{"author_link":"\/users\/aurel300","author_name":"Aurel300","author_uid":1000817,"comments":[{"id":636240,"author_name":"Wheffle","author_uid":"wheffle","epoch":1619492094,"text":"I mean... these puzzles are no joke. I had to throw in the towel at the rubix cube thing. I will probably come back to it later... you managed to polish the crap out of this and it looks and feels fantastic. Really impressive, you are a legend.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":642109,"author_name":"Milestone Games","author_uid":"milestone-games","epoch":1619521154,"text":"Catching this game from Kylazaur's stream. The graphics are really intense, I'm impressed by how you combined pixel graphics, 3D, and on-screen puzzles. Great job! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":642115,"author_name":"Roikku","author_uid":"roikku","epoch":1619521176,"text":"Cool gameplay and puzzles! I agree the Rubix Cube is a killer. The graphics are excellent, although not perfect as some elements are with inconsistent artstyle. But this is amazing for a jam game! Well done.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":642137,"author_name":"Bauke Regnerus","author_uid":"bauke-regnerus","epoch":1619521255,"text":"Wow, the PS1-area graphics are gorgeous! Simple yet so effective. The puzzles are quite a challenge. Totally nailed it, awesome!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":645990,"author_name":"jefvel","author_uid":"jefvel","epoch":1619535272,"text":"This game has really good aesthetics, and a great mood. But as mentioned above the rubix cube puzzle felt too challenging. After a while I was just spam pressing buttons in hope of randomly solving it, but gave up.\n\nEverything before that was very enjoyable!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":648795,"author_name":"AndideBob","author_uid":"andidebob","epoch":1619544316,"text":"A really solid entry, I am impressed by the amount of puzzles you managed to fit in here, and that last one really got my head steaming. All that's missing from this is some cool music to go along with the rest of the briliant atmosphere you created. Really well done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":649344,"author_name":"Yu_needs_coffee","author_uid":"yu-needs-coffee","epoch":1619546038,"text":"I found it very interesting until I got to the Rubik's cube... I think the game could have been less complicated, I just left it at that point...","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":662356,"author_name":"kuviman","author_uid":"kuviman","epoch":1619619073,"text":"Very cool","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":675615,"author_name":"PavelC","author_uid":"pavelc","epoch":1619730806,"text":"Love it! Great aesthetic, very cool puzzles, really impressive what you managed in 72 hours. Have to admit to also throwing in the towel at the rubiks cube, but great, nonetheless!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":676235,"author_name":"Sheepolution","author_uid":"sheepolution","epoch":1619737653,"text":"Amazing game. I like that you have a little story around it to set the scene. The wire puzzles have a perfect difficulty where they are challenging but not frustratingly so, unlike the Rubik's cube. Good thing you added passwords. The endless room looks amazing. Well done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":677335,"author_name":"Arctiform LLC","author_uid":"arctiform-llc","epoch":1619755658,"text":"I loved how unique this was! I was stumped at the rubix cube part tho..never been good at those. Great Job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":677362,"author_name":"GreyBeetle","author_uid":"greybeetle","epoch":1619756282,"text":"Amazing game! The puzzles were challenging and I enjoyed the reference .","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":677364,"author_name":"Whysguy52","author_uid":"whysguy52","epoch":1619756313,"text":"That was amazing. Rubix may be a little too hard but that's my problem. LOL","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":682365,"author_name":"cottontshirtz","author_uid":"cottontshirtz","epoch":1619845063,"text":"A very well constructed click puzzle game. The highlight is definitely the visual style. That 2D\/3D effect is very well done, interesting and maybe a little seasickness inducing. The puzzles themselves were just the right amount of hard. The sound effects were well chosen to go with the visuals. A simple soundtrack would have been nice but as it stands, this is a good time.