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"WARNING: This game is kinda hard to learn at first" <-- that is an understatement!  ;-)

I'll try again, looks very strange and interesting though.

There is a lot here, and not as typical as a normal first or third person character centric game, this is a collection of image puzzles of real world strange places.

https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-15/rate/4298400

There are different puzzles for different locations that correspond to real world locations.

There is a public puzzle aspect that lets you load from and contribute to the community jigsaw puzzle for different images and difficulties.

Explore real world strange places and solve image puzzles for each.  There is also a PUBLIC PUZZLE where everyone contributes to the jigsaw solution.

https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-15/rate/4298400

I really enjoyed this.  I think I might try to make something like this in the future, maybe for a jam, maybe just to play a bunch of tunes.  Nicely done.  

Nicely strange.  I was able to solve it pretty easily, but did take some figuring out.  Well done - shows that good game play doesn't need high end art and graphics to still be enjoyable.  Obviously you can polish it up and add more levels or even a level editor if you build on it more after the jam.

Very compelling and adequately challenging.  I solved it.  Great levels and again a nice look and feel - truly a strange place given the realism and cartoonism!

Curious to know the hidden puzzle aspect of this ...

This is the first level. Click the link below to enter the second level :) 

CAN YOU MAKE IT PAST THE SKULLS?

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Very nice look and feel.  enjoyable for sure.

Nicely done, adequately challenging and fun.  I was pleased to solve it.  Interesting puzzles, I hope to remember to come back and rate in about 2 hours when the Jam submission period is over.  

Only 2 hours left and I even made another small update to the game -- specifically the Public Puzzle part of the game.  There can still be more improvements with the 'jigsaw' type puzzle, but there isn't enough time left at this point.  I'm sure you'll find that there is are a lot of 'strange places' in this game.  Enjoy.


https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-15/rate/4298400

You can reach me on discord at sheldon2197

But simply replying this this reply will also get my attention!

Explore real-world strange places and solve a variety of image puzzle games.   There is even a collaborative public puzzle that allows everyone to work to complete a generic jigsaw puzzle, piece by piece for a variety of images and difficulty/puzzle piece sizes.

Stop playing with yourself, play with each other!  In addition to several single player image puzzle games, this week long jam submission also includes the ability to work on the same jigsaw puzzle together.  The jigsaw puzzle implementation could be better, but I hope you'll agree that it nicely gets the job done!

https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-15/rate/4298400

Explore real-world strange places and solve a variety of image puzzle games.   There is even a collaborative public puzzle that allows everyone to work to complete a generic jigsaw puzzle, piece by piece for a variety of images and difficulty/puzzle piece sizes.

https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-15/rate/4298400

Glad to hear!  There are 15 hours left in this jam, I guess I'm going to add some instructions or something else I might think of.  Please come back to rate when the jam ends.  https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-15/rate/4298400

You seem to have a lot of story and playing it shows you also have a lot of level. Good job.

https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-15/rate/4298400

Yes, please do.  I've had mine published as soon as a working prototype was running.  Then, all you do is continually update it as you improve until the jam ends.

I'm pretty much done with mine, and boy is there a lot in my submission for this short week jam.  Give it try when you like, or of course after the jam so you can rate it!

Flaming jump -- pretty cool -- I like how level 1 is one thing and another level is a different one.  I have 'multiple' games in my strange places game as well -- my submission is pretty crazy though, you'll see if you give it a try.

Wow, there is now a lot here.  The PUBLIC PUZZLE is actually that.  As you solve parts of it and save, you are submitting your help towards solving the whole puzzle.  When you load, you inject other people's correctly placed pieces and by working together you can solve the larger jigsaw.

Each other 'strange place' is also a different type of image puzzle.  There is really a lot here, please feel free to give it a try and let me know what you think and if there are any issues.

