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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #122 | 4.099 | 4.099 |
| Overall | #629 | 3.817 | 3.817 |
| Creativity | #878 | 3.824 | 3.824 |
| Style | #1774 | 3.528 | 3.528 |
Ranked from 142 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?
Collect Plus and Minuses that change your shape to Escape every level
Development Time
96 hours
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I love it great! game!
Thank you so much!!! what do you love more about the game?
In the progression system, you have to do the minimum steps possible, and the starts rewarded are used.
I see! Yeah I am kinda of a maniac for efficiency, so I always like to get the best solution to a problem, and I love getting this concept in my games ahahahah
Really cool puzzle game, I got stuck on a puzzle but got pretty far into the levels, really challenging in a good way, I love the sounds it feels so calming and the idea is great!
Thank you so much!! Which level you got stuck on? (some of them may be broken and need revision, after the jam of course, we plan on updating them, so keep followoing for updates!!)
not like stuck in a glitch way I mean I just wasn't smart enough lol it was the one with 4 exits on each side was a little tough, but honestly it is very good, im just a little silly lol, I will come back and play more for sure though! :)
Cool game, loved the level design. As a fellow block puzzle entry, good job!
Thank you so much, I did not sleep for 40 hours to design the levels ahahahah
Honestly great work. It's basically a full game already. Well done!!
Thank you so much!! It just need some balancing, some levels already got solutions in less moves than I predicted (keep searching for them and let us know if you find them!) other than reviewing some levels yeah we almost consider this finished
I really enjoyed this. I like that it had an arcade game feel and look. I liked that the challenge level escalated in a balanced way. Overall, very fun!
Thank you so much! We had an even more arcade-y feel in the first sketches, you can see it in our devlog, let us know which style you liked more!
Really satisfying game,the style is a bit noisy,but I had fun playing this game, thank you for the web support !
Thank you! What do you mean by noisy? And you are referring to art style or sounds?
Blue!
Da be di da be da!
Generally I'm not a fan of this type of games, but this one is really well made! The design is simple yet the gameplay is fire. Really enjoying the levels right now, looking forward your brand new games in the future! Keep it up!
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Man I like it!! This puzzle is cool.
Seventh and eights level break my mind
ahahahahah amazing! I am pleased that you like our creation, if 7th and 8th breaks your mind, you are not ready for what's coming on level 9!!!
Congrats on your team's first game jam! I thought Square Escape was really fun, well polished, and a clever take on the sliding-grid puzzle game that tied in the jam's theme subtly yet meaningfully.
thanks a lot! yeah it is a bit of a stretch to fit the theme, which in itself... is fitting for the theme :D
Liked the puzzles and the challenges, very impressive to make so many clever levels in such a short time!
Thank you! I sacrificed a lot of sleep to brainstorm and test if they were not broken (some still are, good luck beating my own best moves :D )
Who doesn't like a good sliding block puzzle? Adding and subtracting to your shape is a pretty nice twist; I wish it had been used more in the early levels (haven't played the later levels yet, so hope there might be some more of it later). Movecount-based star systems are always a bit tricky in games like these; if you're interested, the Thinky Games Discord has a pretty extensive document about it (and is generally a nice place if you're looking to develop puzzle games). Overall, though, a really good start and pretty amazing for a first game, well done!
Thanks a lot! yeah the main mechanic, adding and subtracting is something I personally never saw anywhere else, glad it came together so nicely. I agree with you, the best moves was to prevent accidental solutions or inefficient ones, because litiming to only one solution would have been more restrictive for progression, and also harder for me as a designer, I think it is a ood compromise, but not optimal for sure
The developers managed to make a really fun and challenging game despite how simple the premise is, the background music is top tier and some late levels were much harder than I thought they would be making the experience overall exactly how I like a good game. This deserves more attention!!
Thanks a lot Lollo! <3
This is incredible! The amount of content, challenge, and creativity on display here is insane! The main mechanic of growing to certain shapes and sizes is an amazing idea that is implemented very well. Wonderful job!
Wow thank you for the kind words! I can't put into words how much I am excited to receive this kind of recognition :)
viva la figa, per favore liberate Giole
loooool
Very fun and original idea!
Shout out to your musician, they did a really good job. Level design was great as well, especially when the blocks that change your shape were used. Nice work
Thanks a lot!
Logos (Game Designer) here, I agree with you, our musician: lollox, is a master of the craft.
Thank you for the compliment for the level design, I agree that the shape shifting puzzles are the most interesting and fun, I myself did not see this idea anywhere else
Interesting puzzle, good job
Thanks a lot!!!
noice game. lots of interesting puzzles
Thanks a lot!!
I got 3 stars on the first 10 levels (level 9 required getting perfect on the first 8 levels). It felt like level 11 was a big difficulty spike for me personally. Fun puzzle game, I'll bookmark it and try again when I'm rested.
Thank you for the feedback!
Yes it is meant to be quite challenging, the more difficult it is the better the satisfaction when beating the level! Glad you found it fun!
We are still making huge changes to levels (unfortunately you will lose progress when we will update the game :( )so please consider joining the Discord to get any news!