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":683361,"author_name":"Arthurds","author_uid":"arthurds","epoch":1619869648,"text":"Mind blowing really! And a custom engine? Holy cow! Sorry for having a brain fart on the final puzzle haha. Thanks for submitting it! -PomoTheDog","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":685766,"author_name":"VainCil","author_uid":"vaincil","epoch":1619909521,"text":"Beautiful trippy game! Very well done.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":687064,"author_name":"LDJam user 252856","author_uid":"252856","epoch":1619954781,"text":"The most entrancing graphics I have seen so far. Very cerebral puzzle solving. A bit of jank with the movement but overall a very strong submission. Well done.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":687144,"author_name":"pnkvrt","author_uid":"pnkvrt","epoch":1619956753,"text":"Gonna be honest, I'm horrible at puzzles so I watched a streamer play this but I gotta say I love the visuals. The game looks really cool and trippy. The sound is good as well. I also read in chat you made this in your own engine? That's impressive! The puzzles may be difficult but I think there are plenty of people who would enjoy a challenge. Great work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":691667,"author_name":"ursagames","author_uid":"ursagames","epoch":1620104775,"text":"Hello! Your game was played on stream ( https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/ursagames\/videos ) on 5\/03 (Day 2 of LDJAM streams). \n\nYou can find the timestamp of when your game was played here: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/LDJAM48-ursa","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":698725,"author_name":"deepnight","author_uid":"deepnight","epoch":1620565030,"text":"The game is super impressive as a jam entry :) Excellent work on the strange 3D scenes, they add a LOT to the overall atmosphere! The puzzle were too hard for me after the 3rd \"pipes\" one, so I had to use the cheat codes to see the ending :) Still, I enjoyed your game a lot!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":703631,"author_name":"CinderBlock","author_uid":"cinderblock","epoch":1621097854,"text":"Very impressed with the amount of content for a 72 hour game. I really enjoyed the 2D\/3D-esque graphics. And the humor hit. While the puzzles were frustrating, they were also really rewarding. \n\nI also really appreciate that there were skip cheat codes, because I don't think I would have figured out the rubiks's cube.\n\nOverall a very interesting little jam game, I very much enjoyed playing it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":704645,"author_name":"TechnoNugget","author_uid":"technonugget","epoch":1621193529,"text":"Another outstanding game! Surprised to see this one on itch.io instead of your usual thenet.sk.  \nThe only real issue I had was that final rubix cube challenge, imo rubix cubes are boring and frustrating, I tried for about 10 minutes before just skipping it.\n\nThe amount of polish in this title was outstanding, especially with the visuals, story and humor. Great job!!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld48\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/aurel300.itch.io\/improbability-engine","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"76248","g_author":"1000817","g_event":"LD48","g_eventkey":"109","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"370967","g_title":"improbability engine","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"25","g_commentcount":"22","g_site2_node_id":"242257","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"242257","n_urlkey":"370967","n_parent":"233335","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/improbability-engine","n_slug":"improbability-engine","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"817","n_created":"1619106799","n_modified":"1778755869","n_version":"779826","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD48","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":14,"author":817,"body":"![Screen Shot 2021-04-27 at 03.08.29.png](\/\/\/raw\/133\/z\/3f945.png)\n\n# improbability engine\n\nEnemy forces are in hot pursuit of your spaceship, and a stray missile damages your engine! Will you be able to repair its Escheresque internals in time?