Post by clansing in Auto-Alchemist comments

Viewing post in Auto-Alchemist comments

I have to say I'm kind of impressed. I'm not sure that puzzlescript is the best engine for this - the controls are a bit clunky if I'm being honest, and I assume that to be limitations of trying to get so many interactions into puzzlescript.

The concept is good, the puzzles are clever. There's a couple I had to work at for quite a while until I suddenly realized how to work the pathing properly for them.

I want to say I finally got stuck on level 17 or 18 - but I'm not sure which since I don't remember now what number it showed me, and there's no indication I can find of the level number (it's the one where blue and yellow need to be swapped, joined, and put in the lower right corner).

It might be nice to have a level indicator at least. Or maybe even a level selector so you can go back and redo a level to remind yourself how you solved one as a refresher if you're stuck on a later one. But overall, nice puzzle game, and a very impressive abuse (in my opinion :P) of puzzlescript.

(p.s. I'd love to know how that spoiler hover in the hint comment was done, I've had times I wanted to post hints for people, but didn't want to ruin a puzzle)

crb2332 years ago (1 edit) (+3)

Thanks! Yeah Puzzlescript probably isn't the best engine, but I may come back eventually and try to rework the controls one more time + add a level selector from one of the PS forks. I also wish that level solutions could be saved and rewatched later (or even have stats, so you can compare yourself to the fastest or cheapest possible solution).

The one you got stuck on is #19. If you want a hint: ~~After pressing the button, first move yellow into place on the joiner.~~

As for the spoiler hint, I added some custom CSS to this page that turns strikethrough into spoilers:

del {
    text-decoration: none !important;
    background-color: #000000;
}
del:not(:hover) {
    color: transparent;
}

clansing2 years ago(+1)

Oh wow. I had tried doing that, but when I didn't see how it could work I gave up and went down a different path. Soon as I saw that hint, I took another look and worked it out. I must say level 19 is absolutely brilliant. Maybe a bit evil too, but brilliant!

itch.io

Viewing post in Auto-Alchemist comments