Current by erebus

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made by erebus for LD 39 (COMPO)

A game about an electric sprite trying to keep a circuit board running by tweaking the components on it. Game at https://erebuswolf.itch.io/current

Source at https://github.com/erebuswolf/Current thumbnail2.pngScreenshot 2017-07-31 18.40.42.pngScreenshot 2017-07-31 18.41.01.pngScreenshot 2017-07-31 18.41.02.png

Ratings

Overall 160th 3.613⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Fun 218th 3.387⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 29th 4.065⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Theme 194th 3.742⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 337th 3.226⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Audio 291th 2.933⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Mood 302th 3⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 36🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

Falk Bruskeland
31. Jul 2017 · 11:57 UTC
Cool little game
Johnnyc1423
31. Jul 2017 · 17:32 UTC
I wanted to do something like this initially, but couldn't figure out how to actually implement it, props for making this work!
Steve Johnson
31. Jul 2017 · 22:10 UTC
This is a neat concept and would make a good mobile game.

Suggestions:

* Add simple sound effects for user interaction
* Zoom out and in at each 'level' transition for a better sense of progress

Bugs:

* Help text was cut off in my browser in the second intro screen
* Switches were always pointed up/left so I never had to think about it, just press 'a'
Togis
01. Aug 2017 · 00:08 UTC
Today I learn :)

I never had to encounter symbolic and / or gates but with a bit of practice I was able to go far in the game.

The keybinding is weird for me though, playing on AZERTY, I'm happy this was not too much an issue as the game doesn't force you to rush once you encounter a gate. A remapping option would have been great, or an alternate key on the numpad: 1234

Thanks for the game!
jekstrom
01. Aug 2017 · 00:30 UTC
This is really cool. Have fun while learning the boolean logic gate symbols.
Infernal
01. Aug 2017 · 04:11 UTC
Nice Job! The sounds were great. My only critique is that because the spark moved at a fast pace on the wires, I felt pressure to try to solve the 2 level - inverted sets fast, leading to guessing instead of thinking.
AurynSky Games
01. Aug 2017 · 04:52 UTC
Noice game here!
oab
01. Aug 2017 · 08:18 UTC
Cool ideas. It can be education game. :)
Thinkofname
01. Aug 2017 · 10:25 UTC
Nice game. The fact there is a timer (or there seems to be) wasn't clear at first but apart from that is was kinda fun
Vlad Chechyotkin
01. Aug 2017 · 10:38 UTC
It's a bit dull but the idea behind is smart and the overall quality is preatty solid. Needs more gameplay!
TheFlyingKeyboard
01. Aug 2017 · 10:50 UTC
Really nice and simple idea of using logic gates as gameplay, fits the theme perfectly, but user interaction could be done a little better. Overall awesome game. Good Job!
LiquidBrain
01. Aug 2017 · 11:26 UTC
I love this! It's **polished** and **easy to understand**.

I got a high score of about 1200, then I stumbled on a collection of gates and my energy was super low. So I spammed different solutions and got my score down to 700 when I lost all my energy..

I could see this kind of thing being used in school to teach students about logic gates. I can see myself coming back to this whenever I need a refresher on logic gates. It really taught me to be intuitive.

Thanks for the experience !

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### Edit

I linked this to my computer scientist friend. He got at score of 10250. He enjoyed it even though he found it trivial. We need a computer scientist difficulty mode on this game! :wink:

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// Rasmus (one half of [LiquidBrain](https://ldjam.com/users/liquidbrain/))
Nek
01. Aug 2017 · 11:46 UTC
Fun though it reminded me i should study logic gates again :P,great game overall.
Moaz Ashraf
01. Aug 2017 · 11:46 UTC
The concept is nice, the audio and art are okay. However it becomes really easy once you get the hang of it. A suggestion would be to add more complex puzzles with more logic gates or maybe add a timer for each group of gates.

It was great for a game mad in 2 days, though!
BinarySpark
01. Aug 2017 · 12:03 UTC
Nice work! It looks decent and it's a nice puzzle game. My only gripe would be that it's very hard to get into for someone who doesn't know what the logic gate symbols mean. Not a problem for me, but someone else might bump into that.
Lawrence
01. Aug 2017 · 14:42 UTC
As @binaryspark said, if you don't know these symbols it's rather complicated to get the game. Well made though!
ryzy27
01. Aug 2017 · 15:26 UTC
Very creative. Sound effects are nice, if you managed to put in some minimalistic music that would add a lot to the game. You're lucky that most people here know what that symbols even mean :) Cheers!
Wevel
01. Aug 2017 · 15:45 UTC
Nice simple game, really helps you remember boolean logic, does become quite easy as you keep ending up with the same puzzles, might me nice if you got more and more complicated setups as you get a higher score.
gamesplusjames
01. Aug 2017 · 21:46 UTC
It's a fun way to relearn the logic symbols I had forgotten :D I like the simplistic, clean, artstyle, it really fits the mechanic. Great job!
austinspafford
03. Aug 2017 · 09:01 UTC
Nice! A pleasant surprise, and a good refresher for the logic gate symbols. Hmmm, I could see there being a beginner's mode where there's no time pressure and it lights up the outputs as the inputs change state (to help facilitate experimentation).
🎤 erebus
03. Aug 2017 · 19:59 UTC
@austinspafford Thanks!! Yes I had a similar thought in mind for an easy mode. I wanted to have a better tutorial as well. But ran out of time for all those things. After the competition ends I'll add those.