Wow, this is a REALLY GOOD game. The puzzle mechanics are taught well to the player, and the stars are lovely. The difficulty felt very well adjusted. The level design is immaculate. I couldn't possibly comment on how to make it better, or even make a fraction of it myself.
I'm retrying levels, enjoying mechanics, trying to up my best move count. So far, I've only cracked the first 12 levels, but it's been really enjoyable, and I'm trying to maintain a 3-star streak. And to think there are a hundred or so?

You mentioned this is your first game jam entry ever. Well, this is incredible work. You have a great start, and I think you should keep the momentum up. All the best!

Really good game with some satisfying puzzles! You had me retrying every level to make sure I got the highest rating!

Loved your game ! Spent a lot of times getting all the stars, really good use of the theme. 
If I had to find something to improve on it would probably be the visuals, perhaps a cleaner background, a bit more detail or shades of grey. This would give a good contrast, but without being harsh. 5/5/3 for me ! :)

So good that it feels like it took more than 4 days XD! I love puzzles. If you have time after I recommend to expend the game after the jam and to publish it to the play store with mobile support(swiping to move)! Hope to see you in GMTK 2025!

Awesome game for a first timer. level design is great but level difficulty scaling is off the chart and weird at times. SFX are awesome. BGM is also great. over all awesome job on working on the details and as your first game jam. WE enter into the Game Dev Hell Togetha

Firstly, you did a bang up job for your first time - welcome to the club! There's no going back from here, you have now invited a few sleepless all-nighter weekends into your annual schedule to stay. Secondly, this was a thoroughly enjoyable game with beautifully crafted levels. That said, I did get stuck on a level for a long time, so would probably suggest a slight levelling of the difficulty curve, although that might just be me. Would love to see this as a fully-fledged game! A lot of love and attention to detail went into your entry and it shows! Well done, indeed :)

The scaling really makes a difference in this game! And I love the fact I can clearly see where i should reach! great job!

Alright! I just finished it, and I have to say, I really like what you got here.

The levels get quite tricky over time, but it never feels unfair. It also really reminds me of the time when I used to play Pokemon as a kid and encountered the ice-sliding puzzles, where you needed to find the correct way.

The sounds are also really satisfying.

For a first project, as you said in your description, this is an awesome start, and I wish you nothing but luck on your future journey.

Good job, guys!

Game Review Time

What I liked

The game mechanics are straightforward, and well communicated, the player is not left lost at what to do. Having a level selection allows for people to revisit puzzles later on and is generally a good feature to have in jams. The art clearly communicates danger, function, and boundaries. The music and sound effect give clear player feedback on actions taken. The level design is top notch.

What I didn't like

The level select is ever so slight squandered by locking away levels behind star requirements; whilst this would be good for a fullscale release, I would have liked to get a vertical slice of your game and experience any mechanics that might be locked behind said star requirements. Whilst the sound of moving clearly gives some feedback to the player, it is a bit high pitched and gave me a mild headache. The visuals are clear, but the grid is a bit too sharp and visible and textures scale a bit too repetitively.

Potential Improvements

• Accessibility options to : Mute sound effects & enable players by passing of star requirements. (I think the star requirements are good to have, given the quantity of levels you have; but for the purposes of evaluation they should be accessible to someone looking to review 100 games )
• I'm not an art dev, so I can't give too much feedback on how to address the repetitive textures. But the grid opacity/tint could be lowered to 30% of what it currently is.

Overall Thoughts

A very solid entry that explores the concept and theme in a robust and demonstrable way. You and your team have clearly put in a lot of work and effort into this game and should be proud of what you have accomplished. An extra pack on he back to your designer for coming up with that many levels, and also making them challenging without being too difficult.

So fun! Feels like a complete game, hats off to the level design because the amount of stages is impressive. At first the stars system felt too grindy, but when this fell off it was fun to just sit back an analyse the levels before playing. Succinct and satisfying, well done folks :)

This is a really well designed game . Loved the aesthetics , the mechanics , the design , everything is really good .
Would love to see this grow into a really big puzzle game .

Best of luck :)

The effort went into what's really important - clever puzzles (and 45 of them, are you kidding me?!). Some of those are suuuper tricky (especially when it's obvious to avoid low hanging fruit of pluses next to starting position, since those could make it impossible to fit in some places). Really cool.

Now, for some nitpicks (because I really think that the game itself is great the way it is, those are just small things that annoyed me a little bit, also a small disclaimer - I didn't finish the game, there's just too many levels :D):

- The fact that there is a restart button, but no undo button. A lot of levels let you intentionally soft lock into a shape that will just not fit the exit, and that's cool. However, when you realise this, you have to repeat the same sequence from the very beginning and it became a bit tedious, especially at longer levels.

- I'm not a fan of locking levels behind stars like that (especially in jam game, since I just want to see later levels, if only out of curiosity :)).

- I don't see how those levels with red-spiky-things add anything. You still need mostly "perfect" runs to unlock starts and for most puzzles the optimal route is the only route anyways, so being forced to start over because of one mistake just didn't feel right (to me).

Ok, that's enough. You said in the description that this is your first game. It's a phenomenal entry to the jam and a fantastic puzzle game on it's own and you should be incredible proud of yourselves. Not all of us are talented enough to start with such a banger and I will definitely be waiting for your next one(s), cheers!

I love the concept, the music is relaxing in the background, the game is fluid, you quickly understand what to do, good job!!

It’s a neat puzzle game! Great work!

very fun levels and simple smooth controls! very fun

I absolutely loved this! It's often really hard to do a puzzle game within the time constraint of a jam but you did it! I love how you interpreted the theme of the jam

Many levels, very fun, makes me use a lot of my brain power, and its 5 AM so it is a lot. I really enjoyed it, the sfx was fitting as well as the level design was insanely well done, and precisely thought out. 

This reminds me of some a flash game I used to play, but with more in-depth mechanics. Also much more responsive controls.

Pretty good game! I would like maybe a different art style but the mechanics are well done! Good work