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Game Title/URL: Arcane

Pitch/Information: A puzzle game inspired by classic tile-based puzzlers like Chip's Challenge and DROD. The main gimmick is that certain blocks can be teleported to anywhere they'll fit in the room in order to weigh down pressure plates, block enemies, etc.

I'd like feedback on: Anything, really - I made the game solo, so any comments or criticism will help. I'm especially interested in comments on the puzzle design, since I think I'd like to expand Arcane as a full-fledged puzzle game.

wDracaena5 years ago

Hey, just got to your game now! And oh man, the puzzle design is really clever. I got stuck on the slime rancher ones for a while, so those were really fun to figure out. I really like how you expanded the simple mechanic of the monsters' movement into really complex puzzles... and I also thought you did a good job of teaching how the AI moved through earlier puzzles, so it was Very Possible to logic out the moves needed to solve the more complex levels.

Just one potential suggestion: I think purple's a good thematic colour, but the game feels a bit saturated to be staring at for a while. I'd suggest maybe toning down the saturation of the walls and floor, and maybe making the movable blocks brighter/more colourful so they stand out a bit more (I almost missed them on the first slime rancher level, since they blended into the square wall shape).

In general, I thought the difficulty curve of the game was pretty reasonable and overall it's a pretty good short game already! I'd love to see what other puzzles you come up with in the future!

the music is also really great btw :o

rabbit5 years ago

aa thank you! Very kind of you! You're probably right about the saturation - I'm not an artist, so I was just using the colours in Game Maker's sprite editor, which are all very bright. I'll look at tweaking it if/when I come back to Arcane. Thanks so much for playing!

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