Parazzle by adoldev

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made by adoldev for LD30 (COMPO)
Solve a puzzle across two different parallel and connected worlds. You can place shapes onto the bottom "control" grid in order to add them to BOTH worlds. Each shape has a different effect in either of the worlds. The objective is to get the arrow to the goal by placing shapes onto the grid that affect its movement in different ways.

Select a shape by clicking its corresponding button at the bottom-right of the screen. You can deselect a shape by clicking on its button again or right-clicking anywhere. Without a shape selected, you can remove shapes from the control grid by right-clicking on them. Clicking the play button will spawn the arrows, clicking the stop button will remove them. Clicking the reset button will remove all placed shapes from the control grid. Editing is only enabled whilst the arrows are unspawned.

Shapes placed onto the control grid will not manifest in a world if there is already an object occupying that space. This includes the start and goal points, walls, and teleporters. The arrow can only warp if there is a teleporter located in its world. Else, it will do nothing and continue past the shape that is telling it to warp.

Game created using Game Maker Studio
Sound effects created using sfxr
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Ratings

Coolness 49% 1204
Overall 3.36 394
Audio 2.41 706
Fun 3.23 390
Graphics 2.27 1046
Humor 2.06 752
Innovation 3.67 189
Mood 2.75 766
Theme 3.33 505

Feedback

mikota / lovrotheunicorn
24. Aug 2014 · 22:41 UTC
Quite complicated at first, but very fun after you get into it::)
buckslice
25. Aug 2014 · 11:16 UTC
Took me a while to figure out what to do though hah. This was a fun puzzler though, good job!
ViliX
25. Aug 2014 · 11:58 UTC
One of the hardest games I've played so far this LD.
skullum
25. Aug 2014 · 12:05 UTC
Very cool game
Njord
25. Aug 2014 · 12:16 UTC
Very nice idea !
monsterkillu
25. Aug 2014 · 12:29 UTC
Can't seem to play it through the first level. Didn't understand the icons & its purpose well.
Jvdo
25. Aug 2014 · 13:00 UTC
A fun little puzzle game with a surprising amount of depth. Well done. The one thing which is lacking are clearer instructions one each of the separate shapes.
Hoopsnake Games
25. Aug 2014 · 13:02 UTC
Nice and hard!
Nanocentury
25. Aug 2014 · 13:02 UTC
Clever puzzle concept, easy to learn hard to play.
Could definitely have used a more lively user interface.
OhFiddleDiddle
25. Aug 2014 · 13:10 UTC
A fun but complicated puzzle game. The user interface could be a bit more "user friendly", but an otherwise excellent job. :)
maad9
25. Aug 2014 · 17:19 UTC
Nice game. Fun and challenging ;)
bobrocks
27. Aug 2014 · 12:45 UTC
This is hard, but I really like the concept!
ZeppelinCaptain
27. Aug 2014 · 21:14 UTC
A good mind-bender. There's a bit much to learn in the beginning, the game might benefit from having a bit simpler first level?
nerd burglars
27. Aug 2014 · 21:26 UTC
Very cool, finished all the levels! The "warp if possible" mechanic was a great addition. I thought the UI was fine, although I didn't understand at first where to place things.
ZwodahS
29. Aug 2014 · 08:05 UTC
have some potential =)
doomista
31. Aug 2014 · 22:31 UTC
At first I didn't understand where to put things and what they do, then I noticed help in the bottom-left corner ;) Great entry, I like this puzzle the most from all entries I played so far on this LD. Great job!
hbocao
31. Aug 2014 · 22:51 UTC
The puzzles were really well made. I had a lot of fun beating them!
vividhelix
31. Aug 2014 · 23:58 UTC
Interesting idea, took a while to get used to it, but fun!