Abide by xel

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made by xel for LD26 (COMPO)
Puzzle game made in a few hours due to a busy weekend. Really like the concept but wish I could spend more time refining and developing some of the challenges. My goal was to create a simple but polished puzzle game that gives the player as little direction as possible while still allowing for interesting solutions.

Enjoy!

Ratings

Coolness 40% 1535
Overall 3.46 275
Audio 3.14 291
Fun 2.84 676
Graphics 3.81 142
Humor 1.81 885
Innovation 3.64 176
Mood 3.33 219
Theme 3.73 371

Feedback

SuperlevelSebastian
28. Apr 2013 · 14:37 UTC
Really loved it. Some riddles are pretty hard though.
midwinterdreams
28. Apr 2013 · 15:19 UTC
Yeah I love the idea of this, fun to play. The only part that starts to get me is the grunge effect across the top, the opacity of that could e a bit lower to save the eyes!
kivifreak
28. Apr 2013 · 16:33 UTC
This game is cool AND challanging :D
What do you want more. The controls and the theme is minimalistic. Great work ^^
I enjoyed playing it. Though some riddles were really hard XD
saguaro
29. Apr 2013 · 04:41 UTC
This is really well done. I liked the grunge effect at first, but after a while it bothered me.
Super Hamster
29. Apr 2013 · 04:42 UTC
Interesting idea.(I couldn't get the one where you had to organize 4 shapes into there sections so I guess the puzzle was too hard for me. :P
Yezu
29. Apr 2013 · 04:49 UTC
Hypnotyzing effect :P
Alec Von Arx
29. Apr 2013 · 05:05 UTC
Great visual effect, made for a mysterious mood... Pretty impressive for only a couple hours of work. I liked the abstract thinking that came with the minimal instructions. Nice job!
saampahlavan
29. Apr 2013 · 05:06 UTC
This is fantastic. Reminds me a lot of Hundreds. I couldn't get past the roygbiv puzzle. Maybe small hints that come in after someone is stuck on a puzzle for a while would help? The red square and red circles puzzle was so cool!
robcozzens
29. Apr 2013 · 05:33 UTC
Pretty cool idea.
My only complaint is that sometimes it wasn't clear if my solution was wrong or if the game wasn't understanding my solution because something was missing its hit target.
For instance when arranging the colors of the rainbow it didn't accept my solution although it was in the order of the rainbow and I also tried reversing it...
I couldn't tell if the game didn't know the order I had the colors in, or if I was supposed to guess your favorite ordering of colors.
Cybearg
29. Apr 2013 · 05:48 UTC
Very interesting and enjoyable game. As others have said, it can be confusing as to what it wants from you at times. Personally, I got stuck fairly early on in the one where you need to put different shapes in different boxes. I tried ordering by number of corners (thinking it wanted two (line), three (triangle), four (square), and then circle, but that was no good. Then I tried separating some into the same boxes or on opposite sides, etc.

All the puzzles are different, which keeps things interesting, though some form of hint, even if just subtly implemented, may be in order at least after the player is stuck for a long time.

I liked the grungy effect and the sharp colors, though I can see how it may get annoying over time.

Bonus points for it being a game that's about something. The game it clearly supposed to depict a brainwashing tool for an "ideal citizen" in a 1984-style dystopic setting, or so my interpretation was, anyway. Teaching you to be a well-ordered, behaving citizen. It was well implemented in the gameplay.

Overall, very good!
heuermh
30. Apr 2013 · 03:29 UTC
Dude, you had me at the title.

Nice mood music and difficult puzzles.
namuol
30. Apr 2013 · 10:14 UTC
Nice original puzzle game! A real pleasure to play. I would've toned-down the noise-filter overlay a bit.

I really loved the last set of puzzles. I think there's a lot more room for experimentation -- truly inspiring!
theomnis
30. Apr 2013 · 17:54 UTC
Fun, but hard...and I'm not sure I liked the grainy film effect.
notajetski
05. May 2013 · 20:31 UTC
cool! couldn't get past the green organize level though :\
HD408
12. May 2013 · 10:43 UTC
Couldn't get past the "ORGANIZE" level with what seems to be a rainbow colored balls. Nice game and effects, anyway.