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A jam submission

Learning From The BestView game page

A GMTK 2024 game.
Submitted by Pierre Random, French Dilettante — 6 hours, 28 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#3303.9823.982
Enjoyment#3593.8683.868
Style#4614.1844.184
Creativity#7153.8953.895

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?
The story & gameplay revolve around changing the sizes of pistons

Development Time

96 hours

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Submitted(+1)

Impressive that you can make a piston character so cute :)

Very fun and clever puzzle designs!

Difficulty was nicely balanced too. The final few levels all had that immediate feeling of slight intimidation, but you can work them out naturally while experimenting as you proceed.

Really nice work.

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

Thank you! I tried giving the piston a face with eyes and a smile. But in the end, a big round nose looked way cuter!

Submitted(+1)

The level design is awsome! And I like how you kept in ming that players might get stuck and need a way back to the start ...not that such things might happen to anyone *cough*
Love the style, love the mechanics! My only note would be that the jumping and landing spaces seem a bit small so I fell down from the pistons a lot when I tried to adjust the character for a jump.

Great game. It was really fun :D

Submitted(+1)

The character animations rule.

Developer

Thank you, I was very happy with the result!

Submitted(+1)

I like puzzle games a lot, and this one was solid. I appreciated the level design especially, and the art direction was simple & efficient. Keep up the good work!

Developer

Thanks for playing the game!

Submitted(+1)

Fantastic this would make a great game for mobile devices I felt pretty happy when I figured out all of the puzzles for myself .

However is there a reset button if the player gets stuck because if not then the player could soft lock themselves if the levels were only one way that's only critique I have.

Developer

Thanks for your feedback! You can press Esc on your keyboard, and there is an option to skip a level. We should have added a hint for this in the tutorial level, as it is only explained in the game's description.

Submitted(+1)

this was a really fun bite-sized puzzle game! i liked the gamefeel and the puzzle design a lot, and the artstylel was sooo nice to look at. i'd love to see a full game in this style. i only had to skip one puzzle, the second-to-last one.

Developer

Thank you for playing the game! This puzzle seems to stop a lot of players. I should probably have broken it down into several levels, to introduce its concept more incrementally.

Submitted(+1)

Enjoyable game. A hint feature can make it easier for everyone to finish the game and not get stuck.

Developer

Good idea. There is a level where many people get stuck, a hint would be helpful.

Submitted(+1)

This is a great little puzzle game with very nice aesthetics. The puzzle where you had to make a pink staircase with the yellow pistons was a bit finicky in my opinion. Once I figured out the solution it took me still a few more tries just to get the right order of pink and yellow. The other puzzles let you solve the level once you found the solution almost right away which led to a more satisfying experience. Puzzles are hard to playtest for jams and overall these are pretty solid difficulty so that is well done! Overall, great work!

Developer

Thank you for your feedback! We definitely learned a lot from designing these puzzles.

Submitted(+1)

Great job! The animations are super good!

Submitted(+1)

Great game ! The art is good, so are the animations and the gameplay ! Keep up with the good work !

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Awesome visuals! The playable character is really cute, and the animations are really neat! Great take on the theme! Awesome job!

Developer

Thank you! These animations were a lot of fun to work on!

Submitted(+2)

WOW!!! Amazing game! Probably in the top 3 best games I've played so far! The main mechanic was very well thought, the puzzles were great, and the design, while it's simple, I find that it's very cohesive and super pleasant to the eye. Super great job, would love to see this game expanded further!

Developer

Thanks, I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed it! I would love to design more puzzles to expand the game too.

Submitted(+1)

Very nice puzzle game! I love how the little piston at the end "grows up" and becomes its own color :)

Some pretty clever level designs as well! Would've loved it even more if there were sound. Perhaps post-jam? Still, great job!

Developer(+1)

I'm very glad you played until the end of the game! I agree, this game really needs some sounds. Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

Some neat puzzle ideas, and the logic behind expanding and contracting the different pistons was used pretty well. Well done.

Developer(+1)

Thank you for playing our game!

Submitted(+1)

Very well designed puzzles. Congrats!

Developer(+1)

Thanks a lot for playing the game!

Submitted(+1)

Neat game, quite an original concept, loved a little bendy robot design and the environments. Shame there's no sound, I wonder what this world would sound like.

Developer

Thank you! Yes, I also wish we included some sounds, especially for the jumping and landing animations!

Submitted(+1)

Nice game, fun idea! And I didn't even deadlock myself while pistoning around, so nice level design :) Would play more levels of this.

(+2)

Bravo ! 

Submitted(+1)

Man this was really good, all the puzzles hit that sweet spot. Great job!

Developer(+1)

Thank you for playing the game!

Submitted(+1)

the level design was done really well! my most favorite level would have to be figuring out how to make the pink pistons a staircase.

Developer

Thank you! I would love to expand on that gameplay mechanic with more levels.

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