Distant Assistant

The link doesn't work.

The link didnt work:(

@nidoprince @andret0701 Thank you very much for telling! I had a few busy days after the jam so I didn't actually check in time and apparently I've left the Itch page in the Draft mode. It's fixed now, so you can check the game out, if you like!

Tried it now that the link worked and I enjoyed it. I didn't really understand the mechanic until a few levels in, because the early levels were easy enough that you could ignore the match 3 part. Once I understood the mechanic and it started to be challenging I enjoyed it. I liked the cat levels and the electricity grid one at the end took me a while. If I have one complaint its just that the batteries weren't facing the right direction on the right side, which was weirdly annoying since all the other tiles had multiple orientations which led to different effects.
I loved the art in the background when you were flying around, and it was cool to have a match 3 game where matching 3 is not what you are trying to do but something you are trying to avoid, as well as the ability to swap diagonally and several swaps in a row.

Neat twist for the match3 concept

There was more to game than I initially expected. The puzzles turned out to be really fun. Though I didn't try to intentionally stack up the tiles to disappear, I was just dragging the once I needed continuously until it worked. As they say: work hard, not smart. Or, whatever. Good job!
I hope you will reach 20 ratings, because right now you don't have enough to get yours at the end of the jam

Interesting match-game. Someone who is not me would have much fun with it. Quite long for a jam game.

Nice game, cozy atmosphere (as much as there can be in the vacuum of space :D). The electricity puzzles were not so intuitive for me, as I wasn't sure which ones would combine or not. Overall an interesting game :)

Super chill atmosphere and music, and a good amount of thinking (not too much, not too little) needed once I figured out what was needed. Also, a lot of content for a game jam, bravo! I feel like it took me a lot of brute forcing to realise what was actually needed of me, so some tutorialisation could have gone a long way. Also maybe colour coding the different pieces - I had to look really hard to notice any 3+ patterns because it was all white.

I like the unique artstyle and atmosphere!

Some of the puzzles where also a little challanging, though most you could solve by just moving the pieces to the target location :)

The cat puzzle took all my brainpower but I finally finished that planet as well. Fun, simple and efficient mechanics, well done! I really appreciate the volume slider and the signal indicator wave thing telling you where you have to go, great job.

It took me a couple levels to get it but the puzzles were really fun! I honestly didn't think I would enjoy a match puzzle as much as I did.
The only criticism I have is that it's sometimes hard to read what's happening with a lot of combos. A simple falling animation would have made the game perfect.

Very nice game. Cool puzzles, visuals, sound and great mood.

The gameplay is very original. Once you get the hang of it, it’s a lot of fun. I love the music.

A very nice collection of puzzles! And I did enjoy the art-style a lot. There were some puzzles that was a bit confusing at first (the power ones), in part because of how some batteries were having their connector pointing the wrong way, in part because the goal wasn't obvious (and remained obscure because the puzzle ended so abruptly when you solved it). Some of the brick puzzles felt a little like busy-work, especially the one with all the cats.

But over all I did really like my stay with the game and played it to the end.

Play-through with more comments:

Cool atmosphere ! I reached the end, i would like to get more challenge, as you can bruteforce the puzzles. Some time when you failed and pieces shuffle, you can repeat the move and it will succeed. Except that i enjoyed your game, well done.

Great puzzles and iteration on a simple mechanic.

Really appreciate you giving me the opportunity to play this game on stream.

My thoughts are shared in the VOD.