Pretty cool simulation. I'll admit I was a little lost at first and had to go back and read about each component and how they work. I think a little guide to get started wouldn't be a bad idea, but it's really only because you coded something so complex, which is perfect for a simulation, so nice job!
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Aqua Chamber's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Sound | #5 | 1.706 | 2.000 |
| Theme | #6 | 2.558 | 3.000 |
| Art | #7 | 1.919 | 2.250 |
| Design | #7 | 2.025 | 2.375 |
| Overall | #7 | 1.919 | 2.250 |
Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
What did the time frame of your development look like?
At most 20 hours spread over the entire month
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I love dwarf fortress and this is a cool recreation of the fluid system. I think this has potential for a good puzzle game. At the moment it was unclear to me what each of the unique tiles do. I think you could remedy this in a puzzle game by introducing them one at a time through various puzzle levels. I bet making this fluid system was a complex and difficult task, so I most say I am impressed that it works so well. If it was framed in a nice puzzle package, I think you could really have something here.
Nice work.
Would like to see what this leads to in the future.
There where some areas where you couldn't place tiles not sure if its intended or not but my guess is that its invisible UI over it.
also when moving the camera you lost the selected tile
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Operation BEPAI can tell you've put a lot of work in to it! Unfortunately, I have no idea what I should be doing - how different pieces interact, and from a little experimentation I wasn't able to figure anything out either. I do applaud the amount of content you were able to get done in the timeframe, and I'd echo what others here have said - if there was a little more in the way of a tutorial, even a player manual on the game page, I would have given a higher rating.
First of all Thank you! I appreciate your feedback.
That is true, a tutorial or within a puzzle game an one by one introduction would have fitted better. The main bottleneck was the first pressure system which i have discraded. After that there was little time left so I decided to just roll out the Editor :-)
Thank you for the feedback. To be honest, You do not need any experience with Dwarf Fortress. I just mentioned it in the description as after i discraded the first pressure system (which failed horribly) i found an article about the way DF ist handling that and expanded on that. :)
I totally agree that it would have been much better as a puzzle game. I could have introduced the single piceses one by one but right now,
there is just an open pit of possibilities with so many werid things!
Thanks You!
Good suggestion! That would definitely help.
Exactly, the numbers represent the 'Water Level'.
Yes, it was planned as a puzzle game.
Unfortunately, due to major problems with the 'water pressure simulation' (which I ultimately replaced with a simpler solution), I didn't achieve as much as I wanted. So I only published the editor / sandbox mode.
Thank You for your feedback and playing
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