Circular Dependencies

by potti
co-authored: @lukas-brand, @markus
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.48
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.18
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.27
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.95
In Circular Dependencies, you have to solve puzzles in an environment that loops in of itself.

For some reason you wake up in a weird unknown room and for another reason you're a frog.
You don't know how you got there, but you would really like to get out of there.
Good luck figuring out how to escape (or is there even an escape???)

Have fun :)



Disclaimers


* Music by Kevin MacLeod
* All sounds are from a commercial sound pack

screenshot

Comments20

Pottiauthor5 Oct 2020, 23:13
We are still working on getting a running Web build, but we keep getting errors across different browsers (Unity Web Build support). For now you'll have to rely downloads, sorry.
HerryFabien6 Oct 2020, 15:36
The lack of context at the start make you feel a bit lost. Exploring for mechanics is fun but the first instant could use some sort of hook.
Overall it's a really good use of standard mechanics in a fun and interesting way to make nice puzzle.
Bokonon
Bokonon6 Oct 2020, 20:43
i thought these puzzles were very clever. I made it to level 4 and the lasers broke my brain! I think the puzzles were well done and I enjoyed thinking laterally between rooms
Nailuj29 Gaming6 Oct 2020, 20:45
The puzzles were so difficult, but when I finally beat level 4, it was very satisfying
Kszaku
Kszaku6 Oct 2020, 20:46
I liked the fact, that for a jam game, it still has some pretty complex systems. I liked the way this game kept on opening itself to me. Really solid entry!
Sli6 Oct 2020, 20:47
I got the cup, Yeey.
The best puzzle I have played from some time in general. I liked how you utilized the mechanics and also managed to do theme relevant.
On the last door I noticed the smile as soon as I realized I blocked my creates pretty bad. :smile:
Great stuff. Good job guys.
QuadApe
QuadApe6 Oct 2020, 20:48
Certainly an interesting game, couldn't get past the second room though. I'm not sure, if there's something on the sides of the screen I supposed to see and interact with, but screen seems cropped to the point where I can't see the character in control fully.
Eckkert6 Oct 2020, 21:05
I liked this game a lot, it was one of the few LDjam games I played to the end. The only suggestion I can think of would be to have each jump time be shorter than the last, during a single keypress. Then the frog would accelerate when you were crossing large distances in a straight line. Great work!

Advice for Linux users: Do a chmod +x in the terminal on the game's executable to make it runable. It runs fine after that.
jjoeyay
jjoeyay6 Oct 2020, 21:12
pretty solid fairly fleshed out sokoban-ish style puzzler! the room cycling is cool, i do enjoy the process of revisiting older locations after solving puzzles and changing switch states to reach new previously inaccessible spots
pschichtel
pschichtel6 Oct 2020, 22:32
Interesting puzzler, quite convoluted as it should be :D Surprisingly the background music did not get annoying over time. Overall nice job!
Pottiauthor7 Oct 2020, 10:09
@eckkert thanks for the hint, we packaged that one on windows, so that might be why, will see if we can't fix that.
ElllaDee
ElllaDee7 Oct 2020, 16:18
I really love puzzle games and this one is good
Pottiauthor8 Oct 2020, 11:49
@quadape could it be that you have a screen with an aspect ration that is not 16:9? There might be a bug in there, will check that out.
QuadApe
QuadApe8 Oct 2020, 12:51
@potti yes that's definitely it, I have a 16:10 screen
cyborgx78 Oct 2020, 19:46
Did it! Really like the interconnected leveldesign. I thought I would be overwhelmed when I first looked at the last level, but taking it one step at a time I made it work.
Fractal Flower Girl
Fractal Flower Girl8 Oct 2020, 20:25
I really like this game. It was a really fun, and I love how it is so complex. Very nice game, great job!
Eugenik
Eugenik9 Oct 2020, 17:46
This fits the theme perfectly.
etrealjunior
etrealjunior9 Oct 2020, 21:14
I like puzzles a lot, I'm killing myself to understand 2, the more I'll get, maybe if I dedicate myself to the gradual part, I can have a more attractive game including animations, because so far I haven't come across any bugs, it's really fun, I'll keep trying , if you can give feedback on my game I will be very happy, a big hug.
michaelaranda
michaelaranda10 Oct 2020, 03:23
Well thought out puzzles! Quite enjoyable, especially for a three-day project!

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