Hello indie gaming comrades, thanks for taking the time to view this topic.

I develop a very simple micro game experimental logic and retro old scools in my opinion. If there is no description or tutorial for this game, is it intuitive how to play it? What can be done to make the game more understandable?

Please, let me know if it's understand how to play this game and give me feedback on what can be improved in the game.

https://microsvard.itch.io/drop-down-block-to-water-puzzle

The main thing for me is to understand whether players can play this without description?

I started off saying I don't need a tutorial and was eager to dive in and figure it out myself. However, I didn't understand sh... anything. Every possible piece of thought I thought was wrong. I scored 94, but I have no idea how that happened. You have an odd definition of intuition!

thanks for playing,

So at the moment the following problems have become clear:

1 critical hazard before LOSE

2 how to get the points

3 what the water actually does

I'm thinking about it, and I already have several hypotheses about what can be added to the game for a better understanding of the game...

I uploaded the update of the game. Added 5 mini graphic indicators, which, as I hope, can improve understanding of the gameplay.

It would be interesting to listen to the opinion, those who have already tried to play, and those who have not yet seen the initial version

I took part in the jam game "Improve My Game Jam 33" - a good small regular jam specializing specifically in feedback to improve the game. Maybe someone will find the link https://itch.io/jam/imgj33 useful.

So what did we find out? After adding visual indicators, some people understood how to play, others still don’t understand. The next stage of improvement, there may be one of the options: 1) game bot, 2) scripted bot, 3) animated gif picture 4) static picture

to show the rules, and there may be sound effects for danger, bonuses, water level changes, etc