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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Fun | #46 | 4.184 | 4.184 |
| Overall | #47 | 4.202 | 4.202 |
| Originality | #157 | 4.132 | 4.132 |
| Presentation | #166 | 4.289 | 4.289 |
Ranked from 38 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?
All of the pieces in the puzzles are joined together, you cant move one at a time
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing audio
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Comments
The core concept is very cool but more importantly the levels are spot on. The game is very polished and you wouldn't really know that it is a jam game. For sure the cleanest puzzle game I have seen in the jam.
Another slider puzzle game, but really fun with a cool twist! I had a lot of fun playing and failing at the levels! Nice entry!
I played it here:
a wonderful puzzle game that bested me. those hearts! they still mock me! great use of the theme. and perfect puzzels.
Great puzzle game that had lots of clever ways to break symmetry and each mechanic felt unique and synergized well with the other mechanics! The game felt very polished and the difficulty curve ramped up well.
As other's have mentioned, an undo button would be great for the post jam version!
I got stuck in a later level (I think 3 levels after introducing kill) but I plan to go back to it and finish the game. The final screenshot looks like a monstrous level :)
Awesome puzzle game! I’d love to play this on Steam someday
Really cool concept, I loved going through the different puzzles!
One thing I would have added though: an undo button. It feels a bit tidious to restart the longer levels for a single mistake.
Other than that, the overall feel of the game is great: it's relaxing, challenging, introduces elements at a good pace, and has nice visuals. Plus, you made a lot of levels to really explore your idea, I played it for quite some time.
Finally, a detail that I loved was the title: it is cleverly used to introduce all the elements.
Very good job!
Awesome concept, great difficulty curve, and the mechanics provide a lot of interesting puzzles. The asthetics and music is so clean. Great work!
These levels kept me entertained for a good amont of time. I can see you being able to expand on this for sure.
Wow, there's a ton of content here, well done! Very well thought out puzzles. There are a few later ones that are a little frustrating because they ask the player to remember just a few more things than I could remember. Is there a way to put an indicator on a piece to remind you it's on a switch wall? That was the biggest thing that kept tripping me up. I'd focus so hard on one section and forgot I left a piece on a switch. Some sort of indicator would take a small amount of memory load off the player to help them focus on the next move more easily. But that's really just a nitpick. Very well done!
Yeah, so the two things I noticed is that people sometimes do mistake because of missclicking and forgetting about switch walls. And both of this problems can be fixed. Missclickis can be fixed by adding undo option, so players can rethink their move, but of course this is pretty hard mechanic, so i wasn't able to make it in jam time. But as for the switches i do blame myself for not thinking about it while making the game as it would not have took me a lot of time to do. If i will make post jam version of the game, i will try to fix those problems. Anyway, thanks for playing and good feedback about the game!
A challenging puzzler with a great aesthetic, excellent design, and chill soundtrack. What else do you need to know? 5/5
Also the name is perfect
A challenging puzzler with a great aesthetic, excellent design, and chill soundtrack. What else do you need to know? 5/5
Also the name is perfect
Awesome game! It feels very good to play and there are tiny graphical effects that go a long way. And the gameplay and puzzle design is so clever, really amazing submission. I played it for a good while ahaha. Keep up the good work! :D
Cool concept and good difficulty curve
This is a fantastic game, with a really interesting concept and challenging puzzles. Love playing it, and am desperate to beat it.
Nice puzzle game really well presented (the in-game text is really effective at explaining each mechanic as it’s introduced).
It did get suddenly really challenging towards the end, though! :)
Beautiful game! Stunning graphics and gameplay and level design. Just a very nice game overall, loved playing it.