Start with Nothing, End with Nothing.

co-authored: @rosik
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.61
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.42
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.76
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.51
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.56
PLAY THE GAME.


Start with Nothing, End with Nothing is a puzzle game where you have to guide the tiles to their destination in such a way that it matches both color and letter of the destination.

Controls:

Selection - Mouse.

Movement - WASD or ARROWS

Reset selected - R

@Ongomato - programming, graphics, sound.

@Rosik - art.

screenshot
Tags: #unity
Genres: puzzle
Tools: Unity

Comments27

Los
Los8 Oct 2019, 00:13
Interesting concept!
Shaolin Dave
Shaolin Dave8 Oct 2019, 00:29
Starting off with a shorter word, or with less unique colors, could give it a more gradual difficulty curve. Good puzzle concept.
Cyrolis
Cyrolis8 Oct 2019, 00:33
So hard ! but really nice board game . I don't know why you retire mood of the vote because it can get a good mark :)
evilobjective8 Oct 2019, 18:02
I really like the concept. Like another user said it would be nice to start with a smaller word and work your way up since it is pretty difficult. Very unique mechanic!
Brandon Anderson
Brandon Anderson8 Oct 2019, 18:14
Yeah, I definitely like the concept as well. I agree with others saying that it's pretty difficult. Maybe have a couple of levels with the letters apart from each other on the board that way they still spell nothing.
lanz6118 Oct 2019, 19:36
Pretty neat! I assume a lower score is better? My total was 210 XD
Monish Vyas
Monish Vyas9 Oct 2019, 09:53
Interesting concept. Loved playing it, but it's quite difficult
Oakwarrior
Oakwarrior9 Oct 2019, 17:29
Maaaan this took me some time :D
Definitely could use an easier learning curve, but I really like this concept. Would work absolutely great on mobile, too! You should continue the development of this!
AZAMATIKA
AZAMATIKA10 Oct 2019, 10:20
I like it. There's a challenge, simple goal to understand, smooth controls. Thanks.
Daitse11 Oct 2019, 11:45
Nice idea ! Love the concept, graphics are nice as well, everything clicks!
Ranner19812 Oct 2019, 01:07
Best game I've played so far very challenging and fun
WilloXs
WilloXs15 Oct 2019, 15:46
I'm really torn at rating the graphics... I love how the letters look and the cool light-effects that are used but the ugly interface (the font and setting of the "colour-counter") damages the appearance.
Ongomato
Ongomatoauthor15 Oct 2019, 19:28
@willoxs Thank you. That's something i gotta learn how to do properly before the next Ludum Dare.
Demuss
Demuss16 Oct 2019, 10:44
Really nice looking puzzle game, simple and clear, controls are nice. One thing i would love to see is a way to revert last action
Ongomato
Ongomatoauthor16 Oct 2019, 16:25
@demuss That's a good idea. I think it could be done in a form of being able to go backwards, removing the trail. Thanks!
kaeveris
kaeveris18 Oct 2019, 18:49
I really liked the soothing music and the look of the graphics and light effects on the letters, very cool! Great idea for puzzle game! I feel like it would be good to start the game with shorter word as this is a hard beginning XD
Zsolt
Zsolt21 Oct 2019, 12:36
Really nice puzzle game :D
Papaver
Papaver22 Oct 2019, 14:20
Interesting and innovative concept! I like the audio and the blocks with letters. I played a few levels, are they fixed or are they generated?
Ongomato
Ongomatoauthor22 Oct 2019, 15:45
@papaver

Thank you. Yes, levels are generated. There is also a difficulty increase between levels. It can be hard to notice though. After a few levels there's a chance to generate vertical target, after a few more - diagonal.
afendar
afendar22 Oct 2019, 18:45
I love the visual effects and the concept is just cool. Nice work anyway!
Untitled Studios
Untitled Studios23 Oct 2019, 00:02
Nice! Consistently generates fun brainteasers-- has great game feel
Karen
Karen23 Oct 2019, 01:02
Great concept! :)
Likirus23 Oct 2019, 10:43
I love how you took the theme literally, its extremely difficult though, I think the random generation wasn't the best choice, I refreshed the page a few times to see how the generation would change and sometimes even the first level was very tough, maybe a few hand curated levels with an increasing difficulty would have been better
Nobongo
Nobongo24 Oct 2019, 20:38
I love all the visuals for the tiles! The effects and sound are remarkably similar to the game we made (so needless to say I like them a lot!)
It's a frustrating game at first, but not impossible by any means. I was hooked on it for the longest time, and I'll definitely be returning to it later. This game would work really well as a mobile app, something you could play in your spare time where ever you happen to be.
Great job on this one!

Edit: I left the game open in another tab while I worked, the music is just so relaxing and nice :smile:
Ongomato
Ongomatoauthor25 Oct 2019, 07:03
@nobongo Thank you. This is my first time designing and programming a game for a game jam, normally i'm just an art and music guy. This means a lot to me that I've managed to create something that people can find interesting.
kristinamay
kristinamay29 Oct 2019, 16:07
This game is so cool! A great puzzle and very interesting concept, I had fun with it.

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