, with the transparent sides on the DNA string when they are rotating, GUI,+ sound / music, the science vibes and how the gameplay feels like you are looking at the DNA string and trying to piece it together. I also like the arcadey feeling with the timer and how the difficulty escalates.Tbh it feels like a natural concept, so it feels like there should be more games like this :)
My main critique of the game is that the 3D on the DNA pieces makes it really hard to see how they would fit together. One fix for this could be to show them in 2D when they are separate, so you clearly can see the length and color of each rNA staple. Like a stretched out version of it. It’s also a little confusing how strings flip when they are combined. One way to fix that would be to have two rows of pieces, top and bottom, and not allow the player to combine pieces on the same row. I think these things would help and let the player focus on recognizing patterns quicker.
One other thing is that the game can give some kind of visual feedback when you lose or win a round. I noticed that there’s sound effects for that, but it’s always good to be extra clear. And it can be a way to add extra juicy effects. Also when the player is wrong, maybe highlight the area that they did wrong, if that is possible.
Other than that I feel like this game has a very solid theme / concept and it feels like it has a lot of potential.