Ludum Dare #47compo

Stuck Machines

by fractal

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.24

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.82

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.30

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.00

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.86

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.30

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.89

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.23

You need to get the jackpot to win, but the slot machine is stuck on a different combination! And you are stuck in an infinitely repeating room! (note the double use of the theme ;) )

This is a puzzle game, you have to figure out what is happening as you go through the various doors and use that to your advantage to win.

I got the basic idea for the game very early, so I had a lot of time to polish the graphics. I’m very happy with how it turned out!

Genres: puzzle

Tools: PixiJS

Comments20

sanojian5 Oct 2020, 06:12

Nice graphics and feeling of spinning the dials. To be honest, I did not have the patience to find the correct doorway combination to get the jackpot. Also, the game does not work in Mac Chrome. It works in Safari.

SirRed5 Oct 2020, 06:16

Confusing to start out until I realized the different rooms manipulated the outcome of the slot machine.

Fractalauthor5 Oct 2020, 06:55

@sanojian I’m surprised it doesn’t work in Mac Chrome, I’m simply using the latest version of PIXI. Does WebGL work? (do you see a spinning cube at https://get.webgl.org/?) Or is there an error message in the console?

sanojian5 Oct 2020, 08:35

@fractal Uncaught Error: WebGL unsupported in this browser, use "pixi.js-legacy" for fallback canvas2d support.

No idea why. It definitely has WebGL support, my own game was in WebGL ;-)

CG_Fred20 Oct 2020, 20:34

A nice slot game! Would have liked some moody music to go with the slot play. Figure out quite fast that the machine gave the same combo unless you changed room .

KeyLime20 Oct 2020, 22:20

Assets look great but the game is a bit confusing

neonjeff21 Oct 2020, 14:24

I was able to open the floor and door, but never really understood the pattern of how things changed. I like the polished art style and feel of the game though!

jk500025 Oct 2020, 20:56

A super simple and funny little game. I love the puzzle element. The ending is a bit anticlimactic, but also super funny. Overall is it a really good compo game. Well done.

xlomid25 Oct 2020, 21:31

Looks great and the premise is very interesting! I wish there was some kind of hint system built into the game. I managed to lift the grating and open the door without really understanding how I did it, but then got stuck. Would be cool to see a post-compo version with a bit more scaffolding for the player!

JoaoG25 Oct 2020, 22:32

Very on theme, I really didn't expect a game like this, it's literally a loop! I liked the idea. Good sound effects and great graphics. Good job!

joll0525 Oct 2020, 22:42

Cool idea for a puzzle game, although I don't think I fully understood it. I managed to figure out how the left and right door worked, but didn't get how the grate or the back door worked. I did manage to beat it through the little I did know though so... yay?

KallThar25 Oct 2020, 22:51

Very clever idea how to approach the theme. Liked it a bit :)) At the end I figured out the mechanics. I love when there's hidden logic behind at first glance random events. Thanks for the game.

This game could imo use some background music but otherwise idk what to improve. Nicely polished.

TheJohnyFeeD26 Oct 2020, 20:44

Great idea and cool graphics! I wish there were some hints though. Also, some background music would be a nice addition

Bernhard26 Oct 2020, 21:07

Reading the comments makes it sound like there is a logic to it. Need to try again :-)
Edit: Got it! Hooray I'm so clever :man_dancing:

Fractalauthor26 Oct 2020, 21:17

Yes, there absolutely is a logic to it, studying what the different doors do to the symbols might help :)

Masaru26 Oct 2020, 22:36

Seeing it, I expected it to be the kind of game where for some reason you find a pin under a blanket that lets you open a panel that controls a projector that, when moved, gives the perfect lighting to get a code shown in a shadow. But no, it was much simpler (and therefore more fun) than that ! My hairs thank you and so do I for these fun few minutes trying to understand the logic =).

TheBookSnail26 Oct 2020, 22:54

I had given up but seeing others get it I had to give it another go and I persevered and escaped! Mouse over highlights would be a nice touch (along with some music). Since people struggle so much at first it would be good if there was some more simpler puzzle elements to get them in the groove. Maybe another indication of what is changing, like a specific sound cue, not sure though as that's a hard problem to solve.

rhoff9526 Oct 2020, 22:58

Cool game! would like to see more visual information about what is happening when I change rooms. Was not able to see any pattern, and puzzle solving came entirely from trial and error. Great art, well done.

SpawnCampGames26 Oct 2020, 23:40

AYE! got ur 20! :)

kevinworkman27 Oct 2020, 02:55

This is an interesting mechanic. Like others have mentioned, I found it a little confusing so I ended up clicking around randomly. Having a few hints would go a long way to making this a little more accessible. But overall this worked really well, so great job!

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