By the way, figuring out how each puzzle works is part of the puzzle!  ;-)

You will get many more play testers with a web build.  Many people don't like to download and run, due to obvious security reasons.  I have only provided web based 'games' for the 11 jams I've submitted to in the past 6 months.  Good luck, let me know when it's ready by replying here and I'll be sure to try it.

I just watched the video, looks like a strange place to me.  Perhaps you can make a web build ?

yes, I played it.  Surprising how difficult upside down can be.  I didn't get very far, but well done.  

The mouse sensitivity is a little low - Hard to move  - the darkness/contrast is a little low - hard to see.  It worked some on my windows laptop, but I didn't get very far because of those issues stated.

Thanks back, dude!  Each picture/strange place location is a different puzzle by the way!

Each place is a different puzzle. Which puzzle place do you mean?

My first jam was 6 months ago, this is my 11th.

Love the quick and dirty jamming. Enjoy

Currently still a work in progress -- I will use the remaining time in this jam to finalize puzzles and add additional puzzles.  Please feel free to comment early, I will likely spend the next 3 days implementing ideas, suggestions and just continuing some of my ideas for puzzles to add.  ( TODO: tile swap puzzle, true slide vertical/horizontal slices, finish off the catacombs flashlight puzzle, and more )

Nice and clean, as well as relaxing.  I am going for a similar idea and vibe, although I plan to implement many more puzzle types that use a specific image for a real strange place in the world.  Here's a link to the in progress creation - I haven't submitted to Brackey's yet, and based on how much more time I can put towards it ( I want to cleanly implement a variety of puzzles for each location ), I may or may not submit to the jam.  Well done for your first jam, you still have some time left of course -- Suggestion: Perhaps add a 2nd or 3rd level with more rows/columns and a different picture for each additional level as well perhaps.

https://lostwords.itch.io/strange-places

I was able to solve it quite easily - Very cool - and yes it has the look/feel of that super liminal game. 

I'm guessing yes.  It would likely be a downloadable game and run on windows, but people will be much less likely to try it out -- downloaded games often get a bad reputation for virus potential and other dangers of course.

Very nice puzzler.  A little bit of a learning curve trying to play by myself, but I could imagine having a 2nd player using the keyboard at the same time in a two person - coop game.  

Nice job here, was a bit challenging for the keyboard assignment for me.  Would be great if it could have ability to reassign keys for use ( in my case I'd like to use Arrow keys, and Space Bar and Shift as currently used ).  Nice immersive feel to the large 3d world.

I really enjoyed the look and feel.  I especially liked the voice over instructions as the game progressed.  It was adequately easy to play and engaging.  I'm currently in the cave system, but still progressing with the countdown.  Also see that there is an automatic 'pause/resume' going on while I have it open but in another window, nice touch there.   The level(s) are nicely full of maze-like needs to traverse, often up and around which makes it a challenge.  The colors add to the feel but also make it difficult at times to find the levers.  Also due to this the edges of platforms are also a bit challenging but good.  A very nicely done short jam entry, great job.

By the way, the cat image has been updated slightly! -- just in case you play again --

The cat is used on the odd numbered levels,   ( here's an extra special link to a very difficult level by the way : https://html-classic.itch.zone/html/16300071/iso-zone/game.html?level=11111 )

Thanks, I'm giving your game a try as I type this.

Thanks!  'nuff said!

I'm glad it was easy and seemed to have unlimited explosions, at least for Jam mode.  I could see how this would improve from limited bombing ability or the need to acquire more bombs. 

That is a really cool 'driving' game.  It was a little difficult to get the hang of, so I'll have to come back and try again.  I really liked the clean look and feel.  I know for sure that next time I'm pushing my cart around (and I often do), I'll be flying through the aisles and thinking about this one.

Thanks for taking the time to comment, and suggest.  I really didn't expect anyone to comment.  I barely put any time into this one given my recent schedule and the short time-period.  I'm trying your game now -- Please feel free to try my previous Jam though, I put much more time into that one: https://itch.io/jam/alchemy-jam-7/rate/4154591