\n\nA short point 'n click puzzle game made for LD48 in 72 hours.\n\n## [Play now (web)](https:\/\/aurel300.itch.io\/improbability-engine)\n\n![ezgif-7-b17d78be15c4.gif](\/\/\/raw\/133\/z\/41367.gif) ![ezgif-7-605cec7414bb.gif](\/\/\/raw\/133\/z\/4136e.gif) ![ezgif-7-567a79a3a3dd.gif](\/\/\/raw\/133\/z\/4136a.gif)\n\n---\n\n## cheat codes (light spoilers ahead)\n\nIf you get stuck, or just want to move on to other parts of the game, here is a list of cheat codes you can enter. Make sure the game is focused by clicking into it at least once before typing the code.\n\n - skip to scene (only from the title screen or the intro):\n   - `enter` \u2013 before entering the engine\n   - `greet` \u2013 meeting the engine\n   - `helix` \u2013 fixing the engine pistons\n   - `inner` \u2013 further inside\n   - `final` \u2013 final cutscene\n - skip a puzzle\n   - `reach` \u2013 skip the access code puzzle\n   - `flowy` \u2013 skip any of the pipe puzzles\n   - `rubix` \u2013 skip the final Rubik's cube puzzle\n","comments":22,"comments-timestamp":"2021-05-16T19:32:09Z","created":"2021-04-22T15:53:19Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"grade":{"grade-01":38,"grade-02":38,"grade-03":39,"grade-04":39,"grade-05":38,"grade-06":37,"grade-07":35,"grade-08":37},"id":242257,"love":0,"magic":{"cool":77.723584782222,"feedback":1,"given":22.125,"grade":37.625,"grade-01-average":4.333,"grade-01-result":25,"grade-02-average":4.042,"grade-02-result":112,"grade-03-average":4.23,"grade-03-result":56,"grade-04-average":4.149,"grade-04-result":217,"grade-05-average":4.597,"grade-05-result":51,"grade-06-average":3.629,"grade-06-result":515,"grade-07-average":3.364,"grade-07-result":418,"grade-08-average":4.229,"grade-08-result":125,"smart":-35.815879464593},"meta":{"allow-anonymous-comments":"1","author":[817],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/133\/z\/3f949.png","link-01":"https:\/\/aurel300.itch.io\/improbability-engine","link-01-tag":[42336]},"meta-timestamp":"2026-05-14T10:51:09Z","modified":"2026-05-14T10:51:09Z","name":"improbability engine","node-timestamp":"2021-04-28T13:04:40Z","parent":233335,"parents":[1,5,9,233335],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/improbability-engine","published":"2021-04-27T00:51:58Z","scope":"public","slug":"improbability-engine","subsubtype":"jam","subtype":"game","type":"item","version":779826},"text":"![Screen Shot 2021-04-27 at 03.08.29.png](\/\/\/raw\/133\/z\/3f945.png)\n\n# improbability engine\n\nEnemy forces are in hot pursuit of your spaceship, and a stray missile damages your engine! Will you be able to repair its Escheresque internals in time?\n\nA short point 'n click puzzle game made for LD48 in 72 hours.\n\n## [Play now (web)](https:\/\/aurel300.itch.io\/improbability-engine)\n\n![ezgif-7-b17d78be15c4.gif](\/\/\/raw\/133\/z\/41367.gif) ![ezgif-7-605cec7414bb.gif](\/\/\/raw\/133\/z\/4136e.gif) ![ezgif-7-567a79a3a3dd.gif](\/\/\/raw\/133\/z\/4136a.gif)\n\n---\n\n## cheat codes (light spoilers ahead)\n\nIf you get stuck, or just want to move on to other parts of the game, here is a list of cheat codes you can enter. Make sure the game is focused by clicking into it at least once before typing the code.\n\n - skip to scene (only from the title screen or the intro):\n   - `enter` \u2013 before entering the engine\n   - `greet` \u2013 meeting the engine\n   - `helix` \u2013 fixing the engine pistons\n   - `inner` \u2013 further inside\n   - `final` \u2013 final cutscene\n - skip a puzzle\n   - `reach` \u2013 skip the access code puzzle\n   - `flowy` \u2013 skip any of the pipe puzzles\n   - `rubix` \u2013 skip the final Rubik's cube puzzle\n","title":"improbability engine","wayback_recovered":true,"wayback_source":{"capture":{"original":"https:\/\/api-jam.ludumdare.