I downloaded it and tried to play but there's no exe file. It might just be me but can you check to make sure the zip file you uploaded actually contains the game?
Very fun game. My only criticism is that you can't control the lights with the keyboard. It would've allowed for more fast paced decision making if the lights were controlled by 1234 or QEDA or something.
I really appreciate your comment, and I'll definitely be adding this game to any resumes or portfolios I make moving forward! If you do play more I'd love to hear how it goes and thanks again for your unique chain reaction puzzle game.
Very fun retro game! It felt really true to its arcade/NES style, the pixel effects and score screen in particular were amazing. The controls were a bit hard to get used to but it's understandable why they would be arranged like that.
Text based games aren't really my thing, but I can tell this one was highly polished and I appreciate how customisable it is. The text was hard to read at times, though.
Realising that you accidentally used ai images and then removing them last minute is the most gamedev thing ever. Anyway, I heard Balatro and clicked immediately, and you know what? I think the comparison is justified. The game was very polished and I really enjoyed playing it!
Very fun puzzle game with a lot of polish. The menus were kinda frustrating to navigate due to the transitions taking so long. The puzzles were intuitive and 17 short levels seems like the sweet-spot for a game jam game. Sucks there isn't a level editor though, I would've loved to post level codes in your comment section. Overall, I really enjoyed this game, which makes sense considering the kind of game I submitted :P
Really fun game, but it didn't take me long to figure out that the enemies spawned in waves and once I did I just waited for all of them to spawn before walking in circles until they all clumped together and then took out the entire wave with a single shot. Perhaps a different enemy spawning system that can't be exploited although I wouldn't know what to do considering enemy spawn amounts as a difficulty curve isn't as effective in a game where enemies can kill each other. The sound design was nice but the lack of music makes the sounds somewhat jarring. Overall, great prototype!
There doesn't seem to be a scoring system so I can't tell how far I got, but I got pretty far. Very fun game, perhaps a few more minigames would be nice but I loved going between the same tasks as they got faster.
"3 begin buttons? Guess I'll just press the last one" beats the game in 10 seconds
Also, I joked to myself that the intro cutscene looked like they were made in the Scratch sprite editor and then when gameplay started I realised it was made in Scratch :0
Like seriously, you hold one direction and jump and hold the other direction and t keeps spinning! That's so cool! Definitely a 10/10 platformer for that alone! Huge respect
Very interesting idea, but it can be hard to tell where things are most of the time (jumping down to the next credit is a roll of the dice as to whether you land on a letter or not). Also, the platforming is kinda floaty which makes landing accurately harder.
Had lot's of fun opening and closing the cabinets, however... I couldn't turn on the sinks or turn on the stove. 9/10 game, could use more interactable objects.
I survived 13 days my first time. Didn't really know what was going on and at what scale but it looked nice and could probably be a really good game if given a tutorial and better player feedback for actions.
I made a simple update to fix two bugs that most players would never see/notice/care about and when I uploaded the file it replaced the original :/
It's a very small thing but I feel like people would question a file uploaded after the submission time so uhhh that's what happened. Oops, I guess! Also I haven't been available until now to play other people's games so I'm excited to finally be able to rate them!
You have to go back and use the jump-boost power up you got at the end of the level to reach the one in the middle of the level and then you can jump high enough to get to the end. Each jump boost power up allows you to jump 1 block higher ;)
Pretty cool game! I liked that I couldn't just go in and kill everyone, I had to analyse how the enemies move and plan out some form of strategy before heading in for the kill.
I have no idea what I just played, but I think I reached the end. the game appears to be made in Scratch with music that sounds like it was made in Bosca Ceoil. Also, massive respect for this game being second if you sort by highest karma.
The movement is very finicky. It's not buggy, it's just that my brain kept swapping from "press this arrow to move this direction" and "oh, I get it, press the left and right arrows to change direction and press the up arrow to move in that direction."
Gameplay was interesting. The graphics and fire mechanic are good but there wasn't really anything to do. A good game nonetheless!
The web version only plays sound once the game restarts. Maybe there's something that happens when the game is reloaded that doesn't happen when the game is first loaded?
My strategy is to immediately build 4 reactors, place 2-3 guns, then place another reactor, totaling 5. From then, just keep building guns while manually shooting enemies that get too close. Also, keep buildings as close to each other as possible. That strategy got me pretty far, but unfortunately there's no way to count score. Good luck!
Very good game. Didn't know what to do so I could've used some tutorial prompts like "place a reactor to begin" and "place more reactors to increase cashflow" (I didn't even know you could place multiple until seeing the screenshots, and I assume that's what the reactors do)
The grid is the unit of measurement. A dot is one tile long, a dash is two tiles long, and you have to leave at least one tile of space in between letters. Hope this helps!
Really glad you enjoyed it! I planned to have more things to do but the content basically ends after you unlock the J command, unless you go for a high score where the game does get slightly harder every level but it's barely noticeable until level ~50.
It probably helped that I couldn't be bothered remembering the letters. Jokes aside, I went into the project knowing that the way I presented the morse code would make or break the idea, and it's definitely great to hear it turned out alright!
Pretty sure I'm missing something because how are you supposed to solve a puzzle when the only thing you can do is watch a square move and rotate? A tutorial of some sort would help a lot.
My first reaction was "uh, the jump is very floaty" but I quickly adapted to it and got a decent way into the game before deciding to wrap it up (Idk where it ends, but here's a screenshot. Is this a decent way into the game?)
FYI, the game lags when many red bombs explode at the same time.