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A jam submission

To the Power of [REDACTED]View game page

An Exponential Puzzle Game
Submitted by TheColeMine — 1 day, 7 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#474.1884.188
Originality#964.0634.063
Presentation#3613.0633.063
Fun#5012.3752.375

Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game represent "Power"?
This game is based around the use of Exponents, making it a play on the phrase "To the Power of". For example, 2^5 is said as "2 to the Power of 5"

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

This was def a bit of a brain teaser to figure out, but I had a lot of fun doing it! I liked this a lot!

Submitted(+1)

My Brain hurts after playing this one.

Submitted(+1)

Loved it! A nice mix of mastermind-style deduction and a refresher of some arithmetic I had almost forgotten. I think it took me maybe 7 or 8 attempts, the first couple I was just clueless  as to what I was doing, but that was part of the fun!

Submitted(+1)

Fun little puzzle game with a good implementation of the theme!

Submitted(+1)

A great interpretation of the theme and I like the enigmatic, safe-cracking style.  Obviously it is difficult for a new player to get into though

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Nice first game, the interface could be made more intuitive.

Welcome to gamedev! 

Developer(+2)

Thank you! The UI is definitely a complete mess lol Appreciate you checking it out and leaving feedback!

Submitted

I tried for a while but couldn't work it out, like the visuals and seems like would be interesting, I just have no idea how it works. If you wanna give me an idea in a reply, I'd be happy to give it another go.

Developer

Hi - thanks for giving it a try! The UI is very, very far from intuitive and I ran out of time to make any in-game tutorial or explanation, so I'm not surprised that it was confusing! If you wanted to take another shot, you can find a detailed explanation on the game's page description. Cheers!

Submitted

Sorry,  couldn't quite figure it out

Submitted

looks like a fun little puzzle to figure out but i couldn't quite get it. i wasn't sure what the lights in the top left meant (if anything) and i also wasn't sure what the goal of it was for a while. but still gj!

Developer

Thanks for trying it out! Definitely wished I had more time to make a much better UI and an in-game tutorial. If you want to see an in-depth explainer, I wrote one in the game's description (on its own itch.io page). Appreciate the feedback!

Submitted

Neat little puzzle/educational game!

Took a few tries to understand how things worked, but managed to beat it in the end! The colors and patterns in the last round can get pretty confusing, especially with the timer!

Not sure if intended, but I discovered that each of the numbers 1-5 are always used, so I actually only needed to figure out 4/5 of the values, then the last one is obvious. That also makes it easier since there is only one possible answer for any result (except 1).. for example, if I see red^green = 4, then I know it can’t be 2^2 since red!=green, and thus it has to be 4^1.

Maybe it could be interesting if numbers could be reused, but then I guess we might need more tests..

Cool first entry - keep up the work, I hope you continue submitting to jams!

Developer

Thanks for taking the time to play it and leave feedback! I had planned to make higher levels feature higher numbers, more numbers, or a mix of numbers. But the way I went about structuring this one made that hard (one of the many lessons learned)! Greatly appreciate the feedback and encouragement!