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/255001+255002+255003+255004+255005+255006+255007+255008+255009+255010+255011+255012+255013+255014+255015+255016+255017+255018+255019+255020+255021+255022+255023+255024+255025+255026+255027+255028+255029+255030+255031+255032+255033+255034+255035+255036+255037+255038+255039+255040+255041+255042+255043+255044+255045+255046+255047+255048+255049+255050+255051+255052+255053+255054+255055+255056+255057+255058+255059+255060+255061+255062+255063+255064+255065+255066+255067+255068+255069+255070+255071+255072+255073+255074+255075+255076+255077+255078+255079+255080+255081+255082+255083+255084+255085+255086+255087+255088+255089+255090+255091+255092+255093+255094+255095+255096+255097+255098+255099+255100+255101+255102+255103+255104+255105+255106+255107+255108+255109+255110+255111+255112+255113+255114+255115+255116+255117+255118+255119+255120+255121+255122+255123+255124+255125+255126+255127+255128+255129+255130+255131+255132+255133+255134+255135+255136+255137+255138+255139+255140+255141+255142+255143+255144+255145+255146+255147+255148+255149+255150+255151+255152+255153+255154+255155+255156+255157+255158+255159+255160+255161+255162+255163+255164+255165+255166+255167+255168+255169+255170+255171+255172+255173+255174+255175+255176+255177+255178+255179+255180+255181+255182+255183+255184+255185+255186+255187+255188+255189+255190+255191+255192+255193+255194+255195+255196+255197+255198+255199+255200+255201+255202+255203+255204+255205+255206+255207+255208+255209+255210+255211+255212+255213+255214+255215+255216+255217+255218+255219+255220+255221+255222+255223+255224+255225+255226+255227+255228+255229+255230+255231+255232+255233+255234+255235+255236+255237+255238+255239+255240+255241+255242+255243+255244+255245+255246+255247+255248+255249+255250+255251+255252+255253+255254+255255+255256+255257+255258+255259+255260+255261+255262+255263+255264+255265+255266+255267+255268+255269+255270+255271+255272+255273+255274+255275+255276+255277+255278+255279+255280+255281+255282+255283+255284+255285+255286+255287+255288+255289+255290+255291+255292+255293+255294+255295+255296+255297+255298+255299+255300+255301+255302+255303+255304+255305+255306+255307+255308+255309+255310+255311+255312+255313+255314+255315+255316+255317+255318+255319+255320+255321+255322+255323+255324+255325+255326+255327+255328+255329+255330+255331+255332+255333+255334+255335+255336+255337+255338+255339+255340+255341+255342+255343+255344+255345+255346+255347+255348+255349+255350+255351+255352+255353+255354+255355+255356+255357+255358+255359+255360+255361+255362+255363+255364+255365+255366+255367+255368+255369+255370+255371+255372+255373+255374+255375+255376+255377+255378+255379+255380+255381+255382+255383+255384+255385+255386+255387+255388+255389+255390+255391+255392+255393+255394+255395+255396+255397+255398+255399+255400+255401+255402+255403+255404+255405+255406+255407+255408+255409+255410+255411+255412+255413+255414+255415+255416+255417+255418+255419+255420+255421+255422+255423+255424+255425+255426+255427+255428+255429+255430+255431+255432+255433+255434+255435+255436+255437+255438+255439+255440+255441+255442+255443+255444+255445+255446+255447+255448+255449+255450+255451+255452+255453+255454+255455+255456+255457+255458+255459+255460+255461+255462+255463+255464+255465+255466+255467+255468+255469+255470+255471+255472+255473+255474+255475+255476+255477+255478+255479+255480+255481+255482+255483+255484+255485+255486+255487+255488+255489+255490+255491+255492+255493+255494+255495+255496+255497+255498+255499+255500?authors&parents&superparent"},"object":"objects\/sha256\/2a\/2a7e0635c8c31db6126693192293c921e071cd4a3242c6d43bb55359d1fb5261","record":"shard-1\/json-live-urgent-v3\/records\/51aa30eb5d1a21b1ad0803b83bf260fcc4b2a7064ca009a8fd7bc19aeaff1c77.json","sha256":"2a7e0635c8c31db6126693192293c921e071cd4a3242c6d43bb55359d1fb5261","source":"https","stored_at":1784022388}}