Digicross (for lack of a better name) is a action picross game in wich you are urged to unravel the pixel art withing the time you got left. Don't go away, there is no math to do ! Just control your dot with the 2 buttons and act quickly...
Many modes availiable: -solo mode -multiplayer mode -coop mode
The multiplayer mode is a duel mode so it's my favourite! Every explanation you need is in the game, in the 'how to play' section.
* I really thought it would be clearer how the tiles reveal. They have to be activated from all 4 directions, whether if it's directly or not. That it why you can circle a hole bunch and activate them at the same time.
The controls took a minute to get half comfortble with and it could use some sound, but overwall I liked it and the golden tile reveal was rather nice looking.
The controls are a little hard to get used to, but the game looks quite nice! Adding some music would improve the mood a little, but besides that it's quite fun.
Controls were easier when I started to make the game: up/down/left/right
And then I remembered the theme... so it controls like the antique Snake.
Yep! Sound would have been great, but I didn't have the time. Beside most games here ended up having sound/music more anoying than anything. This was the case for my LD31 game.
Great game! I never thought picross could be this intense ;) Really nice graphics, I love how well animated everything is. I will try playing it with some friends later, the multiplayer modes seem fun.
Nice game ! An input buffer can give the game a boost in playability. Just record the last pressed key and apply in when entering a new frame. I often miss a tile due to a timing error (since the tiles are big and the snake moves in a continuous manner on a discrete grid)
I know what you mean (i think) and there is such a thing. Basically you can press the key whenever you want and it will turn on the next tile.
The previous version of that is that you could keep the key pressed (you didn't had to press it again to make a U turn) but the game is so quick you ended up making U turns without wanting to. It felt more natural but was unplayable because to fast.
I could have made the "snake" slower but it would have been boring.
Those ants are the bane of my existence. You can actually continue playing even after the time runs out, just kill all the ants and finish the level. The "game over" text will be there but on the plus side there will be no more ants :P.
Neat! I love picross, and thought this was pretty cool as well. I noticed there was a way to flip a row tiles gold all at once, but I couldn't figure out specifically how to trigger it when I wanted. I thought it would be something like othello, and the gold would be flipped if crossover a path that I had already marked the other end but it didn't seem to work that way.
Additionally, I found an interesting bug. When you lose, and all the ants appear, you are still in control. Additionally, no further ants spawn. As a result, you can clear the ants and then just continue playing as normal. The game will happily jump to the next level. I am 100% not ashamed to say that I solved the game with a negative -247 seconds this way.
lol ! I was wondering if anybody would find this "cheat", left it on purpose for people who like to break games. But having a negative score and how you have to bear with the ants makes it less satisfying way to finish the game.
I really thought it would be clearer how the tiles reveal. They have to be activated from all 4 directions, whether if it's directly or not. That it why you can circle a hole bunch and activate them at the same time.
I like the idea! Once you understand how it works, it becomes an interesting game.
The only thing I would add is some more difference between the levels.
By the way, in comments to my game you said that you stuck on a level. Recently I made a walkthrough, because want people to see my entire game, not only a first levels. Check it out if you want.
That's a pretty cool idea, but I think it's hindered by the two button controls a lot. I constantly wanted to control it like "snake". If you expand on this in the future, just make 4-directional controls :)
Im not sure I ever fully figured out how to understand out what I was working toward, just moved in the direction of the shadows until something started turning yellow. At first I thought I was playing a snake clone.
Sounds would probably be nice. The controls are (though understandable) very weird and at times, frustrating. The graphics were great and the idea is pretty good.
Thanks for playing. (well, if you do)