Elemental Connection

by rialgar
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.71
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.94
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.12
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.05
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★61%
A simple puzzle game, mouse/touch only

Tested in Chrome and FF under Windows and Android.
Best in Chrome.

If case of color blindness: I am sorry, I could not check if the colors are still distinguishable, I know no color blind people. I hope it is playable for you.

Comments23

garygreen
garygreen25 Aug 2014, 15:26
I don't normally go for puzzle games, but I enjoyed yours. Nice work. Was there a Start again button? I got stuck on one of the later puzzles and couldn't see how to restart it without going back to the beginning.
mess110
mess11025 Aug 2014, 17:46
really enjoyed this game. initially I thought it didn't load. the screenshots helped :D
Rialgarauthor25 Aug 2014, 17:56
@garygreen, you can remove any connection by just redrawing it from its start. This will also reset all dots, which are purely asthetic anyways.
TGL
TGL25 Aug 2014, 18:06
A great minimalistic puzzle game
tillrobby25 Aug 2014, 20:12
I'm actually amazed how simple but fun this is. Very good job
stephenhaney
stephenhaney25 Aug 2014, 20:32
Very engaging... I played it longer than I expected. It took me a second to figure out to drag - I'm using a touchpad so it wasn't an intuitive thing to try. Some simple relaxing sound could help the mood, but overall I really enjoyed it.
Rahazan
Rahazan26 Aug 2014, 06:43
Great puzzle games, new mechanics are introduced at a rate that is managable. It's fun and requires some out of the box thinking, it was sometimes however not clear which lines could cross and which could not.

Managed to finish it :)
Rialgarauthor26 Aug 2014, 09:26
@Rahazan they are supposedto be the 4 elements, and opposites can't cross. Namely Water(blue) <-> Fire(red) and Earth(green) <-> Air(Yellow), I thought about explaining that in-game, but I liked the minimalistic approach more, so took the Risk of player confusion
DaanVanYperen
DaanVanYperen26 Aug 2014, 22:54
Well thought out elegant mechanics! very innovative.
jpverkamp
jpverkamp31 Aug 2014, 20:52
Yay puzzle games! It took a bit to figure out the rules of what could cross what, but I like that it was introduced slowly enough that we *could* figure it out by ourselves. I think the mobile / touch interface probably works better than a mouse. A lot of fun though. Also, this:

https://imgur.com/gCBs6hu

:)
ForeignGuyMike
ForeignGuyMike2 Sep 2014, 15:40
Eggcellent game. I love puzzle games, and this one is great.
banana4life
banana4life2 Sep 2014, 15:46
Sometimes a little bit confusing.
JNyknn2 Sep 2014, 16:45
My first impression was: "What? Only two shapes! How can I control them?". But when I figured out how to play, I realized how intelligent and fun this game is.
tbam2 Sep 2014, 17:29
One of the best puzzlers I've played on the site. Really neat mechanics, and I was never too confused for long. A better hint/introduction on which colors can overlap would have been nice though.
DvanderAart
DvanderAart2 Sep 2014, 17:30
Thank you? But I want more!
whalebot
whalebot2 Sep 2014, 18:12
You should definitely polish this up a bit for mobile. This game was very entertaining to play through.
Digiraze2 Sep 2014, 18:18
Great puzzle game!
MaesK
MaesK2 Sep 2014, 21:38
Awesome idea, it must be veeery enjoyable with a pen tablet. Anyway, first maze was too difficult as a third level. Maybe a more carefully planned increase of difficulty would be great. Anyway, it is a great puzzle game, good execution, nice work.
scottyb2 Sep 2014, 23:50
Weirdly addictive. Cool.
ChuiGum
ChuiGum3 Sep 2014, 00:26
Great innovation! Looks like a lot of work was put into it, good job!
JonathanG5 Sep 2014, 17:04
Very carefully thought out, I'm impressed by the way you gradually escalate the difficulty of the puzzles to teach the player new things without ever writing them out specifically. Felt like it ended just as it was starting to get tricky though - would have enjoyed some harder levels too! Great work!

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