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GMTK Game Jam 2023

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Precious Quest: The Puzzle GameView game page

Precious Quest: The Puzzle Game is an anti-puzzle where you build the level and AI solves it.
Submitted by SmartAIGames — 3 hours, 1 minute before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#10963.4123.412
Presentation#11783.7063.706
Overall#13533.4903.490
Creativity#21663.3533.353

Ranked from 17 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?
Precious Quest: The Puzzle Game is an anti-puzzle where you build the level and AI solves it.

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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Comments

TragónC4tSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

The game has an interesting idea. The graphics can improve but they are not bad either. Good job for the game jam.

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Another Tale
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ZimizehSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Interesting concept! It was very challenging and fun to solve, I had a lot of fun with this.

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EB-87
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oolimrySubmitted1 year ago(+1)

To be honest I've seen veggie quest before and I was reminded of it when I saw the theme. Even though the concept is the same as veggie quest, I feel the way it was explored here is very creative and well fleshed out! By varying the movement pattern and forcing the player to return to the start, it creates many different, interesting puzzles. The geometry of the game is really elegant and the patterns I draw on the board often fall into place instead of looking arbitrary.

The presentation of the game too is great, I really like the small player/goblin icons which show which squares are reachable by either creature. Really really helps with visualizing the board.

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Bullet Heaven
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Nino SandlarzSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Cool concept, the changing patterns kept me thinking  ! I struggled a little to understand why sometimes I couldn't save the precious, maybe I missed something ? Nice entry !

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#DateMyMonster
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SmartAIGamesDeveloper1 year ago

Thanks for the feedback!

You cannot save precious when there is no path (respecting the current moves) either to it or back from it. That is the only case.

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ZeroKelvinTutorialsSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Very enjoyable puzzles, I like the completionist aspect of having a max set of moves possible. It'd be nice to have a way to be able to tell the priority their moves have, although it can be deduced from playing the level

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Mr. Map
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SmartAIGamesDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for the feedback! 

Their moves are not based on priority. They choose their moves in a way to get to the goal and back as fast as possible. 

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ZeroKelvinTutorialsSubmitted1 year ago

Ahh that makes sense!  Priority being fastest path possible. having fun with this,  still not done but level design is great, challenging and fun puzzles :)

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Cmak0taSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Love the concept, love the puzzles as well, fits the theme well. Overall great job

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Golfberg Machine
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slavaxktSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Pretty nice game!

I like how it plays with the moves gimmick! Not exactly my type of puzzle games, but I definitely can see someone enjoying it!

Art is nice to look, and music is calming, perfect for a puzzle game like this.

Good job!

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Caverse
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TonylSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

A very nice puzzle game :)! I like how open-ended it is as well – I got 35 on the fifth level and wouldn't be surprised if more was possible. If you ever solve these levels with a computer, I'm curious about your findings. Nicely done!

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Travelling Through Time: Now in Space!
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ADJacentSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Very nice game on the concept of designing a level for the game to play. The mechanic is pretty intuitive and the idea over all is pretty neat!

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The Contrarian Press
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dead0neSubmitted1 year ago (1 edit) (+1)

It was a really nice game to play! Pretty great take on theme. Some movements were a little bit unintuitive for me at first, however after playing with different paths and trying to optimize I ended up having a lot of fun.

Edit: I forgot to add that art is pretty nice too

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Ollie's Ominous Orb
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SmartAIGamesDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thanks for the feedback!
Well, that is basically the point of this game. Start with an unfamiliar/unintuitive system at each level and try to make sense of it by poking it around. You can reach the goal when you become familiar enough.

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