Big fan of this one, and definitely think that it was quite a unique take not just on the theme but just in terms of puzzles themselves. It feels like most of the time and effort for this went into the presentation of this game, and on that front, it was absolutely excellent, wit the particle effects, the artstyle, the music to back it up, it all felt extremely polished and satisfying from a visual and audio standpoint. The game itself was mostly cool too, with the differing levels of magnet strength being creatively used. My main issues with this were in relation to the controls, as they never really ended up feeling fluid, being quite slow to move your magnet around to the other side, yet also too imprecise to be able to perfectly position the magnet, leading to a few annoying moments where I was spending a lot of time just trying to properly position myself. Switching between the magnets also felt quite slow, sometimes the clicking not really registering and taking quite a while longer than it should have to swap between them. Still though, other than the controls which need a lot of working on in their current state, the game feel was second to none in this game jam, and that's a really impressive feat.
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Thank you for the in depth feedback!
I definitely agree with lots of these points looking back on the game. I was thinking of rethinking the entire control scheme, making switching and activation keyboard based, (with a UI button for touch screens) and making the player able to precisely control where the magnet goes based on mouse clicks (or alternatively use keyboard controls as a secondary method.)
The magnets should definitely be faster (When I was making the jam build, I worried that would make precision worse, if I redo the controls I don't have that problem anymore.) and they should be able to pass over/underneath each other.
Glad you enjoyed the game from a visual and audio standpoint! And I'm really happy you felt that way about the game feel!
I'll take all your feedback into account when I am back working on the game again!