Cool idea :)
I can't rate it because I didn't make a game this time :/

The web links points to an .exe file.
I can't quite see the connection to the theme, but playing the game is fun. I suggest you to make a post-compo version of the game with improved graphics. It's a simple concept, but fun to play :)

PS: I've spent about 5 minutes beating the first level. I must be a terrible gamer.

I really liked the idea. I suck at the game though, you should improve it further. It's very fun and addicting.

I don't see what the game has to do with the theme, but the game itself is pretty well done, simple and east to play. I would adjust some of the collisions a bit, especially the yellow pole thing was difficult to get through tight spots at times.

The theme is Connected Worlds well imagine the world of Tinker Toys everything is connected :) So you play as a wheel avoiding the sticks and a stick avoiding a wheel and the other parts that connect to both wheels and sticks.

Pretty nice! Could do with some music but otherwise is good and quite hard! Good Jub

It's a fun idea but the collision detection could use a bit of extra love, now it's rather frustrating bouncing the yellow sticks against everything :)

Why does it say "Web" if you download it?

The fact that objects' bound are not as they appear to be makes navigating the maze nigh impossible.

Not sure why it says web , I just host my own files on my own website :)

Nice game, think touching up the collision would do a lot for it. Possibly turning the pieces based of there center might make it a bit easier to predict where your piece will turn to.

Collision detection is pretty harsh, but cool game anyways. The graphics are fun. Nice job.

The collision detection is very inaccurate and leads to the game being frustratingly difficult. The game is pretty fun, but I couldn't keep doing it because I ragequit at the walls. Sound effects sounded odd, and no music. Graphics were kind of blurry.

Well I would have like to do more on the sound but time sort of ran out on me. I was in the 48 compo so I couldn't outsource for music either. Oh and my daughter does the voices :) she's only 6 and she did a great job.

Hi, Web link doesn't point to something which will run in browser. Not rated.

Congraz for entering & submitting, there's plenty of ppl who don't do that! Collision detection is bit off... which would be very important & would definitely improve things.

I didn't like "restart after failure". I'd rather get... "wounds" or something like that after hitting object. In the end of the level it would tell you "perfect!" or "great!" or "eh... pretty good..." depending how often you hit.

And the audio was great :)

Ya the collision is a bit off on a couple mazes but I can't update the submitted game after the deadline. I will however be doing a nice update on the game in the future which I'll put on Game Jolt and Indie DB :)

I love tinker toys! Those hit boxes on those tinker toy pieces seem a little wonky though.

You can change what it says next to the link if you click "edit" -- the "Name" field is editable to the left of where you put your URL. Putting "Windows" there would save people who run linux/mac some time.

Thank You Uber :) How foolish of me

Congrats on your game! This is a fun and challenging little game. I really enjoyed the sound effects and the game play but yeah some of the hit boxes are a bit frustrating :-D Might be cool to have a specific border for the mazes also as sometimes I'd head off investigating a particular direction, only to get stopped by an invisible wall. With a bit of under the hood work, a backing track(s) and perhaps some art updates to the toys, this would be an even more fun game. Cheers, Ben.

Hey thanks, The basic principle of the game is there. I moved the game over to Game Maker Studio already and cleaned up some of the frustrating stuff already :) Have some plans for a nice update in the future

collisions sometime occurs when pieces are not in contact.
When tweaking bounding box you should always try to make them too small rather than too large. Large bounding box tends to keep players frustrated.
For example in modern shooters designer often use a bounding box really smaller than the spaceship of the hero, because it gave to the player the feeling of being super good at dodging bullets :)

Actually I made the collision boxes 16 X 16 very small so the game plays much crisper plus I centered the sprite as recommended here so when you flip it's easier to predict. I have a couple little things to do with it and I'll be putting it up on Itch.io. I'll post a link here when it's all ready.

The new Game Maker Studio version is at http://belowzerogames.itch.io/tinker-maze

Nice idea. I like how you can rotate your player. Good job!

Rotating pieces is a neat element to the game. But, it would have been better to hit ENTER to rotate pieces instead of holding ENTER down. The collision detection is a little spotty, but a neat game overall.

Thanks for all the comments this was my first Ludum Dare and it was a lot of fun :) If you like the game make sure to try the updated version it's free on Itchio. I added some nice music and spruced up the art some and added 3 more levels of play.