Pent8cle

by samh
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.85
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.98
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.03
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.29
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.55
This is my attempt at a puzzle game where you need to complete a pentacle in order to summon whatever it is you summon.

- Left/Right arrows: browse runes (in select mode) or rotate rune (in placement mode)
- Z/C: select rune (in select mode) or place rune (in placement mode)
- X: cancel rune placement and return to select mode

Made with PICO-8 and Vim.
Tools: PICO-8

Comments15

LDJam user 524315 Apr 2024, 06:58
Loved the game! I have no input really. It was really fun, the graphics look cool and the sound is fitting. Good job!
JustusPan
JustusPan15 Apr 2024, 07:03
A little bit hard for me, and I'm stuck in level 7.
Good pixel art and sounds fit it well!
LDJam user 236545
LDJam user 23654515 Apr 2024, 17:21
The dichromatic color scheme works nicely, and the theme was well integrated.

My only issue was that it was very difficult for me to think beyond one or two steps ahead, which made the game super hard for me: I wasn't able to get past level 5. I think an "undo" feature might have helped with the difficulty, without ruining what makes it fun.

I enjoyed how simple and well-polished the game is. You understand how to play in about 2 seconds, and that made it super approachable.

Great work!
sirJupitron
sirJupitron15 Apr 2024, 18:30
Hi! masterclass design, beautiful.
bloodyaugust
bloodyaugust15 Apr 2024, 19:27
Very moody, and very innovative. I'm sure for someone with larger brain than myself it would be a blast to figure out, but alas, I could not pass level 4. :sweat_smile: Obviously a solid entry by someone who deeply understands the puzzle game craft, just too difficult for the likes of me. Well done! :tada:
Sozey
Sozey16 Apr 2024, 13:32
It's really impressive the style you achieved with the reduced palette and scale! And the gameplay is great and deep.
Dorren
Dorren17 Apr 2024, 01:37
neat little game, simple but effective, really enjoyed it great job!
M.Kusy
M.Kusy18 Apr 2024, 10:59
Ah my brain's too smooth for this.

I love the concept tho. Always cool to see minimalistic stuff like this from people working with pico!
Kerdelos
Kerdelos19 Apr 2024, 17:36
I love the simplicity of the design ! I also like the graphics and the audio. By the way, I never thought white noise could be a good background track for a game but you proved me wrong !

I did manage to got the level 11 but then give up because I was brute forcing the game rather than trying to solve the puzzle. Maybe 5 runes at once was a bit too much for me ?
Also, I would have looved a retry button. It was kinda frustrating, having to place all the runes when I knew perfectly that I was never going to complete a level.

All in all, great work, congrats !
tetrapteryx
tetrapteryx2 May 2024, 00:51
Amazing minimalistic visuals, and an interesting puzzle design! I would have liked to be able to reset the level as soon as I realized I screwed myself, which happened more often than I'd like to admit.
frozenfire92
frozenfire922 May 2024, 18:41
This was a great entry! I really liked the mechanic and had a lot of fun with it. However I found the difficulty frustrating :joy: Often the solution was quite simple, but getting there was often trial and error. The controls weren't intuitive and my brain kept messing them up :joy: I got to level 12 before I threw in the towel. Keep on making games!
Levi2 May 2024, 22:59
This got fun fast. You also developed the progression of the first couple levels very nicely. I went from complete confusion to control mastery. Level 5 already got me stumped but it was so tight to get right back into it and try again.
Nice work!
frankiesmileshow2 May 2024, 23:19
Nice, simple idea. I am awful at it. As soon as theres more than 2 steps I become absolutely useless, ha
LDJam user 267116
LDJam user 2671163 May 2024, 00:10
This is a wonderful game. Very well scoped, fantastic presentation, and a neat, simple to understand but challenging puzzle. Great work!
PieRo_PBeS_studio
PieRo_PBeS_studio3 May 2024, 17:20
wow nice suggestion for a pico 8 game, I love the effect on the pentacles of the moving lines (I wonder how you do it) and the bubbles are super pretty... it's a very good interpretation of the theme ! well done for that...go pico8 dev

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