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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #36 | 4.350 | 4.350 |
| Overall | #164 | 3.989 | 3.989 |
| Fun | #302 | 3.767 | 3.767 |
| Presentation | #576 | 3.850 | 3.850 |
Ranked from 60 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?
"Gluing" together map fragments to traverse through an infinite tower, and uncovering the intrinsic recursive connections that bind floors together. In both cases, the player also experiences the fragility of theses connections, as entire floors of the tower are wiped from the player's cartographical canon.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing art
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing audio
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Great puzzle game, I couldn't even solve all of it. Nice art as well.
This is amazing, this mechanic blew my mind and even if I wasn't able to complete everything it was still a great experience, I liked it a lot
Incredible puzzle design, loved every bit of it! Maybe 7 was a bit too easy after you figured out 6 (which was really nice), but overall loved the unique and mindbending aspect of it. Nice work!
Nice game. Was not able to complete all of it because I am not smart enough :p but I still enjoyed it. Keep up the good work.
Good game! Well presented, lovely minimal sounds (with the recommended music). I've seen a few recursion based games, but nothing quite like this.
Couldn't figure out level 6 or 7, but that's probably just the limit of my recursive thinking! Would have appreciated a walkthrough video, perhaps.
I must have missed something, level 5 is impossible since i cannot move blocks after i go through them. the ladder only allows up and down travel and there are no blocks that allow travel in the right direction other than the straight hall block and i run out of space when trying to travel down. What do i do? Otherwise, game looks good, feels good. Especially for a game built in 2 days. For the audience that likes puzzles and a challenge, Im not sure if its possible but i guess people have done it so It must be pretty good. some background music would make this even better
Hi Banshee, thanks for playing.
If you want to give level 5 another shot, here's a gentle hint:
The secret is in the "memory" tile that you gained during the interlude. You can drag a tile to your memory to remember it, which will allow a tile to stick around when it should otherwise be blinked out of existence.
Or, here's the outright spoiler (paste this text into rot13.com to see)