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so hype for mystery toppings
thank you for hosting the jam! such a fun concept with excellent themes
In a way that's what we were going for! Per the 'no words' theme, we wanted to create the feeling of messing around with something you have no idea how to use and discovering what everything does, and maybe, just maybe, discovering what the device was supposed to do all along. Hopefully this came through and was more intriguing than frustrating.
Thanks for asking! We were inspired by people using oscilloscopes to display images from waveforms. (See the youtube video linked in the 'special thanks' section.) The game has a list of coordinates, does a bunch of math on them, and displays them as the vertices of a line. All the buttons and dials manipulate the values used, like those for transformations on the vertices, and which vertices are rendered when.
I'm in love with the sound design! I feel like this usually gets ignored for jam games but it really, really makes this one. excellent art style as well.
The scoring is confusing though. Why shoot for a low score when I'm not playing against anyone or anything? I would almost prefer actual limitations, like only having so much to spend on a given level, or being given scores to work against (like puzzle games that give you a star rating depending on how many moves you finish a level in.) I also wish something told me what each of the puzzle elements did.
Loved it, and props to the "sound of something fizzling out" playing when you exit in a menu.
very charming! I like how the pole/flag trails slightly behind you as you move and the clapping at the end of each level.
I just wish it was more difficult, or became more difficult more quickly, or the game knew to aim ahead of you. It seems like you're guaranteed to stay alive as long as you keep moving.