There was no shapeshifting that I could see. Nice icy slide puzzle game. Perhaps the teleports could show which ones are connected, so it's not a blind guess.
I've played puzzles like this many times before. To solve one all you need to do is to think backwards from the ending and that's that. Because the grid is so small I didn't even need to do that most of the time. Just randomly trying different directions yielded as good results.
Portals are nothing new. You could have chosen different colors at least.
Not sure if it's a bug, but the ice blocks seem to break by just hitting tiles around it. The ice block puzzles are the easiest of the bunch anyways as you can just break your way though them.
I wouldn't be a good sport without parting with a few pointers now would I, so here's a few:
- Break the static puzzle mold. Introduce moving walls, doors and other shapeshifting terrain (where's the shapeshifting to begin with!)
- Buttons, switches, traps, etc. Stuff to interact with. Opens up possibilities for all sorts of shenanigans.
- Add enemies with different behaviors. Some move towards you, some move away from you, some try to get a line of sight and hurl nasty things at you. It's all turn based of course so there's enough time to figure out ways around these beasties.
Here are some titles you should play to get a feel for different kinds of turn-based puzzle, and puzzle-game mechanics: DROD, Mummy Maze (an old PopCap Classic. Not online anymore, but there's a demo), Hoplite (Android), 86856527 (just look it up, ok), Desktop Dungeons.
Gotta agree with the comments on the lack of shapeshifting kind of missed the point of the challenge. Though it was a solid game from start to finish (and then looping back to start :P) Congrats on finishing!
Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35. Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free) So we can include also your game in the video ;) p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description
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I've played puzzles like this many times before. To solve one all you need to do is to think backwards from the ending and that's that. Because the grid is so small I didn't even need to do that most of the time. Just randomly trying different directions yielded as good results.
Portals are nothing new. You could have chosen different colors at least.
Not sure if it's a bug, but the ice blocks seem to break by just hitting tiles around it. The ice block puzzles are the easiest of the bunch anyways as you can just break your way though them.
I wouldn't be a good sport without parting with a few pointers now would I, so here's a few:
- Break the static puzzle mold. Introduce moving walls, doors and other shapeshifting terrain (where's the shapeshifting to begin with!)
- Buttons, switches, traps, etc. Stuff to interact with. Opens up possibilities for all sorts of shenanigans.
- Add enemies with different behaviors. Some move towards you, some move away from you, some try to get a line of sight and hurl nasty things at you. It's all turn based of course so there's enough time to figure out ways around these beasties.
Here are some titles you should play to get a feel for different kinds of turn-based puzzle, and puzzle-game mechanics: DROD, Mummy Maze (an old PopCap Classic. Not online anymore, but there's a demo), Hoplite (Android), 86856527 (just look it up, ok), Desktop Dungeons.
That's all I can think of right now. Good luck.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description