Cool idea, very original concept! The movements do feel a bit too unpredictable for such a huge map. I was able to pick up every upgrade I put my efforts into, but those within the "No Cloud" zone were particularly hard, and trying to pick them all might be too frustrating. The time it takes to change the randomness with the mouse wheel might be too long; perhaps a faster tuning speed might make the game feel more enjoyable. Regarding upgrades, I think I only got real use from the one that let me move through walls; the other ones were a bit confusing. Faster cloud speed would be really cool. Overall, really cool prototype interested in seeing where it goes from here.

Really cool concept. Will play more and give more detailed feedback soon, as I had only too little time due to a long business trip. Keep it up

Cool concept. Gameplay wise, it's difficult to have a goal of getting from A to B and execute it unless you're very patient. Feels like you just have to roll with it. But the mechanic is interesting. Now if you can do one about the delayed choice quantum eraser that'd be great. I've asked claude to explain it to me like three times, and I still don't think I understand it.

I love the concept! I think for a 2-week prototype there's enough to see the idea and try the mechanics. It requires a certain kind of patience and timing, and with just a bit more streamlining, juice, and variation it can be really cool! Are you thinking of implementing more quantum mechanics or particle phyisics-based gameplay elements? Cheers

after playing this for ~20 minutes I can only say that this was a very interesting and odd experience ^^'. Everytime i thought i had figured it out I once again failed to get it to do at all what i want but I think that might have been intended. I did make it to what i think was the exit but couldn't quite get there. The concept of using quantum mechanics for solving a maze is really cool but in practice atleast here i feel like i have too little agency to actually 'play' the game.

What a strange little game this is! My biggest points of confusion revolved around not understanding the 0->1 speed threshold affecting some kind of randomness level, perhaps some additional UI could communicate that more? The design/sound is cool, but the tone increasing/decreasing was driving me nuts! I love seeing wacky stuff like this, thanks for sharing the cool idea

Howdy, I Just played this and here's my feedback.

What was the most frustrating moment in what you experienced?

The movement and swapping between states - if I could change states instantly then I would of had more of a chance maybe to get through walls as I was heading in that direction but because you are basically bouncing all over the place and it takes time to change state it seems really hard to pass through the wall you want to pass through...hope that makes sense. 

What was your favorite part of the game?

Audio was nice and I like the concept of using quantum mechanics in some cool way to navigate a maze....I know that is two things lol.

Was there anything you wanted to do, but the game didn’t let you?

Yes, change state immediately and have more control....I know, I did two things again. 

If you had a magic wand where you could change any part of the game, regardless of cost or complexity, what would you add/change/remove?

Increase my control over what was going on - it felt almost random but I did start to get things slightly moving but it was pretty frustrating and I wasn't sure if I was doing something of things were just randomly going where I wanted. 

What would you say you were doing in the game?

Trying to navigate/pass through the walls of a maze.

How would you describe the game to friends and family?

A game about navigating a maze where you have very limited control over what happens. 

I really like the quantum based concept. The layout reminded me of Sonic 1 chaos emeralds minigames.

What was the most frustrating moment in what you experienced?

Movement, the game was too random imo. I didn't feel like I could do much to control the ball.

Besides the wobbling tiles made me dizzy, specially in windowed mode.

What was your favorite part of the game?

Going through walls is nice.

Was there anything you wanted to do, but the game didn’t let you?

I wanted to move the ball or influence its direction/speed somehow.

If you had a magic wand where you could change any part of the game, regardless of cost or complexity, what would you add/change/remove?

I would add something to allow moving/influencing the ball.

What would you say you were doing in the game?

I was making measurements (speed or position) of a quantum particle, like real quantum mechanics when position is defined speed is undefined and when speed is defined the position is undefined.

How would you describe the game to friends and family?

It is a quantum particle simulator with a maze setting.

Hello! Here's my feedback and a recording session of my playtest:

What was the most frustrating moment in what you experienced?

- Unfortunately I think it was the controls. It would be nice to be able to control the particle more.

What was your favorite part of the game?

- I liked the sound effects and it was very obvious when I was going out of bounds/touching something that was bad. It was also neat seeing a game based on particle physics (my husband is a particle physicist!) 

Was there anything you wanted to do, but the game didn’t let you?

- Yeah I really would have liked to have a better degree of control, even if I could control the direction while keeping everything else the same that would have felt a lot better I think. Though I have a feeling that goes against a lot of what you're trying to do. Not sure if there's a happy middle ground somewhere.

If you had a magic wand where you could change any part of the game, regardless of cost or complexity, what would you add/change/remove?

- Just like my previous points, some better degree of control somehow would have gone a long way.

What would you say you were doing in the game?

- Collecting balls/points like pacman while being a little particle. 

How would you describe the game to friends and family?

- Pacman but with particles.

Here are some impressions:

 - Overall:

It has a chill vibe, nice art for the title screen, good music.

During gameplay, I felt a lack of agency. Too much of the outcome depends on randomness. 

Locking in a perfect angle that resulted in picking a series of coins was satisfying, but those moments were rare for me.

I believe that this is the whole point of the concept, but I felt the frustration to satisfaction balance tended a bit too much towards frustration.

 - Controls:

The response of the controls felt too timid for each input, even at maximum sensitivity I was scroling like crazy!

 - Brainstorm:

Some UI element that shows the current magnification level

A different control scheme, with zero buttons: the user controls magnification only via movement of the cursor. Move the cursor up/down to increase/decrease the magnification level.

As the particle collides with others, it becomes heavier, reducing the speed with which the direction changes, as time passes, it decays back to the original state.

Hey, just finished playing ħUP! and while I didn't reach the goal I can definitely say that this is a unique and interesting concept. I have zero knowledge about quantum mechanics and while I started to get the feeling i had some (very little) control of the particle after playing for awhile I wasn't sure if I was missing something with my lack of knowledge. This might be a skill issue on my part that would go away with more experimentation an time playing(which might be the entire concept you are going with as you are playing as a scientist so experimentation is key) but as a player I just felt a bit lost. This is impressive concept to have created in 2 weeks. I would encourage you to experiment more with it if you are enjoying it and see a way forward towards making it more approachable to the less scientifically inclined like myself.

Hey, this is a really cool idea. 10 years ago, when I was studying physics, I would be really excited that there is a game with quantum mechanics game mechanic!

But I think this game is not for most gamers. Here are some ideas if you want to consider making it appeal to more people!

• There is a funny ball picking program. People use this to pick random person for prizes. They have 0 control overit but people go crazy! I think you can a simillar thing using this mechanic
• More particles and chaos? Maybe the score is not how fast you go through the maze, but how many particles get through the maze?? 
• Adding some force fields the player can deploy to push the particles in the direction the player wants.
• This one is random, but I just love particle simulations and sand simulations. I know this is difficult, but imagine how cool it would be if you could combine particles and make molecules! Maybe the goal isn't getting out of the maze but to make a particular molecule?