Looplex

by aviv871

co-authored: @yolp900

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.38

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.20

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.22

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.96

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.32

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.22

Setting:
You wake up to a daunting deep sound, and find yourself in an unfamiliar house :house_with_garden:,
can't remebering anything on how you got there.
As you slowly investigate your surroundings, trying to piece together what is going on,
you realize that something is very wrong, __time__:hourglass: is wrong.

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Playing:
Try to get out and stop the time paradox by solving the various riddles (a bit like in an escape room).

Controls:
- A,S,W,D or the arrow keys to control the player
- Space to interact with things (pick them up, look at them, etc..)
- Mouse for menus
- R to restart the current loop

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Tools:
- :video_game: Unity 2019.4.11 (C#)
- :closed_book: Visual Studio Code
- :bell: Bfxr
- :musical_note: BeepBox
- :art: Paint.NET

Fonts:
- :ab: Prstart (Open source)

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Made in 72 hours by Aviv871 & yolp900.

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Screenshots:

Tags: #escape game, #loop, #pixel art, #short, #singleplayer, #unity

Genres: puzzle

Tools: BeepBox, Bfxr, Paint.net

Comments20

Gumemura6 Oct 2020, 02:05

funfact: i used to work on a place called looplex

edomiyamoto6 Oct 2020, 12:27

Good job doing this puzzle/adventure game !
Each puzzle takes us further, it's good to "skip" part when we already know what to do next !

masonmasonoff6 Oct 2020, 12:28

I dont understand what to do(
But sound is really nice

aviv871author6 Oct 2020, 12:36

Hi @masonmasonoff,
thank you for your comment.
The idea is to solve the various riddles \ puzzels (a bit like in an escape room), to escape the time loop that you are traped in.

Hope you will enjoy :smiley:

haselkern6 Oct 2020, 15:03

Looks very promising, but I can't figure out the third room :frowning2: I like that you don't have to do everything again, since you now know things from your previous run. Nice game!

Carraka7 Oct 2020, 16:18

I completed the game, but am not sure how I got the answer to the last puzzle. I knew two of the numbers, but not where they should be placed, so I had changed two of the numbers to those two numbers, and I was just randomly flipping through the possible numbers when I stumbled across the answer.

I enjoyed the time mechanic and not having to redo the puzzles I already knew the answers to. More puzzles like the dog puzzle would have been great too. The rewind animation was especially smooth and enjoyable. Well done! Definitely one of my favorite games so far.

aviv871author7 Oct 2020, 16:42

@carraka @haselkern
Thank you for your feedbacks!
If you are interested, the solution to all the riddles can be found here: ! SPOILERS !

Carraka7 Oct 2020, 16:52

@aviv871 Thanks! I don't think I would have ever gotten the key number, but the order of numbers would have been an aha moment.

NeithR7 Oct 2020, 17:05

Nice puzzle especially I enjoyed solving the clue from the doggie :)

Tomeyro7 Oct 2020, 23:37

Very nice concept and puzzle. Some things are not very clear on the start. I though the loop back was triggered by the things I did so I stopped doing them and couldn't figure it out for a while.

Shortbread7 Oct 2020, 23:46

Quite a good puzzle game, well done :thumbsup:

RobbzenOne8 Oct 2020, 20:20

Nice puzzle game :)

humnyn8 Oct 2020, 20:26

Cute little puzzle game :-) Though I could not for the life of me figure out how to progress, even with the whiteboard walkthrough haha. Overall a good mood, and you did great following the theme!

Coding4rtist8 Oct 2020, 20:34

Really good puzzle, loved the concept! It has great graphics and really cool sounds. Good work!

Arcus12 Oct 2020, 11:10

Cute graphics! Sounds great :v:

Capt.Theo12 Oct 2020, 20:53

Well I've beat game, not without hints, at first I thought it was needed to repeat all the steps, but then I realized you need to save time and use knowledge you already have. Nice around puzzle game, good graphics and music. Thumbs up!

Balance68613 Oct 2020, 23:32

Interesting take on the theme! I enjoyed the pixel work and the audio was nice as well. The puzzles were well thought out but I'd be lying if I said I figured out the last one my own :P My only gripe is I was unable to play fullscreen. Nice job!

TinySalad15 Oct 2020, 05:24

I like the looping system making you use already learnt knowlege.

Frozentape16 Oct 2020, 10:25

Awesome puzzle game, enjoyed the sound FX directing you towards solutions, and the pixel art was great :smiley:

FelixMcFelix21 Oct 2020, 22:49

Was a little unclear at first, but I thought it was good to use the knowledge I'd build up over the loops. Audio and core concepts were really good. I felt the graphics were a little mis-matched though (resolution, style), and like some other people here I missed out on the rationale of the last number. It felt like I was being goaded towards 4, i.e. the number of dots on the carpet in the room with the key, rather than the correct answer which I still can't see the rationale for. I really liked this though, excellent work!

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