Ludum Dare #55compo
Sigil
Summoning demons seemed easy enough. Just scribble some sigils on the ground and sing the incantations. Except, where do the sigils go...? In Sigil you try to finish 9 summoning circles by solving a sudoku-like puzzle of sigil placements.
In sigil you should follow a couple of rules:
- Red and blue numbers show how many sigils of that color should be in the corresponding row or column.
- The number of orbs floating around a candle indicates how many of the 4 surrounding tiles should contain a sigil.
- Clicking on the red or blue basket lets you place sigils. Left click to place, right click to remove.
- You also have three additional candles. Use them wisely!
- Click on the wizard if you have the solution. You can make 3 mistakes before the game is over.
Good luck!
In sigil you should follow a couple of rules:
- Red and blue numbers show how many sigils of that color should be in the corresponding row or column.
- The number of orbs floating around a candle indicates how many of the 4 surrounding tiles should contain a sigil.
- Clicking on the red or blue basket lets you place sigils. Left click to place, right click to remove.
- You also have three additional candles. Use them wisely!
- Click on the wizard if you have the solution. You can make 3 mistakes before the game is over.
Good luck!
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I do wish that there was a way to mark tiles as guaranteed empty, that would've been a helpful feature.
Well done! 🧙♀️
After several rounds try I do notice there are repetitve levels occurs occasionaly but overall there seems to be a large amount of levels to explore, which seems amazing especially for compo entry! I'm still figuring out how to use my candles wisely, as they aren't reusable resource and sometime I have to figure out if it is necessary to use them.
It's a bit confusing sometimes for the orbs ain't that obvious at first glance, and sometimes I also mistoke a line count requirement to another which cause me a lot of trouble lol, but overall this is feeling very solid
Nice job!
The puzzle itself reminded me of sudoku puzzles my mom does sometimes. Choosing to play a puzzle in the end of a work day wasn't my best idea... It felt too complicated for my brain to process at the moment. But I tried my best! :D
I did feel a bit confused about placement sometimes (I didn't get to any blue numbers so only used red sigil every time)
For example, here I felt like I should have checked all the boxes (I drew the lines from each 1 showing there is a mark on that line, and yellow circles show where I places my sigil)
My horrible sudoku-solving skills aside, I like the atmosphere of the game. It looks pretty, and relaxing. The mechanics are interesting in my opinion, they feel unique in their own right and fit the theme well ^^
*Edit: I actually didn't realize I had my timer app on with thunder sounds and thought it was in-game sound. It fit soooo well :)
@kanity Hmm, I agree that there must be a bug somewhere. What you show in the image should have been the correct answer. Testing a bit myself it seems that this especially happens in the early levels. I will have to see if I can fix that :/ Thanks a lot for letting me know!
@freshd That is odd, for me the windows version works properly. What kind of error does it give?
@loka I did not know about that entry at all, but it indeed looks very similar! I should try that one myself as well to see if I can learn something from them :D Thanks for letting me know about it!
@happyglitch Thanks a lot for playing! Yeah, it seems that in the early levels there is a bug floating around which does not accept the correct solution. Retrying is an interesting idea, I will have to think on that.
@zhennaperks I intend to update the game a little bit at some point. To make the UI a bit clearer, fix some bugs and maybe add some music and sound effects. I would also like to add an in-game tutorial, but I am not sure yet how to go about that. Anyhow, thanks a lot for playing! :D