Only a Keyboard

by lidfrid
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.74
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.05
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.86
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.67
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.14
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★57%
This a puzzle game, i can't understand if it's too hard or too simple...

Hint: Watch your keyboard and think laterally!

Let me know in the comment!

(Yes the dog is barking in time)

(it works both on QWERTY and AZERTY)

Comments27

Broxxar
Broxxar29 Apr 2013, 07:27
Can't for the life of me figure out N.

It's not a question of whether or not it's too hard or too simple, but more if people can work out arbitrary key stokes based on vague placement of rectangles and no visual feed back...
Tahooey29 Apr 2013, 07:49
In finished it ingenious idea Loved it
caribou29 Apr 2013, 08:53
I'm also stucked on the N but the idea is great and fit the theme awesomely \o/.

Also, as simple as it is, it's really polished.
ataxkt29 Apr 2013, 08:58
Stuck on N too. Took me a while to figure out what to do, which was a little frustrating, but nice concept! Aesthetically really nice.
dissonance29 Apr 2013, 09:16
I was stuck on N as well. Nice clean design though.
atraxgames29 Apr 2013, 10:05
I haven't figured yet the N. Help us!
Great idea, however!
Lidfrid
Lidfridauthor29 Apr 2013, 10:09
Wow... sorry for the N stage then...maybe it's too early?? I won't spoiler the solution here, though :) Ask on IRC Chat on #ludumdare i will be there!! thanks :)
Lythom29 Apr 2013, 17:18
Couldn't go further than 'N' like everyone. I'm a bit frustrated because I'm sure it could have been fun.
nintendoeats29 Apr 2013, 18:30
That was interesting. I did quite like it. The time limit (there was a time limit right?) stressed me out more than was perhaps necessary. I did figure it out on the first try though.
NAMKCOR
NAMKCOR29 Apr 2013, 19:07
Absolutely fantastic, great use of simple graphics to convey the hints. It took me a few tries, and I felt exceedingly clever when I figured them out. Bravo.
lulzfish_429 Apr 2013, 19:08
Took me a long time to get. I don't really like the idea of mashing keys until something happens. Also, I don't hear a dog barking. The music is very quiet.
stqn29 Apr 2013, 19:45
Unfortunately I can't play this because qwerty (I guess) is hardcoded and this is not my keymap.
BradleySmith
BradleySmith29 Apr 2013, 19:46
Got 'minim'... pretty neat game.
Jellycakes29 Apr 2013, 20:03
Really clever puzzle game. It took a while of keyboard mashing to figure it out, but after realising how to figure the game out it was really fun. Nicely done!
netguy20429 Apr 2013, 20:25
Wow, great puzzle.

Incredibly frustrating to get started. I wouldn't have even considered pushing through if I hadn't seen the strong comments and your invitation to ask you questions in chat. Well done.
saggiosoft30 Apr 2013, 12:04
Ah, ah! Surprising! I really appreciated it!
sol_hsa30 Apr 2013, 16:40
That was frustrating.. and the last one was downright cruel =)
Refreshingly different.
naufr4g030 Apr 2013, 17:34
A really minimal and elegant design here!
I took me a while to go further in the game, but eventually I did it. I think you could make a longer game based on this. :)
pighead101 May 2013, 16:53
Awesome game! Difficult to pick up at first, I spent at least 5 minutes just mashing keys and gave up, until I read the comments.
netpro2k
netpro2k1 May 2013, 17:10
Got stuck on the last letter for awhile, took a lot of trial and error.
mrspeaker
mrspeaker1 May 2013, 17:11
Nice concept and great style. Bit frustrating though ;)
Ragzouken
Ragzouken3 May 2013, 10:10
Interesting idea. Never really understood some of the letters, whilst others made sense eventually.
GeorgeBroussard3 May 2013, 23:31
I solved it but never really understood what I was doing. There seemed to be some correlation to the on screen blocks and the keyboard on a couple of them. Neat visual/color theme.
Tom 7
Tom 74 May 2013, 02:40
I like this one, more than usual for this genre. The graphical style and sound are great. I got stuck at MINIM though. I feel like I understand what it's asking, but since nothing works, I guess not!
cardboard12 May 2013, 05:55
Took me awhile to get 'A', but once I did I realize it wasn't all that hard. Cool game. Short, but unique and visually pleasing.
infernet89
infernet8915 May 2013, 17:20
Woha, absolutely no indication on what to do, and i think everyone still figure out how to play! Nice work!

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