Play this quite hard puzzle
Flo - The puzzle's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #240 | 4.172 | 4.172 |
| Originality | #267 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Overall | #296 | 3.859 | 3.859 |
| Fun | #831 | 3.406 | 3.406 |
Ranked from 64 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?
The game is about the companionship between a clueless robot and a mindful flower. The robot needs to carry the flower to a destination as her final mission. The robot can walk, but can't think. The flower can think, but can't walk. The flower gives the robot instructions, but only when the flower is exposed to light. There is a strong connection between the robot and the flower, as well as between the flower and light.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
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?
We used pre-existing audio
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This is such an amazing game, from its original ideas to its art and music. Very interesting concept and setting, ~ Please check mine, when you get time :D
Thanks <3. Already checked your game, cool work!
Really good puzzle concept. Pretty interesting to play, nice art style, music a bit loud but it's okay. Good game, really liked it, I wish where were more levels but for the jam it's understandable.
Glad you liked it :>
finished it and I wasn't sure if it was a cake or an altar until the (spoiler) thing happened
the artstyle was amazing though
great work!
I should have gone with a cake and a female android voice lol. Thanks for playing!
One other thing which occurs to me: I wonder if it would be good to have some kind of visual feedback when the player tries to use the controls while in darkness. It's great that the flower changes to indicate the moment when you pass in and out of the light. But maybe some acknowledgement that you've pressed the keys, to indicate that the controls are broken on purpose, not the game. Anyway, great job, I love this one!
Wow this idea is brilliant! My tired mind during the jam cannot come up with better ideas lol. I currently don't have any concrete plan for a possible full-fledged release of the game but if I do, the visual feedback will be the first thing I improve. Thanks for the suggestion! One question: did you submit any game? I can't find any game with your name on it :<
Aww, that's so kind! Thank you for looking. It was my first game jam, and I had to cut it short at lunchtime on Sunday because it was my dad's birthday. I did finish a wee game, and was very proud of myself, but I didn't get the chance to actually submit it. Next year, I hope!
This was great! The gameplay is interesting and original, and the art is weird and excellent. The light and shadow in particular was executed very well.
I struggled for a minute with the battery-things that you push into the bulb-things. It wasn't clear from the art (at least to me) what they were supposed to be. But I figured it out eventually, so it wasn't a big issue.
The little ending cutscene is lovely. Thank you for letting me play it!
The game looks so pretty! I love the art aesthetic and music choice.
The gameplay idea is pretty intresting and the puzzles are quite challenging, thanks for posting the video showing how to beat them all haha
Awesome game, very polished
Thanks :>. After a restful night I've decided the game need a video because some of my friend struggled a bit lol. Glad you like the music and all!
Impressive art stytle love it! The music match the aesthetic so well, great design work. I just had some bugs in the controls, sometimes they didn’t work, but overall great game!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Lovely pixel art!
Thanks :>
Very interesting concept and setting, good job!
Thank you <3
This is such an amazing game, from its original ideas to its art and music. The only thing that I would complain about is the movement/restart - I often felt as if the robot was a bit unresponsive, which led to mistakes, the frustration of which was augmented by the very slow restart time. Other than that this is a great entry
Thank you :>. Almost everyone complain about the restart time, so I guess I learned a valuable lesson here. Glad you played it!
Beautiful and engaging game. The music is so nice, and the art with the lighting is a pleasure to look at. I agree with anthroacoustic that a quick restart might be a nice quality of life addition, but huge props on making this in 48 hours, it was awesome!!
Glad you enjoyed it. I just tried your game, much simpler and faster-paced than mine, nice work!
Thank you so much for playing it! I really appreciate it :D
I love the mood and tone of this game, it immediately drew me into the story and made me feel so many things for that robot flower! A quicker reset time after the player presses 'r' could help ease the frustration of not solving a puzzle, keeping the player engaged.
Thank you for the feedback! I just uploaded a gameplay video so if you got stuck and still want to see the solution, head over to the game page.
Art created in a such short time is impressive! Also the concept of the game. Well done!
Thank you :>
I find your game really pretty and the ambiance is quite nice. The concept is also very clever, but I think the game should be a little bit more forgiving, because I always get stuck in little shadows I did not see.
Good job overall!
Thanks for feedback! I just upload a gameplay video so if you got stuck and still want to see the solution, head over to the game page. Cheers!
man what an amazing idea for a puzzle game. but it just lacks a little bit on the presentation side. maybe this tips would help you along the way.
-if you are making a puzzle game, once the player knows the solution, making the input should be lightning fast, otherwise it would cause frustration.
-whenever you are making the player collide with another thing in the game, the bounds of this collision should be crystal clear, especially for a puzzle game. this was not the case with your character collider.
-on your game i felt that the robot was too slow and kind of out of my control, this feeling got amplified with the fuzzy colliders.
hope play more from you, cheers!
Thanks for the thoughtful feedback! Unfortunately this is my first time making a puzzle game, so the best thing I could do was watching a couple of GMTK's videos on making puzzles. I asked my friends to playtest for me and they was a bit confused too. Maybe when I study more game design theory, I will remake this into a full-fledged mobile game. Really appreciate your comment!
This is a beautiful game. It might just be on the first level but on restart, the music starts again overlapping itself, I didn't mind it though. Really impressed by the art and the use of lighting is quite genius
Thanks for feedback! I just use DontDestroyOnLoad() without thinking about the possibility of this bug :(
The first level was a bit annoying to restart because of the drawn out intro, also the walls in that level have no colliders so you can just exit the map. I also found myself frequently losing light because I pushed a box from the bottom into another collider, and my head would clip into the box and lose sight of the lightbulb
Thanks for commenting! I didn't think about the possibility of restarting at the first level so I didn't playtest it a lot. I do agree some of the levels are hard and weird tho.
it's a little rage inducing and I wish there were more levels but all around a very good game
Thank you :>. Wish I had more time to make more levels and make them easier to understand.
Very polished puzzle game with a pretty original idea, but the connection to the theme of the jam feels like a bit of a leap.
Thank you <3. I don't know why I came up with this idea but it was already a bit late so I just went with it.