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Solve the puzzle by rotating the grid. You may also flip it.

Submitted by Beautiful Mind Games — 12 hours, 34 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Overall	#1	3.923	3.923
Theme	#3	4.154	4.154
Gameplay / Fun / Engagement	#3	4.000	4.000
Art Style / Visuals	#3	4.154	4.154
Audio / Sound Design	#5	3.385	3.385

Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
The game lets players flip the entire puzzle upside down as part of solving it.

Game Engine

Other - specify below

Game Engine / Tools (Other)
Svelte

Self-Made & Used Assets

Homemade Graphics/Art (e.g. models and/or textures)

Assets (e.g. free or purchased assets used in the game)

Have you joined a game jam before?

Yes

Roughly how much time did you spend developing? (in hours)
40

Anything else you'd like to share about your game or development process?
It’s a logic puzzle, but trying to solve it logically may not always be the best strategy—especially in the timed mode. As you play, patterns emerge and strategies reveal themselves.

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Comments

PBA StudiosSubmitted194 days ago (1 edit)

A well-polished puzzle game with a unique central mechanic that fits the theme perfectly, what a refreshing experience!! The whole game is executed very cleanly, from art to sfx to little bits of polish like the score text popping up after a round; it all feels like a ready-for-market mobile game already. It took me a minute to understand the mechanics but once I did there was a decent amount of depth to them. I don't really have any criticisms it was just a fun and well polished playthrough with the right amount of complexity and approach-ability. I think there is some decent potential for a mobile game here. Maybe adding progressive difficulty like 5x5 grid, a tile that is squashed if a rock falls on it, etc could help add more variety to the game. Really nice entry, keep up the great work!!

edit: I also really loved the colors/background, the presentation is great

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Jimmy Joins (the) Circus

Kobato Games195 days ago

Great puzzle game. You always have neat puzzle mechanics.

Beautiful Mind GamesDeveloper195 days ago(+1)

Thank you.

itstirtimeSubmitted196 days ago

What an addictive game! It was genuinely so fun to play, and the SFX and music fit so well. When I first saw it, I was like, "No way I'll play a puzzle game for more than 2 rounds." 30 mins later and I'm mesmerized. Really creative puzzles, awesome work!

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Feelin' the Nerves

CrimsonKgSubmitted197 days ago

A great puzzle game with cool features. If you made more difficult puzzles later on this could 100% be a app store game, from someone working in the mobile gaming space.

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Invade Panthera

Dennis Gaming StudioSubmitted198 days ago

Nice puzzle game

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Other Flappy Bird Clone

CyberShrimpSubmitted199 days ago

Levels could scale in difficulty for example, starting with 3x3 grids and progressing to 5x5 and so on. Some levels can feel memorizable after a few tries. The game looks great and pairs perfectly with the music. Excellent work overall!

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Beautiful Mind GamesDeveloper199 days ago (5 edits) (+1)

Thank you.

The level design can be improved—you’re right about that. But the 3x3 is already difficult for most people. 5x5 would be pretty much unplayable except for some hardcore puzzlers, let alone beyond that.

In the next update, the levels will go from “solvable in 2 moves” to 3 moves, to 4 moves, etc., also with variations in allocated time.

Johny#1245Submitted200 days ago

Really impressive game made in this much amount of time.

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Green and Red Gravity

magnus182829Submitted200 days ago

this game is very cool

Good luck!!!!

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Grandpa's Portal

The2luSubmitted200 days ago

Always fun playing your puzzle games in these jams! I loved the look of this one.. the assets for the bubble and rock are awesome and go really well with the background. The color scheme is also very pleasing to look at and apt for a puzzle game where you might have to stare at something for a long time before something clicks!

Im not great at solving such puzzles, so really couldnt solve more than 3 or 4 puzzles, but pretty satisfying feeling after you solve one. I could figure out a broad strategy to solve and felt good after that haha. I like that you have a practice mode for a more relaxed challenge where you can take your time and figure out strategies and then try out the challenges. I came to know that there was a hints mode after playing for a couple of times (maybe can be made clearer by just writing text instead of an icon? not a big deal, but just more clear)

The theme was pretty well integrated with the flip mechanic although i felt after watching a few solutions - can all puzzles be solved without using the flip mechanic? Or it is more of a time saver mechanic where you can solve it in lesser moves?

The audio loop felt a bit repetitive after a while so in case you want to work further on this, maybe a longer one would be better suited.

Overall a solid entry and a great puzzle game, definitely something you can make into a larger game :)

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Beautiful Mind GamesDeveloper200 days ago (3 edits) (+1)

Oh, wow. Thank you for being a fan, and for the elaborate feedback. I actually agree with you on all the points you brought up. I know the game can be improved in several ways—I was in a rush to finish it. And yes, the flip mechanic is optional, it can be used as a “shortcut” sometimes.

Cheers!

AXQiSubmitted200 days ago

it is simple but yet somehow really intriguing! feel proud finishing each step

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The Bit BetSubmitted200 days ago

Well, i had fun with it and fit the theme well, my only suggestion is to work on a "beginner's mode" to make clear of the goal, moves and logic.

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Checkmate chess

RinenFoxSubmitted201 days ago

quando você entende o jogo ele fica bem divertido haha

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